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HYMN  STUDIES; 


AN  ILLUSTRATED  AND  ANNOTATED  EDITION 


OF  THE 


HYMNAL 


OF  THE 


^VLeTHODIST  jiPISCOPAL  jChURCH. 


BY 

REV.  CHARLES  S.  NUTTER,  D.D. 


FOURTH  EDITION. 


NEW  YORK:  EATON  &  MAINS. 
CINCINNATI:  JENNINGS  &  PYE. 
1900. 


Copyright  1884,  by 
PHILLIPS    &  HUN 

805  Broadway,  New  York. 


GRATEFULLY  DEDICATED 

TO  THE 

MINISTERS  AND  MEMBERS 

OF  THE 

fflETHODISHT   GPISGOPAL  @HU^6H, 

BY  THE  AUTHOR. 


MOTE. 

The  publishers  of  this  book  have  informed  me  that 
it  has  been  placed  in  the  Preachers'  Course  of  Study, 
and  at  their  request  I  have  again  revised  the  work, 
making  a  few  corrections  and  additions.  I  hope  my 
brother  ministers  will  enjoy  this  study  and  find  it 
helpful. 

District  Parsonage,  C.  S.  N. 

St.  Albans,  Vt.t  August,  1900. 


PREFACE. 


This  Hymnal  is  intended  for  the  home,  the  pastor's  study,  and  the  layman's 
center-table. 

I  have  undertaken  to  give  : 

First.  A  biographical  sketch  of  each  author  and  translator — of  whom 
there  are  more  than  three  hundred. 

Second.  The  origin  and  history  of  the  hymn,  with  such  reliable  matters  of 
interest  concerning  it  as  could  be  gathered. 

Third.  The  original  title  and  text,  where  the  hymn  has  been  altered. 

Fourth.  The  passage  of  Scripture  upon  which  the  hymn  is  based. 

Fifth.  The  book,  paper,  or  magazine  in  which  the  hymn  first  appeared, 
with  the  date  of  its  publication. 

Information  has  been  chiefly  derived  from  original  sources  by  reference  to 
the  published  works  of  the  authors,  many  of  which  are  rare  and  difficult  to 
find;  and  by  correspondence  with  writers  who  are  still  living.  Where  in- 
formation has  been  obtained  from  other  sources,  the  author  or  book  relied 
upon  has  received  due  credit. 

The  authorship  of  a  few  of  the  "unknown  "  hymns  has  not  been  discovered. 
The  personal  history  of  some  hymn- writers  is  very  meager,  indeed,  and 
doubtless  some  interesting  historic  facts  have  wholly  escaped  the  editor's 
notice. 

I  dare  not  say  that  there  are  no  mistakes  in  this  work,  but  neither  care  nor 
labor  has  been  spared  to  avoid  them.  Hundreds  of  books  have  been  exam- 
ined, and  much  time  has  been  spent  in  its  preparation. 

The  lover  of  devotional  poetry  is  in  the  most  delightful  company.  Val- 
uable hymns  are  the  product  of  genius,  piety,  and  learning.  It  is  safe  to  say 
that  no  good  hymn  was  ever  written  by  an  author  who  did  not  possess  at 
least  one  of  these  talents.  Many  writers  are  favored  with  two  of  them,  and 
some  with  all  three.  The  student  of  hymns  is,  therefore,  cultivating  head, 
heart,  and  tongue  at  the  same  time.   It  is  to  be  feared  that  this  most  valuable 


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study  is  too  much  neglected,  and,  if  this  book  shall  stimulate  to  greater  ap- 
preciation and  love  for  this  department  of  literature,  one  great  object  of  the 
work  will  be  accomplished. 

I  desire  to  express  my  great  obligation  to  the  many  editors  and  authors 
who  have  so  kindly  replied  to  my  letters  of  inquiry  ;  and  especially  to  Mr. 
David  Creamer,  of  Baltimore;  and  Professor  F.  M.  Bird,  of  Lehigh  Univer- 
sity ;  also  to  the  Rev.  James  Martineau,  D.D.,  George  J.  Stevenson,  M.A., 
and  Mr.  W.  T.  Brooke,  of  London,  for  valuable  assistance. 

I  wish  also  to  mention  the  name  of  a  man  no  longer  living,  but  whose  work 
remains,  and  will  always  be  a  help  to  the  student  of  hymnology,  Mr.  Daniel 
Sedgwick,  of  London. 

I  trust  that  this  work  will  be  of  some  service  to  the  cause  of  God  among 
men. 

CHARLES  S.  NUTTER. 

Tilton,  N.  H.,  Feb.  15,  1884. 

The  author  has  received  many  letters  from  scholarly  and  devout  men 
testifying  to  their  high  appreciation  of  Hymn  Studies.  The  gratitude  of 
pious  hearts  is  indeed  precious. 

The  work  has  been  carefully  revised,  and  a  brief  but  important  History 
of  the  Official  Hymn  Book  appended.    See  page  476. 

C.  S.  N. 

Haverhill,  Mass.,  July,  1888. 

PREFACE  TO  THE  THIRD  EDITION. 

It  is  gratifying  to  witness  the  revival  of  interest  in  the  grand  old  hymns  of 
the  Church.  This  book  has  been  one  of  the  means  to  that  end.  It  has  been 
thoroughly  revised  once  more,  brought  up  to  date,  and  again  sent  forth  with 
the  hope  that  by  its  use  the  hymns  may  be  better  understood  and  the  men 
who  wrote  them  better  appreciated.  uSing  ye  praises  with  understanding." 
— Psalm  xlvii,  7. 

C.  S.  K 

St.  Albans,  Vt.,  April,  1897. 


CONTENTS. 


WORSHIP.  Hymns 

General  Hymns  1-71 

Sabbath  72-92 

Morning  and  Evening.  93-117 

GOD. 

Being  and  Attributes  118-153 

Providence  154-180 

CHRIST. 

Incarnation  and  Birth  181-195 

Life  and  Character  196-203 

Sufferings  and  Death  204-224 

Resurrection,  Priesthood,  and  Reign  225-261 

THE  HOLY  SPIRIT  262-287 

THE  SCRIPTURES  288-301 

THE  SINNER. 

Lost  Condition  302-311 

Provisions  of  the  Gospel  312-334 

Warning  and  Inviting  335-376 

Repentance  377-417 

THE  CHRISTIAN. 

Justification,  Regeneration,  Adoption  418-455 

Consecration  456-475 

Entire  Sanctiflcation  and  Christian  Growth.  .476-545 
Unfaithfulness  and  Backsliding  Lamented. .  .546-562 

Christian  Activity  563-609 

Trial,  Suffering,  and  Submission  610-683 

Prayer,  Praise,  and  Communion  with  God. .  .684-762 

THE  CHURCH. 

General  Hymns  763-779 

Fellowship  and  Unity  780-807 

The  Ministry  808-825 


Ordinances—  Hymns 

Baptism  826-832 

The  Lord's  Supper  833-855 

Church  Work— 

Erection  of  Churches  856-871 

Children  and  Youth  872-889 

Charities  and  Reforms  890-907 

Missions  908-944 

TIME  AND  ETERNITY. 

Watch  Night  and  New  Year  945-950 

Brevity  and  Uncertainty  of  Life  957-966 

Death  and  Resurrection  967-1012 

Judgment  and  Retribution  1013-1029 

Heaven    1030-1079 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

The  Seasons  1080-1088 

National  Occasions  1089-1105 

Marriage  1106-1107 

Mariners  1108-1115 

[Last  Hymns  of  C.  Wesley]  1116-1117 

Pages 

DOXOLOGIES  431-433 

INDEXES. 

Of  First  Lines  of  Hymns  435-445 

Of  Authors  446-451 

Of  Scripture  Texts  452-455 

Of  Subjects  455-162 

Of  Hymns  for  Social  Worship  462 

Of  First  Lines  of  Stanzas  463-468 

RITUAL. 

Baptism  469-472 

Reception  of  Members  472-473 

The  Lord's  Supper  473-475 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


1  Exultant  praise  to  the  Redeemer.  CM. 

OFOR  a  thousand  tongues,  to  sing 
My  great  Redeemer's  praise  ; 
The  glories  of  my  God  and  King, 
The  triumphs  of  his  grace  ! 

2  My  gracious  Master  and  my  God, 
Assist  me  to  proclaim, 

To  spread  through  all  the  earth  abroad, 
The  honors  of  thy  name. 

3  Jesus  !  the  name  that  charms  our  fears, 
That  bids  our  sorrows  cease ; 

'Tis  music  in  the  sinner's  ears, 
'Tis  life,  and  health,  and  peace. 

4  He  breaks  the  power  of  canceled  sin, 
He  sets  the  prisoner  free ; 

His  blood  can  make  the  foulest  clean ; 
His  blood  availed  for  me. 

5  He  speaks,  and,  listening  to  his  voice, 
New  life  the  dead  receive ; 

The  mournful,  broken  hearts  rejoice; 
The  humble  poor  believe. 

6  Hear  him,  ye  deaf ;  his  praise,  ye  dumb, 
Your  loosened  tongues  employ, 

Ye  blind,  behold  your  Saviour  come; 
And  leap,  ye  lame,  for  joy. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


The  author's  title  was :  For  the  Anniversary  Day 
of  One's  Conversion.  It  was  written  in  1739  to 
celebrate  the  first  anniversary  of  his  spiritual  birth, 
and  was  published  in  Hymns  and  /Sacred  Poems, 
1740.  One  word  only  has  been  changed.  Wesley 
wrote  the  second  line,  "  My  dear  Kedeemer's 
praise." 

The  hymn  is  part  of  a  poem  of  eighteen  stanzas 
which  is  here  given  ^  it  was  taken  out  bodily  where 
the  asterisks  are  inserted. 

The  rapture  of  the  first  verse,  "  O  for  a  thousand 
tongues  to  sing,"  is  explained  by  what  goes  before, 
especially  verses  two  and  five. 

1  Glory  to  God,  and  praise  and  love, 

Be  ever,  ever  given ; 
By  saints  below  and  saints  above, 

The  Church  ii;  earth  find  heaven, 


2  On  this  glad  day  the  glorious  Sun 
Of  righteousness  arose, 

On  my  benighted  soul  he  shone, 
And  filled  it  with  repose. 

3  Sudden  expired  the  legal  strife ; 
'Twas  then  I  ceased  to  grieve. 

My  second,  real,  living  life, 
I  then  began  to  live. 

4  Then  with  my  heart  I  first  believed, 
Believed  with  faith  divine  ; 

Power  with  the  Holy  Ghost  received 
To  call  the  Saviour  mine. 

5  I  felt  my  Lord's  atoning  blood 
Close  to  my  soul  applied  ; 

Me,  me  he  loved — the  Son  of  God 
For  me,  for  me  he  died ! 

6  I  found?  and  owned  his  promise  true, 
Ascertained  of  my  part, 

My  pardon  passed  in  heaven  I  knew, 
When  written  on  my  heart. 


13  Look  unto  him,  ye  nations;  own 
Your  God,  ye  fallen  race ; 

Look,  and  be  saved  through  faith  alone, 
Be  justified  by  grace. 

14  See  all  your  sins  on  Jesus  laid  : 
The  Lamb  of  God  was  slain ; 

His  soul  was  once  an  offering  made 
For  every  soul  of  man. 

15  Harlots,  and  publicans,  and  thieves, 
In  holy  triumph  join ! 

Saved  is  the  sinner  that  believes, 
From  crimes  as  great  as  mine. 

16  Murderers,  and  all  ye  hellish  crew, 
Ye  sons  of  lust  and  pride, 

Believe  the  Saviour  died  for  you  ; 
For  me  the  Saviour  died. 

17  A  wake  from  guilty  nature's  sleep, 
And  Christ  shall  give  you  light ; 

Cast  all  your  sins  into  the  deep, 
And  wash  the  Ethiop  white. 

18  With  me,  your  chief,  ye  then  shall  know, 
Shall  feel  your  sins  forgiven  ; 

Anticipate  your  heaven  below, 
And  own  that  love  is  heaven. 

The  Eev.  Charles  Wesley,  A.M.,  the  poet  or 
Methodism,  was  born  at  the  Ep worth  parsonage 


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in  1707.  He  was  piously  and  studiously  trained, 
and  took  Lis  first  degree  at  Oxford  in  1728,  when 
twenty-one  years  of  a^e.  It  was  while  a  student 
at  Christ  Church  College  that  Wesley  and  a  few 
friends,  by  strict  attention  to  duty  and  correct  de- 
portment, won  the  derisive  epithet  of"  Methodist." 

In  1735  he  was  ordained,  and  accompanied  his 
brother  John  to  Georgia  as  a  missionary.  Soon 
afterward  he  returned  to  England.  In  1738  he  and 
his  brother  became  acquainted  with  Peter  Bolder,  a 
Moravian  preacher,  who  "  expounded  unto  them  the 
way  of  God  more  perfectly."  It  was  on  Whitsunday, 
May  21,  1738,  that  Charles  Wesley  believed  to  the 
saving  of  his  soul,  and  received  the  witness  ot  par- 
don and  adoption.  He  was  an  earnest  and  success- 
ful itinerant  minister  for  more  than  twenty  years, 
after  which  his  labors  were  chiefly  confined  to 
London  and  its  vicinity.    He  died  in  1788. 

As  a  hymnist  Charles  Wesley  has  few  equals  and 
no  superiors.  The  exact  number  of  his  hymns 
cannot  be  ascertained,  for  the  reason  that  several 
volumes  of  poems  were  published  conjointly  by 
himself  and  his  brother  John,  and  in  many  cases 
it  is  impossible  to  say  positively  which  was  the 
author  ot  a  particular  hymn. 

The  Wesleyan  Conference  published  the  Poetical 
Works  of  J.  and  C.  Wesleij— 1868-1872— in  thirteen 
volumes.  In  such  a  mass  of  writing  the  wonder  is 
not  that  all  is  not  excellent,  but  that  so  much  is  val- 
uable. The  poets  of  the  eighteenth  century  did  not 
rewrite  and  refine  their  works  as  those  of  the  nine- 
teenth have  done.  Wesley  partook  of  the  charac- 
teristic of  the  age,  and  instead  of  correcting  and 
polishing  what  he  had  written,  wrote  more.  Noth- 
ing but  a  consummate  genius  saved  him  from  the 
perdition  of  voluminous  authors. 


2  Worshiping  the  Lamb.  C.  M. 

(^OME,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs 
J  With  angels  round  the  throne ; 
Ten  thousand  thousand  are  their  tongues, 
But  all  their  joys  are  one. 

2  "Worthy  the  Lamb  that  died,"  they  cry, 
"To  be  exalted  thus!" 

"Worthy  the  Lamb  !  "  our  hearts  reply, 
"For  he  was  slain  for  us." 

3  Jesus  is  worthy  to  receive 
Honor  and  power  divine ; 

And  blessings  more  than  we  can  give, 
Be,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

4  The  whole  creation  join  in  one, 
To  bless  the  sacred  name 

Of  him  that  sits  upon  the  throne, 
And  to  adore  the  Lamb. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  i,  1707. 

The  author's  title  was  :  Christ  Jesus,  the  Lamb 
of  God,  worshiped  by  all  the  Crea  tion. 

The  scriptural  basis  of  this  favorite  hvmn  is  Eev. 
v,  11-13  : 


"And  I  beheld,  and  I  heard  the  voice  of  many 
angels  round  about  the  throne,  and  the  beasts,  and 
the  elders  :  and  the  number  of  them  was  ten  thou- 
sand times  ten  thousand,  and  thousands  of  thou- 
sands ;  Saying  with  a  loud  voice,  Worthy  is  the  Lamb 
that  was  slain  to  receive  power,  and  riches,  and  wis- 
dom, and  strength,  and  honor,  and  glory,  and  bless- 
ing. And  every  creature  which  is  in  heaven,  and  on 
the  earth,  and  under  the  earth,  and  such  as  are  in  the 
sea,  and  all  that  are  in  them,  heard  I  saying,  Bless- 
ing, and  honor,  and  glory,  and  power,  be  unto  him 
that  sitteth  upon  the  throne,  and  unto  the  Lamb 
for  ever  and  ever." 

Watts  wrote  "  lips"  instead  of  ''hearts"  in  the 
third  line  of  the  second  stanza.  The  following 
stanza  has  been  omitted ;  its  place  is  between  the 
thiid  and  fourth  verses  of  the  hymn  : 

"  Let  all  that  dwell  above  the  sky, 

And  air,  and  earth,  and  seas, 
Conspire  to  lift  thy  glories  high, 

And  speak  thine  endless  praise." 

The  Eev.  Isaac  Watts,  D.D.,  was  born  in  South- 
ampton, in  1674;  he  was  a  precocious  child,  very 
quiet  and  studious ;  and  was  sent,  in  1690,  to  an 
academy  in  London,  where  he  remained  three  years. 
The  next  few  years  were  spent  in  study  and  in 
writing.  Watts  preached  his  first  sermon  in  1698, 
and  in  1702  he  became  pastor  of  an  Independent 
church  in  London,  a  position  which  he  held  until 
the  time  of  his  death,  in  1748.  Dr.  Watts  was  small 
of  stature  and  of  feeble  health.  Much  of  the  act- 
ual work  of  his  parish  was  performed  by  an  as- 
sistant. 

Many  writers  have  compared  the  hymns  of  Watts 
with  those  of  Wesley,  and  have  discussed  their  rel- 
ative merits ;  some  giving  preference  to  one,  and 
some  to  the  other,  author.  Such  work  is  useless. 
The  two  differ  so  widely  as  to  be  scarcely  capable 
of  comparison.  Watts  excels  Wesley  and  all  oth- 
ers in  grandeur  and  sublimity.  Wesley  exceeds  all 
others  in  expressing  the  power  of  love  and  the  joy 
of  salvation.  He  is,  par  excellence,  the  sweet  singer 
of  Israel.  These  two  writers  grandly  supplement 
each  other.  They  are  both  princes,  ay,  kings  of 
song ;  but  each  in  his  own  realm. 

The  poetical  works  of  Dr.  Watts  are :  Horce  Lyr- 
ical, London,  1706;  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs, 
in  three  books,  1707  ;  The  Psalms  of  David,  Im- 
itated in  the  Language  of  the  JS7ew  Testament, 
1719 ;  and  Divine  and  Moral  Songs  for  Children, 
1720. 


3         The  universal  King.  S.  M. 

OME,  sound  his  praise  abroad, 
J  And  hymns  of  glory  sing  : 
Jehovah  is  the  sovereign  God, 
The  universal  King. 

2  He  formed  the  deeps  unknown  ; 

He  gave  the  seas  their  bound; 
The  watery  worlds  are  all  his  own, 

And  all  the  solid  ground. 


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3  Come,  worship  at  his  throne, 
Come,  bow  before  the  Lord ; 

We  are  his  works,  and  not  our  own ; 
He  formed  us  by  his  word. 

4  To-day  attend  his  voice, 
Nor  dare  provoke  his  rod ; 

Come,  like  the  people  of  his  choice, 
And  own  your  gracious  God. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

The  original  contains  two  additional  stanzas.  Ti- 
tle :  A  Psalm  before  Sermon.  Date,  1719.  The  hymn 
is  an  excellent  paraphrase  of  part  of  Psalm  xcv  : 

"  0  come,  let  us  sing  unto  the  Lord  :  let  us  make 
a  joyful  noise  to  the  Rock  of  our  salvation.  Let  us 
come  before  his  presence  with  thanksgiving,  and 
make  a  joyful  noise  unto  him  with  psalms.  For 
the  Lord  is  a  great  God,  and  a  great  Kin^  above  all 
gods:  In  his  hand  are  the  deep  places  of  the  earth  : 
the  strength  of  the  hills  is  his  also.  The  sea  is  his, 
and  he  made  it :  and  his  hands  formed  the  dry 
land.  0  come,  let  us  worship  and  bow  down  :  let 
us  kneel  before  the  Lord  our  maker." 

The  poet  Montgomery  says,  that  "  Dr.  Watts  may 
almost  be  called  the  inventor  of  hymns  in  our  lan- 
guage." It  is  said  that  young  Watts  found  fault 
with  the  hymns  of  his  day  in  the  hearing  of  some 
of  the  leading  members  .of  his  father's  church,  at 
Southampton  ;  the  reply  was,  "  Young  man,  give  us 
something  better."  He  did  give  something  better, 
and  became  the  father  of  modern  hymn  writers. 


4:      Song  of  Moses  and  the  Lamb.      S.  M. 

AWAKE,  and  sing  the  song 
Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb ; 
Wake,  every  heart  and  every  tongue, 
To  praise  the  Saviour's  name. 

2  Sing  of  his  dying  love; 
Sing  of  his  rising  power ; 

Sing  how  he  intercedes  above 
For  those  whose  sins  he  bore. 

3  Sing  on  your  heavenly  way, 
Ye  ransomed  sinners,  sing; 

Sing  on,  rejoicing  every  day 
In  Christ,  the  eternal  King. 

4  Soon  shall  we  hear  him  say, 

"  Ye  blessed  children,  come !  " 
Soon  will  he  call  us  hence  away, 
To  our  eternal  home. 

5  There  shall  each  raptured  tongue 
His  endless  praise  proclaim ; 

And  sweeter  voices  tune  the  song 
Of  Moses  and  the  Lamb. 

WILLIAM  HAMMOND,  ALT. 


The  auth  or's  title  was  :  Before  singing  of  Hymns, 
by  Way  of  Introduction. 
The  hymn  was  evidently  founded  on  Eev.  xv,  3 : 

"  And  they  sing  the  song  of  Moses  the  servant  of 
God,  and  the  song  of  the  Lamb." 

The  original  contains  fourteen  verses,  and  is 
quaint  and  good.  It  was  altered  by  Martin  Madan 
in  1760.  Only  one  word  is  changed  in  the  first 
stanza.  Hammond  wrote,  "  Tune  every  heart,"  etc. 
The  second  stanza  is  not  changed ;  the  third  and 
fifth  are  entirely  new  /  the  fourth  is  evidently  sug- 
gested by  the  author's  last  stanza : 

"  Sing  till  you  hear  Christ  say, 

Your  sins  are  all  forgiven ; 
Go  on  rejoicing  all  the  way, 

And  sing  your  souls  to  heaven." 

From  Psalms,  Hymns,  and  Spiritual  Songs.  By 
William  Hammond,  A.B.,  late  of  St.  John's  Col- 
lege, Cambridge,  London,  1745. 

Eev.  William  Hammond  was  a  Moravian  Method- 
ist. Little  is  known  of  his  personal  history.  He  pub- 
lished an  original  volume  of  Psalms,  Hymns,  and 
Spiritual  Songs,  in  1745.  Two  of  them,  at  least, 
are  still  popular.  The  date  of  his  birth  is  Jan- 
uary 6,  1719.    He  died  in  1783. 


0         Praise  and  thanksgiving.         S.  M. 

STAND  up,  and  bless  the  Lord, 
Ye  people  of  his  choice ; 
Stand  up,  and  bless  the  Lord  your  God, 
With  heart,  and  soul,  and  voice. 

2  Though  high  above  all  praise, 
Above  all  blessing  high, 

"Who  would  not  fear  his  holy  name, 
And  laud,  and  magnify  ? 

3  O  for  the  living  flame 
From  his  own  altar  brought, 

To  touch  our  lips,  our  souls  inspire, 
And  wing  to  heaven  our  thought ! 

4  God  is  our  strength  and  song, 
And  his  salvation  ours ; 

Then  be  his  love  in  Christ  proclaimed 
With  all  our  ransomed  powers. 

5  Stand  up,  and  bless  the  Lord ; 
The  Lord  your  God  adore ; 

Stand  up,  and  bless  his  glorious  name, 
Henceforth,  for  evermore. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

From  the  author's  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 
The  first  part  of  this  hymn  is  evidently  founded 
upon  Neh.  ix,  5  : 

■  "  Stand  up  and  bless  the  Lord  your  God  for  ever 
and  ever  :  and  blessed  be  thy  glorious  name,  which 
is  exalted  above  all  blessing  and  praise." 


10  HYMN  STUDIES. 


Original  title :  Exhortation  to  Praise  and  Thanks- 
giving. 

The  author  wrote  "  minds"  instead  of  "souls" 
in  the  third  stanza. 

The  hymn  has  been  improved  by  the  omission 
of  one  inferior  stanza,  the  fourth,  of  the  original, 
which  is  not  equal  to  its  fellows  : 

4  "  There  with  benign  regard, 
Our  hymns  He  deigns  to  hear ; 

Though  unrevealed  to  mortal  sense, 
The  spirit  feels  Him  near." 

James  Montgomery  holds  an  enviable  place 
among  English  hymnists.  He  was  the  son  of  a 
Moravian  minister  ;  was  born  in  Scotland  in  1771 ; 
was  religiously  instructed  at  home,  and  while  at- 
tending a  Moravian  school,  at  Fulneck,  Eng.,  made 
a  public  profession  of  religion  by  uniting  with  the 
Moravian  Church.  As  he  grew  up,  however,  the 
pleasures  of  the  world  led  him  astray.  The  influence 
of  early  education  preserved  him  from  gross  sins, 
but  he  was  not  at  peace  with  God.  After  many 
years  of  doubt  and  dissatisfaction,  he  was  led  to 
look  to  the  Saviour  of  his  youth,  and  found  rest. 
At  his  own  request  he  was  re-admitted  into  the 
Moravian  congregation  at  Fulneck,  when  forty-three 
years  of  age.  He  expressed  his  feelings  at  the  time 
in  the  following  lines : 

"  People  of  the  living  God, 

I  have  sought  the  world  around, 
Paths  of  sin  and  sorrow  trod, 

Peace  and  comfort  nowhere  found. 
Now  to  you  my  spirit  turns — 

Turns  a  fugitive  unblest ; 
Brethren,  where  your  altar  burns, 

0  receive  me  into  rest." 

Montgomery  was  an  editor  by  profession ;  and, 
for  publishing  what  were  then  called  libelous  arti- 
cles, was  twice  fined  and  imprisoned  in  the  Castle 
of  York  :  once,  in  1795,  for  three  months,  and  once, 
in  the  following  year,  for  six  months.  While  im- 
prisoned he  wrote  his  first  book  of  poems,  entitled 
Prison  Amusements.  In  addition  to  several  poetical 
works,  he  published  three  volumes  of  hymns :  Songs 
of  Zion:  being  Imitations  of  Psalms,  1822 ;  The  Chris- 
tian Psalmist,  1825 ;  Ortginal  Hymns  for  Public, 
Private,  and  Social  Devotion,  1853.  He  died  in  1854. 


6    Invocation  of  the  Trinity.    6,  4. 

COME,  thou  almighty  King, 
Help  us  thy  name  to  sing, 
Help  us  to  praise : 
Father  all-glorious, 
O'er  all  victorious, 
Come,  and  reign  over  us, 
Ancient  of  days ! 

2  Come,  thou  incarnate  Word, 
Gird  on  thy  mighty  sword, 

Our  prayer  attend ; 
Come,  and  thy  people  bless, 
And  give  thy  word  success : 
Spirit  of  holiness, 

On  us  descend ! 


3  Come,  holy  Comforter, 
Thy  sacred  witness  bear 

In  this  glad  hour : 
Thou  who  almighty  art, 
Now  rule  in  every  heart, 
And  ne'er  from  us  depart, 

Spirit  of  power! 

4  To  thee,  great  One  and  Three, 
Eternal  praises  be 

Hence,  evermore: 
Thy  sovereign  majesty 
May  we  in  glory  see, 
And  to  eternity 

Love  and  adore ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

One  stanza,  the  second,  has  been  omitted : 

"  Jesus,  our  Lord,  arise, 
Scatter  our  enemies, 

And  make  them  fall ; 
Let  thine  almighty  aid 
Our  sure  defense  be  made  ; 
Our  souls  on  thee  be  stayed ; 

Lord,  hear  our  call." 

It  is  somewhat  doubtful  that  W esley  wrote  this 
hymn.  It  is  found  printed  on  a  leaflet,  dated 
about  1757,  together  with  two  hymns  that  are  un- 
doubtedly Charles  Wesley's.  Therefore  this  is 
supposed  to  be  his  also.  If  his,  however,  it  is 
strange  that  he  never  claimed  it,  and  never  pub- 
lished it  in  any  of  his  poetical  works.  The  Eev. 
Martin  Madan  published  it  in  his  collection,  third 
edition,  1763  ;  and,  it  is  said,  gave  Walter  Shirley 
permission  to  use  it.  Now,  if  it  was  Wesley's,  how 
was  it  that  Madan  claimed  it ;  and,  if  it  was 
Madan's,  how  happened  it  that  Wesley  printed  it 
six  years  previously  ?  It  probably  belongs  to  nei- 
ther of  them.  It  is  an  imitation  of  the  English 
national  anthem,  "God  save  the  King;"  author 
unknown. 


/  Met  in  His  name.  S.  M. 

JESUS,  we  look  to  thee, 
Thy  promised  presence  claim ; 
Thou  in  the  midst  of  us  shalt  be, 
Assembled  in  thy  name. 

2  Thy  name  salvation  is, 
Which  here  we  come  to  prove; 

Thy  name  is  life,  and  health,  and  peace, 
And  everlasting  love. 

3  Not  in  the  name  of  pride 
Or  selfishness  we  meet ; 

From  nature's  paths  we  turn  aside, 
And  worldly  thoughts  forget. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


11 


4  We  meet  the  grace  to  take, 
Which  thou  hast  freely  given ; 

We  meet  on  earth  for  thy  dear  sake, 
That  we  may  meet  in  heaven. 

5  Present  we  know  thou  art, 
But  O  thyself  reveal ! 

Now,  Lord,  let  every  bounding  heart 
The  mighty  comfort  feel. 

6  O  may  thy  quickening  voice 
The  death  of  sin  remove ; 

And  bid  our  inmost  souls  rejoice, 
In  hope  of  perfect  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  vol.  ii,  1749. 

Title:  At  Meeting  of  Friends.  Wesley  wrote 
"joy"  instead  of  "health"  in  the  second  stanza; 
and  "  0/  might"  instead  of  "O  may"  in  the 
sixth  verse. 

The  closing  double  stanza  is  omitted  : 

"  Thou  wilt  to  us  make  known 

Thy  Nature  and  thy  Name, 
Us,  who  our  Utmost  Saviour  own 

From  every  Touch  of  Blame, 
From  every  Word  and  Deed, 

From  every  Thought  unclean, 
Our  Jesus  till  our  Souls  are  freed 

From  all  Remains  of  Sin." 


8        General  invitation  to  praise  God.    L.  M. 

FROM  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies, 
Let  the  Creator's  praise  arise ; 
Let  the  Redeemer's  name  be  sung, 
Through  every  land,  by  every  tongue. 

2  Eternal  are  thy  mercies,  Lord ; 
Eternal  truth  attends  thy  word : 

Thy  praise  shall  sound  from  shore  to  shore, 
Till  suns  shall  rise  and  set  no  more. 

3  Your  lofty  themes,  ye  mortals,  bring; 
In  songs  of  praise  divinely  sing; 

The  great  salvation  loud  proclaim, 
And  shout  for  joy  the  Saviour's  name. 

4  In  every  land  begin  the  song ; 
To  every  land  the  strains  belong : 
In  cheerful  sounds  all  voices  raise, 
And  fill  the  world  with  loudest  praise. 

isaac  watts,  (in  part.) 

This  hymn  is  found  entire  in  the  York  Pocket 
Hymro  Book,  sixth  edition,  1786. 

The  first  two  stanzas  are  founded  on  Psalm  cxvii : 

"  O  praise  the  Lord,  all  ye  nations  :  praise  him, 
nil  ye  people.    For  his  merciful  kindness  is  great 


toward  us  :  and  the  truth  of  the  Lord  endureth  for- 
ever.  Praise  ye  the  Lord." 

The  last  two  stanzas  were  not  written  by  Watts ; 
the  author  is  not  known.  He  has,  however,  suc- 
ceeded wonderfully  in  imitating  Watts's  style,  and 
has  thus  completed  one  of  the  finest  hymns  in  the 
English  language. 


9  Reverential  adoration.         L.  M. 

BEFORE  Jehovah's  awful  throne, 
Ye  nations  bow  with  sacred  joy; 
Know  that  the  Lord  is  God  alone, 
He  can  create,  and  he  destroy. 

2  His  sovereign  power,  without  our  aid, 
Made  us  of  clay,  and  formed  us  men ; 

And  when  like  wandering  sheep  we  strayed, 
He  brought  us  to  his  fold  again. 

8  We'll  crowd  thy  gates  with  thankful  songs, 
High  as  the  heavens  our  voices  raise ; 

And  earth,  with  her  ten  thousand  tongues, 
Shall  fill  thy  courts  with  sounding  praise. 

4  Wide  as  the  world  is  thy  command ; 

Vast  as  eternity  thy  love ; 
Firm  as  a  rock  thy  truth  shall  stand, 

When  rolling  years  shall  cease  to  move. 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 
A  paraphrase  of  Psalm  c : 

"  Make  a  joyful  noise  unto  the  Lord,  all  ye  lands. 
Serve  the  Lord  with  gladness:  come  before  his 
presence  with  singing.  Know  ye  that  the  Lord  he 
is  God :  it  is  he  that  hath  made  us,  and  not  we  our- 
selves ;  we  are  his  people,  and  the  sheep  of  his  pas- 
ture. Enter  into  his  gates  with  thanksgiving,  and 
into  his  courts  with  praise  :  be  thankful  unto  him, 
and  bless  his  name.  For  the  Lord  is  good ;  his 
mercy  is  everlasting  ;  and  his  truth  endureth  to  all 
generations." 

Instead  of  the  first  couplet  Watts  wrote  : 

"  Nations  attend  before  his  throne 
With  solemn  fear,  with  sacred  joy." 

The  first  and  fourth  stanzas  of  the  original  are 
omitted : 

1  "  Sing  to  the  Lord  with  joyful  voice ; 

Let  every  land  his  name  adore ; 
The  British  isles  shall  send  the  noise 

Across  the  ocean  to  the  shore. 

4  "  We  are  his  people,  we  his  care, 
Our  souls  and  all  our  mortal  frame : 

What  lasting  honors  shall  we  rear, 
Almighty  Maker !  to  thy  name  ?  ■* 

It  was  published  in  1719. 


12 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


1 0  Universal  adoration.  L.  M. 

OHOLY,  holy,  holy  Lord ! 
Thou  God  of  hosts,  by  all  adored ; 
The  earth  and  heavens  are  full  of  thee, 
Thy  light,  thy  power,  thy  majesty. 

2  Loud  hallelujahs  to  thy  name, 
Angels  and  seraphim  proclaim : 

By  all  the  powers  and  thrones  in  heaven, 
Eternal  praise  to  thee  is  given. 

3  Apostles  join  the  glorious  throng, 
And  swell  the  loud  triumphant  song  : 
Prophets  and  martyrs  hear  the  sound, 
And  spread  the  hallelujah  round. 

4  Glory  to  thee,  O  God  most  high ! 
Father,  we  praise  thy  majesty ! 
The  Son,  the  Spirit,  we  adore! 
One  Godhead,  blest  for  evermore. 

UNKNOWN. 

A  metrical  translation  of  apart  of  Te  Deum  laud- 
amus.  Many  editions  of  the  Hymnal  attribute  it  to 
Josiak  Coucler,  but  the  translator  is  not  known. 


1  1    Invitation  to  worship. — Psalm  c.       L.  M. 

ALL  people  that  on  earth  do  dwell, 
Sing  to  the  Lord  with  cheerful  voice : 
Him  serve  with  fear,  his  praise  forth  tell, 
Come  ye  before  him,  and  rejoice. 

2  The  Lord,  ye  know,  is  God  indeed, 
Without  our  aid  he  did  us  make ; 

We  are  his  flock,  he  doth  us  feed, 
And  for  his  sheep  he  doth  us  take. 

3  O  enter  then  his  gates  with  praise, 
Approach  with  joy  his  courts  unto : 

Praise,  laud,  and  bless  his  name  always, 
For  it  is  seemly  so  to  do. 

4  For  why?  the  Lord  our  God  is  good, 
His  mercy  is  forever  sure ; 

His  truth  at  all  times  firmly  stood, 
And  shall  from  age  to  age  endure. 

WILLIAM  KETHE. 

A  translation  of  Psalm  c.  It  gave  the  name 
of  "Old  Hundred"  to  the  tune  in  which  it  was 
always  sung. 

William  Kethe  was  a  Scotch  clergyman  of  the 
sixteenth  century.  There  is  some  doubt  whether 
he  was  the  author  of  this  hymn.  In  the  oldest 
edition,  1561,  of  the  Old  Version — Sternhold  and 
Hopkins — now  extant,  it  is  marked  T.  S.,  that  is, 
Thomas  Sternhold.  In  most  editions  of  the  seven- 
teenth century  it  is  marked  1.  H.,  that  is,  John 
Hopkins.  In  the  Scotch  Psalter,  1564,  it  is  marked 
W.  K. 


1 3         Praise  to  the  Saviour.         L.  M. 

JESUS,  thou  everlasting  King, 
Accept  the  tribute  which  we  bring ; 
Accept  thy  well-deserved  renown, 
And  wear  our  praises  as  thy  crown. 

2  Let  every  act  of  worship  be 
Like  our  espousals,  Lord,  to  thee ; 
Like  the  blest  hour  when  from  above 
We  first  received  the  pledge  of  love. 

3  The  gladness  of  that  happy  day, 
O  may  it  ever,  ever  stay ! 

Nor  let  our  faith  forsake  its  hold, 
Nor  hope  decline,  nor  love  grow  cold. 

4  Let  every  moment,  as  it  flies, 
Increase  thy  praise,  improve  our  joys, 
Till  we  are  raised  to  sing  thy  name, 
At  the  great  supper  of  the  Lamb. 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  i,  1707. 
Author's  title :  The  Coronation  of  Christ,  and 
Espousals  of  the  Church. 

"I  will  seek  him  whom  my  soul  loveth."  Sol. 
Song,  'in,  2. 

The  first  and  last  stanzas  of  the  original  are 
omitted : 

1  ".Daughters  of  Zion,  come,  behold 
The  crown  of  honor  and  of  gold 
Which  the  glad  Church  with  joys  unknown 
Placed  on  the  head  of  Solomon. 

6  "O  that  the  months  would  roll  away 
And  bring  that  coronation  day  ! 
The  King  of  grace  shall  fill  the  throne 
With  all  his  Father's  glories  on." 

The  author  wrote  ut7ie  well- deserved  "  instead 
of  "thy  "in  the  first  verse,  and  "  dear"  hour  in 
the  second  verse  instead  of  "  blest." 

In  the  second  line  of  the  third  verse  the  author 
wrote  "  Our  hearts  would  wish  it  long  to  stay,"  and 
in  the  last  line,  "Nor  comfort  sink,"  instead  of 
"  hope  decline." 

The  first  line  of  the  fourth  verse  was  originally, 
"  Each  following  minute  as  it  flies." 

These  changes  may  be  improvement,  but  the 
hymn  ought  not  to  be  credited  to  the  author  with- 
out being  marked  "altered." 


X  3       The.  prosperity  of  the  saints.    L.  M. 

0 RENDER  thanks  to  God  above, 
The  fountain  of  eternal  love, 
Whose  mercy  firm  through  ages  past 
Hath  stood,  and  shall  forever  last. 

2  Who  can  his  mighty  deeds  express, 
Not  only  vast,  but  numberless? 
What  mortal  eloquence  can  raise 
His  tribute  of  immortal  praise? 


HYMN  STUDIES.  13 


3  Extend  to  me  that  favor,  Lord, 
Thou  to  thy  chosen  dost  afford ; 
When  thou  return'st  to  set  them  free, 
Let  thy  salvation  visit  me. 

4  O  may  I  worthy  prove  to  see 
Thy  saints  in  full  prosperity, 
That  I  the  joyful  choir  may  join, 
And  count  thy  people's  triumph  mine ! 

TATE  AND  BRADY. 

Founded  on  Psalm  cvi.  The  whole  hymn  con- 
tains eleven  stanzas.  This  is  composed  of  verses 
one,  two,  four,  and  five.  The  third  stanza  is  so 
true  and  quaint,  withal,  that  we  must  quote  it : 

3  "  Happy  are  they  and  only  they, 
Who  from  thy  judgments  never  stray : 
Who  know  what's  right,  nor  only  so, 
But  always  practice  what  they  know." 

The  original  has"  Has  "  stood,  instead  of  "  Hath," 
in  the  first  stanza. 

Tate  and  Brady  were  the  joint  authors  of  A  New 
Version,  of  the  Psalms,  which  was  authorized  for 
use  in  the  churches  by  an  order  of  William  and 
Mary,  in  1696.  Nahum  Tate  was  poet  laureate  from 
1690  to  1715.    See  No.  120. 

The  Rev.  Nicholas  Brady,  D.D.,  was  a  native  of 
Ireland,  and  was  born  in  1659.  He  attended  W  est- 
minster  School,  and  then  entered  Christ  Church, 
Oxford,  but  was  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Dub- 
lin. Brady  was  a  radical  Protestant,  and  took  an 
active  part  in  promoting  the  revolution  in  1688-9. 
He  afterward  settled  in  London,  where  he  obtained 
various  preferments,  and  died  in  1726.  He  published 
some  sermons  and  poetical  works,  but  his  reputa- 
tion was  made  by  the  JVew  Version. 


14      Welcome  to  the  King  of  glory.     L.  M. 

LIFT  up  your  heads,  ye  mighty  gates ! 
Behold,  the  King  of  glory  waits ; 
The  King  of  kings  is  drawing  near, 
The  Saviour  of  the  world  is  here. 

2  The  Lord  is  just,  a  helper  tried ; 
Mercy  is  ever  at  his  side ; 

His  kingly  crown  is  holiness ; 
His  scepter,  pity  in  distress. 

3  O  blest  the  land,  the  city  blest, 
Where  Christ  the  ruler  is  confessed ! 
O  happy  hearts  and  happy  homes 

To  whom  this  King  of  triumph  comes ! 

4  Fling  wide  the  portals  of  your  heart ; 
Make  it  a  temple,  set  apart 

From  earthly  use  for  heaven's  employ, 
Adorned  with  prayer,  and  love,  and  joy. 


5  Redeemer,  come !  I  open  wide 
My  heart  to  thee :  here,  Lord,  abide ! 
Let  me  thy  inner  presence  feel, 

Thy  grace  and  love  in  me  reveal ! 

6  So  come,  my  Sovereign !  enter  in, 
Let  new  and  nobler  life  begin ; 
Thy  Holy  Spirit  guide  us  on, 
Until  the  glorious  crown  be  won ! 

GEOE.Gr  WEISSEL. 

This  beautiful  hymn  was  written  in  German, 
about  1630.  The  first  stanza,  indeed,  the  whole 
hymn,  is  founded  on  Psalm  xxiv,  7  : 

"  Lift  up  your  heads,  O  ye  gates ;  and  be  ye  lift 
up,  ye  everlasting  doors ;  and  the  King  of  glory 
shall  come  in." 

The  translation,  as  found  in  Lyra  Germanica, 
First  Series,  1855,  was  made  by  Miss  Catharine 
Winkworth,  and  consists  of  five  eight-lined  stanzas. 
The  original,  verse  6,  line  1,  read : 

"  So  shall  your  Sovereign  enter  in  ; " 

Line  2 : 

"  And  new  and  nobler  life  begin." 

The  Christian  Church  is  greatly  indebted  to  Miss 
Winkworth  for  valuable  translations.  She  lived 
from  1829  until  1878. 

The  Eev.  Georg  Weissel  was  born  in  Prussia  in 
1590.  In  1623  he  was  appointed  to  a  charge  in  Ko- 
nigsberg,  where  he  died  in  1635. 


1 5  Longings  for  the  house  of  God.  H.  M. 

LORD  of  the  worlds  above, 
How  pleasant  and  how  fair 
The  dwellings  of  thy  love, 
Thine  earthly  temples,  are ! 
To  thine  abode  my  heart  aspires, 
With  warm  desires  to  see  my  God. 

2  O  happy  souls  that  pray 
Where  God  appoints  to  hear ! 

O  happy  men  that  pay 

Their  constant  service  there ! 
They  praise  thee  still ;  and  happy  they 
That  love  the  way  to  Zion's  hill. 

3  They  go  from  strength  to  strength, 
Through  this  dark  vale  of  tears, 

Till  each  arrives  at  length, 
Till  each  in  heaven  appears : 
O  glorious  seat !  thou,  God,  our  King, 
Shalt  thither  bring  our  willing  feet. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

These  are  the  first,  third,  and  fourth  verses,  unal- 
tered, of  a  hymn  of  seven  stanzas,  founded  on 
Psalm  lxxxiv. 

The  author's  title  was :  Longing  for  the  House 
of  God.    Date  of  publication,  i.719. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


1 Q  The  universal  King.         H.  M. 

YOUNG  men  and  maidens,  raise 
Your  tuneful  voices  high; 
Old  men  and  children,  praise 
The  Lord  of  earth  and  sky ; 
Him  Three  in  One,  and  One  in  Three, 
Extol  to  all  eternity. 

2  The  universal  King 

Let  all  the  world  proclaim ; 
Let  every  creature  sing 

His  attributes  and  name; 
Him  Three  in  One,  and  One  in  Three, 
Extol  to  all  eternity. 

3  In  his  great  name  alone 
All  excellences  meet, 

Who  sits  upon  the  throne, 
And  shall  forever  sit; 
Him  Three  in  One,  and  One  in  Three, 
Extol  to  all  eternity. 

4  Glory  to  God  belongs ; 
Glory  to  God  be  given, 

Above  the  noblest  songs 
Of  all  in  earth  and  heaven; 
Him  Three  in  One,  and  One  in  Three, 
Extol  to  all  eternity. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


From  Hymns  for  Children,  1763.  Unaltered 
and  entire.  It  is  evidently  founded  upon  Psalm 
cxlviii,  12,  13 : 

"  Young  men,  and  maidens;  old  men,  and  chil- 
dren :  let  them  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord ;  for  his 
name  alone  is  excellent ;  his  glory  is  above  the  earth 
and  heaven." 


f 


17      TJie  glory  of  His  grace.      C.  P.  M. 

LET  all  on  earth  their  voices  raise, 
To  sing  the  great  Jehovah's  praise, 
And  bless  his  holy  name : 
His  glory  let  the  heathen  know, 
His  wonders  to  the  nations  show, 
His  saving  grace  proclaim. 

2  He  framed  the  globe ;  he  built  the  sky ; 
He  made  the  shining  worlds  on  high, 

And  reigns  in  glory  there : 
His  beams  are  majesty  and  light ; 
His  beauties,  how  divinely  bright ! 

His  dwelling-place,  how  fair! 


3  Come  the  great  day,  the  glorious  hour, 
When  earth  shall  feel  his  saving  power, 

All  nations  fear  his  name : 
Then  shall  the  race  of  men  confess 
The  beauty  of  his  holiness, 

His  saving  grace  proclaim. 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT. 

This  grand  hymn  is  founded  on  Psalm  xcvi. 
The  second  stanza  is  omitted,  and  the  others  are 
altered  to  change  the  meter.   Date,  1719. 

Oeiginal. 
The  God  of  the  Gentiles. 

1  "  Let  all  the  earth  their  voices  raise 
To  sing  the  choicest  psalm  of  praise ; 

To  sing  and  bless  Jehovah? s  name ; 
His  glory  let  the  Heathens  know, 
His  wonders  to  the  nations  show, 

And  all  his  saving  worJcs  proclaim. 

2  "  The  Heathens  know  thy  glory,  Lord ! 
The  wond'ring  nations  read  thy  word. 

In  Britain  is  Jehovah  known ; 
Our  worship  shall  no  more  be  paid, 
To  gods  which  mortal  hands  have  made ; 

Our  Maker  is  our  God  alone. 


B  "He  framed  the  globe,  he  built  the  sky, 
He  made  the  shining  worlds  on  high, 

And  reigns  complete  in  glory  there ; 
His  beams  are  majesty  and  light, 
His  beauties,  how  divinely  bright! 

His  temple,  how  divinely  fair ! 

4  "  Come  the  great  day,  the  glorious  hour, 
When  earth  shall  feel  his  saving  power, 

And  barbarous  nations  fear  his  name : 
Then  shall  the  race  of  man  confess 
The  beauty  of  his  holiness, 

And  in  his  courts  his  grace  proclaim." 


1 8  God's  glorious  presence.        C.  P.  M. 

THOU  God  of  power,  thou  God  of  love, 
Whose  glory  fills  the  realms  above, 
Whose  praise  archangels  sing, 
And  veil  their  faces  while  they  cry, 
a  thrice  holy,"  to  their  God  most  high, 
"Thrice  holy,"  to  their  King; 

2  Thee  as  our  God  we  too  would  claim, 
And  bless  the  Saviour's  precious  name, 

Through  whom  this  grace  is  given : 
He  bore  the  curse  to  sinners  due, 
He  forms  their  ruined  souls  anew, 

And  makes  them  heirs  of  heaven. 


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3  The  veil  that  hides  thy  glory  rend, 
And  here  in  saving  power  descend, 

And  fix  thy  blest  abode ; 
Here  to  our  hearts  thyself  reveal, 
And  let  each  waiting  spirit  feel 

The  presence  of  our  God. 

JOHN  WALKER. 

This  is  a  genuine  hymn ;  it  was  composed  for  the 
opening  of  Bethesda  Chapel,  Dublin,  June  22, 1794. 
It  was  subsequently  edited  and  appeared  in  A  Se- 
lection of  Hymns  used  in  Bethesda  Chapel,  Dublin, 
1814.    A  few  slight  changes  have  since  been  made. 

The  Eev.  John  Walker  (1767-1833)  was  an  Irish 
clergyman,  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin. 
About  the  year  1800  he  originated  a  new  sect  called 
the  Church  of  God.  but  commonly  known  as 
"  Walkerites." 


1 9  The  praise  of  Jesus.      C.  P.  M. 

JESUS,  thou  soul  of  all  our  joys, 
For  whom  we  now  lift  up  our  voice, 
And  all  our  strength  exert, 
Vouchsafe  the  grace  we  humbly  claim ; 
Compose  into  a  thankful  frame, 
And  tune  thy  people's  heart. 

2  While  in  the  heavenly  work  we  join, 
Thy  glory  be  our  whole  design, 

Thy  glory,  not  our  own : 
Still  let  us  keep  this  end  in  view, 
And  still  the  pleasing  task  pursue, 

To  please  our  God  alone. 

3  Thee  let  us  praise,  our  common  Lord, 
And  sweetly  join,  with  one  accord, 

Thy  goodness  to  proclaim : 
Jesus,  thyself  in  us  reveal, 
And  all  our  faculties  shall  feel 

Thy  harmonizing  name. 

4  With  calmly  reverential  joy, 
O  let  us  all  our  lives  employ 

In  setting  forth  thy  love ; 
And  raise  in  death  our  triumph  higher, 
And  sing,  with  all  the  heavenly  choir, 

That  endless  song  above. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 
Author's  title :  The  True  Use  of  Music. 

"  I  will  sing  with  the  spirit,  and  I  will  sing  with 
the  understanding  also."  1  Cor.  xiv,  15. 

This  hymn  is  composed  of  the  first  two  and  last 
two  verses  of  a  poem  of  eight  stanzas. 

Original. 
Verse  four,  line  two : 

"  We  then  shall  all  our  lives  employ." 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  vol.  ii,  1749. 


/O  U  Humble  adoration.  7. 

HEAVENLY  Father,  sovereign  Lord, 
Be  thy  glorious  name  adored ! 
Lord,  thy  mercies  never  fail ; 
Hail,  celestial  Goodness,  hail ! 

2  Though  unworthy  of  thine  ear, 
Deign  our  humble  songs  to  hear ; 
Purer  praise  we  hope  to  bring 
When  around  thy  throne  we  sing. 

3  While  on  earth  ordained  to  stay, 
Guide  our  footsteps  in  thy  way, 
Till  we  come  to  dwell  with  thee, 
Till  we  all  thy  glory  see. 

4  Then,  with  angel-harps  again, 
We  will  wake  a  noble  strain; 
There,  in  joyful  songs  of  praise, 
Our  triumphant  voices  raise. 

BENJAMIN  WILLIAMS,  ALT. 

Praise  and  Thanksgiving. 

This  is  found  in  a  Unitarian  Collection,  Salis- 
bury, 1778,  where  it  begins  : 

"  Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord." 

Seven  lines  have  been  altered,  and  two  stanzas 
omitted.  It  is  without  name,  but  English  hymnol- 
ogists  ascribe  it  to  the  Rev.  Benj.  Williams,  min- 
ister of  a  Presbyterian  congregation  at  Salisbury. 


& X  Blessings  implored.  7. 

LORD,  we  come  before  thee  now, 
At  thy  feet  we  humbly  bow ; 
O  do  not  our  suit  disdain ; 
Shall  we  seek  thee,  Lord,  in  vain? 

2  Lord,  on  thee  our  souls  depend ; 
In  compassion  now  descend ; 

Fill  our  hearts  with  thy  rich  grace, 
Tune  our  lips  to  sing  thy  praise. 

3  In  thine  own  appointed  way. 
Now  we  seek  thee,  here  we  stay ; 
Lord,  we  know  not  how  to  go, 
Till  a  blessing  thou  bestow. 

4  Send  some  message  from  thy  word, 
That  may  joy  and  peace  afford ; 

Let  thy  Spirit  now  impart 
Full  salvation  to  each  heart. 

5  Comfort  those  who  weep  and  mourn ; 
Let  the  time  of  joy  return ; 

Those  that  are  cast  down  lift  up ; 
Make  them  strong  in  faith  and  hope, 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


6  Grant  that  all  may  seek  and  find 
Thee,  a  gracious  God  and  kind : 
Heal  the  sick,  the  captive  free ; 
Let  us  all  rejoice  in  thee. 

WILLIAM  HAMMOND. 

Author's  title:  A  Hymn  to  be  Sung  at  Public 
Worship. 

The  original  contains  eight  double  stanzas.  It 
first  appeared  in  the  author's  Psalms,  Hymns,  and 
Spiritual  Songs,  1745.  Lyra  Britannica,  London, 
1866,  aiso  gives  the  original.  Hammond  wrote  the 
last  line  of  the  fifth  verse : 

"  Strong  in  faith,  in  love,  and  hope ; ' 

and  in  the  first  couplet  of  verse  six : 

"  Grant  that  those  who  seek  may  find, 
Thee  a  God  sincere  and  kind." 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  4. 


&  a        Tribute  of  praise  at  parting.  7. 

CHRISTIANS,  brethren,  ere  we  part, 
Every  voice  and  every  heart 
Join,  and  to  our  Father  raise 
One  last  hymn  of  grateful  praise. 

2  Though  we  here  should  meet  no  more, 
Yet  there  is  a  brighter  shore ; 

There,  released  from  toil  and  pain, 
There  we  all  may  meet  again. 

3  Now  to  thee,  thou  God  of  heaven, 
Be  eternal  glory  given : 

Grateful  for  thy  love  divine, 
May  our  hearts  be  ever  thine. 

H.  KIRKE  WHITE,  ALT. 

Original. 

"  Christians  !  brethren  !  ere  we  part, 
Join  every  voice  and  every  heart ; 
One  solemn  hymn  to  God  we  raise, 
One  final  song  of  grateful  praise. 

"  Christians  !  we  here  may  meet  no  more, 
But  there  is  yet  a  happier  shore  ; 
And  there,  released  from  toil  and  pain, 
Brethren,  ive  shall  meet  again. 

"Now  to  God,  the  three  in  One, 
Be  eternal  glory  done ; 
Raise,  ye  saints,  the  sound  again  : 
Ye  nations,  join  the  loud  Amen." 

It  was  first  published  in  Hymns  Partly  Collected 
and  Partly  Original.  Edited  by  William  B.  Coll- 
yer,  D.D.,  London,  1812. 

Ilenry  Kirke  White  was  born  in  humble  circum- 
stances at  Nottingham,  England,  in  1785.  When 


fourteen  years  old,  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  stock- 
ing weaver.  Leaving  this  occupation,  he  began 
the  study  of  law.  After  experiencing  religion,  he 
resolved  to  enter  the  Church,  but  died  before  he 
had  completed  his  studies,  at  the  early  age  of 
twenty  years.  His  religious  awakening  was  some- 
what remarkable.  An  intimate  friend  became  a 
Christian,  and— knowing  that  White  was  a  skeptic, 
and  that  he  ridiculed  religion — avoided  his  society. 
On  being  asked  the  reason,  he  frankly  told 
the  skeptic  of  his  conversion,  and  purpose  to 
lead  a  new  life.  This  cut  White  to  the  heart, 
and  the  result  was  that  he,  too,  became  a  Chris- 
tian.   He  died  October  19,  1806. 


23  Concluding  prayer  and  thanksgiving.  7. 

NOW  may  He  who  from  the  dead 
Brought  the  Shepherd  of  the  sheep, 
Jesus  Christ,  our  King  and  Head, 
All  our  souls  in  safety  keep. 

2  May  he  teach  us  to  fulfill 
What  is  pleasing  in  his  sight; 

Make  us  perfect  in  his  will, 
And  preserve  us  day  and  night. 

3  To  that  great  Redeemer's  praise, 
Who  the  covenant  sealed  with  blood, 

Let  our  hearts  and  voices  raise 
Loud  thanksgivings  to  our  God. 

JOHN  NEWTON. 


From  the  Olney  Hymns}  1779.  A  metrical  ver- 
sion of  the  familiar  benediction,  unaltered : 

"Now  the  God  of  peace,  that  brought  again  from 
the  dead  our  Lord  Jesus,  that  great  Shepherd  of 
the  sheep,  through  the  blood  of  the  everlasting 
covenant,  make  you  perfect  in  every  good  work  to 
do  his  will,  working  in  you  that  which  is  well- 
pleasing  in  his  sight,  through  Jesus  Christ;  to 
whom  be  glory  for  ever  and  ever.  Amen."  Heb. 
xiii,  20,  21. 

John  Newton  was  a  native  of  London,  born  in 
1725.  His  father  was  a  seaman,  and  John,  for  many 
years,  followed  the  same  calling.  He  was  a  wild 
and  wicked  youth  ;  and,  after  having  been  flogged 
and  expelled  from  the  navy  for  desertion,  shipped 
in  a  merchantman.  At  length  he  entered  the  serv- 
ice of  an  English  slave-trader,  and  became  ex- 
ceedingly degraded,  profane,  and  profligate.  In 
1748,  on  a  voyage  home  from  Africa,  during  a  ter- 
rific storm,  he  became  truly  awakened,  and  was 
ever  afterward  a  changed  man.  In  1758  he  began 
to  preach,  and  after  six  years  of  study  entered  the 
ministry  of  the  Church  of  England.  He  was  the 
author  of  some  prose  works,  and,  in  connection  with 
the  poet  Cowper,  published  the  Olney  Hymns }  1779. 
Many  of  his  hymns  are  very  tame  and  ordinary ; 
some  of  them,  however,  are  excellent,  and  are  founa 
in  all  popular  collections.    He  died  in  1807. 


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24:   Saints  and  angels  praising  God.  7. 

SONGS  of  praise  the  angels  sang, 
Heaven  with  hallelujahs  rang, 
When  Jehovah's  work  begun, 
When  he  spake  and  it  was  done. 

2  Songs  of  praise  awoke  the  morn, 
When  the  Prince  of  peace  was  born : 
Songs  of  praise  arose,  when  he 
Captive  led  captivity. 

3  Saints  below,  with  heart  and  voice, 
Still  in  songs  of  praise  rejoice ; 
Learning  here,  by  faith  and  love, 
Songs  of  praise  to  sing  above. 

4  Borne  upon  their  latest  breath, 
Songs  of  praise  shall  conquer  death; 
Then  amid  eternal  joy, 

Songs  of  praise  their  powers  employ. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 


Unaltered  from  the  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 
Title :  Glory  to  God  in  the  Highest.  Luke  ii,  14. 
Two  stanzas  are  omitted  : 

3  "  Heaven  and  earth  must  pass  away, 
Songs  of  praise  shall  crown  that  day : 
God  will  make  new  heavens  and  earth, 
Songs  of  praise  shall  hail  their  birth. 

4  "  And  will  man  alone  be  dumb, 
Till  that  glorious  morning  come  ? 
No ;  the  Chui-ch  delights  to  raise 
Psalms,  and  hymns,  and  songs  of  praise." 


2  5      Let  all  the  people  praise  Him.  7. 

THANK  and  praise  Jehovah's  name ; 
For  his  mercies,  firm  and  sure, 
From  eternity  the  same, 
To  eternity  endure. 

2  Let  the  ransomed  thus  rejoice, 
Gathered  out  of  every  land, 

As  the  people  of  his  choice, 

Plucked  from  the  destroyer's  hand. 

3  Let  the  elders  praise  the  Lord, 
Him  let  all  the  people  praise, 

When  they  meet  with  one  accord, 
In  his  courts  on  holy  days. 

4  Praise  him,  ye  who  know  his  love ; 
Praise  him  from  the  depths  beneath ; 

Praise  him  in  the  heights  above ; 
Praise  your  Maker,  all  that  breathe. 
2 


5  For  his  truth  and  mercy  stand, 
Past,  and  present,  and  to  be, 

Like  the  years  of  his  right  hand, 
Like  his  own  eternity. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 


This  hymn  is  made  up  of  two  or  three  fragments : 
the  first  two  verses  are  from  the  author's  version 
of  Psahn  cvii ;  the  last  two  are  a  part  of  Psalm 
cxvii.  The  third  stanza  was  written  on  Psalm 
cvii,  32. 

From  Songs  of  Zion,  1822. 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  5. 


2  6  Praise  and  prayer.  7. 

GLORY  be  to  God  on  high, 
God,  whose  glory  fills  the  sky ! 
Peace  on  earth  to  man  forgiven, 
Man,  the  well-beloved  of  Heaven. 

2  Sovereign  Father,  heavenly  King, 
Thee  we  now  presume  to  sing ; 
Thee  with  thankful  hearts  we  prove 
God  of  power,  and  God  of  love. 

3  Christ  our  Lord  and  God  we  own, 
Christ,  the  Father's  only  Son, 
Lamb  of  God  for  sinners  slain, 
Saviour  of  offending  man. 

4  Bow  thine  ear,  in  mercy  bow, 
Hear,  the  world's  atonement,  thou! 
Jesus,  in  thy  name  we  pray, 
Take,  O  take  our  sins  away. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


Unaltered  from  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  by 
John  and  Charles  Wesley,  1739. 

Written  upon  Luke  ii,  14:  "Glory  to  God,'1 
etc. 

Part  of  a  hymn  of  seven  stanzas. 
Omitted  from  verses  two  and  three  : 

"  Glad  Thine  attributes  confess, 
Glorious  all  and  numberless." 

"  Hail !  by  all  Thy  works  adored, 
Hail !  the  everlasting  Lord  !  " 

6  "  Powerful  Advocate  with  God, 
Justify  us  by  Thy  blood  ! 

Bow  thine  ear  in  mercy  bow, 

Hear  the  World's  Atonement,  Thou. 

7  "  Hear  for  Thou,  O  Christ,  alone 
With  Thy  glorious  Sire  art  One ! 
One  the  Holy  Ghost  with  Thee, 
One  supreme  Eternal  Three." 


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Praise  the  Lord. 


27 

PRAISE  the  Lord,  his  glories  show, 
Saints  within  his  courts  below, 
Angels  round  his  throne  above, 
All  that  see  and  share  his  love. 

2  Earth  to  heaven,  and  heaven  to  earth, 
Tell  his  wonders,  sing  his  worth ; 

Age  to  age,  and  shore  to  shore, 
Praise  him,  praise  him,  evermore ! 

3  Praise  the  Lord,  his  mercies  trace ; 
Praise  his  providence  and  grace ; 
All  that  he  for  man  hath  done ; 

All  he  sends  us  through  his  Son. 

4  Strings  and  voices,  hands  and  hearts, 
In  the  concert  bear  your  parts ; 

All  that  breathe,  your  Lord  adore, 
Praise  him.  praise  him,  evermore ! 

HENRY  F.  LYTE,  ALT. 
Founded  upon  Psalm  cl. 

From  the  author's  Spirit  of  the  Psalms,  London, 
1834. 

The  first  three  stanzas  have  been  altered.  The 
last  line  of  the  first  verse  read : 

w  Praise  Him  all  that  share  His  love." 

The  first  couplet  of  second  verse : 

"  Earth  to  heaven  exalt  the  strain, 
Send  it,  heaven,  to  earth  again." 

The  third  verse  read : 

"  Praise  the  Lord,  His  goodness  trace  ; 

All  the  wonders  of  His  grace ; 

All  that  Ho  hath  borne  and  done,"  etc. 

The  fourth  stanza  would  not  have  been  admitted 
into  any  hymn  book  by  the  early  Methodists. 
Instruments  of  music  in  the  church,  and  especially 
those  with  "  strings,"  were  an  abomination  to 
them.  Dr.  Adam  Clarke  said :  "  Music  as  a  science 
I  admire ;  but  instruments  of  music  in  the  house 
of  God  I  abominate  and  abhor."  John  Wesley 
said  :  **  I  have  no  objection  to  instruments  of 
music  in  our  chapels,  provided  they  are  neither 
heard  nor  seen." 

The  Eev.  Henry  Francis  Lyte  lived  from  1793  to 
1847  ;  was  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin  ;  en- 
tered the  ministry  while  yet  unconverted ;  but,  in 
visiting  a  dying  brother  clergymen  and  searching 
the  Scriptures  together,  they  both  found  the  way  of 
salvation  by  faith.  Some  of  this  author's  hymns 
are  deservedly  great  favorites. 


28         The  heavenly  Guest.  C.  M. 

COME,  let  us  who  in  Christ  believe, 
Our  common  Saviour  praise : 
To  him  with  joyful  voices  give 
The  glory  of  his  grace. 


2  He  now  stands  knocking  at  the  door 
Of  every  sinner's  heart: 

The  worst  need  keep  him  out  no  more, 
Nor  force  him  to  depart. 

3  Through  grace  we  hearken  to  thy  voice, 
Yield  to  be  saved  from  sin ; 

In  sure  and  certain  hope  rejoice, 
That  thou  wilt  enter  in. 

4  Come  quickly  in,  thou  heavenly  Guest, 
Nor  ever  hence  remove ; 

But  sup  with  us,  and  let  the  feast 
Be  everlasting  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymns  on  God^s  Everlasting  Love,  1741. 
This  is  made  of  the  first  and  last  three  verses, 
unaltered,  of  a  poem  of  fourteen  stanzas. 

In  the  Calvinistic  controversy,  that  was  so  hotly 
waged  between  the  Wesleys,  on  the  one  hand,  and 
Whitefield,  Cennick,  and  others,  on  the  other,  the 
hymns  with  the  above  title  were  circulated  as 
tracts,  and  proved  very  effectual  weapons  of  war- 
fare. A  glance  at  the  hymn  will  show  how  un- 
palatable it  must  have  been  to  a  strict  Calvinist. 
The  stanzas  omitted  were  still  more  so. 


29  Blessing  on  worshipers.         C.  M. 

ONCE  more  we  come  before  our  God; 
Once  more  his  blessing  ask : 
O  may  not  duty  seem  a  load, 
Nor  worship  prove  a  task. 

2  Father,  thy  quickening  Spirit  send 
From  heaven,  in  Jesus'  name, 

And  bid  our  waiting  minds  attend, 
And  put  our  souls  in  frame. 

3  May  we  receive  the  word  we  hear, 
Each  in  an  honest  heart ; 

And  keep  the  precious  treasure  there, 
And  never  with  it  part. 

4  To  seek  thee,  all  our  hearts  dispose ; 
To  each  thy  blessing  suit ; 

And  let  the  seed  thy  servant  sows 
Produce  abundant  fruit. 

JOSEPH  HART. 

Title :  Before  Preaching.  From  the  Supplement 
of  Hymns  Composed  on  Various  Subjects.  By  J. 
Hart,  1762. 

In  the  third  verse  the  author  wrote  "  Hoard  up," 
instead  of  "  And  keep  ; "  in  the  fourth  verse  he 
wrote  "  a  copious,"  instead  of  "abundant." 

The  original  has  two  additional  stanzas  : 

"Bid  the  refreshing  north  wind  wake, 

Say  to  the  south  wind,  blow  ; 
Let  every  plant  the  power  partake, 

And  all  the  garden  grow. 


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"  Revive  the  parched  with  heavenly  showers, 
The  cold  with  warmth  divine ; 

And  as  the  benefit  is  ours, 
Be  all  the  glory  thine." 

The  Eev.  Joseph  Hart  was  born  in  London  in 
1712  ;  was  liberally  educated,  and  in  early  manhood 
led  a  life  of  prayer.  He  afterward  became  notori 
ously  skeptical  and  wicked  ;  but  God's  Spirit  fol- 
lowed him,  and  at  length  he  became  a  new  man 
and  a  minister  of  the  Gospel.  Some  of  his  hymns 
are  great  favorites.    He  died  May  24,  1768. 


30         Expecting  the  blessing.  C.  M. 

SEE,  Jesus,  thy  disciples  see, 
The  promised  blessing  give ; 
Met  in  thy  name,  we  look  to  thee, 
Expecting  to  receive. 

2  Thee  we  expect,  our  faithful  Lord, 
Who  in  thy  name  are  joined ; 

We  wait,  according  to  thy  word, 
Thee  in  the  midst  to  find. 

3  With  us  thou  art  assembled  here, 
But  O  thyself  reveal ; 

Son  of  the  living  God,  appear ! 
Let  us  thy  presence  feel. 

4  Breathe  on  us,  Lord,  in  this  our  day, 
And  these  dry  bones  shall  live ; 

Speak  peace  into  our  hearts,  and  say, 
"The  Holy  Ghost  receive." 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749.  Un- 
altered. 

Title  :  At  Meeting  of  Friends. 
There  are  four  additional  stanzas  : 

5  "  Whom  now  we  seek,  O  may  we  meet ! 
Jesus  the  Crucified. 

Show  us  thy  bleeding  hands  and  feet, 
Thou  who  for  us  hast  died. 

6  "  Cause  us  the  record  to  receive ; 
Speak,  and  the  tokens  show  : 

0  be  not  faithless,  but  believe 
In  me  who  died  for  you. 

7  "  Lord,  I  believe  for  me,  even  me, 
Thy  wounds  were  opened  wide  ; 

1  see  the  prints,  I  more  than  see 
Thy  feet,  thy  hands,  thy  side. 

8  "I  cannot  fear,  I  cannot  doubt, 
1  feel  the  sprinkled  blood ; 

Let  every  soul  with  me  cry  out, 
'  Thou  art  my  Lord,  my  God.'  " 


3  1  Infinite  grace.  C.  M. 

INFINITE  excellence  is  thine, 
Thou  glorious  Prince  of  Grace ! 
Thy  uncreated  beauties  shine 
With  never-fading  rays. 

2  Sinners,  from  earth's  remotest  end, 
Come  bending  at  thy  feet ; 

To  thee  their  prayers  and  songs  ascend, 
In  thee  their  wishes  meet. 

3  Millions  of  happy  spirits  live 
On  thy  exhaustless  store; 

From  thee  they  all  their  bliss-receive, 
And  still  thou  givest  more. 

4  Thou  art  their  triumph  and  their  joy ; 
They  find  their  all  in  thee ; 

Thy  glories  will  their  tongues  employ 
Through  all  eternity. 

JOHN  FAWCETT. 

Title :  Jesus  the  Desire  of  all  Nations. 

The  original  contains  twelve  stanzas. 

These  are  verses  one,  five,  eight,  and  nine.  The 
author  wrote  "lovely"  instead  of  "  glorious  "  in 
verse  one,  line  two,  and  "vows"  instead  of 
"songs"  in  verse  two,  line  three. 

From  the  author's  hymn  book,  containing  one 
hundred  and  sixty-six  pieces,  entitled,  Hymns 
Adapted  to  the  Circumstances  of  Public  Worship 
and  Private  Devotion,  1782. 

The  Rev.  John  Fawcett  was  awakened  by  the 
preaching  of  George  Whitefield  ;  joined  the  Baptist 
Church  at  Bradford  in  1758  ;  after  much  prayer  de- 
cided to  follow  the  advice  of  his  friends  and  became 
a  preacher;  was  ordained  minister  of  a  Baptist 
Church  at  Wainsgate,  Eng.,  in  1765,  and  continued 
in  the  work  of  the  ministry  for  more  than  fifty  years. 
He  died  in  Christian  triumph,  in  1817,  at  the  age  of 
seventy-eight  years. 


3  2      The  great  and  effectual  door.     C.  M. 

JESUS,  thou  all- redeeming  Lord, 
Thy  blessing  we  implore; 
Open  the  door  to  preach  thy  word. 
The  great,  effectual  door. 

2  Gather  the  outcasts  in,  and  save 
From  sin  and  Satan's  power; 

And  let  them  now  acceptance  have, 
And  know  their  gracious  hour. 

3  Lover  of  souls !  thou  know'st  to  prize 
What  thou  hast  bought  so  dear : 

Come,  then,  and  in  thy  people's  eyes 
With  all  thy  wounds  appear. 


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HYMN  S TTTDIES. 


ihe  hardness  of  our  hearts  remove, 
Thou  who  for  all  hast  died ; 
Show  us  the  tokens  of  thy  love, 
Thy  feet,  thy  hands,  thy  side. 

5  Ready  thou  art  the  blood  to  apply, 
And  prove  the  record  true ; 

And  all  thy  wounds  to  sinners  cry, 
"  I  suffered  this  for  you." 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


Prom  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 

The  author's  title  is  :  Before  Treadling  to  the 
Colliers  in  Leicestershire. 

This  is  composed  of  verses  one,  two,  six,  and 
nine,  of  a  hymn  of  eighteen  stanzas.  No.  867  is  a 
Dart  of  the  same  hymn. 

The  author  wrote  "stony"  instead  of  "hard- 
ness "  in  verse  four. 

Among  the  omitted  stanzas  are  the  following, 
which  contain  great  beauties  and  great  defects  : 

"  Thy  feet  were  nailed  to  yonder  tree 

To  trample  down  their  sin  ; 
Thy  hands  they  all  stretched  out  may  see, 

To  take  the  murderers  in. 

"  Thy  side  an  open  fountain  is, 

Where  all  may  freely  go, 
And  drink  the  living  streams  of  bliss, 

And  wash  them  white  as  snow.'' 


33    God,  the  only  object  of  ivorship.       0.  M. 

OGOD,  our  strength,  to  thee  our  song 
With  grateful  hearts  we  raise; 
To  thee,  and  thee  alone,  belong 
All  worship,  love,  and  praise. 

2  In  trouble's  dark  and  stormy  hour 
Thine  ear  hath  heard  our  prayer ; 

And  graciously  thine  arm  of  power 
Hath  saved  us  from  despair. 

3  And  thou,  O  ever  gracious  Lord, 
Wilt  keep  thy  promise  still, 

If,  meekly  hearkening  to  thy  word, 
We  seek  to  do  thy  will. 

4  Led  by  the  light  thy  grace  imparts, 
Ne'er  may  we  bow  the  knee 

To  idols,  which  our  wayward  hearts 
Set  up  instead  of  thee. 

5  So  shall  thy  choicest  gifts,  O  Lord, 
Thy  faithful  people  bless ; 

For  them  shall  earth  its  stores  afford, 
And  heaven  its  happiness. 

HARRIET  AUBER. 


Founded  upon  passages  of  Psalm  lxxxi.  It  is  a 
fine  hymn,  unaltered  and  complete. 

Miss  Harriet  Auber  lived  to  be  eighty-nine  years 
old,  (1773-1862. )  She  led  a  quiet  and  contented  life ; 
writing  much,  but  publishing  otdy  one  volume. 
The  full  title  of  this  book  was :  The  Spirit  of  the 
Tsalms ;  A  Compressed  Version  of  Select  Tortions 
of  the  Tsalms  of  David.  It  was  published  anony- 
mously in  1829.  It  is  not  entirely  original ;  some 
pieces  were  selected  from  well-known  writers. 


34  Vying  with  the  angels.  C.  M. 

A THOUSAND  oracles  divine 
Their  common  beams  unite, 
That  sinners  may  with  angels  join, 
To  worship  God  aright. 

2  Triumphant  host !  they  never  cease 
To  laud  and  magnify 

The  Triune  God  of  holiness, 
Whose  glory  fills  the  sky. 

3  By  faith  the  upper  choir  we  meet, 
And  challenge  them  to  sing 

Jehovah  on  his  shining  seat, 
Our  Maker  and  our  King. 

4  But  God  made  flesh  is  wholly  ours, 
And  asks  our  noblest  strain ; 

The  Father  of  celestial  powers, 
The  Friend  of  earthborn  man ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


From  Hymns  on  the  Trinity,  1767. 

Only  half  of  the  hymn  is  given  here.  The 
thought  of  the  last  line  is  beautifully  expressed  by 
Edward  Young  in  his  Night  Thong /its: 

"  0  how  Omnipotence 
Is  lost  in  love  !  thou  great  Philanthropist, 
Father  of  angels,  but  the  friend  of  man." 

Verse  three,  line  four,  the  author  wrote : 
"Our  Maker,  God,  and  King." 


The  third  verse  of  the  hymn  is  a  grand  one. 
The  following  omitted  stanza  is  equally  remark- 
able : 

"  Ye  seraphs  nearest  to  the  throng 

With  rapturous  amaze 
On  us  poor  ransomed  worms  look  down, 


For  h 


leaven's  superior  praise." 


The  thought  is  beautiful,  yet  it  is  not  new,  nor 
original  with  Wesley,  that  redeemed  men  can  and 
ought  to  excel  the  angels  in  praise  to  God. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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35  Grace,  pardon,  and  life.  L.  M. 

FATHER  of  heaven,  whose  love  profound 
A  ransom  for  our  souls  hath  found, 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend ; 
To  us  thy  pardoning  love  extend. 

2  Almighty  Son,  incarnate  Word, 
Our  Prophet,  Priest,  Redeemer,  Lord, 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend ; 
To  us  thy  saving  grace  extend. 

3  Eternal  Spirit,  by  whose  breath 
The  soul  is  raised  from  sin  and  death, 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend ; 
To  us  thy  quickening  power  extend. 

4  Jehovah!  Father,  Spirit,  Son, 
Mysterious  Godhead !  Three  in  One ! 
Before  thy  throne  we  sinners  bend ; 
Grace,  pardon,  life  to  us  extend. 

EDWARD  COOPER. 

This  hymn  is  unaltered  and  entire,  as  found  in 
A  Selection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Public  and 
Private  Use,  Adapted  to  the  Services  of  the  Church 
of  England.  By  the  Rev.  T.  Cotterill,  A.M., 
Eighth  Edition,  considerably  enlarged.  Sheffield, 
1819.  It  first  appeared  in  A  Selection  of  Psalms 
and  Hymns  for  Public  and  Private  Use,  Uttoxeter, 
A805.  It  was  so  well  written  that  it  has  escaped 
the  attention  of  the  hymn  menders  and  appears 
here  in  its  original  form. 

Eev.  Edward  Cooper  was  a  Church  of  England 
clergyman  born  in  1770.    He  died  in  1833. 


3  6     True  worship  every-where  accepted.    L.  M. 

OTHOU  to  whom,  in  ancient  time, 
The  lyre  of  Hebrew  bards  was  strung, 
Whom  kings  adored  in  song  sublime, 
And   prophets    praised  with  glowing 
tongue ; 

2  Not  now  on  Zion's  height  alone 
The  favored  worshiper  may  dwell, 

Nor  where,  at  sultry  noon,  thy  Son 
Sat  weary  by  the  patriarch's  well. 

3  From  every  place  below  the  skies, 
The  grateful  song,  the  fervent  prayer, 

The  incense  of  the  heart  may  rise 

To  heaven,  and  find  acceptance  there. 

4  O  thou  to  whom,  in  ancient  time, 
The  holy  prophet's  harp  was  strung, 

To  thee  at  last  in  every  clime, 

Shall  temples  rise  and  praise  be  sung. 

JOHN  PIERPONT. 


Author's  title  :  Universal  Worship. 
From  Airs  of  Palestine  and  Other  Poems.  Bos- 
ton, 1841. 

It  was  written  for  the  opening  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Congregational  Church  in  Salem,  Mass., 
1824. 

Verses  two  and  three  contain  an  elegant  refer- 
ence to  the  words  of  Christ  to  the  woman  of  Sama- 
ria, John  iv,  21-23.  Two  unimportant  stanzas 
are  omitted.  In  the  second  line  of  the  last  stanza 
Pierpont  wrote : 

"  The  lyre  of  prophet  bards  was  strung." 

John  Pierpont  was  born  in  Litchfield,  Conn.,  in 
1785;  was  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1804;  spent 
several  years  as  teacher,  lawyer,  and  merchant ; 
and  in  1818  began  to  study  for  the  ministry.  Soon 
after  that  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Hollis 
Street  Unitarian  Church,  in  Boston,  where  he  re- 
mained for  twenty-five  years.  At  the  breaking  out 
of  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  although  seventy-five 
years  old,  he  could  not  be  contented  to  remain  at 
home,  and  Governor  Andrew  appointed  him  chap- 
lain of  a  regiment.  His  failing  strength  was  not 
equal  to  the  duties  of  his  position,  and  he  resigned. 
He  was  then  appointed  to  a  clerkship  in  Washing- 
ton, and  remained  in  the  service  of  the  govern- 
ment until  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1866.  Pierpont 
was  a  scholar,  orator,  and  poet,  a  radical  temper- 
ance advocate,  and  a  bold  antislavery  leader. 
Two  of  his  hymns,  both  valuable,  are  found  in  this 
collection. 


3  7  Trembling  aspiration.         L.  M. 

OTHOU,  whom  all  thy  saints  adore, 
We  now  with  all  thy  saints  agree, 
And  bow  our  inmost  souls  before 
Thy  glorious,  awful  Majesty. 

2  We  come,  great  God,  to  seek  thy  face, 
And  for  thy  loving-kindness  wait ; 

And  O  how  dreadful  is  this  place ! 

'Tis  God's  own  house,  'tis  heaven's  gate. 

3  Tremble  our  hearts  to  find  thee  nigh ; 
To  thee  our  trembling  hearts  aspire ; 

And  lo !  we  see  descend  from  high 
The  pillar  and  the  flame  of  fire. 

4  Still  let  it  on  the  assembly  stay, 
And  all  the  house  with  glory  fill ; 

To  Canaan's  bounds  point  out  the  way, 
And  lead  us  to  thy  holy  hill. 

5  There  let  us  all  with  Jesus  stand, 
And  join  the  general  Church  above, 

And  take  our  seats  at  thy  right  hand, 
And  sing  thine  everlasting  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


Title:  Entering  into  the  Congregation.  Two 
stanzas,  the  second  and  seventh,  are  omitted : 

"  Thee,  King  of  nations,  we  proclaim : 
Who  would  not  our  great  Sovereign  fear? 

"We  long  to  experience  all  Thy  name, 
And  now  we  come  to  meet  Thee  here. 

"  Come,  Lord,  our  souls  are  on  the  wing, 
Now  on  Thy  great  white  throne  appear, 

And  let  my  eyes  behold  my  King, 
And  let  me  see  my  Saviour  there." 

Taken  unaltered  from  Hymns  and  Sawed  Poems. 
By  John  and  Charles  Wesley,  1742. 


Solemn  adoration. 


L.  M. 


38 

ETERNAL  Power,  whose  high  abode 
Becomes  the  grandeur  of  a  God, 
infinite  lengths  beyond  the  bounds 
Where  stars  revolve  their  little  rounds ! 

2  Thee  while  the  first  archangel  sings, 
He  hides  his  face  behind  his  wings, 
And  ranks  of  shining  thrones  around 
Fall  worshiping,  and  spread  the  ground. 

3  Lord,  what  shall  earth  and  ashes  do? 
We  would  adore  our  Maker'  too ; 
From  sin  and  dust  to  thee  we  cry, 
The  Great,  the  Holy,  and  the  High. 

4  Earth,  from  afar,  hath  heard  thy  fame, 
And  worms  have  learned  to  lisp  thy  name: 
But  O !  the  glories  of  thy  mind 

Leave  all  our  soaring  thoughts  behind. 

5  God  is  in  heaven,  and  men  below: 
Be  short  our  tunes ;  our  words  be  few : 
A  solemn  reverence  checks  our  songs, 
And  praise  sits  silent  on  our  tongues. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

From  Horce  Lyricce,  1709. 

Author's  title:  The  Conclusion — God  Exalted, 
above  all  Praise. 

The  second  stanza  is  omitted : 

"  The  lowest  step  beneath  thy  feet, 

Eises  too  high  for  Gabriel's  feet ; 

In  vain  the  tall  archangel  tries 

To  reach  thine  height  with  wondering  eyes." 

This  stanza  is  extravagant,  but  it  is  poetic,  and 
characteristic  of  its  author. 

The  first  line  of  the  next  stanza  has  been  altered. 
Watts  wrote : 

"  Thy  dazzling  beauties  whilst  he  sings." 


39 

Living  bread.  L.  M. 

THY  presence,  gracious  God,  afford; 
Prepare  us  to  receive  thy  word: 
Now  let  thy  voice  engage  our  ear. 
And  faith  be  mixed  with  what  we  hear. 

2  Distracting  thoughts  and  cares  remove, 
And  fix  our  hearts  and  hopes  above : 
With  food  divine  may  we  be  fed, 

And  satisfied  with  living  bread. 

3  To  us  the  sacred  word  apply 
With  sovereign  power  and  energy ; 
And  may  we,  in  thy  faith  and  fear, 
Reduce  to  practice  what  we  hear. 

4  Father,  in  us  thy  Son  reveal ; 
Teach  us  to  know  and  do  thy  will: 
Thy  saving  power  and  love  displajr, 
And  guide  us  to  the  realms  of  day. 

JOHN  FAWCETT. 

Title :  Before  Sermon. 

The  text  of  this  hymn  remains  the  same  as  it 
read  a  century  ago;  except  that  the  chorus  has 
been  dropped : 

Cho.    "  Thus,  Lord,  thy  waiting  servants  bless, 
And  crown  thy  Gospel  with  success." 

From  Hymns  Adapted  to  the  Circumstances  of 
Public  Worship  and  Private  Devotion.  By  John 
Fawcett,  Leeds,  1782.    See  No.  31. 


40  God  revealed  to  faith.  L.  M. 

NOT  here,  as  to  the  prophet's  eye, 
The  Lord  upon  his  throne  appears ; 
Nor  seraphim  responsive  cry, 

' '  Holy !  thrice  holy !  "  in  our  ears : 

2  Yet  God  is  present  in  this  place, 
Veiled  in  serener  majesty; 

So  full  of  glory,  truth,  and  grace, 
That  faith  alone  such  light  can  see. 

3  Nor,  as  he  in  the  temple  taught, 

Is  Christ  within  these  walls  revealed, 
When  blind,  and  deaf,  and  dumb  were 
brought, 

Lepers  and  lame,  and  all  were  healed : 

4  Yet  here,  when  two  or  three  shall  meet, 
Or  thronging  multitudes  are  found, 

All  may  sit  down  at  Jesus'  feet, 

And  hear  from  him  the  joyful  sound. 


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5  Send  forth  the  seraphim,  O  Lord, 
To  touch  thy  servants'  lips  with  fire ; 

Saviour,  give  them  thy  faithful  word ; 
Come,  Holy  Ghost,  their  hearts  inspire. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title :  For  the  Opening  of  a  Place  of  Worship. 
In  the  second  line  of  the  third  stanza  the  author- 
ized text  is : 

"  Is  Christ  beneath  this  roof  revealed." 

From  Sacred  Poems  and  Hymns  for  Public  and 
Private  Devotion,  1853.  This  book  the  author 
calls  "  the  most  serious  work"  of  his  long  life.  It 
was  edited  the  year  previous  to  his  death.  See 
No.  5. 


41  Glory  begun  below.  S.  M. 

COME,  ye  that  love  the  Lord, 
And  let  your  joys  be  known; 
Join  in  a  song  with  sweet  accord, 
While  ye  surround  his  throne. 

f   2  Let  those  refuse  to  sing 
Who  never  knew  our  God, 
But  servants  of  the  heavenly  King 
May  speak  their  joys  abroad. 

3  The  God  that  rules  on  high, 
That  all  the  earth  surveys, 

That  rides  upon  the  stormy  sky, 
And  calms  the  roaring  seas ; 

4  This  awful  God  is  ours, 
Our  Father  and  our  Love ; 

He  will  send  down  his  heavenly  powers, 
To  carry  us  above. 

5  There  we  shall  see  his  face, 
And  never,  never  sin; 

There,  from  the  rivers  of  his  grace, 
Drink  endless  pleasures  in : 

6  Yea,  and  before  we  rise 
To  that  immortal  state, 

The  thoughts  of  such  amazing  bliss 
Should  constant  joys  create. 

7  The  men  of  grace  have  found 
Glory  begun  below ; 

Celestial  fruit  on  earthly  ground 
From  faith  and  hope  may  grow : 

8  Then  let  our  songs  abound, 
And  every  tear  be  dry ; 

We're    marching    through  Immanuel's 
ground, 
To  fairer  worlds  on  high. 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 


From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  booh  ii,  1707. 
Title:  Heavenly  Joy  on  Earth. 
Stanzas  two  and  nine  are  omitted : 

2  "  The  sorrows  of  the  mind 
Be  banished  from  the  place ! 

Keligion  never  was  designed 
To  make  our  pleasures  less. 

9  "  The  hill  of  Zion  yields 

A  thousand  sacred  sweets. 
Before  we  reach  the  heavenly  fields, 

Or  walk  the  golden  streets." 

The  first  stanza  has  been  altered,  yet  some  still 
prefer  it  as  Watts  wrote  it : 

"  Come,  we  that  love  the  Lord, 
And  let  our  joys  be  known, 

Join  in  a  song  with  sweet  accord, 
And  thus  surround  the  throne." 

In  the  second  verse  of  the  hymn  we  have 
"servants."  Watts  wrote  "  fa  v'  rites."  Better  than 
either  of  these  would  be  children. 

The  third  verse  has  been  greatly  improved  by 
the  changes  made.    Watts  wrote : 

"  The  God  that  rules  on  high, 

And  thunders  when  he  please, 
That  rides  upon  the  stormy  sky, 
And  manages  the  seas." 

It  is  no  wonder  that  the  author  put  this  stanza  in 
brackets. 


43  Creating  love  and  redeeming  grace.  S.  M. 

FATHER,  in  whom  we  live, 
In  whom  we  are,  and  move, 
The  glory,  power,  and  praise  receive 
Of  thy  creating  love. 

2  Let  all  the  angel  throng 
Give  thanks  to  God  on  high, 

While  earth  repeats  the  joyful  song, 
And  echoes  to  the  sky. 

3  Incarnate  Deity, 

Let  all  the  ransomed  race 
Render  in  thanks  their  lives  to  thee, 
For  thy  redeeming  grace. 

4  The  grace  to  sinners  showed, 
Ye  heavenly  choirs  proclaim, 

And  cry,  ' '  Salvation  to  our  God, 
Salvation  to  the  Lamb !  " 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  To  the  Trinity. 

From  Hymns  for  Those  that  Seek,  and  Those  that 
■Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 
London,  1747.  Long  titles  were  fashionable  in 
those  days.  The  book  was  usually  called  Redemp- 
tion Hymns,  and  was  very  popular.  This  is  the 
first  half  of  the  original  poem,  unaltered. 


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4:3  The  sacrifice  of  praise 

TT7ITH  joy  we  lift  our  eyes, 


S.  M. 


W  To  those  bright  realms  above, 
That  glorious  temple  in  the  skies, 
Where  dwells  eternal  Love. 

2  Before  thy  throne  we  bow, 
O  thou  almighty  King ; 

Here  we  present  the  solemn  vow, 
And  hymns  of  praise  we  sing. 

3  While  in  thy  house  we  kneel, 
With  trust  and  holy  fear, 

Thy  mercy  and  thy  truth  reveal, 
And  lend  a  gracious  ear. 

4  Lord,  teach  our  hearts  to  pray, 
And  tune  our  lips  to  sing; 

Nor  from  thy  presence  cast  away 
The  sacrifice  we  bring. 

THOMAS  JEItVIS,  ALT. 

The  author's  title  was  :  Homage  and  Devotion. 
It  has  been  changed  from  common  to  short  meter, 
Original  of  altered  lines : 

Verse  one,  line  one : 

"  With  sacred  joy  we  lift  our  eyes." 

Verse  two,  line  one : 

"  Before  the  awful  throne  we  bow." 

Verse  two,  line  two : 

"  Of  heaven's  almighty  King." 

Verse  three,  line  one  : 

"  While  in  thy  house  of  prayer  we  kneel." 

Verse  four,  line  one : 

"  With  fervor  teach  our  hearts  to  pray." 

One  stanza—the  third — is  omitted : 

"  Thee  we  adore ;  and,  Lord,  to  thee 

Our  filial  duty  pay ; 
Thy  service,  unconstrained  and  free, 

Conducts  to  endless  day." 

From  A  Collection  of  Hymns  and  Psalms  for 
Public  and  Private  Worship.  A  new  edition,  1819. 
(First  edition,  1795.)  The  Rev.  Thomas  Jervis 
(1748-1833)  was  an  English  Unitarian  minister. 


44     The  great  Shepherd  with  his  flock.    L.  M. 

JESUS,  where'er  thy  people  meet, 
There  they  behold  thy  mercy-seat ; 
Where'er  they  seek  thee,  thou  art  found, 
And  every  place  is  hallowed  ground. 


2  For  thou,  within  no  walls  confined, 
Dost  dwell  with  those  of  humble  mind ; 
Such  ever  bring  thee  where  they  come, 
And,  going,  take  thee  to  their  home. 

3  Great  Shepherd  of  thy  chosen  few, 
Thy  former  mercies  here  renew ; 
Here,  to  our  waiting  hearts,  proclaim 
The  sweetness  of  thy  saving  name. 

4  Here  may  we  prove  the  power  of  prayer 
To  strengthen  faith  and  sweeten  care ; 
To  teach  our  faint  desires  to  rise, 

And  bring  all  heaven  before  our  eyes. 

WILLIAM  COWPER. 

Title :  On  opening  a  place  for  Social  Prayer. 
From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 
The  author  wrote : 

Verse  two,  line  two : 

uInhabitest  the  humble  mind." 

Verse  three,  line  one : 

"  Dear  Shepherd  of  the  chosen  few." 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas : 

"Behold,  at  thy  commanding  word, 
We  stretch  the  curtain  and  the  cord ; 
Come  thou,  and  fill  this  wider  space, 
And  bless  us  with  a  large  increase. 

"  Lord,  we  are  few,  but  thou  art  near ; 
Nor  short  thine  arm,  nor  deaf  thine  ear;v 
Oh  rend  the  heavens,  come  quickly  down, 
And  make  a  thousand  hearts  thine  own." 

William  Cowper  was  the  most  distinguished  poet 
in  the  last  half  of  the  eighteenth  century.  His 
father  was  a  clergyman,  and  chaplain  to  George  II. 
Cowper  was  born  in  Hertfordshire  in  1731 ;  educated 
at  Westminster  School ;  read  law  in  London,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar,  but  always  preferred  literature 
to  law.  He  won  fame  by  writing  the  "  Task," 
which  was  published  in  1785.  Cowper  was  endowed 
with  poetic  genius,  and  afflicted  by  tendency  to 
insanity.  The  latter  increased  as  he  advanced  in 
years  until  his  mind  was  overshadowed  by  the 
deepest  gloom.  Death  brought  relief  in  his  seven- 
tieth year,  1800. 


4:5  Blest  hour  of  prayer.  L.  M. 

BLEST  hour,  when  mortal  man  retires 
To  hold  communion  with  his  God ; 
To  send  to  Heaven  his  warm  desires, 
And  listen  to  the  sacred  word. 

2  Blest  hour,  when  God  himself  draws  nigh, 
Well  pleased  his  people's  voice  to  hear ; 

To  hush  the  penitential  sigh, 

And  wipe  away  the  mourner's  tear. 


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3  Blest  hour,  for,  where  the  Lord  resorts, 
Foretastes  of  future  bliss  are  given ; 

And  mortals  find  his  earthly  courts 
The  house  of  God,  the  gate  of  heaven. 

4  Hail,  peaceful  hour !  supremely  blest 
Amid  the  hours  of  worldly  care; 

The  hour  that  yields  the  spirit  rest, 
That  sacred  hour,  the  hour  of  prayer. 

5  And  when  my  hours  of  prayer  are  past, 
And  this  frail  tenement  decays, 
Then  may  I  spend  in  heaven  at  last 
A  never-ending  hour  of  praise. 

THOMAS  RAFFLES. 

It  is  said  thai  this  hymn  was  contributed  to  TJie 
Amulet,  1828.    I  have  not  seen  the  original. 

The  Kev.  Thomas  Eaffles,  D.D.,  an  English  Inde- 
pendent divine  and  celebrated  pulpit  orator,  was 
born  at  London  in  1788 ;  studied  theology  at  Homer- 
ton  College ;  in  1812  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  a 
Congregational  church  in  Liverpool,  held  it  until 
1860,  and  died  in  1863.  He  was  the  author  of  some 
excellent  prose  works,  and  wrote  a  number  of 
hymns. 


46  For  Ziori's  peace.  L.  M. 

OTHOU,  our  Saviour,  Brother,  Friend, 
Behold  a  cloud  of  incense  rise ; 
The  prayers  of  saints  to  heaven  ascend, 
Grateful,  accepted  sacrifice. 

2  Regard  our  prayers  for  Zion's  peace ; 
Shed  in  our  hearts  thy  love  abroad ; 

Thy  gifts  abundantly  increase ; 
Enlarge,  and  fill  us  all  with  God. 

3  Before  thy  sheep,  great  Shepherd,  go, 
And  guide  into  thy  perfect  will ; 

Cause  us  thy  hallowed  name  to  know ; 
The  work  of  faith  in  us  fulfill. 

4  Help  us  to  make  our  calling  sure ; 
O  let  us  all  be  saints  indeed, 

And  pure,  as  thou  thyself  art  pure, 
Conformed  in  all  things  to  our  Head. 

5  Take  the  dear  purchase  of  thy  blood : 
Thy  blood  shall  wash  us  white  as  snow : 

Present  us  sanctified  to  God, 
And  perfected  in  love  below. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  Hymn  of  Intercession. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749.  Some 
verbal  changes  have  been  made.  In  the  first  verse 
Wesley  wrote  u Husband"  instead  of  "Saviour," 


and  "unceasing"  for  "accepted"  in  the  last  line 
of  the  third  verse  : 

"  The  work  of  faith  with  power  fulfill ;  " 

and  in  the  third  line  of  the  fourth  verse  : 

"  And  pure  as  God  Himself 'is  pure." 

There  are  four  additional  stanzas,  but  they  are  of 
no  particular  value. 


47  Lo  !  God  is  here.  L.  M.  6  1. 

LO !  God  is  here  !  let  us  adore, 
And  own  how  dreadful  is  this  place; 
Let  all  within  us  feel  his  power, 

And  silent  bow  before  his  face ; 
Who  know  his  power,  his  grace  who  prove, 
Serve  him  with  awe,  with  reverence  love. 

2  Lo !  God  is  here !  him  day  and  night 
United  choirs  of  angels  sing: 

To  him,  enthroned  above  all  height, 

Heaven's  host  their  noblest  praises  bring ; 
Disdain  not,  Lord,  our  meaner  song, 
Who  praise  thee  with  a  stammering  tongue. 

3  Being  of  beings,  may  our  praise 

Thy  courts  with  grateful  fragrance  fill ; 
Still  may  we  stand  before  thy  face, 

Still  hear  and  do  thy  sovereign  will ; 
To  thee  may  all  our  thoughts  arise, 
Ceaseless,  accepted  sacrifice. 

GERHARD  TERSTEEOEN. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title:  Public  Worship. 

The  first,  second,  and  third  stanzas,  unaltered,  of 
a  translation  found  in  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems.  By 
John  and  Charles  Wesley,  1739.  The  hymn  was 
evidently  suggested  by  the  words  of  Jacob,  Gen. 
xxviii,  16,  17  : 

"And  Jacob  awaked  out  of  his  sleep,  and  he 
said,  Surely  the  Lord  is  in  this  place  •  and  I  knew 
it  not.  And  he  was  afraid,  and  said,  How  dreadful 
is  this  place  !  this  is  none  other  but  the  house  of 
God,  and  this  is  the  gate  of  heaven." 

Gerhard  Tersteegen,  the  writer  of  this  solemn  lyric, 
was  born  in  humble  life,  in  the  town  of  Mors,  West- 
phalia, in  1697.  He  experienced  religion  in  early 
years,  and  some  time  afterward  consecrated  him- 
self entirely  to  the  Lord  and  lived  in  intimate  and 
precious  communion  with  God.  It  was  doubtless 
the  author's  reputation  for  saintliness  that  attracted 
the  attention  of  Wesley  to  his  hymns.  He  was,  in 
fact,  a  mystic  of  lofty  and  pure  type.  He  devoted 
himself  to  doing  good,  in  a  humble  way,  by  private 
conversation,  and  by  holding  meetings  and  making 
addresses.  In  1731  he  published  a  volume,  called 
The  Spiritual  Flower-garden,  which  contained  one 
hundred  and  eleven  hymns.  Altogether,  he  was  a 
remarkable  man,  and  a  great  religious  poet.  Died 


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4:8  Holy,  holy,  holy,  Lord  God  of  SaboatJi.  L.M.61. 

INFINITE  God,  to  thee  we  raise 
Our  hearts  in  solemn  songs  of  praise : 
By  all  thy  works  on  earth  adored, 
We  worship  thee,  the  common  Lord ; 
The  everlasting  Father  own, 
And  bow  our  souls  before  thy  throne. 

2  Thee  all  the  choir  of  angels  sings, 
The  Lord  of  hosts,  the  King  of  kings ; 
Cherubs  proclaim  thy  praise  aloud, 
And  seraphs  shout  the  Triune  God ; 
And  "Holy,  holy,  holy,"  cry, 

"  Thy  glory  fills  both  earth  and  sky." 

3  Father  of  endless  majesty, 

All  might  and  love  we  render  thee ; 
Thy  true  and  only  Son  adore, 
The  same  in  dignity  and  power; 
And  God  the  Holy  Ghost  declare, 
The  saints'  eternal  Comforter. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Verses  one,  two,  and  five  of  a  metrical  paraphrase 
of  the  Te  Deum  Laudamus.  The  poem  comprises 
fourteen  stanzas.  The  author  wrote  "  the  "  instead 
of  "  thy"  in  the  last  line  of  the  first  verse.  From 
Hymns  for  those  that  Seek  and  Those  that  Have 
Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ.  Lon- 
don, 1747. 


49  Lift  up  our  hearts  to  Tliee.      L.  M. 

0 CHRIST,  who  hast  prepared  a  place 
For  us  around  thy  throne  of  grace, 
We  pray  thee,  lift  our  hearts  above, 
And  draw  them  with  the  cords  of  love. 

2  Source  of  all  good,  thou,  gracious  Lord, 
Art  our  exceeding  great  reward ; 

How  transient  is  our  present  pain, 
How  boundless  our  eternal  gain ! 

3  With  open  face  and  joyful  heart, 
We  then  shall  see  thee  as  thou  art : 
Our  love  shall  never  cease  to  glow, 
Our  praise  shall  never  cease  to  flow. 

4  Thy  never-failing  grace  to  prove, 
A  surety  of  thine  endless  love, 
Send  down  thy  Holy  Ghost,  to  be 
The  raiser  of  our  souls  to  thee. 

SANTOLIUS  VICTORINUS. 
TR.  BY  J.  CHANDLER. 

Author's  title  :  Nobis  Olympo  redditus. 

Santolius  Victorinus,  whose  French  name  was 
Jean  Baptiste  Santeul,  born  in  1630,  was  a  celebrat- 
ed scholar  and  poet.    He  died  in  1697. 


The  Eev.  John  Chandler  (1806-1876)  was  a 
clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  the 
translator  and  editor  of  Hymns  of  the  Primitive 
Church.  London,  1837.  This  translation  is  from 
that  valuable  work,  unaltered.  The  doxology, 
verse  five,  is : 

5  "  0  future  Judge,  Eternal  Lord, 
Thy  name  be  hallowed  and  adored  ; 
To  God  the  Father,  King  of  heaven, 
And  Holy  Ghost,  like  praise  be  given. 

Amen." 


Show  mercy.  7,  6. 

OGOD,  to  show  us  mercy, 
And  bless  us  in  thy  grace ; 
Cause  thou  to  shine  upon  us 
The  brightness  of  thy  face : 

2  That  so  throughout  all  nations 
Thy  way  may  be  well  known, 

And  unto  every  people 

Thy  saving  health  be  shown. 

3  O  God,  let  people  praise  thee, 
Let  all  the  people  praise ; 

O  let  the  nations  joyful 
Their  songs  of  gladness  raise: 

4  For  thou  shalt  judge  the  people 
In  truth  and  righteousness; 

And  on  the  earth  all  nations 
Shall  thy  just  rule  confess. 

5  O  God,  let  people  praise  thee ; 
Thy  praises  let  them  sing ; 

And  then  in  rich  abundance 
The  earth  her  fruit  shall  bring : 

6  The  Lord  our  God  shall  bless  us, 
God  shall  his  blessing  send; 

And  people  all  shall  fear  him 
To  earth's  remotest  end. 

JOHN  HOPKINS  AND  OTHERS. 

This  is  a  beautiful  metrical  version  of  Psalm 
lxvii.  We  may  safely  say  that  this  grand  hymn 
was  never  written ;  it  grew,  and  it  has  grown,  at 
length,  to  be  nearly  perfect. 

The  basis  of  the  hymn  is  the  version  of  the  Eev. 
John  Hopkins,  who,  with  Thomas  Sternhold  and 
others,  edited  The  Whole  Booh  of  Psalms,  col- 
lected into  English  Metre,  1562. 

It  was  slightly  altered  by  Francis  Eous  for  his 
first  edition  of  The  Book  of  Psalmes  in  English 
Meeter,  1641.  It  was  again  altered  and  improved 
by  the  editors  of  the  version  approved  by  the 
Church  of  Scotland.  Since  then  it  has  come 
into  its  present  shape.  It  was  inspired  of  God, 
and  will  live  forever. 


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5  1        Thanksgiving  for  infinite  love.     10,  11. 

YE  servants  of  God,  your  Master  proclaim, 
And  publish  abroad  his  wonderful  name ; 
The  name  all-victorious  of  Jesus  extol ; 
His  kingdom  is  glorious,  and  rules  over  all. 

2  God  ruleth  on  high,  almighty  to  save ; 
And  still  he  is  nigh;  his  presence  we  have: 
The  great  congregation  his  triumph  shall 

sing, 

Ascribing  salvo.tion  to  Jesus,  our  King. 

3  "Salvation  to   God,  who   sits  on  the 

throne," 

Let  all  cry  aloud,  and  honor  the  Son : 
The  praises  of  Jesus  the  angels  proclaim, 
Fall  down  on  their  faces,  and  worship  the 
Lamb. 

4  Then  let  us  adore,  and  give  him  his 

right, 

All  glory   and  power,   all  wisdom  and 
might, 

All  honor  and  blessing,  with  angels  above, 
And  thanks  never  ceasing  for  infinite  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


Title  :  To  he  Sung  in  a  Tumult. 
Two  stanzas,  the  second  and  third  of  the  original, 
are  omitted : , 

"  The  waves  of  the  sea  Have  lift  up  their  voice, 
Sore  troubled  that  we  In  Jesus  rejoice  ; 
The  floods  they  are  roaring,  But  Jesus  is  here, 
While  we  are  adoring  He  always  is  near. 

"  "When  devils  engage,  The  billows  arise, 
And  horribly  rage,  And  threaten  the  skies  : 
Their  fury  shall  never  Our  steadfastness  shock, 
The  weakest  believer  Is  built  on  a  rock." 

Verse  three,  line  three,  the  author  wrote : 
"  Our  Jesus' s  praises ,"  etc. 

The  year  1744  was  a  time  of  great  opposition  to, 
and  persecution  of,  the  Methodists  in  England.  The 
country  was  at  war  with  Prance.  An  invasion  for 
the  purpose  of  dethroning  George  II.  and  crowning 
the  exiled  representative  of  the  House  of  Stuart  was 
expected.  The  Methodists  were  represented  as 
Papists  in  disguise,  working  for  the  Pretender. 
Their  meetings  were  broken  up  by  mobs,  and  many 
of  their  preachers  were  impressed  into  the  army. 
Even  the  Wesley s  were  brought  before  the  magis- 
trates for  examination.  In  the  midst  of  these  per- 
secutions they  published  a  pamphlet,  containing 
thirty-three  pieces,  and  entitled  Hymns  for  Times  of 
Trouble  and  Persecution,  1744.  This  hymn  was 
first  published  in  that  pamphlet. 


52   For  the  fullness  of  peace  and  joy.    8,  7,  4. 

LORD,  dismiss  us  with  thy  blessing, 
Fill  our  hearts  with  joy  and  peace ; 
Let  us  each,  thy  love  possessing, 
Triumph  in  redeeming  grace ; 

O  refresh  us, 
Traveling  through  this  wilderness. 

2  Thanks  we  give,  and  adoration, 
For  thy  gospel's  joyful  sound; 

May  the  fruits  of  thy  salvation 
In  our  hearts  and  lives  abound ; 

May  thy  presence 
With  us  evermore  be  found. 

3  So,  when'er  the  signal's  given 
Us  from  earth  to  call  away, 

Borne  on  angels'  wings  to  heaven, 
Glad  the  summons  to  obey, 

May  we  ever 
Reign  with  Christ  in  endless  day. 

WALTER  SHIRLEY.  (?) 

A  very  appropriate  and  widely  used  closing 
hymn.  _  It  is  found  in  the  Eev.  John  Harris's 
Collection  of  Hymns  for  Public  Worship,  1774. 
There  it  has  the  name  of  John  Fawcett.  It 
is  not  among  his  original  hymns,  1782.  The 
hymn  is  the  same  as  it  is  found  in  Lady  Hunting- 
don's Collection,  edited  by  Walter  Shirley,  with  the 
exception  of  one  line.  The  fifth  line  of  verse  three 
reads : 

"  We  shall  surely.'''' 

English  hymnologists  now  attribute  this  hymn  to 
Fawcett,  instead  of  Shirley. 

The  Hon.  and  Eev.  Walter  Shirley  was  born  in 
1725,  of  a  noble  family ;  was  brother  to  Earl  Fer- 
rars,  and  cousin  of  Selina,  Countess  of  Huntingdon. 
He  was  a  very  useful  and  successful  clergyman  of 
the  Church  of  England.     He  died  in  1786. 


ID'S        Tlie  apostolic  benediction.  8, 7. 

MAY  the  grace  of  Christ  our  Saviour, 
And  the  Father's  boundless  love, 
With  the  Holy  Spirit's  favor, 

Rest  upon  us  from  above : 
Thus  may  we  abide  in  union 

With  each  other  and  the  Lord ; 
And  possess,  in  sweet  communion, 
Joys  which  earth  cannot  afford. 

JOHN  NEWTON. 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779.  A  metrical  version 
of  the  apostolic  benediction,  unaltered  : 

"  The  grace  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  the 
love  of  God,  and  the  communion  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  be  with  you  all.    Amen.  2  Cor.  xiii,  14. 


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54  Heavenly  joy  anticipated.      8,  7,  4. 

IN  thy  name,  O  Lord,  assembling, 
We,  thy  people,  now  draw  near: 
Teach  us  to  rejoice  with  trembling; 
Speak,  and  let  thy  servants  hear : 

Hear  with  meekness, 
Hear  thy  word  wTith  godly  fear. 

2  While  our  days  on  earth  are  lengthened, 
May  we  give  them,  Lord,  to  thee : 

Cheered  by  hope,  and  daily  strengthened, 
May  we  run,  nor  weary  be, 

Till  thy  glory 
Without  cloud  in  heaven  we  see. 

3  There,  in  worship  purer,  sweeter, 
All  thy  people  shall  adore ; 

Sharing  then  in  rapture  greater 
Than  they  could  conceive  before : 

Full  enjoyment, 
Full  and  pure,  for  evermore. 

THOMAS  KELLY. 


"  Speak  ;  for  thy  servant  heareth."  1  Sam.  iii,  10. 

The  last  stanza  is  somewhat  altered. 

Thomas  Kelly,  son  of  the  Eight  Hon.  Baron 
Kelly,  was  born  at  Dublin  in  1769.  After  gradu- 
ating at  Dublin  University  he  studied  law ;  but 
gave  up  law  for  theology,  and  was  ordained  a 
clergyman  of  the  Established  Church  in  1793.  He 
was  subsequently  an  Independent  minister,  a 
wealthy  and  learned  man,  and  a  very  popular  and 
useful  preacher.  He  labored  in  the  city  of  Dublin 
more  than  sixty  years. 

In  1804  he  published  a  small  volume  containing 
ninety  six  original  hymns.  This  volume  increased 
in  successive  editions  until  it  numbered  seven  hun- 
dred and  sixty-five  hymns.  This  was  entitled 
Hymns  on  Various  Passages  of  Scripture.  Dublin, 
1853.  Many  of  them  are  of  little  value ;  but  some, 
like  this,  are  deservedly  popular.  This  hymn  ap- 
peared in  1815.    Mr.  Kelly  died  in  1854. 


55  For  a  blessing  on  the  ivord.     8,  7,  4 

COME,  thou  soul-transforming  Spirit, 
Bless  the  sower  and  the  seed ; 
Let  each  heart  thy  grace  inherit ; 
Raise  the  weak,  the  hungry  feed ; 

From  the  gospel 
Now  supply  thy  people's  need. 

2  O  may  all  enjoy  the  blessing 

Which  thy  word's  designed  to  give; 

Let  us  all,  thy  love  possessing, 
Joyfully  the  truth  receive, 

And  forever 
To  thy  praise  and  glory  live. 

JONATHAN  EVANS. 


Title :  A  Blessing  Requested. 

It  is  found  in  George  Burder's  Collection  of 
Hymns.  1784.    It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

The  Bev.  Jonathan  Evans  was  born  in  1749.  In 
early  life  he  was  very  wicked ;  but,  when  about 
thirty  years  of  age,  became  a  Christian  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  Church.  He  subsequently 
became  pastor  of  a  church  at  Foleshill,  England, 
and  died  in  1809. 


56  Isaiah? s  vision.  8.  7. 

ROUND  the  Lord,  in  glory  seated, 
Cherubim  and  seraphim 
Filled  his  temple,  and  repeated 
Each  to  each  the  alternate  hymn : 

2  ' '  Lord,  thy  glory  fills  the  heaven ; 

Earth  is  with  its  fullness  stored ; 
Unto  thee  be  glory  given, 

Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord." 

8  Heaven  is  still  with  glory  ringing ; 

Earth  takes  up  the  angels'  cry, 
"Holy,  holy,  holy,"  singing, 

"Lord  of  host,  Lord  God  most  high." 

4  With  his  seraph  train  before  him, 
With  his  holy  Church  below, 

Thus  unite  we  to  adore  him : 
Bid  we  thus  our  anthem  flow : 

5  ' 1  Lord,  thy  glory  tills  the  heaven ; 
Earth  is  with  its  fullness  stored ; 

Unto  thee  be  glory  given, 
Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord." 

RICHARD  MANT. 

Title :  Hymn  Commemorative  of  the  TJirice  Holy. 

The  original  has  eight  stanzas ;  the  first,  fifth,  and 
eighth  are  omitted.  Only  one  word  has  been 
changed ;  the  author  wrote,  verse  four,  line  three  : 

"  Thus  conspire  we  to  adore  Him." 

From  the  Author's  Original  Hymns  added  to 
Ancient  Hymns  from  the  Roman  Breviary,  1837. 

The  Bev.  Bictiard  Mant,  D.D.,  was  born  at  South- 
ampton in  1776 ;  was  graduated  at  Oxford  in  1797  ; 
and  was  appointed  curate  in  1802.  In  1816  he 
was  made  Sector  of  St.  Botolph's,  London,  and 
was  consecrated  Bishop  in  1820.  He  died  in  1848. 
He  published  several  prose  works,  and  was  the 
author  of  many  hymns  and  translations. 


5  7  Exhortation  to  praise  God.        8,  7. 

PRAISE  the  Lord !  ye  heavens,  adore  him ; 
Praise  him,  angels,  in  his  height ; 
Sun  and  moon,  rejoice  before  him; 
Praise  him,  all  ye  stars  of  light. 


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2  Praise  the  Lord,  for  he  hath  spoken ; 
Worlds  his  mighty  voice  obeyed ; 

Laws  which  never  shall  be  broken, 
For  their  guidance  he  hath  made. 

3  Praise  the  Lord,  for  he  is  glorious; 
Never  shall  his  promise  fail ; 

God  hath  made  his  saints  victorious ; 
Sin  and  death  shall  not  prevail. 

4  Praise  the  God  of  our  salvation ; 
Hosts  on  high  his  power  proclaim ; 

Heaven  and  earth,  and  all  creation, 
Laud  and  magnify  his  name. 

UNKNOWN. 

A  successful  rendering  of  the  first  three  verses  of 
Psalm  cxlviii : 

"  Praise  ye  the  Lord.  Praise  ye  the  Lord  from 
the  heavens :  praise  him  in  the  heights.  Praise  ye 
him,  all  his  angels:  praise  ye  him,  all  his  hosts. 
Praise  ye  him,  sun  and  moon  :  praise  ye  him,  all 
ye  stars  of  light." 

It  was  attributed  to  the  Rev.  John  Kempthorne, 
(1775-1838,)  an  English  clergyman,  on  the  author- 
ity of  Daniel  Sedgwick.  Kempthorne  published 
it,  with  others,  in  Select  Portions  of  Psalms  and 
Hymns,  1810,  but  he  made  no  claim  to  the  author- 
ship. The  hymn  is  taken,  unaltered  and  entire,  from 
Psalms,  Hymns,  and  Anthems  For  the  Foundling 
Chapel.  London,  1796.  It  must  be  marked  Un- 
known. 


58  Glory  to  the  Lamb.  8,  7. 

HARK !  the  notes  of  angels,  singing, 
"  Glory,  glory  to  the  Lamb !  " 
All  in  heaven  their  tribute  bringing, 
Raising  high  the  Saviour's  name. 

2  Ye  for  whom  his  life  was  given, 
Sacred  themes  to  you  belong: 

Come,  assist  the  choir  of  heaven ; 
Join  the  everlasting  song. 

3  See !  the  angelic  host  have  crowned  him, 
Jesus  fills  the  throne  on  high ; 

Countless  myriads,  hovering  round  him, 
With  his  praises  rend  the  sky. 

4  Filled  with  holy  emulation, 
Let  us  vie  with  those  above : 

Sweet  the  theme,  a  free  salvation, 
Fruit  of  everlasting  love. 

5  Endless  life  in  him  possessing, 
Let  us  praise  his  precious  name ; 

Glory,  honor,  power,  and  blessing, 
Be  forever  to  the  Lamb. 

THOMAS  KELLY. 


Taken  unaltered  from  the  Author's  Hymns  on 
Various  Passages  of  Scripture,  180G.  The  passage 
prefixed  to  this  hymn  is,  "  Worthy  is  the  Lamb." 
Rev. 


v,  12. 


One  stanza,  the  third  of  the  original,  has  been 
left  out : 

"  Saints  and  angels  thus  united, 
Songs  imperfect  still  must  raise; 

Though  despised  on  earth  and  slighted 
Jesus  is  above  all  praise." 

The  subject  of  this  hymn  is  a  common  one  with 
hymn  writers.  The  author  has  put  it  into  a  new 
and  pleasing  form.  For  a  brief  sketch  of  the  Bev. 
Thomas  Kelly,  see  No.  54. 


5  9  Dismission.  8, 7. 

LORD,  dismiss  us  with  thy  blessing, 
Bid  us  now  depart  in  peace ; 
Still  on  heavenly  manna  feeding, 
Let  our  faith  and  love  increase : 
Fill  each  breast  with  consolation ; 

Up  to  thee  our  hearts  we  raise : 
When  we  reach  our  blissful  station, 
Then  we'll  give  thee  nobler  praise. 

ROBERT  HAWKER. 

The  original  text  of  this  short  closing  hymn  can- 
not be  ascertained ;  nor  can  the  authorship  be  pos- 
itively settled.  Some  collections  attribute  it  to 
Edwin  Smythe,  some  to  Walter  Shirley,  some  to 
Burder,  some  to  Bobert  Hawker. 

The  last  is  probably  correct;  although  it  is  not 
certain  that  he  wrote  it.  The  Bev.  Bobert  Hawker 
(1753-1828)  was  a  Church  of  England  clergyman, 
noted  for  his  extreme  Calvinism.  He  was  the  au- 
thor of  numerous  sermons,  and  of  a  commentary  on 
the  Bible. 


6  0       Confession,  prayer,  and  praise.       C.  M. 

LORD,  when  we  bend  before  thy  throne, 
And  our  confessions  pour, 
O  may  we  feel  the  sins  we  own, 
And  hate  what  we  deplore. 

2  Our  contrite  spirits  pitying  see ; 
True  penitence  impart ; 

And  let  a  healiDg  ray  from  thee 
Beam  peace  into  each  heart. 

3  When  we  disclose  our  wants  in  prayer, 
May  we  our  wills  resign ; 

And  not  a  thought  our  bosom  share 
Which  is  not  wholly  thine. 

4  And  when,  with  heart  and  voice,  we  strive 
Our  grateful  hymns  to  raise, 

Let  love  divine  within  us  live, 
And  fill  our  souls  with  praise. 


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5  Then,  on  thy  glories  while  we  dwell, 

Tlry  mercies  we'll  review; 
"With  love  divine  transported,  tell— 

Thou,  God,  art  Father  too ! 

JOSEPH  D.  CARLYLE,  ALT. 

This  hymn  is  so  altered  that  we  give  the  original 
from  Poems  Suggested  Chiefly  by  Scenes  in  Asia 
Minor,  1805. 

Title :  A  Hymn  Before  Public  Worship  : 

1  The  first  stanza  is  copied  verbatim. 

2  "Our  broken  spirits  pitying  see, 
And  penitence  impart — 

Then  let  a  kindling  glance  from  thee, 
Beam  HOPE  upon  the  heart. 

3  "  When  our  responsive  tongues  essay, 
Their  grateful  hymns  to  raise ; 

Grant  that  our  souls  may  join  the  lay, 
And  mount  to  Thee  in  praise. 

4  "  Then,  on  thy  glories  while  we  dwell, 
Thy  mercies  we'll  renew, 

Till  LOVE  divine  transported  tell, 
Our  God's  our  Father  too." 

5  Same  as  third  verse  of  hymn. 

6  "Let  FAITH  each  weak  petition  fill, 
And  waft  it  to  the  skies; 

And  teach  our  hearts  'tis  goodness  still, 
That  grants  it  or  denies." 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Dacre  Carlyle  was  the  son  of  an 
English  physician ;  was  born  at  Carlisle  in  1759, 
and  died  in  1804.  He  was  graduated  at  Cambridge 
in  1779,  and  in  1794  was  appointed  Professor  of 
Arabic  in  the  same  university.  He  made  a  special 
study  of  Oriental  literature. 


D  1         Divine  guidance,  and  rest.       C.  M. 

BEFORE  thy  mercy-seat,  O  Lord, 
Behold  thy  servants  stand, 
To  ask  the  knowledge  of  thy  word, 
The  guidance  of  thy  hand. 

2  Let  thy  eternal  truths,  we  pray, 
Dwell  richly  in  each  heart ; 

That  from  the  safe  and  narrow  way 
We  never  may  depart. 

3  Lord,  from  thy  word  remove  the  seal, 
Unfold  its  hidden  store; 

And,  as  we  read,  O  may  we  feel 
Its  value  more  and  more. 

4  Help  us  to  see  the  Saviour's  love 
Beaming  from  every  page ; 

And  let  the  thoughts  of  joys  above 
Our  inmost  souls  engage. 


5  Thus  while  thy  word  our  footsteps  guides, 

Shall  we  be  truly  blest ; 
And  safe  arrive  where  love  provides 

An  everlasting  rest. 

WILLIAM  H.  BATHURST. 

From  Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Public  and  Private 
Use.     London,  1831. 

Title  :  For  an  Understanding  of  the  Scriptures. 
Text :  Col.  iii,  16 : 

"  Let  the  word  of  Christ  dwell  in  you  richly  in 
all  wisdom  ;  teaching  and  admonishing  one  another 
in  psalms  and  hymns  and  spiritual  songs,  singing 
with  grace  in  your  hearts  to  the  Lord." 

In  the  third  line  of  third  stanza  the  author  wrote  : 
"  And  teach  us  as  we  read  to  feel  /  " 

and  in  the  last  three  lines  of  the  last  stanza : 

"  0  may  we  safely  go 
To  those  fair  realms  where  love  provides 
A  final  rest  from  woe." 

The  Rev.  William  Hiley  Bathurst,  an  English 
clergyman  and  poet,  was  born  in  1796 ;  was  grad- 
uated at  Christ  Church  College,  Oxford,  and  took 
holy  orders  in  1819.  He  is  the  author  of  two  vol- 
umes of  hymns — the  one  given  above,  and  Metrical 
Thoughts  in  Verse,  1849.    He  died  Nov.  25,  1877. 


Q/O      For  a  benediction  on  the  truth.    C.  M. 

OGOD,  by  whom  the  seed  is  given, 
By  whom  the  harvest  blest ; 
Whose  word,  like  manna  showered  from 
heaven, 
Is  planted  in  our  breast ; 

2  Preserve  it  from  the  passing  feet, 
And  plunderers  of  the  air, 

The  sultry  sun's  intenser  heat, 
And  weeds  of  worldly  care. 

3  Though  buried  deep,  or  thinly  strown, 
Do  thou  thy  grace  supply : 

The  hope  in  earthly  furrows  sown 
Shall  ripen  in  the  sky. 

REGINALD  HEBER. 

From  Hymns  Written  and  Adapted  to  the  Weekly 
Church  {Service  of  the  Year,  1827. 

Notice  the  scriptural  allusions  to  the  parable  of 
the  sower,  Matt.  xiii.    It  has  not  been  altered. 

Bishop  Reginald  Heber  was  born  at  Malpas, 
Cheshire,  in  1783  ;  was  educated  at  Brazenose  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  and  ordained  in  1807.  In  1823  he 
was  appointed  Bishop  of  Calcutta,  and  received  the 
degree  of  D.D.  from  Oxford  just  before  sailing  for 
India.  Bishop  Heber  was  a  man  of  learning,  piety, 
and  energy ;  and  a  voluminous  author.  His  fame 
rests  mainly  upon  his  hymns.    He  died  in  1826. 


BTMN  STUDIES. 


31 


63        The  glories  of  the  King,  C.  M. 

COME,  ye  that  love  the  Saviour's  name, 
And  joy  to  make  it  known, 
The  Sovereign  of  your  hearts  proclaim, 
And  bow  before  his  throne. 

2  Behold  your  Lord,  your  Master,  crowned 
With  glories  all  divine ; 

And  tell  the  wondering  nations  round 
How  bright  those  glories  shine. 

3  When,  in  his  earthly  courts,  we  view 
The  glories  of  our  King, 

We  long  to  love  as  angels  do, 
And  wish  like  them  to  sing. 

4  And  shall  wTe  long  and  wish  in  vain? 
Lord,  teach  our  songs  to  rise : 

Thy  love  can  animate  the  strain, 
And  bid  it  reach  the  skies. 

ANNE  STEELE. 

Title :  The  King  of  Saints. 

From  Miscellaneous  Pieces  in  Verse  and  Prose. 
London,  1780.  The  original  has  eight  stanzas.  The 
author  wrote,  verse  two,  line  one  : 

"Behold  your  King  your  Saviour  crown' d." 

Miss  Anne  Steele  (1717-1778)  was  the  daughter 
of  the  Eev.  William  Steele,  a  Baptist  minister  in 
Hampshire,  England.  She  was  a  very  talented 
lady  ;  although  a  permanent  invalid  and  a  great  suf- 
ferer, her  life  was  useful  and  happy.  Her  published 
hymns  are  found  in  nearly  all  collections,  and  have 
been  a  blessing  to  many  people.  Many  of  them  are 
good,  and  a  few  deserve  the  highest  praise.  The 
following  appropriate  lines  are  inscribed  upon  her 
tomb  : 

"  Silent  the  lyre,  and  dumb  the  tuneful  tongue, 
That  sung  on  earth  her  great  Redeemer's  praise  ; 

But  now  in  heaven  she  joins  the  angelic  song, 
In  more  harmonious,  more  exalted  lays." 


64  The  Desire  of  all  nations.      C.  M. 

C^OME,  thou  Desire  of  all  thy  saints, 
J  Our  humble  strains  attend, 
While,  with  our  praises  and  complaints, 
Low  at  thy  feet  we  bend. 

2  How  should  our  songs,  like  those  above, 
With  warm  devotion  rise ! 

How  should  our  souls,  on  wings  of  love, 
Mount  upward  to  the  skies ! 

3  Come,  Lord,  thy  love  alone  can  raise 
In  us  the  heavenly  flame ; 

Then  shall  our  lips  resound  thy  praise, 
Our  hearts  adore  thy  name. 


4  Now,  Saviour,  let  thy  glory  shine, 
And  fill  thy  dwellings  here, 

Till  life,  and  love,  and  joy  divine, 
A  heaven  on  earth  appear. 

5  Then  shall  our  hearts,  enraptured,  say, 
1 1  Come,  great  Redeemer,  come, 

And  bring  the  bright,  the  glorious  day, 
That  calls  thy  children  home." 

ANNE  STEELE. 

Title :  Entreating  the  Presence  of  Christ  in  his 
Church. 

"  The  Desire  of  all  nations  shall  come."  Hag.  ii,  7. 

One  word  only  has  been  altered.  The  author 
wrote,  verse  four,  line  one : 

"  Pear  Saviour,  let  thy  glory  shine." 

The  original  has  seven  stanzas. 

From  the  author's  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly  De- 
votional.  London,  1760. 

Miss  Steele  published  two  volumes  in  1760,  under 
the  assumed  name  of  "  Theodosia."  A  third  vol- 
ume was  published  in  1780,  soon  after  her  death,  by 
her  friend.  Dr.  Caleb  Evans,  of  Bristol.  In  the 
Boston  edition,  1808,  the  three  books  were  pub- 
lished in  two  volumes.    See  No.  63. 


O  O  Invoking  divine  blessings.  C.  M. 

WITHIN  thy  house,  O  Lord  our  God, 
In  majesty  appear; 
Make  this  a  place  of  thine  abode, 
And  shed  thy  blessings  here. 

2  As  we  thy  mercy-seat  surround, 
Thy  Spirit,  Lord,  impart ; 

And  let  thy  gospel's  joyous  sound, 
With  power  reach  every  heart. 

3  Here  let  the  blind  their  sight  obtain ; 
Here  give  the  mourner  rest ; 

Let  Jesus  here  triumphant  reign, 
Enthroned  in  every  breast. 

4  Here  let  the  voice  of  sacred  joy 
And  fervent  prayer  arise, 

Till  higher  strains  our  tongues  employ, 
In  realms  beyond  the  skies. 

UNKNOWN. 

This  anonymous  hymn  has  been  traced  to  Hymns 
Adapted  to  the  Public  Worship  of  the  Christian 
Church,  Princeton,  N.  J.,  1829,  where  it  is  a  long 
meter  hymn.  It  was  rewritten  about  1830,  and 
has  found  its  way  into  many  collections. 


HYMN  8 


TUB  IE  8. 


Q  Q  Jesus  reigns.  L.  M. 

COME,  let  us  tune  our  loftiest  song. 
And  raise  to  Christ  our  joyful  strain ; 
Worship  and  thanks  to  him  belong, 
Who  reigns,  and  shall  forever  reign. 

2  His  sovereign  power  our  bodies  made ; 
Our  souls  are  his  immortal  breath; 

And  when  his  creatures  sinned,  he  bled, 
To  save  us  from  eternal  death. 

3  Burn  every  breast  with  Jesus'  love ; 
Bound  every  heart  with  rapturous  joy ; 

And  saints  on  earth,  with  saints  above, 
Your  voices  in  his  praise  employ. ' 

4  Extol  the  Lamb  with  loftiest  song, 
Ascend  for  him  our  cheerful  strain ; 

Worship  and  thanks  to  him  belong, 
Who  reigns,  and  shall  forever  reign. 

ROBERT  A.  WEST. 

Robert  Athow  West,  an  editor  and  author,  was 
born  in  England  in  1809  ;  came  to  America  in  1843  ; 
was  the  official  reporter  of  the  General  Conference 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  in  1844;  and 
published  the  debates  of  that  famous  session.  Mr. 
West  was  one  of  a  Committee  of  seven  men,  ap- 
pointed by  the  General  Conference  of  1844,  to  pre- 
pare a  standard  edition  of  the  Methodist  Hymn 
Book.  This  excellent  hymn  was  contributed  to 
that  edition,  1849.  He  died  in  Georgetown,  D.  C, 
February  1,  1865.   

67  The  bond  of  love.  L.  M. 

PRAISE  waits  in  Zion,  Lord,  for  thee: 
Thy  saints  adore  thy  holy  name; 
Thy  creatures  bend  the  obedient  knee, 
And  humbly  now  thy  presence  claim. 

2  Eternal  Source  of  truth  and  light, 
To  thee  we  look,  on  thee  we  call; 

Lord,  we  are  nothing  in  thy  sight, 
But  thou  to  us  art  all  in  all. 

3  Still  may  thy  children  in  thy  word 
Their  common  trust  and  refuge  see ; 

O  bind  us  to  each  other,  Lord, 

By  one  great  bond, — the  love  of  thee. 

4  Here  at  the  portal  of  thy  house, 

We  leave  our  mortal  hopes  and  fears ; 
Accept  our  prayers,  and  bless  our  vows, 
And  dry  our  penitential  tears. 

5  So  shall  our  sun  of  hope  arise 
With  brighter  still  and  brighter  ray, 

Till  thou  shaft  bless  our  longing  eyes 
With  beams  of  everlasting  day. 

SIR  J.  E.  SMITIT. 


Written  for  Hymns  for  Public  Worship,  Selected 
for  the  Use  of  the  Congregation  Assembling  in  the 
Octagon  Chapel,  Norwich,  1814. 
In  verse  one,  line  four,  the  original  is : 

"  And  humbly  thy  protection  claim." 

In  verse  three,  line  four,  the  author  wrote  "tie" 
instead  of  "  bond." 
The  second  stanza  is  omitted : 

"  Thy  hand  has  raised  us  from  the  dust: 
The  breath  of  life  thy  Spirit  gave  : 

Where  but  in  thee  can  mortals  trust? 
Who  but  our  God  has  power  to  save  ? " 

Sir  James  Edward  Smith,  M.D.,  was  born  at 
Norwich,  England,  in  1759 ;  was  graduated  at  a 
medical  school  in  Leyden  ;  was  a  great  lover  and 
student  of  botany,  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Linnsean  Society,  London,  and  its  first  president; 
and  was  knighted  by  the  Prince  Regent  in  1814. 
He  was  a  member  and  officer  in  the  Unitarian 
Church,  Norwich.    He  died  in  1828. 


O  O  The  praises  of  Jehovah.         L.  M. 

SERVANTS  of  God,  in  joyful  lays, 
Sing  ye  the  Lord  Jehovah's  praise ; 
His  glorious  name  let  all  adore, 
From  age  to  age,  for  evermore. 

2  Blest  be  that  name,  supremely  blest, 
From  the  sun's  rising  to  its  rest ; 
Above  the  heavens  his  power  is  known, 
Through  all  the  earth  his  goodness  shown. 

3  Who  is  like  God  ?  so  great,  so  high, 
He  bows  himself  to  view  the  skv; 
And  yet,  with  condescending  grace, 
Looks  down  upon  the  human  race. 

4  He  hears  the  uncomplaining  moan 
Of  those  who  sit  and  weep  alone ; 
He  lifts  the  mourner  from  the  dust ; 
In  him  the  poor  may  safely  trust. 

5  O  then,  aloud,  in  joyful  lays, 
Sing  to  the  Lord  Jehovah's  praise ; 
His  saving  name  let  all  adore, 
From  age  to  age,  for  evermore. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

An  exhortation  to  praise  God  for  his  excellency, 
and  his  mercy. 
A  fine  metrical  version  of  Psalm  cxiii : 

"Praise  ye  the  Lord.  Praise,  O  ye  servants  of 
the  Lord,  praise  the  name  of  the  Lord.  Blessed 
be  the  name  of  the  Lord  from  this  time  forth  and 
for  evermore.  From  the  rising:  of  the  sun  unto  the 
going  down  of  the  same  the  Lord's  name  is  to  be 
praised.  The  Lord  is  high  above  all  nations,  and 
his  glory  above  the  heavens.    Who  is  like  unto  the 


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Lord  our  God,  who  dwelleth  on  high,  who  hum- 
bleth  himself  to  behold  the  things  that  are  in  heaven, 
and  in  the  earth  !  He  raiseth  up  the  poor  out  of 
the  dust,  and  lifteth  the  needy  out  of  the  dunghill ; 
that  he  may  set  him  with  princes,  even  with  the 
princes  of  his  people.  He  maketh  the  barren  wom- 
an to  keep  house,  and  to  be  a  joyful  mother  of  chil- 
dren.  Praise  ye  the  Lord." 

Verse  four,  line  four,  the  author  wrote  : 
"  And  saves  the  poor  in  him  that  trust." 

The  first  two  lines  of  the  fifth. stanza  were  the 
same  as  the  first. 

It  is  interesting  to  trace  the  resemblance  of  this 
hymn  to  the  psalm  upon  which  it  is  founded. 

From  Songs  of  Zion,  1822. 


6  9  Joy  of  public  worship.  L.  M. 

REAT  God,  attend,  while  Zion  sings 
X  The  joy  that  from  thy  presence  springs ; 
To  spend  one  day  with  thee  on  earth 
Exceeds  a  thousand  days  of  mirth. 

2  Might  I  enjoy  the  meanest  place 
Within  thy  house,  O  God  of  grace, 
Not  tents  of  ease,  nor  thrones  of  power, 
Should  tempt  my  feet  to  leave  thy  door. 

3  God  is  our  sun,  he  makes  our  day; 
God  is  our  shield,  he  guards  our  way 
From  all  assaults  of  hell  and  sin, 
From  foes  without,  and  foes  within. 

4  All  needful  grace  will  God  bestow, 
And  crown  that  grace  with  glory  too ; 
He  gives  us  all  things,  and  withholds 
No  real  good  from  upright  souls. 

5  O  God,  our  King,  whose  sovereign  sway 
The  glorious  hosts  of  heaven  obey, 

And  devils  at  thy  presence  flee ; 
Blest  is  the  man  that  trusts  in  thee. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 


The  original  title  to  this  grand  old  hymn  is :  God 
and  Bis  Church  ;  or,  Grace  and  Glory.  It  is  founded 
on  the  last  part  of  Psalm  lxxxiv : 

"  0  Lord  God  of  hosts,  hear  my  prayer :  give 
ear,  O  God  of  Jacob.  Selah.  Behold,  O  God  our 
shield,  and  look  upon  the  face  of  thine  anointed. 
For  a  day  in  thy  courts  is  better  than  a  thousand. 
I  had  rather  be  a  door-keeper  in  the  house  of  my 
God,  than  to  dwell  in  the  tents  of  wickedness.  For 
the  Lord  God  is  a  sun  and  shield  :  the  Lord  will 
give  grace  and  glory :  no  good  thing  will  he  with- 
hold from  them  that  walk  uprightly.  O  Lord  of 
hosts,  blessed  is  the  man  that  trusteth  in  thee." 


"Date,  1719. 
3 


It  is  unaltered  and  complete. 


70  The  eternal  God  exalted.         L.  M. 

ETERNAL  God,  celestial  King, 
Exalted  be  thy  glorious  name ; 
Let  hosts  in  heaven  thy  praises  sing, 
And  saints  on  earth  thy  love  proclaim. 

2  My  heart  is  fixed  on  thee,  my  God; 
I  rest  my  hope  on  thee  alone ; 

I'll  spread  thy  sacred  truths  abroad, 
To  all  mankind  thy  love  make  known. 

3  Awake,  my  tongue ;  awake,  my  lyre ; 
With  morning's  earliest  dawn  arise ; 

To  songs  of  joy  my  soul  inspire, 
And  swell  your  music  to  the  skies. 

4  With  those  who  in  thy  grace  abound, 
To  thee  I'll  raise  my  thankful  voice ; 

Till  every  land,  the  earth  around, 
Shall  hear,  and  in  thy  name  rejoice. 

WILLIAM  WRANGHAMo 


The  four  stanzas  of  this  hymn  were  suggested  by 
Psalm  lvii,  5,  7,  8,  9  : 

"  Be  thou  exalted,  0  God,  above  the  heavens ;  let 
thy  glory  be  above  all  the  earth.  My  heart  is  fixed, 
0  God,  my  heart  is  fixed :  1  will  sing  and  give 
praise.  Awake  up,  my  glory ;  awake,  psaltery  and 
harp :  I  myself  will  awake  early.  I  will  praise  thee, 
O  Lord,  among  the  people :  I  will  sing  unto  thee 
among  the  nations." 

From  A  New  Metrical  Version  of  the  Psalms, 
Adapted  to  Devotional  Purposes.     London,  1829. 

Miller,  in  his  Singers  and  Songs  of  the  Church, 
says  that  Wrangham  was  an  Englishman,  and  by 
trade,  a  jeweler.  Verse  two,  line  two,  the  author 
wrote : 

"  And  rests  its  hope  on  Thee  alone." 


7 1      Hosanna  to  the  living  Lord.     L.  M. 
"OSANNA  to  the  living  Lord! 


H' 


Hosanna  to  the  incarnate  Word ! 
To  Christ,  Creator,  Saviour,  King, 
Let  earth,  let  heaven,  hosanna  sing. 

2  "Hosanna,  Lord!  "  thine  angels  cry, 
''Hosanna,  Lord!  "  thy  saints  reply; 
Above,  beneath  us,  and  around, 

The  dead  and  living  swell  the  sound. 

3  O  Saviour,  with  protecting  care, 
Return  to  this,  thy  house  of  prayer. 
Assembled  in  thy  sacred  name, 
Where  we  thy  parting  promise  claim. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


4  But  chiefest  in  our  cleansed  breast, 
Eternal,  bid  thy  Spirit  rest, 

And  make  our  secret  soul  to  be 
A  temple  pure,  and  worthy  thee. 

5  So,  in  the  last  and  dreadful  day, 
When  earth  and  heaven  shall  melt  away, 
Thy  flock,  redeemed  from  sinful  stain, 
Shall  swell  the  sound  of  praise  again. 

REGINALD  HEBER. 

Title :  Advent  Sunday.  This  is  the  first  compo- 
sition in  the  author's  Hymns  Written  and  Adapted 
to  the  Weekly  Church  Service  of  the  Year,  1827. 

In  that  book  each  stanza  closes  with  this  refrain  : 

"  Hosanna !  Lord  !  Hosanna  in  the  highest !  " 

Otherwise  it  is  not  altered.  It  was  first  published 
in  the  Christian  Observer,  1811.    See  No.  62. 


72    Day  of  rest  and  gladness.         7,  6. 

ODAY  of  rest  and  gladness, 
O  day  of  joy  and  light, 
O  balm  of  care  and  sadness, 

Most  beautiful,  most  bright: 
On  thee,  the  high  and  lowly, 

Through  ages  joined  in  tune, 
Sing  "Holy,  holy,  holy," 
To  the  great  God  Triune. 

2  On  thee,  at  the  creation, 
The  light  first  had  its  birth; 

On  thee,  for  our  salvation, 

Christ  rose  from  depths  of  earth ; 

On  thee,  our  Lord,  victorious, 
The  Spirit  sent  from  heaven ; 

And  thus  on  thee,  most  glorious, 
A  triple  light  was  given. 

3  To-day  on  weary  nations 
The  heavenly  manna  falls ; 

To  holy  convocations 

The  silver  trumpet  calls, 
Where  gospel  light  is  glowing 

With  pure  and  radiant  beams, 
And  living  water  flowing 

With  soul-refreshing  streams. 

4  New  graces  ever  gaining 
From  this  our  day  of  rest, 

We  reach  the  rest  remaining 

To  spirits  of  the  blest ; 
To  Holy  Ghost  be  praises, 

To  Father,  and  to  Son ; 
The  Church  her  voice  upraises 

To  thee,  blest  Three  in  One. 

CHRISTOPHER  WORDSWORTH. 


Title  :  Sunday.  From  the  author's  book,  The 
Holy  Year  •  or,  Hymns  for  Sundays  and  Holy  days, 
1862. 

Each  stanza  of  this  hymn  is  very  fine.  The  two 
omitted  are  even  more  poetical  than  those  given. 
They  are  too  good  to  be  left  out : 

3  "  Thou  art  a  port,  protected 
From  storms  that  round  us  rise ; 

A  garden,  intersected 

With  streams  of  Paradise  ; 
Thou  art  a  cooling  fountain, 

In  life's  dry,  dreary  sand, 
From  thee,  like  Pisgah's  mountain, 

We  view  the  promised  land. 

4  "  Thou  art  a  holy  ladder, 
Where  Angels  go  and  come ; 

Each  Sunday  finds  us  gladder, 

Nearer  to  Heaven,  our  home. 
A  day  of  sweet  reflection 

Thou  art,  a  day  of  love, 
A  day  of  Resurrection 

From  earth  to  things  above." 

It  is  unaltered. 

Christopher  "Wordsworth  was  born  in  1807 ;  was 
graduated  at  'Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  in  1830  ; 
was  ordained  in  1835,  and  made  Bishop  of  Lincoln 
in  1868.  He  is  a  nephew  of  William  Wordsworth, 
the  poet.    He  died  March  20,  1885. 


7' 3  Joyful  homage.  H.  M. 

AWAKE,  ye  saints,  awake! 
And  hail  this  sacred  day : 
In  loftiest  songs  of  praise 
Your  joyful  homage  pay : 
Come,  bless  the  day  that  God  hath  blest, 
The  type  of  heaven's  eternal  rest. 

2  On  this  auspicious  morn 
The  Lord  of  life  arose ; 

He  burst  the  bars  of  death, 
And  vanquished  all  our  foes ; 
And  now  he  pleads  our  cause  above, 
And  reaps  the  fruit  of  all  his  love. 

3  All  hail,  triumphant  Lord ! 
Heaven  with  hosannas  rings, 

And  earth,  in  humbler  strains, 
Thy  praise  responsive  sings : 
Worthy  the  Lamb,  that  once  was  slain, 
Through  endless  years  to  live  and  reign. 

ELIZABETH  SCOTT. 
ALT.  BY  T.  COTTERILL. 


The  original  hymn,  six  stanzas,  is  found  in  the 
author's  manuscript  volume  of  poems,  which  has 
been  preserved  for  more  than  a  hundred  years  in 
the  Library  of  Yale  College. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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This  hymn  is  made  by  changes  in  the  first  three 
verses.  Here  is  the  manuscript  copy.  The  author's 
title  is :  A  Hymn  for  a  Lord's  Day  Morning. 

1  Awake  our  drowsy  Souls  ; 
Shake  off  earth's  slothful  Band  : 
The  wonders  of  this  Day 

Our  Noblest  Songs  demand. 
Auspicious  Morn ! 
Thy  blissful  Eays 
Harmonious  songs 
Of  Seraphs  grace. 

2  At  thy  approaching  Dawn, 
Eeluctant  Death  resign' d 
The  Glorious  Prince  of  Life 
His  dark  Domains  confin'd. 

The  Angelick  Host 
Around  him  bends : 
Amidst  their  shouts 
The  God  ascends. 

3  All  Hail,  triumphant  Lord  ! 
Heav'n  with  Hosannas  rings : 
While  Earth  in  humbler  strains, 
Thy  Praise  Eesponsive  Sings : 

Worthy  art  Thou, 
Who  Once  was  Slain, 
Thro'  Endless  years 
To  Live  and  Eeign. 

It  was  altered  by  the  Eev.  Thomas  Cotterill  for 
his  Sheffield  Collection. 

Miss  Elizabeth  Scott,  daughter  of  a  Dissenting 
minister,  was  born  at  Norwich,  England,  in  1708. 
The  Eev.  Elisha  Williams,  president  of  Yale  College 
from  1726  to  1739,  while  traveling  in  England,  was 
introduced  to  Miss  Scott  by  Dr.  Doddridge.  They 
were  married  in  1751,  and  the  year  following  came 
to  America.  Three  years  later  Mr.  Williams  died, 
and  in  1761  Mrs.  Williams  married  the  Hon.  Will- 
iam Smith,  of  New  York.  He  died  in  1769,  and 
his  widow  returned  to  Connecticut  to  live  among 
the  friends  of  her  first  husband.  She  died  at 
Wethersfield,  Conn.,  in  1776.  Her  epitaph  cele- 
brates her  as  "a  lady  of  great  reading  and  knowl- 
edge, extensive  acquaintance,  a  penetrating  mind, 
and  good  judgment ;  of  abounding  charity,  and  un- 
affected piety  and  devotion,  adorned  with  every 
recommending  excellency.  Few  lived  more  es- 
teemed and  loved  or  died  more  lamented." 


74     Sabbath  and  sanctuary  joys.     C.  M. 

WITH  joy  we  hail  the  sacred  day, 
Which  God  has  called  his  own ; 
With  joy  the  summons  we  obey 
To  worship  at  his  throne. 

2  Thy  chosen  temple,  Lord,  how  fair ! 
As  here  thy  servants  throng 

To  breathe  the  humble,  fervent  prayer, 
And  pour  the  grateful  song. 

3  Spirit  of  grace !  O  deign  to  dwell 
Within  thy  Church  below ; 

Make  her  in  holiness  excel, 
With  pure  devotion  glow. 


4  Let  peace  within  her  walls  be  found ; 
Let  all  her  sons  unite, 

To  spread  with  holy  zeal  around 
His  clear  and  shining  light. 

5  Great  God,  we  hail  the  sacred  day, 
Which  thou  hast  called  thine  own; 

With  joy  the  summons  we  obey 
To  worship  at  thy  throne. 

HARRIET  AUBER. 

Psalm  cxxii : 

"  I  was  glad  when  they  said  unto  me,  Let  us  go 
into  the  house  of  the  Lord,"  etc. 

Three  lines  have  been  altered. 

Origixal. 
Verse  two,  line  two  : 

"  Where  willing  votaries  throng." 

Verse  two,  line  four : 

"  And  pour  the  choral  song." 

Verse  four,  line  three : 

"  To  spread  with  grateful  zeal  around.' 

From  The  Spirit  of  the  Psalms,  1829. 
See  No.  33. 


75  Easter  Sunday.  CM. 

THE  Lord  of  Sabbath  let  us  praise, 
In  concert  with  the  blest, 
Who,  joyful,  in  harmonious  lays 
Employ  an  endless  rest. 

2  Thus,  Lord,  while  we  remember  thee, 
We  blest  and  pious  grow; 

By  hymns  of  praise  we  learn  to  be 
Triumphant  here  below. 

3  On  this  glad  day  a  brighter  scene 
Of  glory  was  displayed 

By  the  eternal  Word,  than  when 
This  universe  was  made. 

4  He  rises,  who  mankind  has  bought 
With  grief  and  pain  extreme : 

'Twas  great  to  speak  the  world  from  naught ; 
'Twas  greater  to  redeem. 

SAMUEL  WESLEY,  JR. 

Title  :  On  the  SoMath  Day. 

Published  by  John  Wesley  in  his  Collection  of 
Psalms  and  Hymns,  1741. 

It  was  probably  first  published  in  the  Author's 
volume  of  poems  in  1736.  It  is  unaltered  and  en- 
tire. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


Samuel  Wesley,  Jr.,  was  an  elder  brother  of 
John  Wesley.  In  1704,  when  fourteen  years  of 
age,  he  was  sent  to  the  famous  Westminster 
School.  In  1711  he  entered  Christ  Church,  Ox- 
ford. After  taking  the  degree  of  A.M.  he  was  ap- 
pointed usher  in  his  old  school  at  Westminster. 
While  in  this  school  he  was  ordained,  but  contin- 
ued to  teach.  In  1732  he  was  elected  Head  Master 
of  a  Free  Grammar  School  in  Tiverton,  a  position 
which  he  held  successfully  until  his  sudden  death 
in  1739.  In  1736  he  published  a  volume  of  poems, 
of  which  a  second  edition  was  issued  in  1743. 


76      We  will  rejoice ,  and  be  glad  in  it.   C.  M. 

THIS  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made: 
O  earth,  rejoice  and  sing; 
Let  songs  of  triumph  hail  the  morn ; 
Hosanna  to  our  King ! 

2  The  Stone  the  builders  set  at  naught, 
That  Stone  has  now  become 

The  sure  foundation  and  the  strength 
Of  Zion's  heavenly  dome. 

3  Christ  is  that  Stone,  rejected  once, 
And  numbered  with  the  slain ; 

Now  raised  in  glory,  o'er  his  Church 
Eternally  to  reign. 

4  This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made : 
O  earth,  rejoice  and  sing; 

With  songs  of  triumph  hail  the  morn; 
Hosanna  to  our  King ! 

HARRIET  AUBER. 

Copied  verbatim  and  entire  from  the  Author's 
Spirit  of  the  Psalms,  1829.  The  basis  of  the 
hymn  is  Psalm  exviii,  24,  22 : 

"  This  is  the  day  which  the  Lord  hath  made  ; 
we  will  rejoice  and  be  glad  in  it."  "  The  stone 
which  the  builders  refused  is  become  the  head 
stone  of  the  corner." 

For  biographical  sketch  of  the  author,  see  No.  33. 


77  Sabbath  light.  CM. 

AGAIN  the  Lord  of  life  and  light 
Awakes  the  kindling  ray, 
Dispels  the  darkness  of  the  night, 
And  pours  increasing  day. 

2  O  what  a  night  was  that  which  wrapt 
A  guilty  world  in  gloom  ! 

O  what  a  sun,  which  broke  this  day 
Triumphant  from  the  tomb ! 

3  This  day  be  grateful  homage  paid, 
And  loud  hosannas  sung ; 

Let  gladness  dwell  in  every  heart, 
And  praise  on  every  tongue. 


4  Ten  thousand  thousand  lips  shall  join 

To  hail  this  happy  morn, 
Which  scatters  blessings  from  its  wings 

On  nations  yet  unborn. 

MRS.  ANNA  L.  BARBAULD,  ALT. 

These  are  the  first  four  verses  of  a  hymn  of 
eleven  stanzas,  entitled  For  Faster  Sunday,  found 
in  the  author's  first  volume  of  Poems.  London, 
1773. 

Five  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  one,  line  three : 

"  Unseals  the  eyelids  of  the  morn?'' 

Verse  two,  line  two : 

"  The  heathen  world  in  gloom." 

Verse  four,  line  one  : 

"  Ten  thousand  differing  lips  shall  join." 

Verse  four,  line  two  : 

"  To  hail  this  welcome  morn." 

Verse  four,  line  four : 

"  To  nations  yet  unborn." 

Anna  Letitia  Barbauld  was  a  daughter  of  the 
Eev.  John  Aikin,  D.D.,  an  English  Dissenting 
minister.  Miss  Aikin  was  born  in  1743,  and  early 
in  life  gave  evidence  of  poetic  talent.  She  had  a 
great  desire  for  a  classical  education,  to  which  her 
father  strongly  objected.  At  length  she  prevailed 
in  some  measure,  and  was  permitted  to  read  Latin 
and  Greek.  She  published  her  first  volume  of 
poems  in  1773.  In  1774  she  married  the  Eev. 
Eochemont  Barbauld,  a  young  man  of  French  de- 
scent, who  attended  a  school  at  Warrington,  where 
Miss  Aikins's  father  was  a  classical  instructor.  Mr. 
Barbauld  had  charge  of  a  Dissenting  congregation 
at  Palgrave.  They  also  opened  a  boarding  school, 
which  they  carried  on  successfully  for  eleven  years. 
Mr.  Barbauld  afterward  held  other  pastoral  rela- 
tions, and  died  in  1808.  Mrs.  Barbauld  occupied 
her  time  and  mind  in  literary  pursuits,  editing 
various  works,  and  contributing  to  the  press.  She 
died  in  1825. 


7  8        Ardent  hope  of  heavenly  rest.     L.  M. 

LORD  of  the  Sabbath,  hear  our  vows, 
On  this  thy  day,  in  this  thy  house ; 
And  own,  as  grateful  sacrifice, 
The  songs  which  from  thy  servants  rise. 

2  Thine  earthly  Sabbaths,  Lord,  we  love; 
But  there's  a  nobler  rest  above ; 
To  that  our  laboring  souls  aspire 
With  ardent  hope  and  strong  desire. 


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3  No  more  fatigue,  no  more  distress, 
Nor  sin  nor  hell,  shall  reach  the  place ; 
No  sighs  shall  mingle  with  the  songs, 
Which  warble  from  immortal  tongues. 

4  No  rude  alarms  of  raging  foes, 
No  cares  to  break  the  long  repose ; 
No  midnight  shade,  no  clouded  sun, 
But  sacred,  high,  eternal  noon. 

5  O  long-expected  day,  begin ! 
Dawn  on  these  realms  of  woe  and  sin : 
Fain  would  we  leave  this  weary  road, 
And  sleep  in  death,  to  rest  with  God. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title :  TJie  Eternal  Sabbath. 

Written  to  be  sung  at  the  close  of  a  sermon 
preached  June  2,  1736.  Text :  "  There  remaineth 
therefore  a  rest  to  the  people  of  God."  Heb.  iv,  9. 

It  is  found  in  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts 
in  the  Holy  Scriptures.  By  P.  Doddridge,  edited 
by  Job  Orton,  1755. 

A  few  verbal  changes  have  been  made.  In  the 
last  line  of  the  first  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"  The  songs  which  from  the  Desert  rise." 

In  the  last  line  of  the  second  stanza  we  have,  in 
the  original : 

"  With  ardent  Pangs  of  strong  Desire." 

The  third  line  of  the  third  stanza  originally  read  : 
"  No  Groans  to  mingle  with  the  Sonors." 

The  Eev.  Philip  Doddridge  was  born  in  London 
in  1702 ;  he  was  piously  brought  up,  and  well  edu- 
cated, and  in  1729  he  became  pastor  of  a  Congrega- 
tional church  in  Northampton.  In  the  same  year 
he  was  elected  head  of  an  institution  for  educating 
youn<?  men  for  the  Dissenting  ministry.  In  1736 
the  University  of  Aberdeen  gave  him  the  degree 
of  D.D.  Dr.  Doddridge  was  the  author  of  several 
valuable  works,  of  which  the  best  known  are  the 
Rise  and  Progress  of  Religion  in  the  Soul,  and  The 
Family  Expositor.    He  died  in  1751. 

79  Sabbath  evening  :  Thy  kingdom  come.  L.M. 

MILLIONS  within  thy  courts  have  met, 
Millions  this  day  before  thee  bowed ; 
Their  faces  Zionward  were  set, 

Vows  with  their  lips  to  thee  they  vowed. 

2  But  thou,  soul-searching  God !  hast  known 
The  hearts  of  all  that  bent  the  knee ; 

And  hast  accepted  those  alone, 
Who  in  the  spirit  worshiped  thee. 

3  People  of  many  a  tribe  and  tongue, 
Of  various  languages  and  lands, 

Have  heard  thy  truth,  thy  glory  sung, 
And  offered  prayer  with  holy  hands. 


4  And  not  a  prayer,  a  tear,  a  sigh, 
Hath  failed  this  day  some  suit  to  gain ; 

To  those  in  trouble  thou  wert  nigh ; 
Not  one  hath  sought  thy  face  in  vain. 

5  Yet  one  prayer  more ; — and  be  it  one, 

In  which  both  heaven  and  earth  accord ; — 
Fulfill  thy  promise  to  thy  Son : 

Let  all  that  breathe  call  Jesus  Lord ! 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title :  Evening  Song  for  the  Sabbath  Day. 

There  are  ten  stanzas  in  all.  This  is  composed  of 
the  first  three,  the  eighth,  and  the  last.  The  last 
line  of  the  second  stanza  has  been  corrected.  The 
writer  published  it  in  this  lame  fashion : 

"  In  spirit  and  truth  that  worshiped  Thee." 

In  the  second  line  of  the  third  stanza  the  author 
wrote :  ' 

"  Men  of  strange  colors,  climates,  lands." 

From  A  Poet's  Portfolio.    London,  1835. 
See  No.  5. 


O  0  Sabbath  evening  rest.  L.  M. 

SWEET  is  the  light  of  Sabbath  eve, 
And  soft  the  sunbeams  lingering  there ; 
For  these  blest  hours  the  world  I  leave, 
Wafted  on  wings  of  faith  and  prayer. 

2  The  time  how  lovely  and  how  still ! 
Peace  shines  and  smiles  on  all  below ; 

The  plain,  the  stream,  the  wood,  the  hill, 
All  fair  with  evening's  setting  glow. 

3  Season  of  rest !  the  tranquil  soul 
Feels  the  sweet  calm,  and  melts  to  love ; 

And  while  these  sacred  moments  roll, 
Faith  sees  the  smiling  heaven  above. 

4  Nor  will  our  days  of  toil  be  long ; 
Our  pilgrimage  will  soon  be  trod ; 

And  we  shall  join  the  ceaseless  song, 
The  endless  Sabbath  of, our  God. 

JAMES  EDMESTON. 

Title :  The  Cottager'1  s  Reflections  upon  the  Sab 
bath  Evening.    From  The  Cottage  Minstrel,  1821. 

Original  Lines  : 
Verse  one,  line  two  : 

"  And  soft  the  sunbeam  lingering  there." 

Verse  one,  line  three  : 

"  Those  sacred  hours  this  loio  earth  leave." 
Verse  two,  line  one  : 

"  This  time  how  lovely  and  how  still  1 " 


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HYMN  STUD  IE  8. 


Verse  three,  line  four : 

"Faith  sees  a  smiling  heaven  above." 
Verse  five,  line  one : 

"  Yet  will  our  journey  not  be  long." 

One  stanza,  the  fourth,  is  omitted. 

James  Edmeston  (1791-1867)  was  a  London 
architect,  and  the  son  of  an  Independent  minister. 
Edmeston,  however,  became  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  England.  He  was  the  author  of  a  hymn 
book  entitled,  The  Cottage  Minstrel,  and  also  of  a 
volume  of  Hymns  for  Sunday-Schools. 


8 1  Delights  of  the  Sabbath.        L.  M. 

SWEET  is  thy  work,  my  God,  my  King, 
To  praise  thy  name,  give  thanks,  and 


sing; 


To  show  thy  love  by  morning  light, 
And  talk  of  all  thy  truth  by  night. 

2  Sweet  is  the  day  of  sacred  rest ; 

No  mortal  cares  shall  seize  my  breast ; 
O  may  my  heart  in  tune  be  found, 
Like  David's  harp  of  solemn  sound. 

3  When  grace  has  purified  my  heart, 
Then  I  shall  share  a  glorious  part ; 
And  fresh  supplies  of  joy  be  shed, 
Like  holy  oil,  to  cheer  my  head. 

4  Then  shall  I  see,  and  hear,  and  know 
All  I  desired  or  wished  below ; 

And  every  power  find  sweet  employ 
In  that  eternal  world  of  joy. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 


Title:  A  Psalm  for  the  Lord's  Day. 

This  precious  old  hymn,  which  has  helped  multi- 
tudes to  worship  God,  is  a  metrical  version  of  the 
first  part  of  Psalm  xcii.  The  third,  fourth,  and 
sixth  stanzas  have  been  left  out : 

3  My  heart  shall  triumph  in  my  Lord,' 
And  bless  his  works,  and  bless  his  word  : 
Thy  works  of  grace  how  bright  they  shine  ! 
How  deep  thy  counsels  !  how  divine  ! 

4  "  Fools  never  raise  their  thoughts  so  high  ; 
Like  brutes  they  live,  like  brutes  they  die ; 
Like  grass  they  flourish  till  thy  breath 
Blasts  them  in  everlasting  death. 

6  "  Sin,  my  worst  enemy  before, 
Shall  vex  my  eyes  and  ears  no  more ; 
My  inward  foes  shall  all  be  slain, 
Nor  Satan  break  my  peace  again." 

The  lines  of  the  first  couplet  of  the  third  stanza 


of  the  hymn  have  been  transposed  and  changed. 

Watts  wrote : 

"  But  I  shall  share  a  glorious  part 
When  grace  hath  well  refined  my  heart." 

It  is  not  otherwise  altered.  Date  of  publication, 
1719. 


8/3  Pledge  of  glorious  rest.         L.  M. 

RETURN,  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest ; 
Improve  the  day  thy  God  hath  blest : 
Another  six  days'  work  is  done ; 
Another  Sabbath  is  begun. 

2  0  that  our  thoughts  and  thanks  may  rise, 
As  grateful  incense  to  the  skies, 

And  draw  from  Christ  that  sweet  repose, 
Which  none  but  he  that  feels  it  knows! 

3  This  heavenly  calm  within  the  breast 
Is  the  dear  pledge  of  glorious  rest, 
Which  for  the  Church  of  God  remains ; 
The  end  of  cares,  the  end  of  pains. 

4  In  holy  duties,  let  the  day, 
In  holy  comforts,  pass  away , 

How  sweet  a  Sabbath  thus  to  spend, 
In  hope  of  one  that  ne'er  shall  end ! 

JOSEPH  STENNETT,  ALT. 


The  author's  title  was  :  On  the  Sabbath. 

The  original  has  fourteen  stanzas,  of  which  these 
are  verses  one,  ten,  eleven,  and  thirteen.  All  are 
altered  except  the  third,  (eleventh.) 

Original  Form. 

1  "  Another  six  clays'  work  is  done ; 
Another  Sabbath  is  begun : 
Return,  my  soul,  unto  thy  rest, 
Revere  the  day  thy  God  has  blest. 

2  "  O  that  my  thoughts  and  words  may  rise 
As  incense  to  propitious  skies  ; 

Andi  fetch  from  heaven  that  sweet  repose 
Which  none  but  he  that  feels  it  knows." 


The  first  couplet  of  the  last  stanza  read  : 

4  "  In  holy  duties  thus  the  day 
In  holy  pleasures  melts  away,'^  etc. 


From  Miscellaneous  Poems.  Author's  works, 
vol.  iv.    London,  1732. 

The  Rev.  Joseph  Stennett,  an  English  Baptist 
minister,  was  born  in  1663  ;  ordained  to  the  pas- 
torate of  a  church  in  London  in  1690,  and  held  that 
relation  until  his  death,  in  1713.  He  was  a  man  of 
ability,  and  much  esteemed. 


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83 


Hailing  the  Sabbath's  return.     L.  M. 


MY  opening  eyes  with  rapture  see 
The  dawn  of  this  returning  day; 
My  thoughts,  0  God,  ascend  to  thee, 
While  thus  my  early  vows  I  pay. 

2  I  yield  my  heart  to  thee  alone, 
Nor  would  receive  another  guest : 

Eternal  King,  erect  thy  throne, 

And  reign  sole  monarch  in  my  breast. 

3  O  bid  this  trifling  world  retire, 

And  drive  each  carnal  thought  away; 
Nor  let  me  feel  one  vain  desire, 

One  sinful  thought,  through  all  the  day. 

4  Then,  to  thy  courts  when  I  repair, 
My  soul  shall  rise  on  joyful  wing; 

The  wonders  of  thy  love  declare, 

And  join  the  strains  which  angels  sing. 

JAMES  HUTTON.  (?) 

I  have  not  verified  the  reputed  authorship  of  this 
hymn.  It  is  found  in  a  Boston  Collection,  edited 
by  Rev.  John  Codman,  A.M.,  1813,  where  it  has 
six  stanzas.  These  are  the  last  four,  slightly  altered. 

Mr.  James  Hutton  (1715-1795)  was  an  English 
Moravian,  and  was  the  author  of  a  number  of 
hymns.  This  is  not  found  in  any  of  his  works. 
In  the  collection  by  Codman  it  is  ascribed  to 
"  Evan.  Mag." 


84  Undisturbed  devotion.         L.  M. 

FAR  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  be 
gone ! 

Let  my  religious  hours  alone : 

Fain  would  mine  eyes  my  Saviour  see ; 

1  wait  a  visit,  Lord,  from  thee. 

2  O  warm  my  heart  with  holy  fire, 
And  kindle  there  a  pure  desire : 
Come,  sacred  Spirit,  from  above, 
And  fill  my  soul  with  heavenly  love. 

3  Blest  Saviour,  what  delicious  fare ! 
How  sweet  thine  entertainments  are ! 
Never  did  angels  taste  above 
Redeeming  grace  and  dying  love. 

4  Hail,  great  Immanuel,  all  divine ! 
In  thee  thy  Father's  glories  shine; 
Thy  glorious  name  shall  be  adored, 
And  every  tongue  confess  thee  Lord. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 


From 
1707. 


Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii, 


Watts  called  this  hymn  The  Enjoyment  of 
Christ;  or,  Delight  in  Worship.  Two  stanzas, 
the  third  and  fourth,  have  been  omitted,  and  two 
others  altered. 

The  author  wrote  the  second  stanza  : 

"  My  heart  grows  warm  with  holy  fire, 
And  kindles  with  a  pure  desire  ; 
Come,  my  dear  Jesus,  from  above, 
And  feed  my  soul  with  heavenly  love." 

I  cannot  think  that  the  changes  made  in  this 
stanza  are  for  the  better.  I  prefer  the  original.  The 
last  two  lines  of  the  hymn  are  not  the  author's. 
They  have  been  substituted  for  his,  and  the  stanza 
is  greatly  improved  by  the  change.  Watts  closed 
the  hymn  with  this  awkward  couplet : 

"  Thou  brightest,  sweetest,  fairest  one, 
That  eyes  have  seen,  or  angels  known." 

Omitted  Verses.  * 

3  "  The  trees  of  life  immortal  stand 
In  flourishing  rows  at  thy  right  hand, 
And  in  sv/eet  murmurs  by  thy  side 
Rivers  of  bliss  perpetual  glide. 

4  "  Haste,  then,  but  with  a  smiling  face, 
And  spread  a  table  of  thy  grace, 
Bring  down  a  taste  of  truth  divine, 
And  cheer  my  heart  with  sacred  wine." 


85       The  Sabbath  welcome.         S.  M. 

WELCOME,  sweet  day  of  rest, 
That  saw  the  Lord  arise ; 
Welcome  to  this  reviving  breast, 
And  these  rejoicing  eyes ! 

2  The  King  himself  comes  near, 
And  feasts  his  saints  to-day ; 

Here  we  may  sit,  and  see  him  here, 
And  love,  and  praise,  and  pray. 

3  One  day  in  such  a  place, 
Where  thou,  my  God,  art  seen, 

Is  sweeter  than  ten  thousand  days 
Of  pleasurable  sin. 

4  My  willing  soul  would  stay 
In  such  a  frame  as  this, 

And  sit  and  sing  herself  away 


To  everlasting  bliss. 


ISAAC  WATTS. 


Title :  TJie  Lord's  Day;  or,  Delight  in  Ordinances. 
From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 

The  first  two  lines  of  the  third  stanza  have  been 
changed.    Watts  wrote : 

"  One  day  amidst  the  place 
Where  my  dear  God  hath  been.'1 


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HYMN  STUD  IE  8. 


8  6   -Day  °f  tight,  rest,  peace,  prayer,  S.  M. 

THIS  is  the  day  of  light : 
Let  there  be  light  to-day ; 
O  Day-spring,  rise  upon  our  night, 
And  chase  its  gloom  away. 

2  This  is  the  day  of  rest : 
Our  failing  strength  renew ; 

On  weary  brain  and  troubled  breast 
Shed  thou  thy  freshening  dew. 

3  This  is  the  day  of  peace : 
Thy  peace  our  spirits  fill ; 

Bid  thou  the  blasts  of  discord  cease, 
The  waves  of  strife  be  still. 

4  This  is  the  day  of  prayer : 

Let  earth  to  heaven  draw  near ; 
Lift  up  our  hearts  to  seek  thee  there ; 
Come  down  to  meet  us  here. 

5  This  is  the  first  of  days : 

Send  forth  thy  quickening  breath, 
And  wake  dead  souls  to  love  and  piaise, 
O  Vanquisher  of  death ! 

JOHN  ELLERTON. 

A  fine  new  hymn,  [t  was  written  in  1868,  and 
first  appeared  in  the  Selection  of  Hymns  for  use  in 
Chester  Cathedral.    It  has  not  been  altered. 

The  Eev.  John  Ellerton  is  an  English  elergyman, 
born  in  1826.  He  is  at  this  date  (1883)  Rector  of 
Barnes,  Surrey,  Eng. 

8  7  The  eternal  Sabbath.  S.  M. 

HAIL  to  the  Sabbath  day ! 
The  day  divinely  given, 
When  men  to  God  their  homage  pay, 
And  earth  draws  near  to  heaven. 

2  Lord,  in  this  sacred  hour, 
"Within  thy  courts  we  bend, 

And  bless  thy  love,  and  own  thy  power, 
Our  Father  and  our  Friend. 

3  But  thou  art  not  alone 
In  courts  by  mortals  trod ; 

Nor  only  is  the  day  thine  own 
When  man  draws  near  to  God : 

4  Thy  temple  is  the  arch 
Of  yon  unmeasured  sky ; 

Thy  Sabbath,  the  stupendous  march 
Of  vast  eternity. 

5  Lord,  may  that  holier  day 
Dawn  on  thy  servants'  sight ; 

And  purer  worship  may  we  pay 
In  heaven's  unclouded  light. 

STEPHEN  G.  BULFINCH,  ALT. 


The  author's  title  of  this  grand  hymn  is :  The  Sab- 
bath Bay. 

It  was  published  in  Contemplations  of  the  Sav- 
iour, 1832;  in  Poems  by  S.  G.  Bulfi'nch,  1834; 
and  in  Lays  of  the  Gospel,  1845.  In  this  last 
book  the  author  added  three  stanzas,  which  are  not 
given  in  this  hymn.  Some  changes  appear  in  the 
last  three  stanzas.  In  Lays  of  the  Gospel,  the  clos- 
ing line  of  the  third  stanza  is': 

"  When  crowds  adore  their  God." 

The  last  line  of  the  fourth  stanza  is : 
"  Of  grand  eternity." 

The  closing  couplet  of  the  hymn  is : 

"  And  grant  us  in  thy  courts  to  pray, 
Of  pure,  unclouded  light." 

The  Rev.  Stephen  Greenleaf  Bulfinch,  D.D.,  was 
born  in  Boston  in  1809.  He  was  graduated  at 
Columbia  College,  Washington,  in  1827,  and  at 
Cambridge  Divinity  School  in  1830.  He  was 
ordained  in  1831,  and  was  pastor  of  several 
Unitarian  churches.    He  died  suddenly  in  1870. 


OO     Safely  through  another  week.     7,  6  1. 

SAFELY  through  another  week, 
God  has  brought  us  on  our  way ; 
Let  us  now  a  blessing  seek, 

Waiting  in  his  courts  to-day : 
Day  of  all  the  week  the  best, 
Emblem  of  eternal  rest. 

2  While  we  pray  for  pardoning  grace, 
Through  the  dear  Redeemer's  name, 

Show  thy  reconciled  face, 

Take  away  our  sin  and  shame ; 
From  our  worldly  cares  set  free, 
May  we  rest  this  day  in  thee. 

3  Here  we  come  thy  name  to  praise ; 
May  we  feel  thy  presence  near: 

May  thy  glory  meet  our  eyes, 

While  we  in  thy  house  appear : 
Here  afford  us,  Lord,  a  taste 
Of  our  everlasting  feast. 

4  May  thy  gospel's  joyful  sound 
Conquer  sinners,  comfort  saints; 

Make  the  fruits  of  grace  abound, 
Bring  relief  for  all  complaints : 
Thus  may  all  our  Sabbaths  prove, 
Till  we  join  the  Church  above. 

JOHN  NEWTON,  ALT. 
From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 

The  writer's  title  was :  Saturday  Evening.  Sev- 
eral lines  have  been  changed  to  adapt  it  to  Sunday 
singing. 


HYMN  STUD  IE  8. 


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One  stanza,  the  second,  has  been  omitted : 

"  Mercies  multiplied  each  hour, 
Through  the  week  our  praise  demand ; 

Guarded  by  Almighty  power, 
Fed  and  guided  by  his  hand ; 

Though  ungrateful  we  have  been, 

Only  made  returns  of  sin." 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  23. 


8  9  Gladness  in  the  house  of  prayer.    S.  M. 

GLAD  was  my  heart  to  hear 
My  old  companions  say, 
"Come,  in  the  house  of  God  appear, 
For  'tis  a  holy  day." 

2  Thither  the  tribes  repair, 
Where  all  are  wont  to  meet; 

And,  joyful  in  the  house  of  prayer, 
Bend  at  the  mercy-seat. 

3  Pray  for  Jerusalem, 
The  city  of  our  God; 

Lord,  send  thy  blessing  down  to  them 
That  love  the  dear  abode. 

4  Within  these  walls  may  peace 
And  harmony  be  found ; 

Zion,  in  all  thy  palaces, 
Prosperity  abound ! 

5  For  friends  and  brethren  dear, 
Our  prayer  shall  never  cease : 

Oft  as  they  meet  for  worship  here, 
God  send  his  people  peace ! 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

From  Songs  of  Zion,  1822. 

This  is  the  author's  version  of  Psalm  cxxii : 

"  I  was  glad  when  they  said  unto  me,  Let  us  go 
into  the  house  of  the  Lord.  Our  feet  shall  stand 
within  thy  gates,  O  Jerusalem.  Jerusalem  is 
builded  as  a  city  that  is  compact  together :  whither 
the  tribes  go  up,  the  tribes  of  the  Lord,  unto  the 
testimony  of  Israel,  to  give  thanks  unto  the  name 
of  the  Lord.  For  there  are  set  thrones  of  judgment, 
the  thrones  of  the  house  of  David.  Pray  for  the 
peace  of  Jerusalem :  they  shall  prosper  that  love 
thee.  Peace  be  within  thy  walls,  and  prosperity 
within  thy  palaces.  For  my  brethren  and  compan- 
ions' sakes,  I  will  now  say,  Peace  be  within  thee. 
Because  of  the  house  of  the  Lord  our  God  I  will 
seek  thy  good." 

Verses  two,  six,  and  seven  are  omitted. 
The  author  wrote  in  verse  three,  line  three : 

"  The  Lord  from  Heaven  be  'kind  to  them." 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Montgomery,  see 
No.  5. 


9  0         Immortality  and  light.  6. 

DAY  of  God,  thou  blessed  day, 
At  thy  dawn  the  grave  gave  way 
To  the  power  of  Him  within, 
Who  had,  sinless,  bled  for  sin. 

2  Thine  the  radiance  to  illume 
First,  for  man,  the  dismal  tomb, 
When  its  bars  their  weakness  owned, 
There  revealing  death  dethroned. 

3  Then  the  Sun  of  righteousness 
Rose,  a  darkened  world  to  bless, 
Bringing  up  from  mortal  night 
Immortality  and  light. 

4  Day  of  glory,  day  of  power, 
Sacred  be  thine  every  hour ; 
Emblem,  earnest,  of  the  rest 
That  remaineth  for  the  blest. 

HANNAH  F.  GOULD. 

A  valuable  hymn,  cut  out  of  a  poem  of  nine 
stanzas,  entitled  The  Sabbath.  It  is  composed  of 
verses  four,  five,  six,  and  seven,  verbatim,  except 
one  word.  The  fourth  stanza,  first  of  the  hymn, 
begins : 

"  Choice  of  God,"  etc. 

From  the  author's  Poems,  vol.  iii.  Boston,  1841. 
Vol.  i  was  copyrighted  in  1832,  and  vol.  ii  in  1835. 

Most  of  Miss  Gould's  poems  have  already  been 
forgotten  ;  but  this  Sabbath  hymn  will  preserve  her 
memory  for  a  long  time  to  come. 

Miss  Hannah  i  lagg  Gould  was  born  in  Lancas- 
ter, Mass.,  in  1789.  In  her  youth  her  father  re- 
moved to  Newburyport,  Mass.,  where  she  kept  his 
house,  and  was  not  only  a  devoted  daughter,  but  a 
constant  companion  up  to  the  hour  of  his  death. 
Miss  Gould  died  September  5,  1865,  in  Newbury- 
port, Mass. 


9 1  The  first  of  days.  7. 

ON  this  day,  the  first  of  days, 
God  the  Father's  name  Ave  praise; 
Who,  creation's  Lord  and  Spring, 
Did  the  world  from  darkness  bring. 

2  On  this  day  the  Eternal  Son 
Over  death  his  triumph  won; 
On  this  day  the  Spirit  came 
With  his  gifts  of  living  flame. 

3  O  that  fervent  love  to-day 
May  in  every  heart  have  sway, 
Teaching  us  to  praise  aright 
God  the  source  of  life  and  light ! 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


4  God,  the  blessed  Three  in  One, 
Dwell  within  my  heart  alone ; 
Thou  dost  give  thyself  to  me, 
May  I  give  myself  to  thee. 

SIR  HENRY  W.  BAKER. 

The  Latin  version  of  this  hymn  is  found  in  L. 
Mail's  Breviary.  The  first  line  is  "  Die  parente 
temporum."  The  translation  was  furnished  for 
Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,  1861.  Stanzas  four, 
five,  and  six  are  left  out : 

4  "  Father,  who  didst  fashion  me 
Image  of  Thyself  to  be, 

Fill  me  with  Thy  love  divine, 
Let  my  every  thought  be  Thine. 

5  "  Holy  Jesus,  may  I  be 

Dead  and  buried  here  with  Thee : 
And  by  love  inflamed  arise 
Unto  Thee  a  sacrifice. 

6  "  Thou  who  dost  all  gifts  impart, 
Shine,  Sweet  Spirit,  in  my  heart; 
Best  of  gifts  Thyself  bestow ; 
Make  me  burn  Thy  love  to  know." 

Sir  Henry  Williams  Baker,  a  clergyman  of  the 
Church  of  England,  was  born  in  London  in  1821, 
and  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  grad- 
uating in  1844.  The  reverend  baronet  was  one 
of  the  editors  of  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,  1861. 
He  died  in  1877. 


y  (Zi  Sabbath  evening. 

SOFTLY  fades  the  twilight  ray 
Of  the  holy  Sabbath  day ; 
Gently  as  life's  setting  sun 
When  the  Christian's  course  is  run. 

2  Night  her  solemn  mantel  spreads 
O'er  the  earth  as  daylight  fades ; 
All  things  tell  of  calm  repose, 

At  the  holy  Sabbath's  close. 

3  Peace  is  on  the  world  abroad ; 
'Tis  the  holy  peace  of  God, 
Symbol  of  the  peace  within 
When  the  spirit  rests  from  sin. 

4  Still  the  Spirit  lingers  near, 
Where  the  evening  worshiper 
Seeks  communion  with  the  skies, 
Pressing  onward  to  the  prize. 

5  Saviour,  may  our  Sabbaths  be 
Days  of  joy  and  peace  in  thee, 
Till  in  heaven  our  souls  repose, 
Where  the  Sabbath  ne'er  shall  close 

SAMUEL  F,  SMITH. 


The  Eev.  Samuel  Francis  Smith  Is  a  Baptist 
clergyman,  born  in  1808,  and  now  living  at  New- 
ton, Mass.  Mr.  Smith  was  one  of  the  editors  of 
The  Psalmist,  a  Baptist  hymn  book  published  at 
Boston  in  1843.  This  beautiful  little  poem,  and 
several  other  hymns,  were  "contributed  to  that 
excellent  collection.  It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 
Dr.  Smith  died  November  16,  1895. 


Abide  with  me.  10. 

ABIDE  with  me !  Fast  falls  the  eventide, 
The  darkness  deepens — Lord,  with  me 
abide ! 

When  other  helpers  fail,  and  comforts  flee, 
Help  of  the  helpless,  O  abide  with  me ! 

2  Swift  to  its  close  ebbs  out  life's  little  day ; 
Earth's  joys  grow  dim,  its  glories  pass  away ; 
Change  and  decay  in  all  around  I  see ; 

0  thou,  who  changest  not,  abide  with  me ! 

3  I  need  thy  presence  every  passing  hour ; 
What  but  thy  grace  can  foil  the  tempter's 

power? 

Who,  like  thyself,  my  guide  and  stay  can 
be? 

Through  cloud  and  sunshine,  Lord,  abide 
with  me ! 

4  I  fear  no  foe,  with  thee  at  hand  to  bless ; 
Ills  have  no  weight,  and  tears  no  bitterness ; 
Where  is  death's  sting?  where,  grave,  thy 

victory? 

1  triumph  still,  if  thou  abide  with  me. 

5  Hold  thou  thy  cross  before  my  closing 

.  eyes; 

Shine  through  the  gloom  and  point  me  to 

the  skies ; 

Heaven's  morning  breaks,  and  earth's  vain 

shadow's  flee; 
In  life,  in  death,  O  Lord,  abide  with  me ! 

HENRY  F.  LYTE. 

See  No.  27.     From  The  Remains  of  the  Late 
Ren.  Henry  Francis  Lyte,  A.M.,  1850. 
The  basis  of  this  prayer-song  is  Luke  xxiv,  29  : 

"  Abide  with  us ;  for  it  is  toward  evening,  and  the 
day  is  far  spent." 

The  author  was  in  delicate  health  and  not  expect- 
ing to  live ;  yet  anxious  to  be  of  use  and  to  be  re- 
membered. In  a  poem,  entitled  Declining  Days,  he 
offered  this  petition : 

"  0  Thou,  whose  touch  can  lend 

Life  to  the  dead,  Thy  quickening  grace  supply  ; 
And  grant  me,  swan-like,  my  last  breath  to  spend 

In  song  that  may  not  die.'* 


HYMN  STUD  IE 8. 


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That  prayer  was  answered.  In  the  fall  of  1847, 
s  he  was  about  to  take  a  journey  in  search  ot'health, 
he  preached  a  good-bye  discourse  to  his  people,  and 
administered  the  sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper. 
The  same  night  he  presented  to  a  friend  this  hy  inn, 
and  the  music  he  had  adapted  to  it.  It  proved  to 
be,  indeed,  his  "swan-song,"  and  has hecomea 
general  favorite.  Verses  three,  four,  and  live  of 
the  original  are  omitted;  those  given  are  unal- 
tered. 


94:  Parting  hymn  of  praise.  10. 

SAVIOUR,  again  to  thy  dear  name  we 
raise, 

With  one  accord,  our  parting  hymn  of  praise ; 
We  stand  to  bless  thee  ere  our  worship  cease, 
Then,  lowly  kneeling,  wait  thy  word  of 
peace. 

2  Grant  us  thy  peace  upon  our  homeward 

way ; 

With  thee  began,  with  thee  shall  end  the 
day; 

Guard  thou  the  lips  from  sin,  the  hearts 

from  shame, 
That  in  this  house  have  called  upon  thy  name. 

3  Grant  us  thy  peace,  Lord,  through  the 

coming  night, 
Turn  thou  for  us  its  darkness  into  light ; 
From  harm  and  danger  keep  thy  children 

free, 

For  dark  and  light  are  both  alike  to  thee. 

4  Grant  us  thy  peace  throughout  our  earthly 

life, 

Our  balm  in  sorrow,  and  our  stay  in  strife ; 
Then,  when  thy  voice  shall  bid  our  conflict 
cease, 

Call  us,  O  Lord,  to  thine  eternal  peace. 

JOHN  ELLERTON. 

Written  originally  for  a  festival  of  parochial  choirs, 
at  Nantwich," England,  1866.  This  is  a  verbatim 
copy  of  the  hymn,  as  revised  and  abridged  by  the 
author  for  the  Appendix  to  Hymns  Ancient  and 
Modem.  1868. 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  86. 


95 


Renewed  consecration. 


C.  M. 


ONCE  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day 
Salutes  thy  waking  eyes ; 
Once  more,  my  voice,  thy  tribute  pay 
To  Him  that  rules  the  skies. 

2  Night  unto  night  his  name  repeats, 

The  day  renews  the  sound, 
Wide  as  the  heavens  on  which  he  sits, 

To  turn  the  seasons  round. 


3  'Tis  he  supports  my  mortal  frame, 
My  tongue  shall  sj)eak  his  praise ; 

My  sins  might  rouse  his  wrath  to  flame, 
But  yet  his  wrath  delays. 

4  Great  God,  let  all  my  hours  be  thine, 
Whilst  I  enjoy  the  light; 

Then  shall  my  sun  in  smiles  decline,. 
And  bring  a  peaceful  night. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 


A  Morning  Song.  From  Hymns  and  Spiritual 
Songs,  book  ii,  1707.  A  few  verbal- changes  have 
been  made.    In  the  first  stanza  Watts  wrote  : 

"  To  Him  that  rolls  the  skies." 

Only  two  letters  are  altered,  yet  the  sense  is 
greatly  modified.  In  the  last  stanza  the  author 
wrote:  " Ztear  God,"  and  u  pleasant ;  night."  Two 
stanzas,  the  fourth  and  fifth  of  the  original,  are  left 
out : 

"  On  a  poor  worm  thy  power  might  tread, 

And  1  could  ne'er  withstand, 
Thy  justice  might  have  crushed  me  dead, 

But  mercy  held  thine  hand. 

"  A  thousand  wretched  souls  are  fled, 

Since  the  last  setting  sun, 
And  yet  thou  length'nest  out  my  thread, 

And  yet  my  moments  run." 


00         Morning  supplications.  CM* 

AWAKE,  my  soul,  to  meet  the  day; 
Unfold  thy  drowsy  eyes, 
And  burst  the  heavy  chain  that  binds 
Thine  active  faculties. 

2  God's  guardian  shield  was  round  me 

spread 
In  my  defenseless  sleep : 
Let  him  have  all  my  waking  hours 
Who  doth  my  slumbers  keep. 

3  Pardon,  O  God,  my  former  sloth, 
And  arm  my  soul  with  grace, 

As,  rising,  now  I  seal  my  vows 
To  prosecute  thy  ways. 

4  Bright  Sun  of  righteousness,  arise; 
Thy  radiant  beams  display ; 

And  guide  my  dark,  bewildered  soul 
To  everlasting  day. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 


Title  :  A  Morniny  Hymn  to  be  used  at  Awakening 
and  Rising.  It  is  said  that  Dr.  Doddridge  rose 
every  morning  at  five  o'clock,  and  sung  this  hymn 
as  an  act  of  devotion. 


44  HYMN  STUDIES. 


From  Hymns  Fovnded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures.  London,  1755.  The  third  line  of 
the  first  stanza,  the  author  wrote : 

"And  burst  the  ponderous  Chain  that  loads." 

Stanzas  three,  four,  and  five  of  the  original  are 
omitted : 

3  ["  The  Work  of  each  immortal  Soul — 
Attentive  Care  demands ; 

Think,  then,  what  painful  Labors  wait 
The  faithful  Pastor's  Hands.] 

4  "My  moments  fly  with  wing'ed  Pace, 
And  swift  my  Hours  are  hurl'd  ; 

And  Death,  with  rapid  March,  comes  on, 
T'  unveil  th'  eternal  World. 

5  u  I  for  this  Hour  must  give  Account, 
Before  God's  awful  Throne: 

Let  not  this  Hour  neglected  pass, 
As  Thousands  more  have  done." 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  78. 


y/  Angelic  guardianship.  C.  M. 

ALL  praise  to  Hirn  who  dwells  in  bliss, 
Who  made  both  day  and  night ; 
Whose  throne  is  in  the  vast  abyss 
Of  uncreated  light. 

2  Each  thought  and  deed  his  piercing  eyes, 
With  strictest  search  survey ; 

The  deepest  shades  no  more  disguise, 
Than  the  full  blaze  of  day. 

3  Whom  thou  dost  guard,  O  King  of  kings, 
No  evil  shall  molest : 

Under  the  shadow  of  thy  wings 
Shall  they  securely  rest. 

4  Thy  angels  shall  around  their  beds 
Their  constant  stations  keep : 

Thy  faith  and  truth  shall  shield  their  heads, 
For  thou  dost  never  sleep. 

5  May  we  with  calm  and  sweet  repose, 
And  heavenly  thoughts  refreshed, 

Our  eyelids  with  the  morn  unclose, 
And  bless  thee,  ever  blest. 

CHAKLES  WESLEY. 

An  Evening  Hymn.  From  A  Collection  of 
Psalms  and  Hymns,  published  by  John  W esley, 
M.A.    London,  1741. 

The  third  line  of  the  first  stanza  originally  read  : 

"  Whose  throne  is  darkness  in  the  abyss." 

The  last  line  of  the  hymn  was : 

"And  bless  the  Ever-bless* d," 


There  is  some  doubt  as  to  the  authorship  of  this 
hymn,  whether  it  be  Charles  Wesley's,  John  Wes- 
ley's, or  that  of  some  unknown  writer. 


C/  O      Preparation  for  public  woi'ship.    C.  M. 

LORD,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear 
My  voice  ascending  high : 
To  thee  will  I  direct  my  prayer, 
To  thee  lift  up  mine  eye: 

2  Up  to  the  hills  where  Christ  is  gone, 
To  plead  for  all  his  saints, 

Presenting,  at  the  Father's  throne, 
Our  songs  and  our  complaints. 

3  Thou  art  a  God  before  whose  sight 
The  wicked  shall  not  stand; 

Sinners  shall  ne'er  be  thy  delight, 
Nor  dwell  at  thy  right  hand. 

4  Now  to  thy  house  will  I  resort, 
To  taste  thy  mercies  there ; 

I  will  frequent  thy  holy  court, 
And  worship  in  thy  fear. 

5  O  may  thy  Spirit  guide  my  feet 
In  ways  of  righteousness; 

Make  every  path  of  duty  straight, 
And  plain  before  my  face. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  For  the  Lord's  Day  Morning.     It  is 
Watts's  version  of  Psalm  v,  3-8  : 

"  My  voice  shalt  thou  hear  in  the  morning,  O 
Lord;  in  the  morning  will  I  direct  my  prayer  unto 
thee,  and  will  look  up.  For  thou  art  not  a  God  that 
hath  pleasure  in  wickedness:  neither  shall  evil  . 
dwell  with  thee.  The  foolish  shall  not  stand  in  thy 
sight :  thou  hatest  all  workers  of  iniquity.  Thou  • 
shalt  destroy  them  that  speak  leasing :  the  Lord 
will  abhor  the  bloody  and  deceitful  man.  But  as 
for  me,  I  will  come  into  thy  house  in  the  multitude 
of  thy  mercy :  and  in  thy  fear  will  I  worship  to- 
ward thy  holy  temple.  Lead  me,  0  Lord,  in  thy 
righteousness  because  of  mine  enemies  ;  make  thy 
way  straight  before  my  face." 

From  The  Psalms  of  David,  Imitated  in  the  Lan- 
guage of  the  New  Testament,  1719.    It  is  unaltered. 


9  9  Warmest  thanks.  C.  M. 

NOW  from  the  altar  of  our  hearts, 
Let  warmest  thanks  arise: 
Assist  us,  Lord,  to  offer  up 
Our  evening  sacrifice. 

2  This  day  God  was  our  sun  and  shield, 
Our  keeper  and  our  guide ; 

His  care  was  on  our  weakness  shown, 
His  mercies  multiplied. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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3  Minutes  and  mercies  multiplied, 
Have  made  up  all  this  day ; 

Minutes  came  quick,  but  mercies  were 
More  swift  and  free  than  they. 

4  New  time,  new  favors,  and  new  joys, 
Do  a  new  song  require : 

Till  we  shall  praise  thee  as  we  would, 
Accept  our  hearts'  desire. 

JOHN  MASON,  ALT. 

A  Song  of  Praise  for  the  Evening.  Verses  one 
and  two  are  taken  from  the  first  two  stanzas  of  the 
original,  with  slight  changes : 

1  "  Now  from  the  Altar  of  my  Heart, 
Let  Incense-Flames  arise ; 

Assist  me,  Lord,  to  offer  up 

Mine  Evening  Sacrifice. 
Awake,  my  Love;  Awake,  my  Joy; 

Awake  my  Heart  and  Tongue  : 
Sleep  not :  when  Mercies  loudly  call, 

Break  forth  into  a  Song. 

2  "  Man's  Life's  a  Book  of  History, 
The  Leaves  thereof  are  Days, 

The  Letters  Mercies  closely  join'd, 

The  Title  is  thy  Praise. 
This  Day  God  was  my  Sun  and  Shield, 

My  Keeper  and  my  Guide, 
His  care  was  on  my  Frailty  shewn, 

His  Mercies  Multiply'd." 

The  closing  lines  are  as  follows  : 

"Lord  of  my  Time,  whose  Hand  hath  set 

New  Time  upon  my  Score; 
Then  shall  I  praise  for  all  my  Time, 

When  Time  shall  he  no  more." 

The  Eev.  John  Mason,  M.A.,  was  an  earnest, 
pious  clergyman  of  the  seventeenth  century ;  and 
was  educated  at  Cambridge.  From  1674  to  1694  he 
was  rector  of  Water-Stratford,  in  Buckingham- 
shire. His  Spiritual  Songs  ;  or,  Songs  of  Praise  to 
Almighty  God,  were  first  published  anonymously 
in  1683,  and  passed  through  many  editions.  It  is 
evident  to  the  hymnologist  that  Watts  and  Wesley 
were  both  familiar  with  these  hymns  and  appre- 
ciated them. 

He  died  in  1694.  His  last  words  were :  "  I  am 
full  of  the  loving-kindness  of  the  Lord." 


100        Grateful  praise.  C.  M. 

LORD  of  my  life,  O  may  thy  praise 
Employ  my  noblest  powers, 
Whose  goodness  lengthens  out  my  days, 
And  fills  the  circling  hours. 

2  While  many  spent  the  night  in  sighs, 
And  restless  pains  and  woes, 

In  gentle  sleep  I  closed  my  eyes, 
And  undisturbed  repose. 


3  O  let  the  same  almighty  care 

My  waking  hours  attend; 
From  every  danger,  every  snare, 

My  heedless  steps  defend. 

ANNE  STEELE. 


A  Morning  Hymn.  The  original  has  six  stanzas. 
These  arc  verses  one,  three,  and  five,  verbatim. 
Omitted  stanzas  : 

2  "  Preserv'd  by  the  almighty  arm, 

I  pass'd  the  shades  of  night, 
Serene,  and  safe  from  every  harm, 

And  sec  returning  light. 

4  "  When  sleep,  death's  semblance,  o'er  me  spread, 

And  I  unconscious  lay, 
Thy  watchful  care  was  round  my  bed, 

To  guard  my  feeble  clay. 

6  "  Smile  on  my  minutes  as  they  roll, 

And  guide  my  future  days  ; 
And  let  thy  goodness  fill  my  soul, 

With  gratitude  and  praise." 

From  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly  Devotional.  By 
Theodosia.   London,  1760.    See  No.  63. 


101  The  Christian  home.  C.  M. 

HAPPY  the  home  when  God  is  there, 
And  love  fills  every  breast ; 
When  one  their  wish,  and  one  their  prayer, 
And  one  their  heavenly  rest. 

2  Happy  the  home  where  Jesus'  name 
Is  sweet  to  every  ear; 

Where  children  early  lisp  his  fame, 
And  parents  hold  him  dear. 

3  Happy  the  home  where  prayer  is  heard, 
And  praise  is  wont  to  rise ; 

Where  parents  love  the  sacred  word, 
And  live  but  for  the  skies. 

4  Lord,  let  us  in  our  homes  agree, 
This  blessed  peace  to  gain  ; 

Unite  our  hearts  in  love  to  thee, 


And  love  to  all  will  reign. 


UNKNOWN. 


Original  title  :  The  Happy  Home. 

This  hymn  is  attributed  to  Mrs.  W.,  in  A  Selec- 
tion of  Hymns  and  Poetry  for  the  Use  of  Infant 
and  Juvenile  Schools  and  Families.  London. 
Fourth  edition,  1849 ;  first  edition,  1838. 

Only  one  word  has  been  changed.  Verse  one, 
line  three  is : 

"  Where  one  their  wish,"  etc. 

It  is  doubtful  whether  it  will  ever  be  discovered 
who  "  Mrs.  W."  was. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


Abide  with  us. 


L.  M. 


102 

SUN  of  my  soul,  thou  Saviour  dear, 
It  is  not  night  if  thou  be  near : 
O  may  no  earthborn  cloud  arise 
To  hide  thee  from  thy  servant's  eyes. 


2  When  the  soft  dews  of  kindly  sleep 
My  wearied  eyelids  gently  steep, 

Be  my  last  thought,  how  sweet  to  rest 
Forever  on  my  Saviour's  breast. 

3  Abide  with  me  from  morn  till  eve, 
For  without  thee  I  cannot  live ; 
Abide  with  me  when  night  is  nigh, 
For  without  thee  I  dare  not  die. 

4  If  some  poor  wandering  child  of  thine 
Have  spurned,  to-day,  the  voice  divine, 
Now,  Lord,  the  gracious  work  begin ; 
Let  him  no  more  lie  down  in  sin. 

5  Watch  by  the  sick ;  enrich  the  poor 
With  blessing  from  thy  boundless  store ; 
Be  every  mourner's  sleep  to-night, 
Like  infant's  slumbers,  pure  and  light. 

6  Come  near  and  bless  us  when  we  wake, 
Ere  through  the  world  our  way  we  take ; 
Till  in  the  ocean  of  thy  love, 

We  lose  ourselves  in  heaven  above. 

JOHN  KEBLE. 


From  The  Cliristian  Year,  1827.  Part  of  a  poem 
of  fourteen  stanzas,  entitled  Evening.  This  hymn 
is  made  up  of  the  third,  seventh,  eighth,  and'  last 
three  verses,  unaltered. 

Text :  "  Abide  with  us;  for  it  is  toward  evening, 
and  the  day  is  far  spent."  Luke  xxiv,  29. 

The  Eev.  John  Keble,  born  in  1792,  was  a  hum- 
ble clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England.  .He 
spent  portions  of  several  years  in  composing  the 
beautiful  lyrical  poems  that  were  first  published  in 
1827,  under  the  above  title.  The  Christian  Year 
is,  without  any  doubt,  the  most  popular  volume  of 
religious  poetry  issued  in  the  nineteenth  century. 
Ninety-six  editions  were  published  before  the  death 
of  the  author  in  1S66. 


103  Morning  mercies,  daily  discipline.  L.  M. 

NEW  every  morning  is  the  love 
Our  wakening  and  uprising  prove ; 
Through  sleep  and  darkness  safely  brought, 
Restored  to  life,  and  poAver,  and  thought. 

2  New  mercies,  each  returning  day, 
Hover  around  us  while  we  pray ; 
New  perils  past,  new  sins  forgiven, 
New  thoughts  of  God,  new  hopes  of  heaven. 


3  If  on  our  daily  course  our  mind 
Be  set  to  hallow  all  we  find, 

New  treasures  still  of  countless  price 
God  will  provide  for  sacrifice. 

4  The  trivial  round,  the  common  task, 
Will  furnish  all  we  ought  to  ask, — 
Room  to  deny  ourselves,  a  road 

To  bring  us  daily  nearer  God. 

5  Only,  O  Lord,  in  thy  dear  love 
Fit  us  for  perfect  rest  above ; 
And  help  us  this,  and  every  day, 
To  live  more  nearly  as  we  pray. 

JOHN  KEBLE. 


Part  of  the  first  poem  in  The  Cliristian  Year. 
1827.    Title:  Morning. 

Tt  is  composed  of  verses  six,  seven,  eight,  four- 
teen, and  sixteen,  verbatim. 

Text :  "  His  compassions  fail  not.  They  are  new 
every  morning."  Lam.  hi,  22,  23. 


104:    Morning  and  evening  mercies.    L.  M. 

MY  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love! 
Thy  gifts  are  every  evening  new ; 
And  morning  mercies  from  above, 
Gently  distill  like  early  dew. 

2  Thou  spread' st  the  curtains  of  the  night, 
Great  Guardian  of  my  sleeping  hours ; 

Thy  sovereign  word  restores  the  light, 
And  quickens  all  my  drowsy  powers. 

3  I  yield  my  powers  to  thy  command ; 
To  thee  I  consecrate  my  days ; 

Perpetual  blessings  from  thy  hand 
Demand  perpetual  songt>  of  praise. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 


A  Song  for  Morning  and  Evening,  from  Hymns 
and  SpiHtual  Songs,  book  i,  1707. 

The  Scripture  text  of  the  first  stanza  is  the  same 
as  that  of  hymn  No.  103  ;  that  of  the  second  stanza 
is  Isaiah  xlv,  7 : 

"I  form  the  light  and  create  darkness." 
It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 


105  Evening  hymn.  L.  M. 

GLORY  to  thee,  my  God,  this  night, 
For  all  the  blessings  of  the  light: 
Keep  me,  O  keep  me,  King  of  kings, 
Beneath  the  shadow  of  thy  wings. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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2  Forgive  me.  Lord,  for  thy  dear  Son, 
The  ill  which  I  this  day  have  done ; 
That  with  the  world,  myself,  and  thee, 
I,  ere  I  sleep,  at  peace  may  be. 

3  Teach  me  to  live,  that  I  may  dread 
The  grave  as  little  as  my  bed ; 
Teach  me  to  die,  that  so  I  may 

Rise  glorious  at  the  judgment-day. 

4  O  let  my  soul  on  thee  repose, 

And  may  sweet  sleep  mine  eyelids  close ; 
Sleep,  which  shall  me  more  vigorous  make, 
To  serve  my  God,  when  I  awake. 

5  Lord,  let  my  soul  forever  share 
The  bliss  of  thy  paternal  care : 

'Tis  heaven  on  earth,  'tis  heaven  above, 
To  see  thy  face,  and  sing  thy  love. 

THOMAS  KEN. 

This  is  a  part  of  Bishop  Ken's  famous  Evening 
Hymn;  the  original,  including  the  doxology,  con- 
tained twelve  stanzas.  Several  lines  have  been 
altered : 

Verse  one,  line  four  : 

"  Under  Thy  own  Almighty  Wings." 

Verse  three,  line  four : 

"  Triumphing  rise  at  the  last  day." 

Verse  four,  line  one : 

"  0  may  my  soul  on  Thee  repose." 

Verse  four,  line  two : 

"  And  with  sweet  sleep  mine  eyelids  close." 

Verse  four,  line  three : 

"  Sleep  that  may  me  more  vigorous  make." 

From  the  author's  Manual  of  Prayers  for  the  Use 
of  the  Scholars  of  Winchester  College,  edition  of 
1700.  A  few  of  the  above  changes  were  made  by 
Bishop  Ken  himself  for  the  edition  of  1709. 

The  last  verse  of  the  hymn  was  not  written  by 
Ken,  but  was  added  by  some  editor,  who  attempted 
to  sum  up  the  poem  in  a  single  stanza,  and  suc- 
ceeded as  well  as  could  be  expected. 

Thomas  Ken  was  born  in  1637  ;  was  educated  at 
Oxford,  and  ordained  about  1666.  In  1684  he  was 
appointed  chaplain  to  Charles  II.  and  Bishop  of 
Bath  and  Wells  in  the  same  year.  It  is  said  that 
the  Bishop  was  faithful  to  the  king,  and  that  the 
"merry  monarch"  had  good  sense  enough  to  re- 
spect and  appreciate  a  chaplain  who  dared  to  tell 
him  his  faults.    He  died  in  1710. 

Three  of  this  writer's  hymns,  Morning,  Evening, 
and  Midnight,  were  first  published  in  1697  in  an 
Appendix  to  the  author's  Manual  of  Prayers  for  the 
Winchester  Scholars.  The  familiar  and  grand  long 
meter  doxology  first  appeared  at  the  close  of  each 
of  these  hymns. 


106  Morning  hymn.  L.  M. 

AWAKE,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun 
Thy  daily  stage  of  duty  run ; 
Shake  off  dull  sloth,  and  joyful  rise 
To  pay  thy  morning  sacrifice. 

2  Wake,  and  lift  up  thyself,  my  heart, 
And  with  the  angels  bear  thy  part, 
Who  all  night  long  unwearied  sing 
High  praises  to  the  eternal  King. 

3  All  praise  to  thee,  who  safe  hast  kept, 
And  hath  refreshed  me  while  I  slept : 
Grant,  Lord,  when  I  from  death  shall  wake, 
I  may  of  endless  life  partake. 

4  Lord,  I  my  vows  to  thee  renew: 
Disperse  my  sins  as  morning  dew. 

Guard  my  first  springs  of  thought  and  will. 
And  with  thyself  my  spirit  fill. 

5  Direct,  control,  suggest,  this  day, 
All  I  design,  or  do,  or  say ; 

That  all  my  powers,  with  all  their  might, 
In  thy  sole  glory  may  unite. 

THOMAS  KEN. 

A  fine  lyric  made  up  of  verses  one,  five,  nine, 
twelve,  and  thirteen  of  Bishop  Ken's  Morning 
Hymn.  The  original  has  fourteen  stanzas,  including 
the  doxology.  This  is  slightly  altered  from  the 
edition  of  1700,  but  it  agrees  with  the  edition  of  1709. 


107  Morning  prayer.  L.  M. 

NOW  doth  the  sun  ascend  the  sky, 
And  wake  creation  with  its  ray; 
Keep  us  from  sin,  O  Lord  most  high, 
Through  all  the  actions  of  the  day. 

2  Curb  thou  for  us  the  unruly  tongue ; 
Teach  us  the  way  of  peace  to  prize ; 

And  close  our  eyes  against  the  throng 
Of  earth's  absorbing  vanities, 

3  O  may  our  hearts  be  pure  within ; 
No  cherished  madness  vex  the  soul : 

May  abstinence  the  flesh  restrain 
And  its  rebellious  pride  control. 

4  So  when  the  evening  stars  appear, 
And  in  their  train  the  darkness  bring, 

May  we,  O  Lord,  with  conscience  clear, 
Our  praise  to  thy  pure  glory  sing. 

AMBROSE  OP  MILAN. 
TR.  BY  E.  CASWALL. 

The  translation  is  found  in  Caswall's  Hymns  and 
Poems,  Original  and  Translated.  London.  Sec- 
ond edition,  1873,  and  in  Lyra  Oatholica,  1848. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


Saint  Ambrose  was  born  about  340,  and  died  in 
397.  In  374  he  was  unexpectedly  chosen  Bishop  of 
Milan  by  a  unanimous  vote  of  the  people ;  although 
he  was  only  a  layman  and  unbaptized.  He  accepted 
the  position  and  served  in  it  with  zeal  and  dignity. 

The  Eev.  Edward  Caswall  was  born  in  England 
in  1S14 ;  educated  at  Brazenose  College,  Oxford  ; 
ordained  in  the  Established  Church  in  1839  ;  and 
in  1847  became  a  Bomanist.    He  died  in  1878. 


108         Evening  meditations.         L.  M. 

THUS  far  the  Lord  hath  led  me  on, 
Thus  far  his  power  prolongs  my  days ; 
And  every  evening  shall  make  known 
Some  fresh  memorial  of  his  grace. 

2  Much  of  my  time  has  run  to  waste, 
And  I,  perhaps,  am  near  my  home ; 

But  he  forgives  my  follies  past, 

And  gives  me  strength  for  days  to  come. 

3  I  lay  my  body  down  to  sleep ; 
Peace  is  the  pillow  for  my  head ; 

While  well-appointed  angels  keep 
Their  watchful  stations  round  my  bed. 

4  Thus,  when  the  night  of  death  shall  come, 
My  flesh  shall  rest  beneath  the  ground, 

And  wait  thy  voice  to  rouse  my  tomb, 
With  sweet  salvation  in  the  sound. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  An  Evening  Hymn,  from  Hymns  and 
Spiritual  Songs,  book  i,  1707.  Unaltered. 
Two  stanzas,  the  fourth  and  fifth,  are  left  out: 

4  "  In  vain  the  sons  of  earth  and  hell 
Tell  me  a  thousand  frightful  things; 

My  God  in  safety  makes  me  dwell 
Beneath  the  shadow  of  his  wings. 

5  "  Faith  in  his  name  forbids  my  fear, 
O  may  thy  presence  ne'er  depart ! 

And  in  the  morning  make  me  hear 
The  love  and  kindness  of  thy  heart." 


109  Evening  prayer.  L.  M. 

AGAIN  as  evening's  shadow  falls, 
We  gather  in  these  hallowed  walls : 
And  vesper  hymn  and  vesper  prayer 
Rise  mingling  on  the  holy  air. 

2  May  struggling  hearts  that  seek  release 
Here  find  the  rest  of  God's  own  peace ; 
And,  strengthened  here  by  hymn  and  prayer, 
Lay  down  the  burdens  and  the  care. 

3  O  God,  our  light!  to  thee  we  bow; 
Within  all  shadows  standest  thou ; 
Give  deeper  calm  than  night  can  bring ; 
Give  sweeter  songs  than  lips  can  sing. 


4  Life's  tumult  we  must  meet  again, 
We  cannot  at  the  shrine  remain; 
But  in  the  spirit's  secret  cell 
May  hymn  and  prayer  forever  dwell. 

SAMUEL  LONGFELLOW. 

Title :  Vesper  Hymn,  unaltered  and  entire. 

Written  for  the  author's  Vespers,  published  in 
1859.  It  is  a  beautiful  hymn.  "  Spirit's,"  in  the 
last  stanza  should  begin  with  a  small  letter.  It 
means,  of  course,  the  soul  of  the  worshiper. 

The  Eev.  Samuel  Longfellow  is  a  Unitarian  min- 
ister, and  brother  of  the  poet,  Henry  W.  Longfel- 
low. He  was  born  in  1819,  was  graduated  at  Har- 
vard in  the  class  of  1839.  He  died  in  Portland, 
Me.,  October  3, 1892.  In  connection  with  the  Eev. 
Samuel  Johnson,  he  edited  A  Booh  of  Hymns, 
1846,  and  Hymns  of  the  Spirit,  1864.  'To  both  of 
these  he  made  valuable  original  contributions. 


110  The  souVs  Advocate.         L.  M.  61. 

WHEN,  streaming  from  the  eastern  skies, 
The  morning  light  salutes  mine  eyes, 
O  Sun  of  righteousness  divine ! 
On  me  with  beams  of  mercy  shine ; 
O  chase  the  clouds  of  guilt  away, 
And  turn  my  darkness  into  day. 

2  And  when  to  heaven's  all-glorious  King, 
My  morning  sacrifice  I  bring, 

And,  mourning  o'er  my  guilt  and  shame, 
Ask  mercy  in  my  Saviour's  name ; 
Then,  Jesus,  cleanse  me  with  thy  blood, 
And  be  my  Advocate  with  God. 

3  When  each  day's  scenes  and  labors  close, 
And  wearied  nature  seeks  repose, 

With  pardoning  mercy  richly  blest, 
Guard  me,  my  Saviour,  while  I  rest ; 
And,  as  each  morning  sun  shall  rise, 
O  lead  me  onward  to  the  skies. 

4  And  at  my  life's  last  setting  sun, 
My  conflicts  o'er,  my  labors  done, 
Jesus,  thy  heavenly  radiance  shed, 
To  cheer  and  bless  my  dying  bed ; 
And,  from  death's  gloom  my  spirit  raise, 
To  see  thy  face,  and  sing  thy  praise. 

WILLIAM  SHRTJBSOLE,  JR. 

The  original  poem  of  eight  stanzaSj  entitled  Daily 
Duties,  first  appeared  in  the  Chrishan  Observer  in 
1813.  This  hymn  is  composed  of  the  first  two  and 
last  two  stanzas  of  the  poem.  One  line,  the  first  in 
the  second  verse,  has  been  changed ;  the  author 
wrote  it: 

"  When  to  heaven's  great  and  glorious  King." 

William  Shrubsole,  Jr.,  was  born  in  Sheerness, 
England,  in  1759.  He  was  a  business  man,  and  for 
many  years  a  clerk  and  secretary  in  the  Bank  of 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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England.  He  was  also  deeply  interested  in  philan- 
thropic movements,  and  wrote  both  in  prose  and 
verse  for  the  publications  of  the  Religious  Tract 
Society.    He  died  in  1829. 


Ill  The  Day-star.  S.  M. 

WE  lift  our  hearts  to  thee, 
O  Day-star  from  on  high ! 
The  sun  itself  is  but  thy  shade, 
Yet  cheers  both  earth  and  sky. 

2  O  let  thy  rising  beams 

The  night  of  sin  disperse, — 
The  mists  of  error  and  of  vice 
Which  shade  the  universe. 

3  How  beauteous  nature  now ! 
How  dark  and  sad  before ! 

With  joy  we  view  the  pleasing  change, 
And  nature's  God  adore. 

4  O  may  no  gloomy  crime 
Pollute  the  rising  day ; 

Or  Jesus'  blood,  like  evening  dew, 
Wash  all  the  stains  away. 

5  May  we  this  life  improve, 
To  mourn  for  errors  past ; 

And  live  this  short,  revolving  day 
As  if  it  were  our  last. 

JOHN  WESLEY. 

Title :  A  Morning  Hymn,  from  A  Collection  of 
Psalms  and  Hymns,  published  by  John  Wesley, 
1741.  This  is  one  of  the  few  original  hymns  ascribed 
to  John  Wesley.  One  reason  why  it  is  thought  to  be 
his,  rather  than  Charles  Wesley's,  is  that  it  is  only 
half-rhymed.  Not  a  single  known  stanza  of  Charles 
Wesley  has  that  peculiarity.  The  sublime  thought 
expressed  in  the  third  line  of  the  first  stanza  is  bor- 
rowed from  Plato  :  "  Lumen  est  umbra  Dei."  Dox- 
ology  No.  4  was  appended  to  this  hymn.  The  orig- 
inal has  " orient  "  instead  of  "rising  "  in  the  sec- 
ond stanza.  There  is  some  doubt  about  the  author- 
ship of  this  hymn. 

The  name  of  John  Wesley  is  known  and  hon- 
ored throughout  the  world.  He  was  born  in  the  rec- 
tory of  Epworth,  in  1703,  and  was  piously  instructed 
by  his  parents.  In  1714  he  was  placed  at  the  Char- 
ter-house School,  where  he  was  a  diligent  and  suc- 
cessful student.  In  1720,  when  seventeen  years 
old,  he  was  removed  to  Christ  Church,  Oxford. 
Here  he  became  an  accomplished  classical  scholar. 
In  1725  he  was  ordained  deacon,  and  in  the  follow- 
ing year  was  elected  to  a  Fellowship  in  Lincoln  Col- 
lege. He  received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in 
1727,  and  in  1728  was  ordained  a  priest  in  the 
Church  of  England.  In  1729  a  few  students  at  Ox- 
ford banded  together  to  attend  the  sacrament  reg- 
ularly every  week,  and  to  observe  the  method  of 
study  prescribed  by  the  university.  This  conduct 
brought  upon  them  the  sneers  of  their  fellow-stu- 
dents, and  the  honorable  name  of  "  Methodists." 


The  band  was  organized  by  Charles  Wesley,  in  the 
absence  of  his  brother;  but,  when  John  Wesley 
returned,  he  became  its  acknowledged  leader,  and 
its  membership  soon  increased.  In  1735  John 
Wesley  and  his  brother  Charles  came  to  Georgia, 
as  ministers  to  the  colonists,  and  missionaries  to  the 
natives ;  but,  after  nearly  two  years  of  unsatisfac- 
tory labor,  returned  to  England.  At  this  time 
Wesley  knew  not  the  power  of  experimental  relig- 
ion. He  said  :  "I  went  to  America  to  convert  the 
Indians  ;  but,  0  !  who  shall  convert  me  ?  Who  is 
he  that  will  deliver  me  from  this  evil  heart  of  un- 
belief? "  He  dated  his  spiritual  life  from  May  24, 
1738.  For  a  long  time  he  had  been  seeking  rest  of 
soul,  and  had  been  instructed  in  the  way  of  faith 
by  pious  Moravians.  On  the  evening  of  this  day 
he  attended  a  meeting  in  London,  where  one  was 
reading  Luther's  preface  to  the  Epistle  to  the  Ro- 
mans. "  About  a  quarter  before  nine,  while  he  was 
describing  the  change  which  God  works  in  the  heart 
through  faith  in  Christ,  I  felt  my  heart  strangely 
warmed  ;  I  felt  I  did  trust  in  Christ,  Christ  alone, 
for  salvation  ;  and  an  assurance  was  given  me  that 
he  had  taken  away  my  sins,  even  mine,  and  saved 
me  from  the  law  of  sin  and  death." 

From  this  time,  for  fifty-three  years,  until  his  tri- 
umphant death,  in  1791,  he  was  a  tireless  laborer  in 
the  Master's  vineyard.  He  was  the  first  man  who 
had  the  holy  audacity  to  say,  "  The  world  is 
my  parish."  He  was  an  apostle  extraordinary — 
raised  up  of  God  to  head  the  reformation  of  the 
eighteenth  century,  as  was  Martin  Luther  that  of 
the  sixteenth. 


112  Devout  gratitude.  S.  M. 

SEE  how  the  morning  sun 
Pursues  his  shining  way ; 
And  wide  proclaims  his  Maker's  praise, 
With  every  brightening  ray. 

2  Thus  would  my  rising  soul 
Its  heavenly  Parent  sing, 

And  to  its  great  Original 
The  humble  tribute  bring. 

3  Serene  I  laid  me  down, 
Beneath  his  guardian  care ; 

I  slept,  and  I  awoke,  and  found 
My  kind  Preserver  near. 

4  My  life  I  would  anew 
Devote,  O  Lord,  to  thee ; 

And  in  thy  service  I  would  spend 
A  long  eternity. 

ELIZABETII  SCOTT. 


Title  :  A  Morning  Hymn. 
The  original  has  nine  verses, 
ond,  third,  fourth,  and  last. 
The  first  stanza  is  as  follows  : 


These  are  the  see- 


"  Awake,  my  drowsy  Soul ; 

These  airy  Visions  chase  ; 
Awake  my  Active  Pow'rs  renew'd, 

To  run  the  Heav'nly  Race." 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


The  author  wrote,  verse  one,  line  one : 
"  See  how  the  Mounting  Sun." 

And  the  first  part  of  verse  four : 

M  Thus,  then,  my  Life  anew, 
Lord,  I  Devote  to  Thee." 

From  the  author's  manuscript  volume  of  Poems. 
The  date  of  the  preface  is  1740. 
It  was  dedicated  as  follows : 

"  To  My  much  Eever'd,  much  Lov'd  Father." 
For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  73. 


113  Evening  meditation.  S.  M. 

THE  day  is  past  and  gone, 
The  evening  shades  appear; 
O  may  we  all  remember  well 
The  night  of  death  draws  near. 

2  We  lay  our  garments  by, 
Upon  our  beds  to  rest ; 

So  death  will  soon  disrobe  us  all 
Of  what  we've  here  possessed. 

3  Lord,  keep  us  safe  this  night, 
Secure  from  all  our  fears ; 

May  angels  guard  us  while  we  sleep, 
Till  morning  light  appears. 

4  And  when  we  early  rise, 
And  view  the  unwearied  sun, 

May  we  set  out  to  win  the  prize, 
And  after  glory  run. 

5  And  when  our  days  are  past, 
And  we  from  time  remove, 

O  may  we  in  thy  bosom  rest, 
The  bosom  of  thy  love. 

JOHN  LELAND. 

Title  :  Evening  Hymn.    Published  in  1792. 

This  is  a  favorite  with  many  people.  It  is  found, 
with  about  twenty  other  compositions,  in  The  Writ- 
ings of  the  Late  Elder  John  Leland.  Including 
Some  events  in  Ms  life,  written  by  himself.  With 
additional  sketches  by  Miss  L.  F.  Greene.  IVew 
York,  1845.  Two  words  are  altered.  Verse  three, 
line  one,  has  "all"  instead  of  "  safe,"  and  verse 
four,  line  one,   uif"  instead  of  "  when." 

John  Leland  was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1754, 
.and  lived  until  1841.  In  youth  he  was  vain  and 
wicked,  but  when  about  eighteen  years  old  lie  be- 
came a  Christian.  He  labored  in  the  ministry  in 
Virginia  and  in  Massachusetts.  Leland  was  the 
Lorenzo  Dow  of  the  Baptist  denomination. 


114  Protection  invoked.  C.  M. 

IN  mercy,  Lord,  remember  me, 
Through  all  the  hours  of  night, 
And  grant  to  me  most  graciously 
The  safeguard  of  thy  might. 


2  With  cheerful  heart  I  close  mine  eyes, 
Since  thou  wilt  not  remove ; 

O  in  the  morning  let  me  rise 
Rejoicing  in  thy  love. 

3  Or  if  this  night  should  prove  my  last, 
And  end  my  transient  days, 

Lord,  take  me  to  thy  promised  rest, 
Where  I  may  sing  thy  praise. 

JOHN  F.  HERZOGr. 

This  is  a  translation  from  the  German  of  the  au- 
thor, and  is  found  in  Psalmodia  Germanica  /  or. 
The  German  Psalmody  Translated  from  the  High 
German.  London,  1760.  The  translation  contains 
ten  stanzas  ;  this  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  three, 
seven,  and  nine,  somewhat  altered.  The  translator 
was  John  Christian  Jacobi. 

John  Fred.  Herzog  was  born  in  1647 ;  studied 
law  at  Wittembcrg,  and  practiced  in  Dresden, 
where  lie  died  in  1699.  The  hymn  was  originally 
written  about  1670. 


115         Memories  of  the  dead.  8, 7. 

SILENTLY  the  shades  of  evening 
Gather  round  my  lowly  door ; 
Silently  they  bring  before  me 
Faces  I  shall  see  no  more. 

2  O  the  lost,  the  unforgotten, 
Though  the  world  be  oft  forgot ! 

O  the  shrouded  and  the  lonely, 
In  our  hearts  they  perish  not ! 

3  Living  in  the  silent  hours, 
Where  our  spirits  only  blend, 

They,  unlinked  with  earthly  trouble, 
We,  still  hoping  for  its  end. 

4  How  such  holy  memories  cluster, 
Like  the  stars  when  storms  are  past, 

Pointing  up  to  that  fair  heaven 
We  may  hope  to  gain  at  last. 

c.  c.  cox. 

Written  and  published  in  Wooclworth  Musical 
Cabinet,  1847.  It  soon  found  its  way  into  hymn 
collections,  and  has  been  widely  used. 

Christopher  Christian  Cox,  son  of  Luther  J.  Cox, 
a  Methodist  preacher,  was  born  in  Baltimore  in 
1816;  was  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1835,  and 
at  a  Medical  School  in  his  native  city  in  1838.  In 
1861  he  was  appointed  brigade  surgeon  in  theU.  S. 
Army.    Died  1882. 


116  Trust  in  God's  care.  8, 7« 

SAVIOUR,  breathe  an  evening  blessing, 
Ere  repose  our  spirits  seal ; 
Sin  and  want  we  come  confessing; 
I     Thou  canst  save  and  thou  canst  heal. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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2  Though  destruction  walk  around  us, 
Though  the  arrows  past  us  fly, 

Angel  guards  from  thee  surround  us ; 
We  are  safe,  if  thou  art  nigh. 

3  Though  the  night  be  dark  and  dreary, 
Darkness  cannot  hide  from  thee ; 

Thou  art  he  who,  never  weary, 
Watchest  where  thy  people  be. 

4  Should  swift  death  this  night  o'ertake  us, 
And  our  couch  become  our  tomb, 

May  the  morn  in  heaven  awake  us, 
Clad  in  light  and  deathless  bloom. 

JAMES  EDMESTON. 

Published  without  title  in  Sacred  Lyrics,  by 
James  Edmeston.  Loudon,  1820.  It  has  not  been 
changed.    For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  80. 


X  1  /      Communion  tvith  God.  7. 

SOFTLY  now  the  light  of  day 
Fades  upon  our  sight  away; 
Free  from  care,  from  labor  free, 
Lord,  we  would  commune  with  thee. 

2  Thou,  whose  all-pervading  eye 
Naught  escapes,  without,  within, 

Pardon  each  infirmity, 

Open  fault,  and  secret  sin. 

3  Soon  from  us  the  light  of  day 
Shall  forever  pass  away; 

Then,  from  sin  and  sorrow  free, 
Take  us,  Lord,  to  dwell  with  thee. 

GEORGE  W.  DOANE. 

Author's  title :  Evening  ;  from  Songs •  by  the  Way, 
1824. 

Text:  "Let  my  prayer  be  set  forth  before  thee 
as  incense ;  and  the  lifting  up  of  my  hands  as  the 
evening  sacrifice."  Fsa.  cxli,  2. 

The  writer  used  the  first  person  singular  in  stan- 
zas one  and  three.  The  hymn  has  been  improved 
by  omitting  the  last  verse.  We  give  it,  because  it 
completes  the  hymn  as  published  hy  the  author: 

"  Thou,  who,  sinless,  yet  hast  known 

All  of  man's  infirmity  ; 
Then,  from  Thine  eternal  throne, 

Jesus,  look  with  pitying  eye."' 

George  Washington  Doane  was  born  in  Trenton, 
N.  J.,  in  1799 ;  was  graduated  at  Union  College  in 
1818  ;  then  studied  theology,  and  was  ordained  in 
1821.    In  1828  he  was  elected  rector  of  Trinity 


Church,  Boston.  In  1832  he  was  consecrated 
Bishop  of  the  diocese  of  New  Jersey.  He  died 
in  1859. 


118  The  Apostles'  Creed,         8, 7, 7. 

WE  all  believe  in  one  true  God, 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Strong  Deliverer  in  our  need, 

Praised  by  all  the  heavenly  host, 
By  whose  mighty  power  alone 
All  is  made,  and  wrought,  and  done. 

2  And  we  believe  in  Jesus  Christ, 
Son  of  man  and  Son  of  God; 

Who,  to  raise  us  up  to  heaven, 

Left  his  throne  and  bore  our  load ; 
By  whose  cross  and  death  are  we 
Rescued  from  our  misery. 

3  And  we  confess  the  Holy  Ghost, 
Who  from  both  forever  flows; 

Who  upholds  and  comforts  us 

In  the  midst  of  fears  and  woes. 
Blest  and  holy  Trinity, 
Praise  shall  aye  be  brought  to  thee ! 

T.  CLAUSNITZER. 
TR.  BY  MISS  C.  WINK  WORTH. 

This  translation  is  from  The  Chorale-Book  for 
England.  London,  1863.  It  is  unaltered  and  en- 
tire. 

The  Eev.  Tobiah  Clausnitzer  lived  from  1619  to 
1684;  and  was  educated  at  Leipsic.  From  1644  to 
the  close  of  the  "Thirty  Years'  War"  he  was  a 
chaplain  to  the  Swedish  forces.  Only  three  hymns 
written  by  him  are  extant. 


1  ly  Divine  condescension.      L.  P.  M. 

OGOD,  of  good  the  unfathomed  sea ! 
Who  would  not  give  his  heart  to  thee? 
Who  would  not  love  thee  with  his  might  ? 
O  Jesus,  lover  of  mankind, 
Who  would  not  his  whole  soul  and  mind, 
With  all  his  strength,  to  thee  unite? 

2  Thou  shin'st  with  everlasting  rays ; 
Before  the  insufferable  blaze 

Angels  with  both  wings  veil  their  eyes ; 
Yet  free  as  air  thy  bounty  streams ; 
On  all  thy  works  thy  mercy's  beams, 

Diffusive  as  thy  sun's,  arise. 

3  Astonished  at  thy  frowning  brow, 
Earth,  hell,  and  heaven's  strong  pillars  bow : 

Terrible  majesty  is  thine ! 
Who  then  can  that  vast  love  express 
Which  bows  thee  down  to  me, — who  less 

Than  nothing  am,  till  thou  art  mine ! 


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4  High  throned  on  heaven's  eternal  hill, 
In  number,  weight,  and  measure,  still 

Thou  sweetly  orderest  all  that  is ; 
And  yet  thou  deign'st  to  come  to  me, 
And  guide  my  steps,  that  I,  with  thee 

Enthroned,  may  reign  in  endless  bliss. 

JOHANN  A.  SCHEFFLER. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title :  God's  Love  to  Mankind. 

This  is  the  first  half  of  the  translation,  from 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739,  and  is  not  altered. 

Johann  Angelus  Scheflier  was  born  of  Protestant 
parents,  in  Breslau,  Germany,  in  1624.  While  yet 
a  young  man,  he  was  greatly  interested  in  the 
writings  of  Jacob  Bohme,  and  at  length  he  became  a 
Mystic.  In  1653  he  entered  the  Koman  Catholic 
Church.  In  1661  he  was  consecrated  a  priest,  and 
ever  afterward  was  a  bigoted  champion  of  Roman- 
ism. His  fame  rests  chiefiy  upon  his  hymns,  which 
were  first  published  in  1657.    He  died  in  1677. 


Te  Leum  laudamus. 


C.  M. 


120 

OGOD,  we  praise  thee,  and  confess 
That  thou  the  only  Lord 
And  everlasting  Father  art, 
By  all  the  earth  adored. 

2  To  thee  all  angels  cry  aloud; 
To  thee  the  powers  on  high, 

Both  cherubim  and  seraphim, 
Continually  do  cry. 

3  "O  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 
Whom  heavenly  hosts  obey, 

The  world  is  with  the  glory  filled 
Of  thy  majestic  sway." 

4  The  apostles'  glorious  company, 
And  prophets  crowned  with  light, 

With  all  the  martyrs'  noble  host, 
Thy  constant  praise  recite. 

5  The  holy  Church  throughout  the  world, 
O  Lord,  confesses  thee, 

That  thou  eternal  Father  art, 
Of  boundless  majesty. 

NAHUM  TATE.  (?) 

The  first  part  of  an  old  and  excellent  metrical 
version  of  the  Te  Deum.  It  is  frequently  ascribed 
to  Patrick,  but  its  authorship  is  really  unknown. 
It  is  found  in  the  Supplement  to  The  New  Version 
of  the  Psalms,  1703. 

Nahum  Tate  was  born  at  Dublin  in  1652,  and 
was  educated  at  the  University  of  his  native  city  ; 
he  was  made  Poet  Laureate  in  1690,  and  held  that 
office  to  the  time  of  his  death  in  1715.  He  is  best 
known  as  the  author  of  a  New  Version  of  the 
Psalms,  which  he  executed  jointly  with  the  Rev. 
Nicholas  Brady,  D.D.,  1696. 


121      One  God  in  Three  Persons.  CM. 

HAIL,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
One  God  in  Persons  Three ; 
Of  thee  we  make  our  joyful  boast, 
And  homage  pay  to  thee. 

2  Present  alike  in  every  place, 
Thy  Godhead  we  adore : 

Beyond  the  bounds  of  time  and  space 
Thou  dwellest  evermore, 

3  In  wisdom  infinite  thou  art, 
Thine  eye  doth  all  things  see ; 

And  every  thought  of  every  heart 
Is  fully  known  to  thee. 

4  Thou  lov'st  what'er  thy  hands  have 

made; 

Thy  goodness  we  rehearse, 
In  shining  characters  displayed 
Throughout  the  universe. 

5  Wherefore  let  every  creature  give 
To  thee  the  praise  designed; 

But  chiefly,  Lord,  the  thanks  receive, 
The  hearts,  of  all  mankind. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  Of  God. 

The  first  piece  in  Hymns  for  Children.  Bristol, 
1763.  Three  stanzas,  the  second,  fifth,  and  seventh 
of  the  original,  are  omitted : 

2  "  Thou  neither  canst  be  felt,  or  seen ; 

Thou  art  a  Spirit  pure, 
Who  from  Eternity  hast  been, 

And  always  shalt  endure. 

5  "  What'er  Thou  wilt,  in  earth  below 

Thou  dost,  in  heaven  above  ; 
But  chiefly  we  rejoice  to  know 

The  Almighty  God  is  Love. 

7  "  Mercy  and  love  and  endless  grace 
O'er  all  Thy  works  doth  reign ; 

But  mostly  Thou  delight'st  to  bless 
Thy  favorite  creature  man." 

The  author  wrote  "early"  boast,  instead  of 
"joyful,"  in  the  first  verse;  and  '•'■our"  universe, 
instead  of  "  the,"  in  the  fourth  verse. 


M. 


122  c 

All  Thy  works  shall  praise  thee.  Psa.  cxlv,  10 

THERE  seems  a  voice  in  every  gale, 
A  tongue  in  every  flower, 
Which  tells,  O  Lord,  the  wondrons  tale 

Of  thy  almighty  power ; 
The  birds,  that  rise  on  quivering  wing, 

Proclaim  their  Maker's  praise, 
And  all  the  mingling  sounds  of  spring 
To  thee  an  anthem  raise. 


HYMN  8  TUB  IE  8. 


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2  Shall  I  be  mute,  great  God,  alone 

'Midst  nature's  loud  acclaim? 
Shall  not  my  heart,  with  answering  tone, 

Breathe  forth  thy  holy  name? 
All  nature's  debt  is  small  to  mine ; 

Nature  shall  cease  to  be ; 
Thou  gavest — proof  of  love  divine — 

Immortal  life  to  me. 

MRS.  AMELIA  OPIE. 

This  hymn  has  been  altered  from  one  of  long 
meter.  The  change  was  probably  made  by  Dr. 
James  Floy,  one  of" the  editors  of  the  hymn  book, 
1849  edition. 

1  have  not  been  able  to  find  the  author's  text. 
Hymns  for  Divine  Worship,  compiled  for  the  use 
of  the  Methodist  New  Connection,  London,  1868, 
gives  six  four-lined  stanzas,  long  meter. 

Mrs.  Amelia  Opie  was  a  daughter  of  James  Al- 
derson,  M.D.,  and  was  born  in  Norwich,  England, 
in  1769.  She  very  early  showed  a  taste  for  writ- 
ing, and  contributed  articles  to  some  of  the  period- 
icals of  the  day.  In  1798  she  married  John  Opie, 
a  portrait  painter,  of  London.  In  1807  Mr.  Opie 
died,  and  she  returned  to  Norwich.  She  wrote 
many  popular  tales,  and  published  a  volume  of 
poems  in  1802,  which  went  through  several  edi- 
tions. Mrs.  Opie  was  brought  up  a  Unitarian,  but 
in  1825  united  herself  with  the  Society  of  Friends. 
She  died  in  1853. 


123  Omniscience.  L.  M. 

LORD,  all  T  am  is  known  to  thee; 
In  vain  my  soul  would  try 
To  shun  thy  presence,  or  to  flee 
The  notice  of  thine  eye. 

2  Thy  all-surrounding  sight  surveys 
My  rising  and  my  rest, 

My  public  walks,  my  private  ways, 
The  secrets  of  my  breast. 

3  My  thoughts  lie  open  to  thee,  Lord, 
Before  they're  formed  within; 

And  ere  my  lips  pronounce  the  word, 
Thou  know'st  the  sense  I  mean. 

4  O  wondrous  knowledge,  deep  and  high, 
Where  can  a  creature  hide? 

Within  thy  circling  arms  I  lie, 
Beset  on  every  side. 

5  So  let  thy  grace  surround  me  still, 
And  like  a  bulwark  prove, 

To  guard  my  soul  from  every  ill, 
Secured  by  sovereign  love. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  God  is  every-where. 

Part  of  Watts's  version  of  Psalm  cxxxix.  First 
published  in  1719 : 

"  0  Lord,  thou  hast  searched  me,  and  known 


me.  Thou  knowest  my  down-sitting  and  mine  up- 
rising ;  thou  understandest  my  thought  afar  off. 
Thou  compassest  my  path  and  my  lying  down,  and 
art  acquainted  with  all  my  ways.  For  there  is  not 
a  word  in  my  tongue,  but,  lo,  O  Lord,  thou  know- 
est it  altogether.  Thou  hast  set  me  behind  and  be- 
fore, and  laid  thine  hand  upon  me.  Such  knowl- 
edge is  too  wonderful  for  me  ;  it  is  high,  I  cannot 
attain  unto  it." 


124  The  Author  of  every  perfect  gift.  C.  M. 

FATHER,  to  thee  my  soul  I  lift; 
My  soul  on  thee  depends ; 
Convinced  that  every  perfect  gift 
From  thee  alone  descends. 

2  Mercy  and  grace  are  thine  alone, 
And  power  and  wisdom  too : 

Without  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son, 
We  nothing  good  can  do. 

3  We  cannot  speak  one  useful  word. 
One  holy  thought  conceive, 

Unless,  in  answer  to  our  Lord, 
Thyself  the  blessing  give. 

4  His  blood  demands  the  purchased  grace : 
His  blood's  availing  plea 

Obtained  the  help  for  all  our  race, 
And  sends  it  down  to  me. 

5  From  thee,  through  Jesus,  we  receive 
The  power  on  thee  to  call, 

In  whom  we  are,  and  move,  and  live ; 
Our  God  is  all  in  all. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems.  1749. 
Text :  "  It  is  God  which  worketh  in  you  both  to 
will  and  to  do."  Phil,  ii,  13. 

Four  lines,  before  the  last  stanza,  are  omitted : 

"  Thou  all  our  works  in  us  hath  wrought, 

Our  good  is  all  Divine, 
The  praise  of  every  virtuous  thought, 

Or  righteous  work,  is  Thine." 

It  is  not  altered. 


125  My  Father.  CM, 

OGOD,  thy  power  is  wonderful, 
Thy  glory  passing  bright ; 
Thy  wisdom,  with  its  deep  on  deep, 
A  rapture  to  the  sight. 

2  I  see  thee  in  eternal  years 

In  glory  all  alone, 
Ere  round  thine  uncreated  fires 

Created  light  had  shone. 


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3  I  see  thee  walk  in  Eden's  shade, 
I  see  thee  all  through  time ; 

Thy  patience  and  compassion  seem 
New  attributes  sublime. 

4  I  see  thee  when  the  doom  is  o'er, 
And  outworn  time  is  done, 

Still,  still  incomprehensible, 
O  God,  not  yet  alone. 

5  Angelic  spirits,  countless  souls, 
Of  thee  have  drunk  their  fill; 

And  to  eternity  will  drink 
Thy  joy  and  glory  still. 

6  O  little  heart  of  mine !  shall  pain 
Or  sorrow  make  thee  moan, 

When  all  this  God  is  all  for  thee, 
A  Father  all  thine  own? 

FREDERICK  W.  FABER. 

From  the  author's  Hymns,  London,  1861.  Six 
stanzas  have  been  omitted.  Those  given  are  not 
altered. 

Frederick  William  Faber  was  born  in  Yorkshire  in 
1814 ;  he  studied  at  Harrow  School,  and  was  gradu- 
ated at  Balliol  College,  Oxford,  in  1836.  He  im- 
mediately began  the  study  of  theology ;  was  or- 
dained deacon  in  1837,  and  priest  in  1839.  After 
traveling  about  four  years,  he  became  rector  of  El- 
ton, where  he  labored  successfully  for  twelve  years. 
In  1845  he  joined  the  Eoman  Catholic  Church.  He 
died  in  1863. 


FIRST  PART. 

126  The  Unsearchable.  L.  M. 

OGOD,  thou  bottomless  abyss! 
Thee  to  perfection  who  can  know? 
O  height  immense !  what  words  suffice 
Thy  countless  attributes  to  show? 

2  Greatness  unspeakable  is  thine; 
Greatness,  whose  undiminished  ray, 

When  short-lived  worlds   are  lost,  shall 
shine. 

When  earth  and  heaven  are  fled  away. 

3  Unchangeable,  all-perfect  Lord, 
Essential  life's  unbounded  sea, 

What  lives  and  moves,  lives  by  thy  word ; 
It  lives,  and  moves,  and  is,  from  thee. 

4  High  is  thy  power  above  all  height : 
Whate'er  thy  will  decrees  is  done ; 

Thy  wisdom,  equal  to  thy  might, 
Only  to  thee,  O  God,  is  known ! 

ERNEST  LANGE. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 


SECOND  PART. 

127 

Wisdom,  love,  power.  L.  M. 

THINE,  Lord,  is  wisdom,  thine  alone; 
Justice  and  truth  before  thee  stand : 
Yet,  nearer  to  thy  sacred  throne, 
Mercy  withholds  thy  lifted  hand. 

2  Each  evening  shows  thy  tender  love, 
Each  rising  morn  thy  plenteous  grace : 

Thy  wakened  wrath  doth  slowly  move, 
Thy  willing  mercy  flies  apace. 

3  To  thy  benign,  indulgent  care, 
Father,  this  light,  this  breath,  we  owe; 

And  all  we  have,  and  all  we  are, 

From  thee,  great  Source  of  being,  flow. 

4  Thrice  Holy !  thine  the  kingdom  is, 
The  power  omnipotent  is  thine; 

And  when  created  nature  dies, 
Thy  never-ceasing  glories  shine. 

ERNEST  LANGE. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title:  God's  Greatness. 

These  two  hymns  are  made  up  from  selected 
stanzas  of  a  poem  containing  twenty- four  quatrains. 
They  are  not  altered. 

The  translation  was  first  published  in  a  Collection 
of  Psalms  and  Hymns.  Charles-Town,  1737.  The 
original  is  found  in  the  Ilerrnhuth  Collection. 

Ernest  Lange  was  a  pious  magistrate  in  Danzig, 
where  he  was  horn  in  1650.  In  1711  he  published 
a  volume  containing  sixty-one  original  hymns. 
Only  a  few  of  them  have  been  translated.  He  died 
in  1727. 


1 2»  8        Immanuel,  God  with  us.       L.  M. 

ETERNAL  depth  of  love  divine, 
In  Jesus,  God  with  us,  displayed ; 
How  bright  thy  beaming  glories  shine! 
How  wide  thy  healing  streams  are  spread ! 

2  With  whom  dost  thou  delight  to  dwell? 
Sinners,  a  vile  and  thankless  race ! 

O  God,  what  tongue  aright  can  tell 

How  vast  thy  love,  how  great  thy  grace ! 

3  The  dictates  of  thy  sovereign  will 
With  joy  our  grateful  hearts  receive ; 

All  thy  delight  in  us  fulfill ; 
Lo,  all  we  are  to  thee  we  give. 

4  To  thy  sure  love,  thy  tender  care, 
Our  flesh,  soul,  spirit,  we  resign; 

O  fix  thy  sacred  presence  there, 
And  seal  the  abode  forever  thine. 

NICOLATJS  L.  ZINZENDORF. 

TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


55 


Title :  God  with  us. 

The  first  half  of  the  translation,  unaltered.  From 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  published  by  John  and 
Charles  Wesley,  1739. 

Count  Nicholas  Lewis  de  Zinzendorf,  the  founder 
of  the  religious  community  of  Herrnhut,  and  the 
apostle  of  the  United  Brethren,  was  born  at  Dres- 
den in  1700.  It  is  not  often  that  noble  blood  and 
worldly  wealth  are  allied  with  true  piety  and  mis- 
sionary zeal.  Such,  however,  was  the  case  with 
Count  Zinzendorf.  Spener,  the  father  of  Pietism, 
was  his  godfather  ;  and  Franke,  the  founder  of  the 
famous  "Orphan  House  in  Halle,  was  for  several 
years  his  tutor.  In  1731  Zinzendorf  resigned  all 
public  duties,  and  devoted  himself  to  missionary 
work ;  he  traveled  extensively  on  the  Continent,  in 
Great  Britain,  and  in  America,  preaching  "  Christ 
and  him  crucified,"  and  organizing  societies  of 
Moravian  brethren.  John  Wesley  is  said  to  have 
been  under  obligation  to  Zinzendorf  for  some  ideas 
of  singing,  organization  of  classes,  and  church  gov- 
ernment. Zinzendorf  was  the  author  of  some  two 
thousand  hymns.  Many  of  them  are  worthless,  or 
worse,  but  some  of  them  are  very  valuable^  full  of 
Gospel  sweetness  and  holy  fervor.  He  died  in  17 60. 


129  For  the  grace  of  the  Holy  Trinity.  L.  M. 

BLEST  Spirit,  one  with  God  above, 
Thou  source  of  life  and  holy  love, 
O  cheer  us  with  thy  sacred  beams, 
Refresh  us  with  thy  plenteous  streams. 

2  O  may  our  lips  confess  thy  name, 
Our  holy  lives  thy  power  proclaim; 
With  love  divine  our  hearts  inspire, 
And  fill  us  with  thy  holy  fire. 

3  O  holy  Father,  holy  Son, 
And  Holy  Spirit,  Three  in  One, 
Thy  grace  devoutly  we  implore ; 
Thy  name  be  praised  for  evermore. 

FROM  THE  LATIN. 
TR.  BY  J.  CHANDLER. 

Title  :  Nunc  sancte  nobis  Spiritus. 

The  text  is  unaltered  and  entire.  From  the 
translator's  Hymns  of  the  Primitive  Church,  Lon- 
don, 1837. 

ISee  No.  49. 


130        Incomprehensible  glory.         L.  M. 

GOD  is  the  name  my  soul  adores, 
The  almighty  Three,  the  eternal  One : 
Nature  and  grace,  with  all  their  powers, 
Confess  the  Infinite  Unknown. 

2  Thy  voice  produced  the  sea  and  spheres, 
Bade  the  waves  roar,  the  planets  shine ; 

But  nothing  like  thyself  appears 

Through  all  these  spacious  works  of  thine. 


3  Still  restless  nature  dies  and  grows ; 
From  change  to  change  the  creatures  run : 

Thy  being  no  succession  knows, 
And  all  thy  vast  designs  are  one. 

4  A  glance  of  thine  runs  through  the  globe, 
Rules  the  bright  worlds,  and  moves  their 

frame ; 

Of  light  thou  f orm'st  thy  dazzling  robe ; 
Thy  ministers  are  living  flame. 

5  How  shall  polluted  mortals  dare 
To  sing  thy  glory  or  thy  grace? 

Beneath  thy  feet  we  lie  afar, 
And  see  but  shadows  of  thy  face. 

6  Who  can  behold  the  blazing  light? 
Who  can  approach  consuming  flame? 

None  but  thy  wisdom  knows  thy  might ; 
None  but  thy  word  can  speak  thy  name. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 


Title :  The  Creator  and  Creatures. 

From  Horod  lyricco,  1709.  Several  verbal 
changes  have  been  made,  and  two  stanzas  omit- 
ted, viz. : 

2  "  From  thy  great  Self  thy  Being  springs ; 
Thou  art  thine  own  Original, 

Made  up  of  uncreated  Things, 

And  Self-sufncience  bears  them  all. 

3  "  Thrones  and  Dominions  round  thee  fall, 

And  worship  in  submissive  Forms  ; 
Thy  Presence  shakes  this  lower  Ball, 
This  little  Dwelling-Place  of  Worms." 


131     Jehovah's  holiness.  L.  M. 

HOLY  as  thou,  O  Lord,  is  none; 
Thy  holiness  is  all  thine  own ; 
A  drop  of  that  unbounded  sea 
Is  ours, — a  drop  derived  from  thee: 

2  And  when  thy  purity  we  share, 
Thine  only  glory  we  declare ; 
And,  humbled  into  nothing,  own, 
Holy  and  pure  is  God  alone. 

3  Sole,  self-existing  God  and  Lord, 
By  all  thy  heavenly  hosts  adored, 
Let  all  on  earth  bow  down  to  thee, 
And  own  thy  peerless  majesty. 

4  Thy  power  unparalleled  confess, 
Established  on  the  rock  of  peace ; 
The  rock  that  never  shall  remove, 
The  rock  of  pure,  almighty  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


56  HYMN  STUDIES. 


From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures.  By  Charles  Wesley,  M.A.,  and 
Presbyter  of  the  Church  of  England,  1762. 

Text :  "  There  is  none  holy  as  the  Lord  :  for 
there  is  none  besides  thee :  neither  is  there  any  rock 
like  our  God."  1  Sam.  ii,  2. 

In  his  preface  the  writer  says  :  "  Several  of  the 
hymns  are  intended  to  prove,  and  several  to  guard, 
the  doctrine  of  Christian  Perfection.  I  durst  not 
publish  one  without  the  other."  He  doubtless  in- 
tended this  to  "guard"  the  doctrine.  The  author 
published  the  first  line  : 

"  Holy  as  TJiee,  O  Lord,  is  none." 


132    From  everlasting  to  everlasting.  L.  M. 

ERE  mountains  reared  their  forms  sub- 
lime, 

Or  heaven  and  earth  in  order  stood, 
Before  the  birth  of  ancient  time, 
From  everlasting  thou  art  God. 

2  A  thousand  ages,  in  their  flight, 
With  thee  are  as  a  fleeting  day ; 

Past,  present,  future,  to  thy  sight 
At  once  their  various  scenes  display. 

3  But  our  brief  life's  a  shadowy  dream, 
A  passing  thought  that  soon  is  o'er, 

That  fades  with  morning's  earliest  beam, 
And  fills  the  musing  mind  no  more. 

4  To  us,  O  Lord,  the  wisdom  give 
Each  passing  moment  so  to  spend, 

That  we  at  length  with  thee  may  live 
Where  life  and  bliss  shall  never  end. 

HARRIET  AUBER. 

This  hymn  is  founded  on  Psalm  xc : 

"  Lord,  thou  hast  been  our  dwelling-place  in  all 
generations.  Before  the  mountains  were  brought 
forth,"  etc. 

Two  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original  Foebi. 
Verse  one,  line  two  : 

*'  Or  the  fair  earth  in  order  stood." 

Verse  four,  line  two : 

"  So  ev'ry  precious  hour  to  spend." 

From  The  Spirit  of  the  Psalms,  1829. 
For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  33. 


133       Omnipotence  and  wisdom.      L.  M. 

COME,  O  my  soul,  in  sacred  lays, 
Attempt  thy  great  Creator's  praise : 
But  O  what  tongue  can  speak  his  fame? 
What  mortal  verse  can  reach  the  theme ! 


2  Enthroned  amid  the  radiant  spheres, 
He  glory  like  a  garment  wears ; 

To  form  a  robe  of  light  divine, 

Ten  thousand  suns  around  him  shine. 

3  In  all  our  Maker's  grand  designs, 
Omnipotence,  with  wisdom,  shines; 

His  works,  through  all  this  wondrous  frame, 
Declare  the  glory  of  his  name. 

4  Raised  on  devotion's  lofty  wing, 
Do  thou,  my  soul,  his  glories  sing ; 
And  let  his  praise  employ  thy  tongue, 
Till  listening  worlds  shall  join  the  song. 

THOMAS  BLACKLOCK. 

The  Eev.  Thomas  Blacklock,  D.D.,  was  a  native 
of  Scotland,  bora  in  1721.  He  lost  his  sight  by 
small-pox  when  an  infant,  but  was  nevertheless 
well  educated,  and  ordained  a  minister  in  1762. 
Two  years  later  he  retired  to  Edinburgh,  and 
spent  his  time  in  teaching  and  authorship.  An 
edition  of  his  poems,  which  are  characterized  by 
elegant  mediocrity,  was  published  in  1793.  He 
died  in  1791.  This  hymn  has  had  a  wide  circula- 
tion. It  can  speak  for  itself.  I  cannot  vouch  for 
the  authorship,  nor  for  the  correctness  of  the  text. 
It  is  evidently  founded  on  Psalm  civ. 


134  The  Lord  is  King.  L.  M. 

THE  Lord  is  King !  lift  up  thy  voice, 
O  earth,  and  all  ye  heavens,  rejoice ! 
From  world  to  world  the  joy  shall  ring, 
The  Lord  omnipotent  is  King. 

2  The  Lord  is  King !  child  of  the  dust, 
The  Judge  of  all  the  earth  is  just ; 
Holy  and  true  are  all  his  ways : 

Let  every  creature  speak  his  praise. 

3  He  reigns !  ye  saints,  exalt  your  strains ; 
Your  God  is  King,  your  Father  reigns ; 
And  he  is  at  the  Father's  side, 

The  Man  of  love,  the  Crucified. 

4  Come,  make  your  wants,  your  burdens 

known, 

He  will  present  them  at  the  throne ; 
And  angel  bands  are  waiting  there 
His  messages  of  love  to  bear. 

5  O  when  his  wisdom  can  mistake, 
His  might  decay,  his  love  forsake, 
Then  may  his  children  cease  to  sing, 
The  Lord  omnipotent  is  King. 

JOSIAH  CONDER. 

The  Scripture  text  is  Eev.  xix,  6 :  "  Alleluia : 
for  the  Lord  God  omnipotent  reigneth." 
It  is  a  "  means  of  grace "  to  read  this  grand 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


hymn.  Three  stanzas,  the  second,  seventh,  and 
eighth,  are  omitted,  which  we  give,  in  order  that  the 
reader  may  have  the  whole  of  it : 

"  The  Lord  is  King !  who  then  shall  dare 
Resist  His  will,  distrust  His  care, 
Or  murmur  at  His  wise  decrees, 
Or  doubt  His  royal  promises  ? 

"  Alike  pervaded  by  His  eye, 

All  parts  of  His  dominion  lie  ; 

This  world  of  ours,  and  worlds  unseen ; 

And  thin  the  boundary  between. 

"  One  Lord,  one  empire,  all  secures ; 
He  reigns,  and  life  and  death  are  yours  : 
Through  earth  and  heaven  one  song  shall  ring, 
The  Lord  Omnipotent  is  King." 

From  The  Star  in  the  East ;  with  Other  Poems. 
By  Josiah  Conder.    London,  1824. 


loO  Omnipresence.  L.  M. 

LORD  of  all  being !  throned  afar, 
Thy  glory  flames  from  sun  and  star ; 
Center  and  soul  of  every  sphere, 
Yet  to  each  loving  heart  how  near. 

2  Sun  of  our  life,  thy  quickening  ray 
Sheds  on  our  path  the  glow  of  day; 
Star  of  our  hope,  thy  softened  light 
Cheers  the  long  watches  of  the  night. 

3  Our  midnight  is  thy  smile  withdrawn ; 
Our  noontide  is  thy  gracious  dawn ; 
Our  rainbow  arch  thy  mercy's  sign; 

All,  save  the  clouds  of  sin,  are  thine ! 

4  Lord  of  all  life,  below,  above, 

Whose  light  is  truth,  whose  warmth  is  love, 
Before  thy  ever-blazing  throne 
We  ask  no  luster  of  our  own. 

5  Grant  us  thy  truth  to  make  us  free, 
And  kindling  hearts  that  burn  for  thee, 
Till  all  thy  living  altars  claim 

One  holy  light,  one  heavenly  flame. 

OLIVER  W.  HOLMES. 

Written  in  1848. 

Many  valuable  hymns  are  not,  strictly  speaking, 
oems  ;  and,  of  course,  most  poems  are  not  hymns  ; 
ut  this  is  both.  It  is  a  true  hymn,  full  of  worship  ; 
and  a  real  poem,  all  alive  with  sublime  imagery. 

Oliver  Wendell  Holmes,  author,  physician,  and 
professor,  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  1809  ; 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1829  ;  studied 
medicine  in  this  country  and  in  Europe,  and  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  M.D.  in  1836.  In  1837  he 
was  elected  Professor  of  Anatomy  and  Physiology 
in  Dartmouth  College,  and  accepted  a  call  to  the 
satne  chair  in  Harvard  University  in  1847.  Dr. 
Holmes  is  a  successful  writer  in  various  styles  both 
of  prose  and  poetry.  He  died  in  Boston,  Oct.  7, 1894. 


136  Holy,  holy,  holy.        1 1,  12,  10. 

HOLY,  holy,  holy,  Lord  God  Almighty! 
Early  in  the  morning  our  song  shall 
rise  to  thee ; 
Holy,  holy,  holy !  merciful  and  mighty, 
God  in  Three  Persons,  blessed  Trinity ! 

2  Holy,  holy,  holy,  all  the  saints  adore  thee, 
Casting  down  their  golden  crowns  around 

the  glassy  sea ; 
Cherubim  and  seraphim  falling  down  before 
thee, 

Which  wert,  and  art,  and  evermore  shalt 
be. 

3  Holy,  holy,  holy!  though  the  darkness 

hide  thee, 

Though  the  eye  of  sinful  man  thy  glory 
may  not  see ; 
Only  thou  art  holy;  there  is  none  beside 
thee, 

Perfect  in  power,  in  love,  and  purity. 

4  Holy,  holy,  holy !  Lord  God  Almighty ! 
All  thy  works  shall  praise  thy  name,  in 

earth,  and  sky,  and  sea; 
Holy,  holy,  holy !  merciful  and  mighty ; 
God  in  Three  Persons,  blessed  Trinity  1 

REGINALD  HEBER. 

Title :  Trinity  Sunday.  Dnaltered. 
From  Hymns  Written  and  Adapted  to  the  Weekly 
Church  Service  of  the  Year,  1827. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  62. 


137 

The  Trinity  adored.  L.  M. 

OHOLY,  holy,  holy  Lord, 
Bright  in  thy  deeds  and  in  thy  name, 
Forever  be  thy  name  adored, 

Thy  glories  let  the  world  proclaim. 

2  O  Jesus,  Lamb  once  crucified 
To  take  our  load  of  sins  away, 

Thine  be  the  hymn  that  rolls  its  tide 
Along  the  realms  of  upper  day. 

3  O  Holy  Spirit  from  above, 

In  streams  of  light  and  glory  given, 
Thou  source  of  ecstasy  and  love, 

Thy   praises  ring  through  earth  and 
heaven. 

4  O  God  Triune,  to  thee  we  owe 
Our  every  thought,  our  every  song ; 

And  ever  may  thy  praises  flow 
From  saint  and  seraph's  burning  tongue. 

JAMES  W.  EASTBURN. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


This  beautiful  Trinity  hymn  is  from  the  Protest- 
ant Episcopal  Prayer  Book  :  Hymns  Suited  to  the 
Feasts  and  Fasts  of  the  Church,  and  Other  Occa- 
sions of  Public  Worship,  1826. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

The  Eev.  James  Wallis  Eastburn  was  an  En- 
glishman, born  in  London  in  1797.  He  came  to  this 
country  in  early  life ;  was  graduated  at  Columbia 
College  in  1816  ;  and  in  1818  became  a  rector  in  Vir- 
ginia. He  died  at  sea  in  the  following  year  while 
on  a  voyage  for  his  health. 


138     The  heavens  declare  His  glory.    L.  M. 

THE  spacious  firmament  on  high, 
With  all  the  blue  ethereal  sky, 
And  spangled  heavens,  a  shining  frame, 
Their  great  Original  proclaim : 
The  unwearied  sun,  from  day  to  day, 
Does  his  Creators  power  display, 
And  publishes  to  every  land 
The  work  of  an  almighty  hand. 

2  Soon  as  the  evening  shades  prevail, 
The  moon  takes  up  the  wTondrcus  tale, 
And  nightly,  to  the  listening  earth, 
RejDeats  the  story  of  her  birth ; 

While  all  the  stars  that  round  her  burn, 
And  all  the  planets  in  their  turn, 
Confirm  the  tidings  as  they  roll, 
•  And  spread  the  truth  from  pole  to  pole. 

3  What  though  in  solemn  silence  all 
Move  round  the  dark  terrestrial  ball? 
What  though  no  real  voice  nor  sound 
Amid  the  radiant  orbs  be  found? 

In  reason's  ear  they  all  rejoice, 
And  utter  forth  a  glorious  voice ; 
Forever  singing  as  they  shine, 
' '  The  hand  that  made  us  is  divine. " 

JOSEPH  ADDISON. 

This  grand  and  familiar  ode  is  from  the  Spectator, 
No.  465,  1712. 
It  is  founded  on  Psalm  xix,  1-4  : 

"The  heavens  declare  the  glory  of  God;  and 
the  firmament  sheweth  his  handywork.  Day  unto 
day  uttereth  speech,  and  night  unto  night  sheweth 
knowledge.  There  is  no  speech  nor  language, 
where  their  voice  is  not  heard.  Their  line  is  gone 
out  through  all  the  earth,  and  their  words  to  the 
end  of  the  world." 

Joseph  Addison,  the  son  of  an  English  clergy- 
man, was  born  in  1672  ;  educated  at  Oxford,  and 
soon  after  his  graduation  elected  a  fellow  of  Magda- 
len College.  He  had  an  early  reputation  among 
his  contemporaries  for  learning  and  ability.  It 
was  thought  that  he  would  enter  the  Church  ;  but 
he  turned  his  attention  to  politics,  and  rose  through 
several  public  offices  to  be  Secretary  of  State,  a 
position  which  he  was  soon  compelled  to  resign 


on  account  of  ill  health.  Addison's  fame  rests 
principally  upon  his  essays  in  the  Tatler  and  Spec- 
tator. It  is  quite  possible  that  his  reputation  as  a 
writer  of  hymns — though  he  wrote  only  five — may 
outlast  his  fame  as  an  essayist.  He  died  in  1719. 
His  last  hours  were  perfectly  serene.  It  is  said 
that  he  sent  for  his  son-in-law,  the  Earl  of  War- 
wick, to  witness ' '  in  what  peace  a  Christian  can  die." 


ldy  Jehovah'' s  sovereignty.         L.  M. 

FATHER  of  all,  w'hose  powerful  voice 
Called  forth  this  universal  frame ! 
Whose  mercies  over  all  rejoice, 

Through  endless  ages  still  the  same ; 
Thou  by  thy  wrord  upholdest  all ; 

Thy  bounteous  love  to  all  is  showed ; 
Thou  hear'st  thy  every  creature's  call, 
And  fillest  every  mouth  with  good. 

2  In  heaven  thou  reign'st  enthroned  in  light, 
Nature's  expanse  before  thee  spread ; 

Earth,  air,  and  sea,  before  thy  sight, 
And  hell's  deep  gloom,  are  open  laid: 

Wisdom,  and  might,  and  love,  are  thine ; 
Prostrate  before  thy  face  we  fall, 

Confess  thine  attributes  divine, 

And  hail  thee  sovereign  Lord  of  all. 

3  Blessing  and  honor,  praise  and  love, 
Co-equal,  co-eternal  Three, 

In  earth  below,  in  heaven  above, 
By  all  thy  works,  be  paid  to  thee. 

Let  all  wdio  owe  to  thee  their  birth, 
In  praises  every  hour  employ ; 

Jehovah  reigns !  be  glad,  O  earth, 

And  shout,  ye  morning  stars,  for  joy ! 

JOHN  WESLEY. 

A  hymn  of  nine  stanzas,  entitled  The  Lord's 
Prayer  Paraphrased.  It  was  first  published  in 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742.  It  may  be  found 
complete  in  Wesley's  Sermons,  American  edition, 
vol.  i,  p.  243. 

For  biography,  see  No.  111. 


140  Worshiping  the  King.  10,11. 

0 WORSHIP  the  King  all-glorious  above, 
And  gratefully  sing  his  wonderful  love ; 
Our  Shield  and  Defender,  the  Ancient  of 

days, 

Pavilioned  in  splendor,  and  girded  with 
praise. 

2  O  tell  of  his  might,  and  sing  of  his  grace, 
Whose  robe  is  the  light,  whose  canopy  space ; 
His  chariots  of  wrath  the  deep-thunder 

clouds  form, 
And  dark  is  his  path  on  the  wings  of  the 

storm. 


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3  Thy  bountiful  care  what  tongue  can  re- 

cite? 

It  breathes  in  the  air,  it  shines  in  the  light, 
It  streams  from  the  hills,  it  descends  to  the 
plain, 

And  sweetly  distills  in  the  dew  and  the  rain. 

4  Frail  children  of  dust,  and  feeble  as  frail, 
In  thee  do  we  trust,  nor  find  thee  to  fail ; 
Thy  mercies  how  tender !  how  firm  to  the 

end! 

Our    Maker,    Defender,    Redeemer,  and 
Friend ! 

SIR  ROBERT  GRANT. 

This  is  one  of  twelve  sacred  lyrics  written  by 
tins  author,  and  collected  by  his  brother,  Lord 
Glenelg.  Sacred  Poems,  1839.  It  is  founded  on 
Psalm  civ. 

The  second  line  of  verse  one,  the  author  wrote : 
"  0  gratefully  sing  his  power  and  his  love." 

In  verse  two,  line  one,  the  original  is  "  0  sing," 
instead  of  "  and  sing." 

Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  sixth,  of  the  original, 
are  omitted : 

"  The  earth,  with  its  stores  of  wonders  untold, 
Almighty,  Thy  power  hath  founded  of  old, 
Hath  stablished  it  fast  by  a  changeless  decree, 
And  round  it  hath  cast,  like  a  mantle,  the  sea. 

"  O  measureless  might,  ineffable  Love ! 
While  angels  delight  to  hymn  Thee  above, 
The  humble  creation,  though  feeble  their  lays, 
With  true  adoration  shall  lisp  to  Thy  praise." 

Sir  Eobert  Grant  was  born  in  1785  ;  was  educat- 
ed at  Cambridge,  graduating  in  1806,  after  which 
he  studied  law.  He  entered  Parliament  in  1826, 
and  in  1834  was  appointed  Governor  of  Bombay. 
He  died  in  India  in  1838. 


141         The  Lord  will  ptrovide.       10,  11. 

THOUGH  troubles  assail,  and  dangers 
affright, 

Though  friends  should  all  fail,  and  foes  all 
unite, 

Yet  one  thing  secures  us,  whatever  betide, 
The  promise  assures  us,  "The  Lord  will 
provide." 

2  The  birds,  without  barn  or  store-house, 
are  fed; 

From  them  let  us  learn  to  trust  for  our  bread : 
His  saints  what  is  fitting  shall  ne'er  be  de- 
nied, 

So  long  as  'tis  written,  "The  Lord  will 
provide." 


3  When  Satan  appears  to  stop  up  our  path, 
And  fills  us  with  fears,  we  triumph  by 

faith; 

He  cannot  take  from  us,  though  oft  he  has 
tried, 

The  heart-cheering  promise,   ' '  The  Lord 
will  provide." 

4  He  tells  us  we're  weak,  our  hope  is  in 

vain; 

The  good  that  we  seek  we  ne'er  shall  ob- 
tain: 

But  when  such  suggestions  our  graces  have 
tried, 

This  answers  all  questions,  ' 1  The  Lord  will 
provide." 

5  No  strength  of  our  own,  nor  goodness  we 

claim ; 

Our  trust  is  all  thrown  on  Jesus's  name : 
In  this  our  strong  tower  for  safety  we 
hide ; 

The  Lord  is  our  power,  1 '  The  Lord  will 
provide." 

6  When  life  sinks  apace,  and  death  is  in 

view. 

The  word  of  his  grace  shall  comfort  us 
through : 

Not  fearing  or  doubting,  with  Christ  on  our 
side, 

We  hope  to  die  shouting,  i  6  The  Lord  will 
provide." 

JOHN  NEWTON. 

From  the  Olney  Hymns,  1779.    The  title  and  re- 
frain are  found  in  Genesis  xxii,  14. 
The  author  wrote  verse  one,  line  four : 

"  The  Sci'ipture  assures  us,"  etc. 

Verse  four,  line  three,  last  part : 

"  Our  spirits  haveply'd." 

Verse  five,  line  two : 

"  Yet  since  we  have  known  the  Saviour's  great 
name." 

Two  stanzas  are  omitted,  the  first,  perhaps  on 
account  of  its  Calvinism ;  the  second,  because  there 
are  enough  without  it.  We  give  them  as  a  matter 
of  curiosity. 

3  "  We  may  like  the  ships, 

By  tempests  be  tost 
On  perilous  deeps, 

But  cannot  be  lost : 
Though  Satan  enrages 

The  wind  and  the  tide, 
The  promise  engages, 

The  Lord  will  provide. 


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4  "  His  call  we  obey 

Like  Abra'm  of  old, 
Not  knowing  our  way, 

But  faith  makes  us  bold ; 
For  though  we  are  strangers 

We  have  a  good  guide, 
And  trust  in  all  clangers 

The  Lord  will  provide." 


142 


Wondrous  condescension. 


H.  M. 


THE  Lord  Jehovah  reigns, 
His  throne  is  built  on  high  ; 
The  garments  he  assumes 
Are  light  and  majesty : 
His  glories  shine  with  beams  so  bright, 
No  mortal  eye  can  bear  the  sight. 

2  The  thunders  of  his  hand 
Keep  the  wide  world  in  awe ; 

His  wrath  and  justice  stand 
To  guard  his  holy  law ; 
And  where  his  love  resolves  to  bless, 
His  truth  confirms  and  seals  the  grace. 

3  Through  all  his  mighty  works 
Amazing  wisdom  shines : 

Confounds  the  powers  of  hell, 
And  all  their  dark  designs ; 
Strong  is  his  arm,  and  shall  fulfill 
His  great  decrees  and  sovereign  will. 

4  And  will  this  sovereign  King 
Of  glory  condescend, 

And  will  he  write  his  name, 
My  Father  and  my  Friend? 
I  love  his  name,  I  love  his  word ; 
Join  all  my  powers  to  praise  the  Lord. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Founded  on  Psalm  xcvii. 

The  author's  title  is  :  The  Divine  Perfections. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii. 

Some  verbal  changes  have  been  made  in  the  last 
part  of  the  hymn  by  the  hymn-book  editors.  The 
third  stanza  Watts  wrote  : 

"  Through  all  his  ancient  works, 

Surprising  wisdom  shines, 
Confounds  the  powers  of  hell. 

And  breaks  their  cursed  designs." 

The  first  line  of  the  last  stanza  in  the  authorized 
text  is : 

"And  can  this  mighty  King." 


143  The  changeless  Friend. 

THIS  God  is  the  God  we  adore, 
Our  faithful,  unchangeable  friend, 
Whose  love  is  as  great  as  his  power, 
And  neither  knows  measure  nor  end : 


2  'Tis  Jesus,  the  first  and  the  last, 

Whose  Spirit  shall  guide  us  safe  home; 

We'll  praise  him  for  all  that  is  past, 
And  trust  him  for  all  that's  to  come. 

JOSEPH  HART. 

These  are  the  last  lines  of  a  long  piece,  beginning : 
"  No  prophet  or  dreamer  of  dreams." 

The  title  to  Mr.  Hart's  book  is  a  curious  one,  viz.: 
Hymns,  &c.   Composed  on  Various  Subjects  :  1759. 

This  piece  must  be  one  of  the  "and  so  forths." 
It  certainly  is  not  a  hymn.  These  stanzas  are  very 
much  superior  to  the  rest,  and  are  the  only  ones 
worth  preserving. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  29. 


7,61. 


144        Praise  to  the  Trinity. 

HOLY,  holy,  holy  Lord, 
God  of  hosts,  eternal  King, 
By  the  heavens  and  earth  adored ; 

Angels  and  archangels  sing, 
Chanting  everlastingly 
To  the  blessed  Trinity. 

2  Since  by  thee  were  all  things  made, 
And  in  thee  do  all  things  live, 

Be  to  thee  all  honor  paid  ; 

Praise  to  thee  let  all  things  give, 
Singing  everlastingly 

To  the  blessed  Trinity. 

3  Thousands,  tens  of  thousands,  stand, 
Spirits  blest,  before  the  throne, 

Speeding  thence  at  thy  command, 

And,  when  thy  commands  are  done, 
Singing  everlastingly 
To  the  blessed  Trinity. 

4  Cherubim  and  seraphim 

Veil  their  faces  with  their  wings ; 
Eyes  of  angels  are  too  dim 

To  behold  the  King  of  kings, 
While  they  sing  eternally 
To  the  blessed  Trinity. 

5  Thee  apostles,  prophets  thee, 
Thee  the  noble  martyr  band, 

Praise  with  solemn  Jubilee, 

Thee,  the  Church  in  every  land ; 

Singing  everlastingly 
To  the  blessed  Trinity. 

6  Hallelujah  !  Lord,  to  thee, 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost; 

Godhead  One,  and  Persons  Three; 

Join  us  with  the  heavenly  host, 
Singing  everlastingly 

To  the  blessed  Trinity. 

CHRISTOPHER  WORDSWORTH. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


Gl 


Title  :  Trinity  Sunday. 

Verse  three,  line  two,  the  original  has  "Thy" 
throne. 

Verse  three,  line  four,  the  author  wrote  "behests  " 
instead  of  "commands." 
Verses  six  and  seven  omitted  : 

6  "  In  Thy  Name  baptized  are  we. 
With  thy  blessing  are  disuiiss'd; 

And  Thrice-Holy  chant  to  Thee 

In  the  holy  Eucharist ; 
Life  is  one  Doxology 
To  the  Blessed  Trinity. 

7  "To  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 
Who  for  us  did  deign  to  die ; 

And  to  God  the  Holy  One, 

Who  the  Church  cloth  sanctify, 
Sing  we  with  glad  Jubilee, 

Hallelujah !  Lord,  to  Thee. 

From  The  Holy  Year;  or,  Hymns  for  Sundays 
and  Holy  days.    London,  1862. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  72. 


145 


Worship  the  Creator. 


LET  us  with  a  gladsome  mind 
Praise  the  Lord,  for  he  is  kind, 
For  his  mercies  shall  endure, 
Ever  faithful,  ever  sure. 
Let  us  sound  his  name  abroad, 
For  of  gods  he  is  the  God, 
Who  by  wisdom  did  create 
Heaven's  expanse  and  all  its  state ; 

2  Did  the  solid  earth  ordain 
How  to  rise  above  the  main ; 
Who,  by  his  commanding  might, 
Filled  the  new-made  world  with  light : 
Caused  the  golden-tressed  sun 

All  the  day  his  course  to  run ; 
And  the  moon  to  shine  by  night, 
'Mid  her  spangled  sisters  bright 

3  All  his  creatures  God  doth  feed, 
His  full  hand  supplies  their  need ; 
He  hath  with  a  pitying  eye 
Looked  upon  our  misery : 

Let  us,  therefore,  warble  forth 
His  high  majesty  and  worth, 
For  his  mercies  shall  endure^ 
Ever  faithful,  ever  sure. 

JOHN  MILTON,  ALT. 

Part  of  the  author's  paraphrase  of  Psalm  cxxxvi. 
Fifteen  lines  out  of  the  twenty-four  have  been 
more  or  less  changed.  It  ought  to  be  marked 
altered. 

John  Milton  was  born  in  London  in  1608,  and 
educated  at  Cambridge.  After  graduating  he 
traveled  extensively,  for  those  days.  He  was  a 
Puritan  in  religion  and  a  Republican  in  politics ; 


was  in  public  service  under  Cromwell,  and  nar- 
rowly escaped  death  or  banishment  at  the  Resto- 
ration. In  1652  he  became  totally  blind ;  but  his 
poetic  vision  seemed  to  be  only  quickened  thereby, 
and  he  wrote  in  Paradise  Lost ': 

"  Things  unattemptcd  yet  in  prose  or  rhyme." 

It  is  said  that  this  paraphrase  was  written  when 
the  author  was  only  fifteen  years  of  age,  (1623.) 
This  we  can  readily  believe  ;  for  it  contains  the  ex- 
cellences of  genius,  and,  especially  in  its  original 
form,  the  imperfections  of  immaturity.  Hedied  1674. 


146  Glory,  mercy,  grace.  C.  M. 

FATHER,  how  wide  thy  glory  shines, 
How  high  thy  wonders  rise ! 
Known  through  the  earth  by  thousand  signs, 
By  thousands  through  the  skies. 

2  Those  mighty  orbs  proclaim  thy  power ; 
Their  motions  speak  thy  skill : 

And  on  the  wings  of  every  hour 
We  read  thy  patience  still. 

3  Part  of  thy  name  divinely  stands 
On  all  thy  creatures  writ ; 

They  show  the  labor  of  thy  hands, 
Or  impress  of  thy  feet : 

4  But  when  we  view  thy  strange  design, 
To  save  rebellious  worms, 

Where  vengeance  and  compassion  join 
In  their  divinest  forms ; 

5  Here  the  whole  Deity  is  known, 
Nor  dares  a  creature  guess 

Which  of  the  glories  brighter  shone, 
The  justice  or  the  grace. 

6  Now  the  full  glories  of  the  Lamb 
Adorn  the  heavenly  plains; 

Bright  seraphs  learn  Immanuel's  name, 
And  try  their  choicest  strains. 

7  O  may  I  bear  some  humble  part 
In  that  immortal  song ! 

Wonder  and  joy  shall  tune  my  heart, 
And  love  command  my  tongue. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  God  Glorious  and  Sinners  Saved. 

From  Horce  Lyricce,,  book  i,  1709. 

Verse  six,  line  three,  the  author  wrote  "Sweet 
Cherubs"  etc. 

Two  stanzas,  the  fifth  and  seventh,  have  been 
omitted  : 

5  "  Our  Thoughts  are  lost  in  reverend  Awe, 

We  love  and  we  adore ; 
The  first  Arch- Angel  never  saw 

So  much  of  God  before. 


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7  "When  Sinners  broke  the  Father's  Laws, 

Thy  dying  Son  atones; 
Oh  the  dear  Mysteries  of  his  Cross, 

The  Triumph  of  his  Groans  !  " 


147 


Majesty  and  love  of  God. 


C.  M. 


MY  God,  how  wonderful  thou  art, 
Thy  majesty  how  bright, 
How  beautiful  thy  mercy-seat 
In  depths  of  burning  light ! 

2  How  dread  are  thine  eternal  years, 
O  everlasting  Lord, 

By  prostrate  spirits  day  and  night 
Incessantly  adored! 

3  How  beautiful,  how  beautiful, 
The  sight  of  thee  must  be, 

Thine  endless  wisdom,  boundless  power, 
And  awful  purity ! 

4  O  how  I  fear  thee,  living  God, 
With  deepest,  tenderest  fears, 

And  worship  thee  with  trembling  hope 
And  penitential  tears. 

5  Yet  I  may  love  thee  too,  O  Lord, 
Almighty  as  thou  art; 

For  thou  hast  stooped  to  ask  of  me 
The  love  of  my  poor  heart. 

6  No  earthly  father  loves  like  thee, 
No  mother  half  so  mild 

Bears  and  forbears,  as  thou  hast  done 
With  me,  thy  sinful  child. 

7  Father  of  Jesus,  love's  reward ! 
What  rapture  will  it  be, 

Prostrate  before  thy  throne  to  lie, 
And  gaze,  and  gaze  on  thee ! 

FREDERICK  W.  PABER. 


Title :  Our  Heavenly  Father. 

Written  in  1849,  and  found  in  the  author's 
Hymns,  1861.  It  is  not  altered.  This  lyric  illus- 
trates one  characteristic  beauty  of  Faber's  poetry, 
viz.,  an  intense  adoration — a  profound  love  of  God. 

Omitted  stanzas : 

6  "  Oh  then  this  worse  than  worthless  heart 

In  pity  deign  to  take, 
And  make  it  love  Thee,  for  Thyself 

And  for  Thy  glory's  sake. 

8  "  Only  to  sit  and  think  of  God, 

Oh  what  a  joy  it  is  ! 
To  think  the  thought,  to  breathe  the  Name, 

Earth  has  no  higher  bliss  !  " 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  125. 


148  8,7- 

God's  glory  in  creation  and  redemption. 

MIGHTY  God  !  while  angels  bless  thee, 
May  a  mortal  lisp  thy  name  ? 
Lord  of  men,  as  well  as  angels, 

Thou  art  every  creature's  theme : 
Lord  of  every  land  and  nation, 

Ancient  of  eternal  days ! 
Sounded  through  the  wide  creation 
By  thy  just  and  awful  praise. 

2  For  the  grandeur  of  thy  nature, 
Grand  beyond  a  seraph's  thought ; 

For  the  wonders  of  creation, 

Works  with  skill  and  kindness  wrought; 
For  thy  providence,  that  governs 

Through  thine  empire's  wide  domain, 
Wings  an  angel,  guides  a  sparrow; 

Blessed  be  thy  gentle  reign ! 

3  For  thy  rich,  thy  free  redemption, 
Bright,  though  veiled  in  darkness  long, 

Thought  is  poor,  and  poor  expression ; 

Who  can  sing  that  wondrous  song  ? 
Brightness  of  the  Father's  glory ! 

Shall  thy  praise  unuttered  lie? 
Break,  my  tongue,  such  guilty  silence, 

Sing  the  Lord  who  came  to  die : — 

4  From  the  highest  throne  of  glory, 
To  the  cross  of  deepest  woe. 

Came  to  ransom  guilty  captives : 
Flow,  my  praise,  forever  flow ! 

Re-ascend,  immortal  Saviour; 

Leave  thy  footstool,  take  thy  throne ; 

Thence  return  and  reign  forever; 
Be  thy  kingdom  all  thine  own ! 

ROBERT  ROBINSON. 

Written  in  1774. 

This  hymn  is  full  of  beauty  and  majesty.  Rob- 
inson did  not  publish  any  collection  himself,  but 
contributed  several  hymns  to  Whitefield's  collec- 
tion. Some  verbal  changes  have  been  made  since 
the  death  of  the  author. 

In  the  first  stanza  he  wrote  "  infant  "  instead  of 
"  mortal ;"  and  "  lawful"  instead  of"  awful." 

The  third  line  of  the  second  stanza  read : 

"  For  created  works  of  power." 

The  third  stanza  began  : 

"  But  thy  rich,  thy  free  redemption 
Baric  thro"1  brightness  all  along." 

It  also  had  "awful"  instead  of  "wondrous" 
in  the  fourth  line'.  He  wrote  uGo,  return,"  in- 
stead of  "Re-ascend,"  in  the  last  stanza. 

The  refrain,  "Hallelujah!  Hallelujah!  Halle- 
lujah !  Amen  !  "  is  omitted^  and  also  four  lines  oi 
the  hymn,  as  follows  : 


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"  Did  archangels  sing  thy  coming? 

Did  the  shepherds  learn  their  lays  ? 
Shame  would  cover  me  ungrateful, 

Should  my  tongue  refuse  to  praise." 

The  Eev.  Eobert  Robinson  was  a  native  of  En- 
gland ;  born  in  1735 ;  a  talented  and  versatile 
preacher,  but  "  unstable  as  water."  He  began  his 
ministry  as  a  Calvinistic  Methodist  in  one  of 
Lady  Huntingdon's  chapels ;  soon  after  that  he 
formed  an  Independent  church  ;  then  he  joined  the 
Baptists.  At  length  he  strayed  away  from  the 
Evangelical  faith  and  became  an  unhappy  back- 
slider and  Socinian.  He  died  in  1790.  Dr.  Belcher, 
in  his  Sketches  of  Hymns,  says  that  this  hymn  was 
written  for  Benjamin  Williams,  who  afterward  be- 
came deacon  of  a  Baptist  church.  Williams  was 
sitting  on  the  author's  knee  when  he  composed 
the  first  couplet : 

"  Mighty  God,  while  angels  bless  thee, 
May  an  infant  lisp  thy  name  ?  " 

After  completing  the  hymn  he  read  it,  and  gave 
it  to  the  boy.  Not  in  Whitefield's  collection.  A 
Universalist  Hymn  Book,  Boston,  1792,  claims  to 
give  the  original. 


149 

The  ivideness  of  God's  mercy.      8, 7. 

THERE'S  a  wideness  in  God's  mercy, 
Like  the  wideness  of  the  sea: 
There's  a  kindness  in  his  justice, 
Which  is  more  than  liberty. 

2  There  is  welcome  for  the  sinner, 
And  more  graces  for  the  good ; 

There  is  mercy  with  the  Saviour ; 
There  is  healing  in  his  blood. 

3  For  the  love  of  God  is  broader 
Than  the  measure  of  man's  mind; 

And  the  heart  of  the  Eternal 
Is  most  wonderfully  kind. 

4  If  our  love  were  but  more  simple, 
We  should  take  him  at  his  word ; 

And  our  lives  would  be  all  sunshine 
In  the  sweetness  of  our  Lord. 

FREDERICK  W.  FABER. 

_  This  beautiful  hymn  is  composed  of  the  fourth, 
sixth,  eighth,  and  thirteenth  stanzas,  verbatim,  of  a 
long  poem,  entitled  Come  to  Jesus. 

The  theology  of  the  hymn  is  very  agreeable  to 
Methodists.  The  whole  piece  can  be  found  in 
Faker's  Hymns.  London,  1862. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  125. 


150      Unchanging  wisdom  and  love. 

GOD  is  love ;  his  mercy  brightens 
All  the  path  in  which  we  rove ; 
Bliss  he  wakes,  and  woe  he  lightens ; 
God  is  wisdom,  God  is  love. 


8,7. 


2  Chance  and  change  are  busy  ever ; 
Man  decays,  and  ages  move; 

But  his  mercy  waneth  never; 
God  is  wisdom,  God  is  love. 

3  E'en  the  hour  that  darkest  seemeth, 
Will  his  changeless  goodness  prove ; 

From  the  gloom  his  brightness  streameth, 
God  is  wisdom,  God  is  love. 

4  He  with  earthly  cares  entwineth 
Hope  and  comfort  from  above ; 

Every- where  his  glory  shineth; 
God  is  wisdom,  God  is  love. 

SIR  JOHN  BOWRING. 

The  author's  title  is  :  God  is  Love. 

From  Hymns.  London,  1825.  One  word  has 
been  changed.  The  original  of  verse  three,  line 
three,  is : 

"  From  the  mist  his  brightness  streameth." 

The  hymn  closes  by  repeating  the  first  stanza. 

John  Bowring  was  a  native  of  Exeter,  England; 
born  in  1792.  He  entered  Parliament  early  in  life  ; 
for  many  years  held  different  official  positions,  and 
was  knighted  in  1854.  The  religious  life  of  this 
author  is  recorded  largely  in  his  poems,  Matins 
and  Vespers.  London,  1823  ;  and  in  Hymns  as  a 
Sequel  to  Matins  and  Vespers,  1825.   He  died  1872. 


151  Majesty  and  providence.         C.  M. 

THE  Lord  our  God  is  clothed  with  might, 
The  winds  obey  his  will ; 
He  speaks,  and  in  his  heavenly  height 
The  rolling  sun  stands  still. 

2  Rebel,  ye  waves,  and  o'er  the  land 
With  threatening  aspect  roar; 

The  lord  uplifts  his  awful  hand, 
And  chains  you  to  the  shore. 

3  Ye  winds  of  night,  your  force  combine; 
Without  his  high  behest, 

Ye  shall  not,  in  the  mountain  pine, 
Disturb  the  sparrow's  nest. 

4  His  voice  sublime  is  heard  afar; 
In  distant  peals  it  dies; 

He  yokes  the  whirlwind  to  his  car, 
And  sweeps  the  howling  skies. 

5  Ye  sons  of  earth,  in  reverence  bend ; 
Ye  nations,  wait  his  nod ; 

And  bid  the  choral  song  ascend 
To  celebrate  our  God. 

H.  KIRKE  WHITE. 

Title :  The  Eternal  Monarch. 

This  is  a  genuine  poem.    It  was  first  published 


64 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


by  the  Eev.  William  Bengo  Collyer,  D.D.,  in 
Hymns  Partly  Collected  and  Partly  Original. 
London,  1812.  Slight  changes  have  been  made  in 
four  lines. 

Original. 
Verse  one,  line  one : 

"  The  Lord  our  God  is  full  of  might." 

Verse  three,  line  one : 

"Howl,  winds  of  night,  your  force  combine." 

Verse  five,  line  one : 
"  Ye  nations  bend,  in  reverence  bend." 

Verse  five,  line  two : 

"  Ye  monarchs  wait  his  nod." 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  22. 


CM. 


152  TlteLord  is  King. 

THE  Lord  descended  from  above, 
And  bowed  the  heavens  most  high, 
And  underneath  his  feet  he  cast 
The  darkness  of  the  sky. 

2  On  cherubim  and  seraphim 
Full  royally  he  rode, 

And  on  the  wings  of  mighty  winds 
Came  flying  all  abroad. 

3  He  sat  serene  upon  the  floods, 
Their  fury  to  restrain ; 

And  he,  as  sovereign  Lord  and  King, 
For  evermore  shall  reign. 

4  Give  glory  to  his  aw7ful  name, 
And  honor  him  alone ; 

Give  worship  to  his  majesty 
Upon  his  holy  throne. 

THOMAS  STERNHOLD,  ALT. 

The  first  three  stanzas  are  founded  on  Psalm 
xviii,  9-11 : 

"  He  bowed  the  heavens  also,  and  came  down  : 
and  darkness  was  under  his  feet.  And  he  rode 
upon  a  cherub,  and  did  fly:  yea,  he  did  fly  upon 
the  wings  of  the  wind.  He  made  darkness  his 
secret  place  ;  his  pavilion  round  about  him  were 
dark  waters  and  thick  clouds  of  the  skies." 

Each  stanza  has  been  altered.  The  word  "most" 
has  been  added  in  the  second  line  of  the  first  verse  ; 
the  first  line  of  the  second  stanza  was  originally  : 

"  On  cherubs  and  on  cherubims." 

And  the  third  line  was : 

"  And  on  the  wings  of  all  the  winds." 


The  third  stanza  is  changed  beyond  all  recog- 
nition ;  yet  the  critic  will  see  that  it  still  retains  a 
thought  of  the  original : 

"  And  like  a  den  most  dark  he  made 

his  hid  and  secret  place ; 
With  waters  black,  and  airy  clouds, 

environed  lie  was." 

The  last  stanza  was  taken  from  Psalm  xxix,  2  : 

"Give  unto  the  Lord  the  glory  due  unto  his 
name;  worship  the  Lord  in  the  beauty  of  holi- 
ness." 

This,  too,  has  been  altered ;  it  was : 

"  Give  glory  to  his  holy  Name, 

and  honor  him  alone  ; 
Wwship  him  in  his  Majesty 

within  his  holy  throne." 

Thomas  Sternhold  was  an  Englishman  The 
time  and  place  of  his  birth  are  not  known.  He 
died  in  1549,  having  held  the  office  of  Groom  of 
the  Kobes  to  King  Henry  VIII.  Sternhold  versi- 
fied only  a  part  of  the  Psalms,  the  rest  were  written 
by  John  Hopkins  and  6thers.  The  completed  ver- 
sion was  published  in  1562. 


153        Praise  from  all  creation.         C.  M. 

PRAISE  ye  the  Lord,  ye  immortal  choirs 
That  fill  the  worlds  above ; 
Praise  him  who  formed  you  of  his  fires, 
And  feeds  you  with  his  love. 

2  Shine  to  his  praise,  ye  crystal  skies, 
The  floor  of  his  abode ; 

Or  veil  in  shades  your  thousand  eyes 
Before  your  brighter  God. 

3  Thou  restless  globe  of  golden  light, 
Whose  beams  create  our  days, 

Join  with  the  silver  queen  of  night, 
To  own  your  borrowed  rays. 

4  Thunder  and  hail,  and  fire  and  storms, 
The  troops  of  his  command, 

Appear  in  all  your  dreadful  forms, 
And  speak  his  awful  hand. 

5  Shout  to  the  Lord,  ye  surging  seas, 
In  your  eternal  roar; 

Let  wave  to  wave  resound  his  praise, 
And  shore  reply  to  shore. 

6  Thus  wThile  the  meaner  creatures  sing, 
Ye  mortals,  catch  the  sound ; 

Echo  the  glories  of  your  King 
Through  all  the  nations  round. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  The  Universal  Hallelujah.  Part  of  a  para 
phrase  of  Psalm  cxlviii. 


HYMN  STUDIES.  65 


From  Horce  Lyricaz,  1709. 

The  first  stanza  of  the  hymn  is  made  by  com- 
bining the  first  two  of  Watts's — as  can  be  seen  : 

"  1  Praise  ye  the  Lord  with  joyful  Tongue, 
Ye  Powers  that  guard  his  Throne  ; 

Jesus,  the  Man,  shall  lead  the  Song, 
The  God  inspire  the  Tune. 

"  2  Gabriel,  and  all  the  immortal  Choir 

That  fill  the  Realms  above? 
Sing,  for  he  formed  you  of  his  Fire, 

And  feeds  you  with  his  Love." 

The  rest  of  the  hymn  is  a  copy  of  verses  three, 
four,  seven,  eight,  and  thirteen  of  the  paraphrase. 


It54r  Goodness  and  mercy.  C.  M. 

LET  every  tongue  thy  goodness  speak, 
Thou  sovereign  Lord  of  all ; 
Thy  strengthening  hands  uphold  the  weak, 
And  raise  the  poor  that  fall. 

2  When  sorrows  bow  the  spirit  down, 
When  virtue  lies  distressed, 

Beneath  the  proud  oppressor's  frown, 
Thou  giv'st  the  mourner  rest. 

3  Thou  know'st  the  pains  thy  servants  feel, 
Thou  hear'st  thy  children's  cry ; 

And  their  best  wishes  to  fulfill, 
Thy  grace  is  ever  nigh. 

4  Thy  mercy  never  shall  remove 
From  men  of  heart  sincere : 

Thou  sav'st  the  souls  whose  humble  love 
Is  joined  with  holy  fear. 

5  My  lips  shall  dwell  upon  thy  praise, 
And  spread  thy  fame  abroad ; 

Let  all  the  sons  of  Adam  raise 
The  honors  of  their  God. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  Mercy  to  Sufferers ;  or,  God  hearing 
prayer.    A  paraphrase  of  Psalm  cxlv,  14-21. 

Two  stanzes  are  omitted,  and  each  of  the  others, 
except  the  first,  slightly  altered. 

Published  in  1719. 


155  TJie  angelic  guard.  C.  M. 

WHICH  of  the  monarchs  of  the  earth 
Can  boast  a  guard  like  ours, 
Encircled  from  our  second  birth 
With  all  the  heavenly  powers? 

2  Myriads  of  bright,  cherubic  bands, 

Sent  by  the  King  of  kings, 
Rejoice  to  bear  us  in  their  hands, 

And  shade  us  with  their  wings. 
5 


3  Angels,  where'er  we  go,  attend 
Our  steps,  whate'er  betide ; 

With  watchful  care  their  charge  defend, 
And  evil  turn  aside. 

4  Our  lives  those  holy  angels  keep 
From  every  hostile  power ; 

And,  unconcerned,  we  sweetly  sleep, 
As  Adam  in  his  bower. 

5  And  when  our  spirits  we  resign, 
On  outstretched  wings  they  bear, 

And  lodge  us  in  the  arms  divine, 
And  leave  us  ever  there. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

A  beautiful  hymn  on  a  beautiful  subject.  The 
text  is  Hebrew  i,  14 : 

"  Are  they  not  all  ministering  spirits,  sent  forth 
to  minister  for  them  who  shall  be  heirs  of  sal- 
vation? " 

This  was  one  of  the  many  hymns  that  Charles 
Wesley  left  in  manuscript.  The  date  of  writing  is 
1786.  The  original  has  nine  double  stanzas,  and 
can  be  found  complete  in  The  Poetical  Works  of 
John  and  Charles  Wesley,  vol.  xiii.    London,  1872. 

The  first  line  reads  : 

"  Which  of  the  petty  kings  of  earth." 

The  word  "  monarchs "  was  substituted  when 
the  hymn  was  introduced  to  our  hymn  book,  in 
1849 ;  probably  by  Dr.  James  Floy,  who  made 
many  verbal  changes,  some  of  which  were  improve- 
ments and  some  were  not. 


156  The  twenty-third  Psalm  C.  M. 

THE  Lord's  my  Shepherd,  I'll  not  want : 
He  makes  me  down  to  lie 
In  pastures  green;  he  leadeth  me 
The  quiet  waters  by. 

2  My  soul  he  doth  restore  again ; 
And  me  to  walk  doth  make 

Within  the  paths  of  righteousness, 
E'en  for  his  own  name's  sake. 

3  Yea,  though  I  walk  through  death's  dark 

vale, 

Yet  will  I  fear  no  ill ; 
For  thou  art  with  me,  and  thy  rod 
And  staff  me  comfort  still. 

4  A  table  thou  hast  furnished  me 
In  presence  of  my  foes; 

My  head  thou  dost  with  oil  anoint, 
And  my  cup  overflows. 


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5  Goodness  and  mercy  all  my  life 

Shall  surely  follow  me ; 
And  in  God's  house  for  evermore 

My  dwelling-place  shall  be. 

WILLIAM  WHITTINGHAM  AND  OTHERS. 

This  most  literal  and  valuable  version  of  Psalm 
xxiii  is  based  upon  the  rendering  of  the  Rev. 
William  Whittingham,  who  contributed  fifteen 
psalms  to  the  version  of  Sternhold  and  Hopkins, 
1562.  It  is  sometimes  attributed  to  Francis  Rous  ; 
but  Rous — at  least  in  his  first  edition,  1641 — only 
substituted  a  few  lines  from  the  version  of  Stern- 
hold  for  corresponding  lines  of  Whittingham,  and 
altered  a  few  other  lines.  Most  of  the  changes  are 
of  a  later  date,  and  were  probably  made  by  the 
editors  of  the  Scottish  version  of  the  Psalms. 


157  Rejoicing  in  deliverance  CM. 

OTHOU,  who,  when  we  did  complain, 
Didst  all  our  griefs  remove, 
O  Saviour,  do  not  now  disdain 
Our  humble  praise  and  love. 

2  Since  thou  a  pitying  ear  didst  give, 
And  hear  us  when  we  prayed, 

We'll  call  upon  thee  while  we  live, 
And  never  doubt  thy  aid. 

3  Pale  death,  with  all  his  ghastly  train, 
Our  souls  encompassed  round; 

Anguish,  and  sin,  and  dread,  and  pain, 
On  every  side  we  found. 

4  To  thee,  O  Lord  of  life,  we  prayed, 
And  did  for  succor  flee : 

uO  save,"  in  our  distress  we  said, 
"  The  souls  that  trust  in  thee." 

5  How  good  thou  art !  how  large  thy  grace ! 
How  ready  to  forgive ! 

Thy  mercies  crown  our  fleeting  days ; 
And  by  thy  love  we  live. 

6  Our  eyes  no  longer  drowned  in  tears, 
Our  feet  from  falling  free, 

Redeemed  from  death  and  guilty  fears, 
O  Lord,  we'll  live  to  thee. 

SAMUEL  WESLEY,  ALT. 

This  hymn  is  the  first  part  of  a  paraphrase  of 
Psalm  cxvi.  It  was  written  in  the  first  person, 
singular;  and  there  are  changes,  mostly  slight, 
in  all  the  lines  except  two.  The  Wesleys  pub- 
lished this  in  their  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1739.  It  was  not  written  by  Charles  Wesley,  but 
by  bis  father,  and  published  by  him  in  The  Pious 
Communicant  Rightly  Prepared.  By  S.  Wesley, 
Rector  of  Epworth,  1700. 

For  biography  of  Samuel  Wesley,  see  No.  215. 


158 


The  sure  refuge. 


C  M. 


THERE  is  a  safe  and  secret  place 
Beneath  the  wings  divine, 
Reserved  for  all  the  heirs  of  grace ; 
O  be  that  refuge  mine! 

2  The  least  and  feeblest  there  may  bide, 
Uninjured  and  unawed; 

While  thousands  fall  on  every  side, 
He  rests  secure  in  God. 

3  The  angels  watch  him  on  his  way, 
And  aid  with  friendly  arm ; 

And  Satan,  roaring  for  his  prey, 
May  hate,  but  cannot  harm. 

4  He  feeds  in  pastures  large  and  fair 
Of  love  and  truth  divine : 

O  child  of  God,  O  glory's  heir, 
How  rich  a  lot  is  thine ! 

5  A  hand  almighty  to  defend, 
An  ear  for  every  call, 

An  honored  life,  a  peaceful  end, 
And  heaven  to  crown  it  all ! 

HENRY  P.  LYTE. 


Founded  on  Psalm  xci.  Sir  Roundell  Palmer, 
in  his  Rook  of  Praise,  gives  to  it  the  date  of  1834. 
It  is  found  in  the  author's  Spirit  of  the  Psalms. 
1834. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  27. 


1  5  Q      The  only  source  of  blessing.     C.  M. 

JEHOVAH,  God,  thy  gracious  power 
On  every  hand  we  see ; 
O  may  the  blessings  of  each  hour 
Lead  all  our  thoughts  to  thee. 

2  If  on  the  wings  of  morn  we  speed, 
To  earth's  remotest  bound, 

Thy  hand  will  there  our  footsteps  lead, 
Thy  love  our  path  surround. 

3  Thy  power  is  in  the  ocean  deeps. 
And  reaches  to  the  skies ; 

Thine  eye  of  mercy  never  sleeps, 
Thy  goodness  never  dies. 

4  From  morn  till  noon — till  latest  eve, 
Thy  hand,  O  God,  we  see ; 

And  all  the  blessings  we  receive, 
Proceed  alone  from  thee. 

JOHN  THOMSON. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


6? 


Title  :  Omnipresence  of  God. 

Three  lines  have  been  slightly  altered. 

Original. 
Verse  two,  line  three  : 
"  Thy  right  hand  will  our  footsteps  lead." 

Verse  two,  line  four  : 

"  Thine  arm  our  path  surround." 
Verse  four,  line  four : 

"  Ceaseless  proceed  from  thee." 

There  is  one  additional  stanza : 

5  "  In  all  the  varying  scenes  of  time, 

On  thee  our  hopes  depend  ; 
In  every  age,  in  every  clime, 

Our  Father  and  our  Friend." 

This  first  appeared  in  A  Selection  of  Psalms  and 
Hymns  for  Unitarian  Worship.  By  Eobert  Asp- 
land,  1810. 

Mr.  Thomson  was  an  English  physician  of  em- 
inence, and  lived  from  1782  to  1818. 


Gratitude. 


C.  M. 


160 

WHEN  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God, 
My  rising  soul  surveys, 
Transported  with  the  view,  I'm  lost 
In  wonder,  love,  and  praise. 


2  O  how  can  words  with  equal  warmth 
The  gratitude  declare, 

That  glows  within  my  ravished  heart? 
But  thou  canst  read  it  there. 

3  To  all  my  weak  complaints  and  cries, 
Thy  mercy  lent  an  ear, 

Ere  yet  my  feeble  thoughts  had  learned 
To  form  themselves  in  prayer. 

4  When  in  the  slippery  paths  of  youth, 
With  heedless  steps  I  ran, 

Thine  arm,  unseen,  conveyed  me  safe, 
And  led  me  up  to  man. 

5  Through  hidden   dangers,    toils,  and 

deaths, 
It  gently  cleared  my  way ; 
And  through  the  pleasing  snares  of  vice, 
More  to  be  feared  than  they. 

6  Through  every  period  of  my  life 
Thy  goodness  I'll  pursue ; 

And  after  death,  in  distant  worlds, 
The  pleasing  theme  renew. 


7  Through  all  eternity  to  thee 

A  grateful  song  I'll  raise; 
But  O,  eternity's  too  short 

To  utter  all  thy  praise. 

JOSEPH  ADDISON. 

This  favorite  hymn  contains,  in  all,  thirteen 
stanzas.  The  verses  left  out  are  equally  good  as 
those  retained.  The  whole  poem  is  found  in  the 
Spectator,  No.  453,  in  which  it  was  first  published 
in  1712. 

Some  doubt  has  recently  been  expressed  by 
hymnologists  whether  Addison  were  the  author 
of  this  hymn.  It  will  be  seen  that  he  does  not  ex- 
pressly claim  it.  To  do  so  was  contrary  to  his 
habit.  Addison  wrote  "glorious"  instead  of 
"  pleasing  "  in  verse  six,  line  four. 


161  cm. 

Verily,  thou  art  a  God  that  hidest  thyself.  Isa.  xlv,15. 

GOD  moves  in  a  mysterious  way 
His  wonders  to  perform ; 
He  plants  his  footsteps  in  the  sea, 
And  rides  upon  the  storm. 

2  Deep  in  unfathomable  mines 
Of  never-failing  skill, 

He  treasures  up  his  bright  designs, 
And  works  his  sovereign  will. 

3  Ye  fearful  saints,  fresh  courage  take : 
The  clouds  ye  so  much  dread 

Are  big  with  mercy,  and  shall  break 
In  blessings  on  your  head. 

4  Judge  not  the  Lord  by  feeble  sense, 
But  trust  him  for  his  grace ; 

Behind  a  frowning  providence 
He  hides  a  smiling  face. 

5  His  purposes  will  ripen  fast, 
Unfolding  every  hour : 

The  bud  may  have  a  bitter  taste, 
But  sweet  will  be  the  flower. 

6  Blind  unbelief  is  sure  to  err, 
And  scan  his  work  in  vain : 

God  is  his  own  interpreter, 
And  he  will  make  it  plain. 

WILLIAM  COWPER. 

Title  :  Light  Shining  Out  of  Darkness. 

From  Olney  Hymns ,1779.  Unaltered  and  entire. 

The  Rev.  Richard  Watson,  in  his  Life  of  John 
Wesley,  indulges  in  a  sharp  criticism  of  the  fifth 
stanza  of  this  hymn.  He  says, ' '  This  is  a  figure,  not 
only  not  found  in  sacred  inspired  poetry,  but  which 
has  too  much  prettiness  to  be  the  vehicle  of  a  sub- 
lime thought,  and  the  verse  has  moreover  the  fault 


S8  HYMN  STUDIES. 


of  an  absurd  antithesis,  as  well  as  a  false  rhyme." 
This  is  certainly  hypercritical.  The  stanza  is 
truly  poetical  in  spite  of  the  defective  rhyme,  and 
the  sentiment  is  true  and  in  perfect  keeping  with 
the  whole  poem. 

Montgomery  calls  this  "  a  lyric  of  high  tone  and 
character,  and  rendered  awfully  interesting  by  the 
circumstances  under  which  it  was  written  :  in  the 
twilight  of  departing  reason." 

See  No.  44. 


162      Crowning  God  with  praise.      L.  M. 

KINGDOMS  and  thrones  to  God  belong ; 
Crown  him,  ye  nations,  in  your  song : 
His  wondrous  names  and  powers  rehearse ; 
His  honors  shall  enrich  your  verse. 

2  He  shakes  the  heavens  with  loud  alarms; 
How  terrible  is  God  in  arms ! 

In  Israel  are  his  mercies  known, 
Israel  is  his  peculiar  throne. 

3  Proclaim  him  King,  pronounce  him  blest ; 
He's  your  defense,  your  joy,  your  rest : 
When  terrors  rise  and  nations  faint, 

God  is  the  strength  of  every  saint. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Founded  on  Psalm  lxviii,  32-35 : 

"  Sing  unto  God,  ye  kingdoms  of  the  earth ;  O 
sing  praises  unto  the  Lord ;  Selah :  To  him  that 
rideth  upon  the  heavens  of  heavens,  which  were  of 
old ;  lo,  he  doth  send  out  his  voice,  and  that  a 
mighty  voice.  Ascribe  ye  strength  unto  God  :  his 
excellency  is  over  Israel,  and  his  strength  is  in  the 
clouds.  O  God,  thou  art  terrible  out  of  thy  holy 
places:  the  God  of  Israel  is  he  that  giveth 
strength  and  power  unto  his  people.  Blessed  be 
God." 

First  published  in  1719.    It  is  unaltered. 


163     God's  presence  with  his  people.    L.  M. 

WHEN  Israel,  of  the  Lord  beloved, 
Out  from  the  land  of  bondage  came, 
Her  fathers'  God  before  her  moved, 
An  awful  guide,  in  smoke  and  flame. 

2  By  day,  along  the  astonished  lands 
The  cloudy  pillar  glided  slow ; 

By  night,  Arabia's  crimsoned  sands 
Returned  the  fiery  column's  glow. 

3  Thus  present  still,  though  now  unseen, 
When  brightly  shines  the  prosperous  day, 

Be  thoughts  of  thee  a  cloudy  screen, 
To  temper  the  deceitful  ray. 


4  And  O,  when  gathers  on  our  path, 
In  shade  and  storm,  the  frequent  night, 

Be  thou,  long  suffering,  slow  to  wrath, 
A  burning  and  a  shining  light. 

SIR  WALTER  SCOTT. 

This  is  a  part  of  the  hymn  with  which  the  im- 
prisoned Eebecca  concludes  her  evening  devotions. 
From  the  author's  romance,  Ivanhoe,  1820. 

The  original  consists  of  four  eight-lined  stanzas 
This  hymn  is  composed  of  the  first  and  third.  Two 
lines  have  been  slightly  changed. 


Okiginal  Form. 
Verse  three,  line  one  : 

"  Bid  present  still,  though  now  unseen." 

Verse  four,  line  one  : 

"  And  oh,  when  stoops  on  Judah' 's  path." 

The  Scripture  reference,  in  the  first  part  of  the 
hymn,  is  to  Exodus  xiii,  21 : 

"  And  the  Lord  went  before  them  by  day  in  a 
pillar  of  a  cloud,  to  lead  them  the  way ;  and  by 
night  in  a  pillar  of  fire,  to  give  them  light ;  to  go  by 
day  and  night." 

Sir  Walter  Scott,  the  "  "Wizard  of  the  North," 
was  born  in  Edinburgh  in  1771,  and  educated  in 
the  High  School  and  University  of  his  native  city. 
His  famous  career  as  a  poet  and  novelist  need  not 
be  recorded  here.  Two  of  his  hymns  appear  in  this 
Hymnal,  and  are  every  way  worthy  of  the  genius  of 
t lie  author.    Scott  died  in  1832. 


164  The  great  Provider.  L.  M. 

PEACE,  troubled  soul,  thou  need'st  not 
fear; 

Thy  great  Provider  still  is  near ; 
Who  fed  thee  last,  will  feed  thee  still : 
Be  calm,  and  sink  into  his  will. 

2  The  Lord,  who  built  the  earth  and  sky, 
In  mercy  stoops  to  hear  thy  cry ; 

His  promise  all  may  freely  claim : 
Ask  and  receive  in  Jesus'  name. 

3  Without  reserve  give  Christ  your  heart; 
Let  him  his  righteousness  impart ; 

Then  all  things  else  he'll  freely  give ; 
With  him  you  all  things  shall  receive. 

4  Thus  shall  the  soul  be  truly  blest, 
That  seeks  in  God  his  only  rest ; 
May  I  that  happy  person  be, 

In  time  and  in  eternity. 

SAMUEL  ECKING,  ALT. 


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This  is  founded  upon  Matt,  vi,  33 : 

"  But  seek  ye  first  the  kingdom  of  God,  and  his 
righteousness  ;  and  all  these  things  shall  be  added 
unto  you." 

The  original  contained  seven  stanzas  ;  these  are 
the  first  two  and  the  last  two,  somewhat  altered. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Ecking  (1757-1785)  was  an 
English  Baptist  minister  who  died  quite  young. 
He  was  the  author  of  a  volume  of  Essays  on  Grace, 
Faith,  and  Experience,  in  which  this  hymn  first 
appeared.  It  is  found  in  every  edition  of  the  hymn 
book. 


God  our  shield. 


L.  M. 


165 

THE  tempter  to  my  soul  hath  said, 
"There  is  no  help  in  God  for  thee:  " 
Lord,  lift  thou  up  thy  servant's  head; 
My  glory,  shield,  and  solace  be. 

3  Thus  to  the  Lord  I  raised  my  cry, 
He  heard  me  from  his  holy  hill ; 

At  his  command  the  waves  rolled  by ; 
He  beckoned,  and  the  winds  were  still. 

3  I  laid  me  down  and  slept, — I  woke; 
Thou,  Lord,  my  spirit  didst  sustain ; 

Bright  from  the  east  the  morning  broke, 
Thy  comforts  rose  on  me  again. 

4  I  will  not  fear,  though  armed  throngs 
Surround  my  steps  in  all  their  wrath ; 

Salvation  to  the  Lord  belongs ; 

His  presence  guards  his  people's  path. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

The  reader  will  find  it  interesting  to  compare  this 
hymn  with  Psalm  iii,  upon  which  it  is  founded. 
Unaltered  from  Songs  of  Zion,  1822. 
For  biographical  sketch  ol  Montgomery,  see  No. 5. 


166         God  a  mighty  fortress.       8,  7,  6. 

A MIGHTY  fortress  is  our  God, 
A  bulwark  never  failing: 
Our  Helper  he,  amid  the  flood 

Of  mortal  ills  prevailing. 
For  still  our  ancient  foe 
Doth  seek  to  work  us  woe ; 
His  craft  and  power  are  great, 
And,  armed  with  cruel  hate, 
On  earth  is  not  his  equal. 

2  Did  we  in  our  own  strength  confide, 
Our  striving  would  be  losing; 

Were  not  the  right  man  on  our  side, 
The  man  of  God's  own  choosing. 


Dost  ask  who  that  may  be? 
Christ  Jesus,  it  is  he ; 
Lord  Sabaoth  is  his  name, 
From  age  to  age  the  same, 
And  he  must  win  the  battle. 

3  And  though  this  world,  with  devils  filled, 
Should  threaten  to  undo  us ; 

We  will  not  fear,  for  God  hath  willed 
His  truth  to  triumph  through  us. 

The  Prince  of  darkness  grim — 

We  tremble  not  for  him ; 

His  rage  we  can  endure, 

For  lo !  his  doom  is  sure, 

One  little  word  shall  fell  him. 

4  That  word  above  all  earthly  powers — 
No  thanks  to  them — abideth ; 

The  Spirit  and  the  gifts  are  ours 
Through  him  who  with  us  sideth. 

Let  goods  and  kindred  go, 

This  mortal  life  also : 

The  body  they  may  kill : 

God's  truth  abideth  still, 
His  kingdom  is  forever. 

MARTIN  LUTHER. 
TR.  BY  F.  H.  HEDGE. 

This  is  the  most  famous  of  Luther's  hymns.  It 
is  the  "Marseillaise  of  the  Eeformation,"  and  is 
founded  on  the  first  part  of  Psalm  xlvi : 

"  God  is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very  present 
help  in  trouble.    Therefore  will  not  we  fear,"  etc. 

The  hymn  is  supposed  to  have  been  written  by 
Luther  while  on  his  way  to  the  Diet  at  Worms, 
1521.  This  is  a  mistake;  if  it  had  been  written  at 
that  time  it  would,  no  doubt,  have  appeared  in  one 
of  Luther's  first  hymn  books  published  in  1524,  but 
it  does  not.  It  was  probably  written  in  1529,  just 
before  the  Diet  of  Augsburg. 

Martin  Luther,  the  hero  of  the  Eeformation,  was 
born  in  the  village  of  Eisleben  in  1483,  entered  the 
University  at  Erfurth  in  1501,  and  was  graduated 
with  honor,  receiving  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Philos- 
ophy. In  1505  he  entered  an  Augustmian  monastery 
at  Erfurth,  was  consecrated  to  the  priesthood  in 
1507,  and  was  very  faithful  to  all  the  regulations  of 
the  order.  He  afterward  said,  "  If  ever  a  monk 
got  to  heaven  by  monkery,  I  was  determined  to  get 
there." 

He  was  a  diligent  scholar,  and  in  1508  was  called 
to  the  chair  of  philosophy  in  the  University  of 
Wittenberg.  In  1512  he  received  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Theology.  In  the  meantime  he  made  a 
pilgrimage  to  Koine,  where  he  saw  much  corruption 
among  the  clergy  ;  but  still  his  faith  was  strong  in 
the  Eoman  Church.  It  was  the  shameless  sale  of 
indulgences  by  Tetzel,  authorized  by  Leo  X.,  that 
first  opened  his  eyes  and  determined  him  to  make 

Eublic  opposition.  On  October  31, 1517,  at  midday, 
lUther  posted  his  ninety  five  Theses  against  the 
Merits  of  Indulgences  on  the  church  door  at  Wit- 


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tenberg.  That  day  was  the  birthday  of  the  Refor- 
mation. 

The  burning  of  the  Pope's  Bull  of  Excommuni- 
cation in  1520,  the  Diet  at  Worms  in  1521,  Luther's 
concealment  in  the  castle  of  Wartburg,  and  his 
marriage  in  1525,  are  matters  of  interest  upon  which 
we  cannot  dwell.  It  was  during  his  Wartburg  cap- 
tivity that  he  translated  the  New  Testament,  pub- 
lished in  1522,  into  the  mother-tongue  of  the  Ger- 
man people.  After  giving  them  the  Scriptures,  he 
felt  the  need  of  psalms  and  hymns  in  the  German 
language,  and  employed  others  to  supply  them. 
He,  himself,  translated  psalms  and  wrote  hymns, 
to  some  of  which  he  adapted  tunes.  Luther  wove 
the  Gospel  into  these  hymns.  They  were  gladly 
received  and  widely  circulated.  A  Komanist  of 
the  time  wrote,  "  The  whole  people  is  singing  itself 
into  this  Lutheran  doctrine."  The  first  collection 
of  Luther's  hymns  was  published  in  1524.  His 
death  occurred  in  1546. 

The  translator,  the  Eev.  Frederic  Henry  Hedge, 
D.D.,  was  born  in  Cambridge,  Mass.,  in  1805  ;  he 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1825 ;  and  was 
for  many  years  a  Unitarian  minister.  From  1872  to 
1881  he  was  professor  in  Harvard  University.  A 
translation  first  appeared  in  Gems  of  German  Verse, 
edited  by  Dr.  William  Henry  Furness,  (second 
edition,  1859.)  Here  it  is  the  same  as  that  pub- 
lished by  Dr.  Hedge  in  Hymns  for  the  Church  of 
Christ,  1853.    Dr.  Hedge  died  Aug.  21,  1890. 


167        God's  messengers  of  love.        L.  M. 

THEY  come,  God's  messengers  of  love, 
They  come  from  realms  of  peace  above, 
From  homes  of  never-fading  light, 
From  blissful  mansions  ever  bright. 

2  They  come  to  watch  around  us  here, 
To  soothe  our  sorrow,  calm  our  fear : 
Ye  heavenly  guides,  speed  not  away, 
God  willeth  you  with  us  to  stay. 

3  But  chiefly  at  its  journey's  end 
'Tis  yours  the  spirit  to  befriend, 
And  whisper  to  the  faithful  heart, 

"  O  Christian  soul,  in  peace  depart." 

4  Blest  Jesus,  thou  whose  groans  and  tears 
Have  sanctified  frail  nature's  fears, 

To  earth  in  bitter  sorrow  weighed, 
Thou  didst  not  scorn  thine  angel's  aid. 

5  An  angel  guard  to  us  supply, 
While  on  the  bed  of  death  we  lie; 
And  by  thine  own  almighty  power 
O  shield  us  in  the  last  dread  hour. 

ROBERT  CAMPBELL,  ALT. 

The  author's  title  was :  Saint  Michael  and  All 
Angels. 

Verbal  changes  have  been  made  in  every  stanza, 
except  the  third.  The  following  doxology  closes 
the  hymn : 


"  To  God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
And  God  the  Spirit,  Three  in  One, 
From  all  above  and  all  below 
Let  joyful  praise  unceasing  flow." 

Robert  Campbell  was  by  profession  a  lawyer. 
He  resided  in  Edinburgh,  and  was  for  several  years 
a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Church  of  Scotland. 
He  contributed  this  hymn  to  Hymns  and  Anthems 
for  Use  in  the  Holy  Service  of  the  Church,  1850, 
of  which  he  was  one  of  the  editors.  He  subse- 
quently joined  the  Roman  Catholic  Church,  and  died 
in  that  communion  in  1868. 


168  Security  in  God.  L.  M. 

GOD  is  our  refuge  and  defense ; 
In  trouble  our  unfailing  aid : 
Secure  in  his  omnipotence, 

What  foe  can  make  our  souls  afraid? 

2  Yea,  though  the  earth's  foundations  rock, 
And  mountains  down  the  gulf  be  hurled, 

His  people  smile  amid  the  shock : 

They  look  beyond  this  transient  world. 

3  There  is  a  river  pure  and  bright, 
Whose  streams  make  glad  the  heavenly 

plains ; 

Where,  in  eternity  of  light, 
The  city  of  our  God  remains. 

4  Built  by  the  word  of  his  command, 
With  his  unclouded  presence  blest, 

Firm  as  his  throne  the  bulwarks  stand ; 
There  is  our  home,  our  hope,  our  rest. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

The'first  four  verses  of  an  excellent  paraphrase  of 
Psalm  xlvi,  in  Songs  of  Zion,  1822.  It  is  interest- 
ing to  compare  the  metrical  version  with  the  au- 
thorized text : 

"  God  is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very  present 
help  in  trouble.  Therefore  will  not  we  fear,  though 
the  earth  be  removed,  and  though  the  mountains  he 
carried  into  the  midst  of  the  sea;  though  the 
waters  thereof  roar  and  be  troubled,  though 
the  mountains  shake  with  the  swelling  thereof. 
Selah.  There  is  a  river,  the  streams  whereof  shall 
make  glad  the  city  of  God,  the  holy  place  of  the 
tabernacles  of  the  Most  High.  God  is  in  the  midst 
of  her ;  she  shall  not  be  moved :  God  shall  help 
her,  and  that  right  early." 


169         The  Saviour's  tender  care.        L.  M 

GOD  of  my  life,  whose  gracious  power 
Through  varied  deaths  my  soul  hath 
led, 

Or  turned  aside  the  fatal  hour, 
Or  lifted  up  my  sinking  head; 


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2  In  all  my  ways  thy  hand  I  own, 
Thy  ruling  providence  I  see ; 

Assist  me  still  my  course  to  run, 
And  still  direct  my  paths  to  thee. 

3  "Whither,  O  whither  should  I  fly, 
But  to  my  loving  Saviour's  breast? 

Secure  within  thine  arms  to  lie, 
And  safe  beneath  thy  wings  to  rest. 

4  I  have  no  skill  the  snare  to  shun, 
But  thou,  O  Christ,  my  wisdom  art: 

I  ever  into  ruin  run, 

But  thou  art  greater  than  my  heart. 

5  Foolish,  and  impotent,  and  blind, 
Lead  me  a  way  I  have  not  known ; 

Bring  me  where  I  my  heaven  may  find, 
The  heaven  of  loving  thee  alone. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Composed  of  the  first,  second,  ninth,  eleventh, 
and  fourteenth  verses  of  a  poem  of  fifteen  stanzas, 
entitled  At  the  Approach  of  Temptation.  From 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 

In  two  of  the  omitted  stanzas  the  writer  alludes 
to  his  providential  preservation  from  death  by 
shipwreck  and  fever : 

5  "  Oft  hath  the  sea  confessed  Thy  power, 
And  gave  me  back  to  Thy  command: 

It  could  not,  Lord,  my  life  devour, 
Safe  in  the  hallow  of  Thy  hand. 

6  "  Oft  from  the  margin  of  the  grave, 
Thou,  Lord,  hast  lifted  up  my  head  ; 

Sudden  I  found  Thee  near  to  save  ; 
The  fever  owned  Thy  touch  and  fled." 

The  author  wrote,  verse  two,  line  three  : 
"  0  help  me  still  my  course  to  run." 


170  Quietness  and  assurance.  L.  M. 

HOW  do  Thy  mercies  close  me  round ! 
Forever  be  thy  name  adored ; 

1  blush  in  all  things  to  abound ; 
The  servant  is  above  his  Lord. 

2  Inured  to  poverty  and  pain, 

A  suffering  life  my  Master  led  ; 
The  Son  of  God,  the  Son  of  man, 
He  had  not  where  to  lay  his  head. 

3  But  lo !  a  place  he  hath  prepared 
For  me,  whom  watchful  angels  keep ; 

Yea,  he  himself  becomes  my  guard ; 

He  smooths  my  bed,  and  gives  me  sleep. 

4  J esus  protects ;  my  fears,  be  gone : 
What  can  the  Rock  of  ages  move  ? 

Safe  in  thy  arms  I  lay  me  down, 
Thine  everlasting  arms  of  love. 


5  While  thou  art  intimately  nigh, 
Who,  who  shall  violate  my  rest? 

Sin,  earth,  and  hell  I  now  defy : 
I  lean  upon  my  Saviour's  breast. 

6  I  rest  beneath  the  Almighty's  shade ; 
My  griefs  expire,  my  troubles  cease ; 

Thou,  Lord,  on  whom  my  soul  is  stayed, 
Wilt  keep  me  still  in  perfect  peace. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Unaltered,  from  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 
The  author's  title  was  :  At  Lying  Down.  The 
whole  hymn  is  invested  with  new  interest  by  this 
fact.    The  original  has  four  additional  stanzas : 

7  "  Me  for  Thine  own  Thou  lovest  to  take, 
In  time  and  in  eternity  ; 

Thou  never,  never  wilt  forsake 
A  helpless  worm  that  trusts  in  Thee. 

8  "  Therefore  in  confidence  I  close 
My  eyes,  for  Thine  are  open  still ; 

My  spirit  lulled  in  calm  repose, 
Waits  for  the  counsels  of  Thy  will. 

9  "  After  Thy  likeness  let  me  rise, 

If  here  Thou  will'st  my  longer  stay  ; 
Or  close  in  mortal  sleep  my  eyes, 
To  open  them  in  endless  day. 

10  "  Still  let  me  run  or  end  my  race; 
I  cannot  choose,  1  all  resign  ; 

Contract  or  lengthen  out  my  clays, 
Come  life  or  death  ;  for  Christ  is  mine." 


171       The  pilgrim'' s  Guide.       8,  7,  4. 

GUIDE  me,  O  thou  great  Jehovah, 
Pilgrim  through  this  barren  land : 

1  am  weak,  but  thou  art  mighty; 
Hold  me  with  thy  powerful  hand : 

Bread  of  heaven, 
Feed  me  till  I  want  no  more. 

2  Open  now  the  crystal  fountain, 
Whence  the  healing  waters  flow ; 

Let  the  fiery,  cloudy  pillar, 

Lead  me  all  my  journey  through : 

Strong  Deliverer, 
Be  thou  still  my  strength  and  shield. 

3  When  I  tread  the  verge  of  Jordan, 
Bid  my  anxious  fears  subside ; 

Bear  me  through  the  swelling  current ; 
Land  me  safe  on  Canaan's  side: 

Songs  of  praises 
I  will  ever  give  to  thee. 

WILLIAM  WILLIAMS. 

The  title  of  this  hymn  in  George  Whitefield's 
Collection,  1774,  is  :  Christ  a  Sure  Guide. 


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One  line,  the  third  in  verse  three,  has  been 
changed.    In  the  original  it  is : 

"  Death  of  Deaths,  and  Hell's  Destruction." 

Few  persons  are  aware  that  there  ever  was  a 
fourth  stanza,  the  hymn  is  perfect  without  it : 

4  "  Musing  on  my  Habitation, 

Musing  on  my  heav'nly  Home, 
Fills  my  Soul  with  Holy'Longing, 

Come,  my  Jesus,  quickly  come: 
Vanity  is  all  I  see, 

Lord  I  long  to  be  with  Thee  !  " 

Williams  composed  the  hymn  in  the  Welsh  lan- 
guage. It  is  not  certain  that  he  translated  it.  It 
appeared  in  English  in  1774. 

The  Rev.  William  Williams  has  been  called  the 
"  Watts  of  Wales."  He  was  born  in  1717.  His 
"awakening"  was  due  to  an  open-air  sermon  by 
the  famous  Welsh  preacher,  Howell  Harris.  Will- 
iams received  deacon's  orders  in  the  Established 
Church,  but  subsequently  became  a  preacher  in 
the  Calvinistic  Methodist  Connection.  He  lived 
till  1791. 


172        Infinite  compassion.        S.  M. 

MY  soul,  repeat  His  praise, 
Whose  mercies  are  so  great ; 
Whose  anger  is  so  slow  to  rise, 
So  ready  to  abate. 

2  High  as  the  heavens  are  raised 
Above  the  ground  we  tread, 

So  far  the  riches  of  his  grace 
Our  highest  thoughts  exceed. 

3  His  power  subdues  our  sins ; 
And  his  forgiving  love, 

Far  as  the  east  is  from  the  west, 
Doth  all  our  guilt  remove. 

4  The  pity  of  the  Lord, 

To  those  that  fear  his  name, 
Is  such  as  tender  parents  feel ; 
He  knows  our  feeble  frame. 

5  Our  days  are  as  the  grass, 
Or  like  the  morning  flower: 

If  one  sharp  blast  sweep  o'er  the  field 
It  withers  in  an  hour. 

6  But  thy  compassions,  Lord, 
To  endless  years  endure ; 

And  children's  children  ever  find 
Thy  words  of  promise  sure. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title:  Abounding  Compassion  of  God,'  or, 
Mercy  in  the  Midst  of  Judgment. 


It  is  unaltered.  Two  stanzas,  the  second  and 
sixth,  are  omitted : 

2  "  God  will  not  always  chide, 
And  when  his  strokes  are  felt, 

His  strokes  are  fewer  than  our  crimes 
And  lighter  than  our  guilt. 

6  "  He  knows  we  are  but  dust 

Scattered  by  every  breath ; 
His  anger,,  like  a  rising  wind, 

Can  send  us  swift  to  death." 

It  is  an  imitation  of  Psalm  ciii,  8-18: 

"  The  Lord  is  merciful  and  gracious,  slow  to 
anger,  and  plenteous  in  mercy.  He  will  not 
always  chide :  neither  will  he  keep  his  anger  for- 
ever. He  hath  not  dealt  with  us  after  our  sins ; 
nor  rewarded  us  according  to  our  iniquities.  For 
as  the  heaven  is  high  above  the  earth,  so  great  is 
his  mercy  toward  them  that  fear  him.  As  far  as 
the  east  is  from  the  west,  so  far  hath  he  removed 
our  transgressions  from  us.  Like  as  a  father  pitieth 
his  children,  so  the  Lord  pitieth  them  that  fear 
him.  For  he  knoweth  our  frame ;  he  remembereth 
that  we  are  dust.  As  for  man,  his  days  are  as 
grass :  as  a  flower  of  the  field,  so  he  flourisheth. 
For  the  wind  passeth  over  it,  and  it  is  gone  ;  and 
the  place  thereof  shall  know  it  no  more.  But  the 
mercy  of  the  Lord  is  from  everlasting  to  everlast- 
ing upon  them  that  fear  him,  and  his  righteousness 
unto  children's  children ;  to  such  as  keep  his 
covenant,  and  to  those  that  remember  his  com- 
mandments to  do  them." 

Published  in  1719. 


173  Omnipotent  goodness.  S.  M. 

AWAY,  my  needless  fears, 
And  doubts  no  longer  mine ; 
A  ray  of  heavenly  light  appears, 
A  messenger  divine. 

2  Thrice  comfortable  hope, 

That  calms  my  troubled  breast ; 

My  Father's  hand  prepares  the  cup, 
And  what  he  wills  is  best. 

If  what  I  wish  is  good, 

And  suits  the  will  divine, 
By  earth  and  hell  in  vain  withstood, 
I  know  it  shall  be  mine. 

4  Still  let  them  counsel  take 
To  frustrate  his  decree ; 

They  cannot  keep  a  blessing  back, 
Be  heaven  designed  for  me. 

5  Here  then  I  doubt  no  more, 
But  in  his  pleasure  rest, 

Whose  wisdom,  love,  and  truth,  and  power, 
Engage  to  make  me  blest. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


HYMN   STUD  IE  8.  73 


Part  of  a  long  hymn  consisting  of  ten  double 
stanzas.  The  author  wrote  "stormy"  instead  of 
"  troubled  "  in  verse  two,  line  two. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 

1 74  s.  m. 

Through  a  glass,  darkly.    1  Cor.  xiii,  12. 

THY  way  is  in  the  sea ; 
Thy  paths  we  cannot  trace ; 
Nor  solve,  O  Lord,  the  mystery 
Of  thy  unbounded  grace. 

2  Here  the  dark  veils  of  sense 
Our  captive  souls  surround ; 

Mysterious  deeps  of  providence 
Our  wondering  thoughts  confound. 

3  As  through  a  glass  we  see 
The  wonders  of  thy  love ; 

How  little  do  we  know  of  thee, 
Or  of  the  joys  above ! 

4  In  part  we  know  thy  will, 
And  bless  thee  for  the  sight : 

Soon  will  thy  love  the  rest  reveal 
In  glory's  clearer  light. 

5  With  joy  shall  we  survey 
Thy  providence  and  grace ; 

And  spend  an  everlasting  day 
In  wonder,  love,  and  praise. 

JOHN  FAWCETT,  ALT. 

From  Hymns  Adapted  to  the  Circumstances  of 
Public  Worship  and  Private  Devotion.  By  John 
Fawcett.  Leeds,  1782.  The  first  stanza  refers  to 
Psalm  Ixxvii,  19 : 

"  Thy  way  is  in  the  sea,  and  thy  path  in  the 
great  waters,  and  thy  footsteps  are  not  known." 

The  text  of  the  last  part  is  1  Cor.  xiii,  9 :  "  We 
know  in  part." 

Two  stanzas  have  been  left  out.  The  hymn  has 
been  altered  in  two  ways :  first,  by  a  change  in  the 
meter  from  common  to  short ;  and,  second,  by 
changing  the  number.  It  is  written  in  the  first 
person  singular  throughout.  These  changes  were 
probably  made  by  Dr.  James  Floy,  one  of  the 
editors  of  the  hymn  book  of  1849. 

See  No.  31. 


175  Delight  in  God.  S.  M. 

LORD,  I  delight  in  thee, 
And  on  thy  care  depend ; 
To  thee  in  every  trouble  flee, 
My  best,  my  only  Friend. 

2  When  nature's  streams  are  dried, 
Thy  fullness  is  the  same ; 

With  this  will  I  be  satisfied, 
And  glory  in  thy  name. 


3  Who  made  my  heaven  secure, 
Will  here  all  good  provide : 

While  Christ  is  rich,  can  I  be  poor? 
What  can  I  want  beside? 

4  I  cast  my  care  on  thee ! 
I  triumph  and  adore : 

Henceforth  my  great  concern  shall  be 
To  love  and  please  thee  more. 

JOHN  RYLAND,  ALT. 

The  author's  date  is  December  3,  1777. 

This  hymn  has  been  altered  by  changing  it  from 
common  to  short  meter.  Three  verses  have  been 
omitted. 

The  Rev.  John  Eyland,  D.D.,  an  English  Baptist, 
was  born  in  1753.  He  was  for  some  years  president 
of  a  Baptist  school  at  Bristol ;  and  was  also  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Baptist  Missionary  Society. 
He  died  in  1825.  Eyland' s  Hymns  and  Verses  on 
Sacred  Subjects  were  reprinted  by  Daniel  Sedgwick 
in  his  Library  of  Spiritual  Songs.    London,  1862. 

176  s.  m. 

Thy  gentleness  hath  made  me  great.  Psa.  xviii,  35. 

HOW  gentle  God's  commands ! 
How  kind  his  precepts  are ! 
Come,  cast  your  burdens  on  the  Lovd, 
And  trust  his  constant  care. 

2  Beneath  his  watchful  eye 
His  saints  securely  dwell ; 

That  hand  which  bears  all  nature  up 
Shall  guard  his  children  well. 

3  Why  should  this  anxious  load 
Press  down  your  weary  mind? 

Haste  to  your  heavenly  Father's  throne, 
And  sweet  refreshment  find. 

4  His  goodness  stands  approved, 
Unchanged  from  day  to  day : 

I'll  drop  my  burden  at  his  feet, 
And  bear  a  song  away. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

The  author's  title  is  :  God's  Care  a  Remedy  for 
Ours. 

The  text  of  the  hymn  (nearly  all  Doddridge's 
hymns  are  written  upon  texts  of  Scripture)  is  : 

"  Casting  all  your  care  upon  him,  for  he  careth 
for  you."  1  Pet.  v,  7. 

Some  slight  changes  have  been  made.  The  sec- 
ond stanza  begins : 

"  While  Providence  supports 
Let  Saints  securely  dwell." 

The  second  line  of  the  fourth  verse  is : 

"  Down  to  the  present  Day." 

The  last  stanza  would  do  credit  to  any  poet ;  to  ex- 
change a ' '  burden  "  for  a  "  song  "  is  a  happy  th  ought. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures.    London,  1755. 
For  biography  of  Doddridge,  see  No.  78. 


177 

Afflictions  blessed.  S.  M. 

HOW  tender  is  thy  hand, 
O  thou  most  gracious  Lord! 
Afflictions  came  at  thy  command, 
And  left  us  at  thy  word. 

2  How  gentle  was  the  rod 
That  chastened  us  for  sin ! 

How  soon  we  found  a  smiling  God  < 
Where  deep  distress  had  been ! 

3  A  Father's  hand  we  felt, 
A  Father's  love  we  knew : 

'Mid  tears  of  penitence  we  knelt, 
And  found  his  promise  true. 

4  Now  will  we  bless  the  Lord, 
And  in  his  strength  confide : 

Forever  be  his  name  adored, 
For  there  is  none  beside. 

THOMAS  HASTINGS. 

In  The  Mothers  Hymn  Booh,  first  edition,  1834. 
The  first  stanza  is : 

"  How  tender  is  thy  hand, 

0  thou  beloved  Lord, 
Afflictions  come  at  thy  command, 

And  leave  us  at  thy  word." 

One  stanza,  the  fourth,  is  left  out: 

"  We  told  him  all  our  grief ; 

We  thought  of  Jesus'  love ; 
A  sense  of  pardon  brought  relief, 

And  bade  our  pangs  remove." 

Thomas  Hastings,  editor,  author,  and  Doctor  of 
Music,  was  bora  in  Connecticut  in  1784.  In  youth 
he  removed  with  his  father  to  northern  New  York, 
and  subsequently  resided  in  New  York  city.  He 
edited  and_  largely  contributed  to  the  following 
works :  Spiritual  Songs,  1832  ;  Christian  Psalmist, 
1836;  The  Mother's  Hymn  Book,  1849;  and  Devo- 
tional Hymns  and  Religious  Poems,  1850  ;  and  he 
was  also  the  editor  of  a  number  of  music  books. 
He  died  in  1872. 


178       All  things  in  Christ.         S.  M. 

THOU  very-present  Aid 
In  suffering  and  distress, 
The  mind  which  still  on  thee  is  stayed, 
Is  kept  in  perfect  peace. 

2  The  soul  by  faith  reclined 

On  the  Redeemer's  breast, 
'Mid  raging  storms,  exults  to  find, 

An  everlasting  rest. 


2  Sorrow  and  fear  are  gone, 

Whene'er  thy  face  appears ; 
.  It  stills  the  sighing  orphan's  moan, 
And  dries  the  widow's  tears. 

4  It  hallows  every  cross; 
It  sweetly  comforts  me; 

Makes  me  forget  my  every  loss, 
And  find  my  all  in  thee. 

5  Jesus,  to  whom  I  fly, 
Doth  all  my  wishes  fill; 

What  though  created  streams  are  dry? 
I  have  the  fountain  still. 

6  Stripped  of  each  earthly  friend, 
I  find  them  all  in  one ; 

And  peace  and  joy  which  never  end, 
And  heaveD,  in  Christ  alone. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

One  of  several  compositions  that  the  writei 
named  Hymns  for  Widows.  One  double  stanza, 
following  the  fourth  verse,  is  omitted  : 

"Peace  to  the  troubled  heart, 

Health  to  the  sin-sick  mind  ; 
The  wounded  spirits  balm  Thou  art, 

The  Healer  of  mankind : 
In  deep  aifiiction  blessed 

With  Thee  I  mount  above, 
And  sing,  triumphantly  distressed, 

Thine  all-sufficient  love." 

A  few"  verbal  changes  have  been  made  in  this 
hymn.    From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


179        The  Lord  is  my  Shepherd.  11. 

nnHE  Lord  is  my  Shepherd,  no  want  shall 
J_       I  know ; 

I  feed  in  green  pastures,  safe-folded  I  rest ; 
He  leadeth  my  soul  where  the  still  waters 
flow, 

Restores  me  when  wandering,  redeems 
when  oppressed. 

2  Through  the  valley  and  shadow  of  death 

though  I  stray, 
Since  thou  art  my  guardian,  no  evil  I  fear ; 
Thy  rod  shall  defend  me,  thy  staff  be  my 
stay; 

No  harm  can  befall,  with  my  Comforter 
near. 

3  In  the  midst  of  affliction  my  table  is 

spread ; 

With  blessings  unmeasured  my  cup  run- 
neth o'er ; 

With  perfume  and  oil  thou  anointest  my 
head ; 

O  what  shall  I  ask  of  thy  providence 
more? 


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4  Let  goodness  and  mercy,  my  bountiful 
God, 

Still  follow  my  steps  till  I  meet  thee 
above ; 

I  seek — by  the  path  which  my  forefathers 
trod, 

Through  the  land  of  their  sojourn — thy 
kingdom  of  love. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Another  of  the  many  metrical  versions  of  Psalm 
xxiii.  Unaltered. 
From  Songs  of  Zion,  1822. 
For  a  brief  biography  of  Montgomery,  see  No.  5. 


180         The  Shepherd  of  Israel.    L.  M.  6  1. 

THE  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare, 
And  feed  me  with  a  shepherd's  care ; 
His  presence  shall  my  wants  supply, 
And  guard  me  with  a  watchful  eye : 
My  noonday  walks  he  shall  attend, 
And  all  my  midnight  hours  defend. 

2  When  in  the  sultry  glebe  I  faint, 
Or  on  the  thirsty  mountain  pant, 
To  fertile  vales  and  dewy  meads, 
My  weary,  wandering  steps  he  leads, 
Where  peaceful  rivers,  soft  and  slow, 
Amid  the  verdant  landscape  flow. 

3  Though  in  a  bare  and  rugged  way, 
Through  devious,  lonely  wilds  I  stray, 
Thy  bounty  shall  my  pains  beguile ; 
The  barren  wilderness  shall  smile, 

With  sudden  greens  and  herbage  crowned, 
And  streams  shall  murmur  all  around. 

4  Though  in  the  paths  of  death  I  tread, 
With  gloomy  horrors  overspread, 

My  steadfast  heart  shall  fear  no  ill, 
For  thou,  O  Lord,  art  with  me  still ; 
Thy  friendly  crook  shall  give  me  aid, 
And  guide  me  through  the  dreadful  shade. 

JOSEPH  ADDISON. 

The  real  subject  of  the  Spectator,  No.  441,  (1 VI 2,) 
is  :  Trust  in  the  Supreme  Being. 

At  the  close  of  the  article  the  author  says,  "  David 
has  very  beautifully  represented  this  steady  reliance 
on  God  Almighty  in  Psalm  xxiii,  which  is  a  kind 
of  pastoral  hymn,  and  filled  with  those  allusions 
which  are  usual  in  that  kind  of  writing.  As  the 
poetry  is  very  exquisite,  I  shall  present  my  reader 
with  the  following  translation  of  it." 

Addison's  rendering  is  not  so  literal  as  the  last 
by  Montgomery,  but  it  is  far  more  beautiful.  Un- 
altered, except  that  the  order  of  the  last  two 
stanzas  is  reversed. 


181  The  glories  of  Christ 's  kingdom.  7 

HAIL,  to  the  Lord's  Anointed, 
Great  David's  greater  Son ! 
Hail,  in  the  time  appointed, 
His  reign  on  earth  begun ! 
He  comes  to  break  oppression, 

To  set  the  captive  free ; 
To  take  away  transgression, 
And  rule  in  equity. 

2  He  comes  with  succor  speedy 
To  those  who  suffer  wrong; 

To  help  the  poor  and  needy, 
And  bid  the  weak  be  strong; 

To  give  them  songs  for  sighing, 
Their  darkness  turn  to  light, 

Whose  souls,  condemned  and  dying, 
Were  precious  in  his  sight. 

3  He  shall  descend  like  showers 
Upon  the  fruitful  earth, 

And  love  and  joy,  like  flowers, 
Spring  in  his  path  to  birth : 

Before  him,  on  the  mountains, 
Shall  peace,  the  herald,  go, 

And  righteousness,  in  fountains, 
From  hill  to  valley  flow. 

4  To  him  shall  prayer  unceasing, 
And  daily  vows  ascend; 

His  kingdom  still  increasing, 

A  kingdom  without  end : 
The  tide  of  time  shall  never 

His  covenant  remove ; 
His  name  shall  stand  forever; 

That  name  to  us  is  Love. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

This  beautiful  hymn,  eight  stanzas  in  all,  is 
founded  upon  Psalm  lxxii. 

Montgomery  wrote  "come  down"  instead  of 
"  descend  "  in  verse  three,  line  one.  And  "  For 
him"  instead  of  "  To  him"  in  verse  four,  line 
one. 

The  Psalms  are  a  wonderful  fountain  of  song, 
from  which  our  sacred  poets  have  drawn  inspira- 
tion. 

From  Songs  of  Zion,  1822. 
See  No.  5. 


182         The  guiding  star.  7,  6 1. 

AS  with  gladness  men  of  old 
Did  the  guiding  star  behold ; 
As  with  joy  they  hailed  its  light, 
Leading  onward,  beaming  bright ; 
So,  most  gracious  Lord,  may  we 
Evermore  be  led  to  thee. 


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2  As  with  joyful  steps  they  sped, 
To  that  lowly  manger-bed. 
There  to  bend  the  knee  before 
Hirn  whom  heaven  and  earth  adore ; 
So  may  we  with  willing  feet 

Ever  seek  the  mercy-seat. 

3  As  they  offered  gifts  most  rare 
At  that  manger  rude  and  bare ; 
So  may  we  with  holy  joy, 
Pure,  and  free  from  sin's  alloy, 
All  our  costliest  treasures  bring, 
Christ,  to  thee,  our  heavenly  King. 

4  Holy  Jesus,  every  day 
Keep  us  in  the  narrow  way ; 
And,  when  earthly  things  are  past, 
Bring  our  ransomed  souls  at  last 
Where  they  need  no  star  to  guide, 
Where  no  clouds  thy  glory  hide. 

WILLIAM  c.  DIX. 

Text:  "When  they  saw  the  star,  they  rejoiced 
with  exceeding  great  joy."  Matt,  ii,  10. 

This  elegant  hymn  was  contributed  to  Hymns 
Ancient  and  Modern,  1861,  in  which  it  has  this  ad- 
ditional stanza : 

"  In  the  heavenly  country  bright 
Need  they  no  created  light ; 
Thou  its  Light,  its  Joy,  its  Crown, 
Thou  its  Sun  which  goes  not  down  ; 
There  forever  may  we  sing 
Alleluias  to  our  King.  Amen." 

William  Chatterton  Dix,  a  layman  in  the  Church 
of  England,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Eng.,  in  1837. 


183 


Joy  to  the  World. 


C.  M. 


JOY  to  the  world!  the  Lord  is  come; 
Let  earth  receive  her  King ; 
Let  every  heart  prepare  him  room, 
And  heaven  and  nature  sing. 

2  Joy  to  the  world  !  the  Saviour  reigns ; 
Let  men  their  songs  employ; 

While  fields  and  floods,  rocks,  hills,  and 
plains, 
Repeat  the  sounding  joy. 

3  No  more  let  sin  and  sorrow  grow, 
Nor  thorns  infest  the  ground ; 

He  comes  to  make  his  blessings  flow 
Far  as  the  curse  is  found. 

4  He  rules  the  world  with  truth  and  grace, 
And  makes  the  nations  prove 

The  glories  of  his  righteousness, 
And  wonders  of  his  love. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 


Title :  The  Messiah's  Coming  and  Kingdom. 
A  free  rendering  of  the  last  part  of  Psalm 
xcviii : 

"Sing  unto  the  Lord  with  the  harp  ;  with  the 
harp,  and  the  voice  of  a  psalm.  With  trumpets  and 
sound  of  cornet  make  a  joyful  noise  before  the 
Lord,  the  King.  Let  the  sea  roar,  and  the  fullness 
thereof;  the  world,  and  they  that  dwell  therein. 
Let  the  floods  clap  their  hands  :  let  the  hills  be 
joyful  together  before  the  Lord;  for  he  cometh 
to  judge  the  earth:  with  righteousness  shall  he 
judge  the  world,  and  the  people  with  equity." 

Published  in  1719.  The  text  is  not  altered.  It 
is  strange  that  this  glad  song  never  found  its  way 
into  our  hymn  book  before.  We  welcome  it  at 
last.    May  it  long  remain  ! 


184    Wonderful,  Counselor,   lsa.  ix,  6.  C.  M. 

TO  us  a  Child  of  hope  is  born, 
To  us  a  Son  is  given ; 
Him  shall  the  tribes  of  earth  obey, 
Him,  all  the  hosts  of  heaven. 

2  His  name  shall  be  the  Prince  of  peace, 
For  evermore  adored ; 

The  Wonderful,  the  Counselor, 
The  great  and  mighty  Lord. 

3  His  power,  increasing,  still  shall  spread ; 
His  reign  no  end  shall  know  ; 

Justice  shall  guard  his  throne  above, 
And  peace  abound  below. 

4  To  us  a  Child  of  hope  is  born, 
To  us  a  Son  is  given ; 

The  Wonderful,  the  Counselor, 
The  mighty  Lord  of  heaven, 

JOHN  MORRISON. 

Part  of  a  paraphrase  of  lsa.  ix,  2-8.  The  last 
stanza  is  a  repetition  of  parts  of  the  first  and 
second,  and  has  been  added  by  some  hymnal 
editor;  otherwise  it  is  unaltered.  The  first  three 
verses,  as  published  by  the  author  in  the  Para- 
phrases appended  to  the  Scotch  version  of  the 
Psalms,  are  omitted. 

The  Eev.  John  Morrison,  D.D.,  (1749-1798,) 
was  a  clergyman  of  the  National  Church  of  Scotland; 
he  was  one  of  the  editors  of  the  above-mentioned 
Paraphrases,  and  has  the  credit  of  being  the  author 
of  several  of  them.    Date  of  authorship,  1770. 


185         The  Saviour's  advent.  C.  M. 

HARK,  the  glad  sound!  the  Saviour 
comes, 

The  Saviour  promised  long; 
Let  every  heart  prepare  a  throne, 
And  every  voice  a  song. 


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2  He  comes,  the  prisoner  to  release, 
In  Satan's  bondage  held ; 

The  gates  of  brass  before  him  burst, 
The  iron  fetters  yield. 

3  He  comes,  from  thickest  films  of  vice 
To  clear  the  mental  ray, 

And  on  the  eyes  oppressed  with  night 
To  pour  celestial  day. 

4  He  comes,  the  broken  heart  to  bind, 
The  wounded  soul  to  cure, 

And,  with  the  treasures  of  his  grace, 
To  enrich  the  humble  poor. 

5  Our  glad  hosannas,  Prince  of  peace, 
Thy  welcome  shall  proclaim, 

And  heaven's  eternal  arches  ring 
With  thy  beloved  name. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title :  Christ's  Message.  This  is  Dr. -Doddridge's 
masterpiece.  It  was  written  to  be  sung  at  the 
close  of  a  Christmas  sermon,  preached  Dec.  28, 
1735.  The  text  of  the  sermon,  and  of  the  hymn  as 
well,  is  Luke  iv,  18,  19  : 

"  The  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is  upon  me,  because  he 
hath  anointed  me  to  preach  the  gospel  to  the  poor ; 
he  hath  sent  me  to  heal  the  broken-hearted,  to 
preach  deliverance  to  the  captives,  and  recovering 
of  sight  to  the  blind,  to  set  at  liberty  them  that  are 
bruised,  to  preach  the  acceptable  year  of  the 
Lord." 

Two  inferior  stanzas,  the  second  and  sixth,  have 
been  omitted.  The  third  line  of  the  third  stanza 
in  the  original  is  : 

"  And  on  the  Eye- Balls  of  the  Blind?'' 

It  also  has  "bleeding"  instead  of  "wounded" 
in  the  fourth  stanza. 
See  No.  78. 


186  The  star  in  the  East.  11,  10. 

BRIGHTEST  and  best  of  the  sons  of  the 
morning, 

Dawn  on  our  darkness,  and  lend  us  thine 
aid; 

Star  of  the  East,  the  horizon  adorning, 
Guide  where  our  infant  Redeemer  is  laid. 

2  Cold  on  his  cradle  the  dew-drops  are 
shining ; 

Low  lies  his  bed  with  the  beasts  of  the 
stall ; 

Angels  adore  him,  in  slumber  reclining, — 
Maker,  and  Monarch,  and  Saviour  of  all. 


3  Say,  shall  we  yield  him,  in  costly  de- 

votion, 

Odors  of  Edom  and  offerings  divine  ? 
Gems  of  the  mountain,  and  pearls  of  the 
ocean, 

Myrrh  from  the  forest,  and  gold  from  the 
mine  ? 

4  Vainly  we  offer  each  ample  oblation ; 
Vainly  with  gifts  would  his  favor  secure ; 

Richer  by  far  is  the  heart's  adoration ; 
Dearer  to  God  are  the  prayers  of  the  poor. 

REGINALD  HEBER. 

The  title  given  to  this  hymn  in  the  Memoirs  of 
Heber  is  Star  of  the  East.  It  was  first  published 
in  the  Christian  Observer  in  1811,  and  is  found  in 
Hymns  Written  and  Adapted  to  the  Weekly  Church 
Service,  1827. 

The  second  line  of  the  second  stanza  should 
read: 

"  Low  lies  his  head,"  etc. 

In  verse  three,  line  four,  the  original  has  "  or 
gold  "  instead  of  "  and  gold." 
See  No.  62. 


187  Star  of  Bethlehem.  L.  M, 

WHEN,  marshaled  on  the  nightly  plain, 
The  glittering  host  bestud  the  sky, 
One  star  alone  of  all  the  train 

Can  fix  the  sinner's  wandering  eye. 

2  Hark !  hark !  to  God  the  chorus  breaks, 
From  every  host,  from  every  gem ; 

But  one  alone  the  Saviour  speaks, 
It  is  the  Star  of  Bethlehem. 

3  Once  on  the  raging  seas  I  rode, 

The  storm  was  loud,  the  night  was  dark, 
The  ocean  yawned,  and  rudely  blowed 
The  wind  that  tossed  my  foundering 
bark. 

4  Deep  horror  then  my  vitals  froze ; 
Death- struck,  I  ceased  the  tide  to  stem; 

When  suddenly  a  star  arose, 
It  was  the  Star  of  Bethlehem. 

5  It  was  my  guide,  my  light,  my  all, 
It  bade  my  dark  forebodings  cease ; 

And,  through  the  storm  and  danger's  thrall, 
It  led  me  to  the  port  of  peace. 

6  Now  safely  moored,  my  perils  o'er, 
I'll  sing,  first  in  night's  diadem, 

For  ever  and  for  evermore, 

The  Star,  the  Star  of  Bethlehem. 

H.  KIRKE  WHITE. 


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In  this  hymn,  from  the  third  verse  to  the  end, 
the  writer  gives,  in  highly  poetical  language,  the 
story  of  his  own  Christian  experience,  his  awaken- 
ing, the  intense  anxiety  that  followed,  and  the 
peace  and  rest  that  he  found  at  last.  Unaltered, 
from  the  author's  poems. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Henry  Kirke  White, 
see  No.  22. 


188     Peace  on  earth,  good-will  to  men.     8,  7. 

HARK !  what  mean  those  holy  voices, 
Sweetly  sounding  through  the  skies  ? 
Lo!  the  angelic  host  rejoices; 
Heavenly  hallelujahs  rise. 

2  Listen  to  the  wondrous  story, 
Which  they  chant  in  hymns  of  joy : 

' '  Glory  in  the  highest,  glory, 
Glory  be  to  God  most  high ! 

3  ' '  Peace  on  earth,  good-will  from  heaven, 
Reaching  far  as  man  is  found ; 

Souls  redeemed  and  sins  forgiven ! 
Loud  our  golden  harps  shall  sound. 

4  1 1  Christ  is  born,  the  great  Anointed ; 
Heaven  and  earth  his  praises  sing; 

O  receive  whom  God  appointed, 

For  your  Prophet,  Priest,  and  King. 

5  ' '  Hasten,  mortals,  to  adore  him ; 
Learn  his  name  and  taste  his  joy ; 

Till  in  heaven  ye  sing  before  him, 
'  Glory  be  to  God  most  high! '  " 

JOHN  C  A  WOOD. 

For  Christmas  Day.  . 
Several  slight  verbal  changes  have  been  made 
since  the  hymn  was  first  published. 

Original  Lines. 
Verse  one,  line  two : 

"  Sweetly  warbling  in  the  skies." 
Verse  one,  line  three : 

'■''Sure  the  angelic  host  rejoices." 

Verse  one,  line  four : 

"Loudest  hallelujahs  rise." 
Verse  four,  line  two  : 

"  Heaven  and  earth  his  glory  sing  ! 
Verse  four,  line  three : 

"Glad  receive  whom  God  appointed." 

Each  stanza  in  the  original  was  followed  by  a 
"  Hallelujah."  These  changes  were,  without 
doubt,  made  by  Dr.  Thomas  Cotterill,  for  his  Shef- 
field Collection,  1810  to  1819. 


Lyra  Britannica  gives  an  additional  stanza : 

"Let  us  learn  the  wondrous  story 

Of  our  great  Eedeemer's  birth  ; 
Spread  the  brightness  of  his  glory 

Till  it  cover  all  the  earth." 

The  Rev.  John  Cawood,  an  English  clergyman, 
was  born  in  1775  ;  was  a  farmer's  son,  and  his  early 
advantages  were  not  of  the  best.  He  succeeded, 
notwithstanding,  in  entering  St.  Edmond's  Hall, 
Oxford,  and  was  graduated  in  1801.  Cawood  was 
the  author  of  some  twenty  hymns,  which  appeared 
in  various  collections.    He  died  in  1852. 


189     Adoring  the  holy  Child.         8, 7, 4. 

ANGELS,  from  the  realms  of  glory, 
Wing  your  flight  o'er  all  the  earth ; 
Ye  who  sang  creation's  story, 
Now  proclaim  Messiah's  birth : 
Come  and  worship, 
Worship  Christ,  the  newborn  King. 

2  Shepherds,  in  the  field  abiding, 
Watching  o'er  your  flocks  by  night, 

God  with  man  is  now  residing ; 
Yonder  shines  the  infant  light : 
Come  and  worship, 
Worship  Christ,  the  newborn  King. 

3  Sages,  leave  your  contemplations, 
Brighter  visions  beam  afar ; 

Seek  the  great  Desire  of  nations; 
Ye  have  seen  his  natal  star : 
Come  and  worship, 
Worship  Christ,  the  newborn  King. 

4  Saints,  before  the  altar  bending, 
Watching  long  in  hope  and  fear, 

Suddenly  the  Lord,  descending, 
In  his  temple  shall  appear : 
Come  and  worship, 
Worship  Christ,  the  newborn  King. 

5  Sinners,  wrung  with  true  repentance, 
Doomed  for  guilt  to  endless  pains, 

Justice  now  revokes  the  sentence, 
Mercy  calls  you,  — break  your  chains : 
Come  and  worship, 
Worship  Christ,  the  newborn  King. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 


Title :  Good  Tidings  of  Great  Joy  to  All 
People. 

Found  in  the  author's  Christian  Psalmist, 
1825;  and  in  CotterilVs  Selection,  1819.  It  is 
unaltered,  from  Montgomery's  Original  Hymns, 
1853. 

For  biographical  notes  of  author,  see  No.  5. 


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190  God  incarnate.  i. 

HARK !  the  herald-angels  sing, 
"  Glory  to  the  newborn  King; 
Peace  on  earth,  and  mercy  mild ; 
God  and  sinners  reconciled." 

2  Joyful,  all  ye  nations,  rise, 
Join  the  triumphs  of  the  skies ; 
With  angelic  hosts  proclaim, 

"  Christ  is  born  in  Bethlehem." 

3  Christ,  by  highest  heaven  adored, 
Christ,  the  everlasting  Lord ; 
Veiled  in  flesh  the  Godhead  see ; 
Hail,  incarnate  Deity! 

4  Hail  the  heaven-born  Prince  of  peace ! 
Hail  the  Sun  of  righteousness ! 

Light  and  life  to  all  he  brings, 
Risen  with  healing  in  his  wings. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Hymn  for  Christmas  Bay.  It  has  ten  stanzas  in 
all,  and  is  found  in  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1739.  The  first  couplet  has  been  changed.  Wesley 
wrote : 

"  Hark  how  all  the  welkin  rings, 
Glory  to  the  King  of  kings." 

The  change  was  made  by  the  Kev.  Martin  Madan 
in  1760,  and  was  adopted  by  John  Wesley  in  some 
of  his  collections. 

Some  of  the  omitted  stanzas  illustrate  that  well- 
known  characteristic  of  the  author— his  intense  de- 
sire for  personal  holiness. 

"  Come,  Desire  of  nations,  come, 
Fix  in  us  Thy  humble  home ; 
Eise,  the  woman's  conquering  seed, 
Bruise  in  us  the  serpent's  head. 

"Adam's  likeness,  Lord,  efface, 
Stamp  Thy  image  in  its  place ; 
Second  Adam  from  above, 
Reinstate  us  in  Thy  love." 


191  Prince  of  peace. 

BRIGHT  and  joyful  is  the  morn, 
For  to  us  a  Child  is  born ; 
Prom  the  highest  realms  of  heaven, 
Unto  us  a  Son  is  given. 

2  On  his  shoulder  he  shall  bear 
Power  and  majesty,  and  wear, 
On  his  vesture  and  his  thigh, 
Names  most  awful,  names  most  high. 

3  Wonderful  in  counsel  he, 
Christ,  the  incarnate  Deity; 
Sire  of  ages,  ne'er  to  cease ; 

King  of  kings,  and  Prince  of  peace. 


4  Come  and  worship  at  his  feet; 
Yield  to  him  the  homage  meet ; 
From  the  manger  to  the  throne, 
Homage  due  to  God  alone. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title :  The  Names  and  Offices  of  Christ.  Another 
rendering  of  Isa.  ix,  6  : 

"  For  unto  us  a  Child  is  born,  unto  us  a  Son  is 
given  :  and  the  government  shall  be  upon  his 
shoulder:  and  his  name  shall  be  called  Wonderful, 
Counselor,  The  Mighty  God,  The  Everlasting 
Father,  The  Prince  of  Peace." 

From  the  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 

The  word  Christ  has  been  inserted  in  the  second 
line  of  the  third  stanza,  and  left  out  of  the  second 
line  of  the  fourth  stanza,  where  " him"  takes  its 
place.    The  author  wrote,  verse  four,  line  three  : 

"  From  his  manger  to  his  throne." 
See  No.  5. 


C.  M. 


192 

Good  tidings  of  great  joy.    Luke  ii,  10. 

WHILE  shepherds  watched  their  flocks 
by  night, 
All  seated  on  the  ground, 
The  angel  of  the  Lord  came  down, 
And  glory  shone  around. 

2  "Fear  not,"  said  he, — for  mighty  dread 
Had  seized  their  troubled  mind, — 

' '  Glad  tidings  of  great  joy  I  bring, 
To  you  and  all  mankind. 

3  "To  you,  in  David's  town,  this  day 
Is  born,  of  David's  line, 

The  Saviour,  who  is  Christ  the  Lord ; 
And  this  shall  be  the  sign : 

4  ' '  The  heavenly  babe  you  there  shall  find 
To  human  view  displayed, 

All  meanly  wrapped  in  swathing-bands, 
And  in  a  manger  laid." 

5  Thus  spake  the  seraph;  and  forthwith 
Appeared  a  shining  throng 

Of  angels,  praising  God  on  high, 
Who  thus  addressed  their  song: 

6  i  1  All  glory  be  to  God  on  high, 
And  to  the  earth  be  peace : 

Good-will  henceforth  from  heaven  to  men, 
Begin  and  never  cease." 

TATE  AND  BRADY. 

For  biographical  notes  of  Tate  and  Brady,  see 
No.  13.  It  is  not  certain  that  either  of  them  wrote 
this  hymn,  which  has  been  traced  to  the  Appendi> 


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of  the  New  Version  of  the  Psalms,  published  in 
1703.    The  author  is  really  unknown. 

The  hymn  is  a  very  literal  rendering  of  Luke  ii, 
8-14,  and  the  versifier  was  too  modest  to  claim 
what  he  knew  belonged  to  St.  Luke. 


193       Glory  to  God  in  the  highest.     C.  M. 

MORTALS,  awake,  with  angels  join, 
And  chant  the  solemn  lay ; 
Joy,  love,  and  gratitude  combine, 
To  hail  the  auspicious  day. 


2  In  heaven  the  rapturous  song  began, 
And  sweet  seraphic  fire 

Through  all  the  shining  legions  ran, 
And  strung  and  tuned  the  lyre. 

3  Swift  through  the  vast  expanse  it  flew, 
And  loud  the  echo  rolled ; 

The  theme,  the  song,  the  joy,  was  new, — 
'Twas  more  than  heaven  could  hold. 

4  Down  through  the  portals  of  the  sky 
The  impetuous  torrent  ran ; 

And  angels  flew,  with  eager  joy, 
To  bear  the  news  to  man. 

5  Hark !  the  cherubic  armies  shout, 
And  glory  leads  the  song : 

Good-will  and  peace  are  heard  throughout 
The  harmonious  heavenly  throng. 

6  With  joy  the  chorus  we  repeat, 
"  Glory  to  God  on  high !  " 

Good-will  and  peace  are  now  complete, 
Jesus  was  born  to  die. 

7  Hail,  Prince  of  life,  forever  hail ! 
Redeemer,  Brother,  Friend! 

Though  earth,  and  time,  and  life  shall  fail, 
Thy  praise  shall  never  end. 

SAMUEL  MEDLEY. 

Title :  The  Nativity  of  Christ. 

This  hymn  has  been  improved  by  the  omission 
of  two  inferior  stanzas. 

The  Eev.  Samuel  Medley  was  born  in  Hertford- 
shire, Eng.,  in  1738  ;  was  piously  brought  up,  but, 
entering  the  navy,  led  for  awhile  a  careless  and 
wicked  life.  Being  severely  wounded,  he  was  al- 
lowed to  return  home,  where,  through  the  efforts 
of  a  pious  grandfather,  he  was  led  to  accept  Christ. 
At  length  he  entered  the  ministry,  and  was  for 
many  years  pastor  of  a  Baptist  church  in  Liver- 
pool. He  died  in  1799.  His  hymns,  two  hundred 
and  thirty  in  number,  were  collected  and  published 
in  the  following  year. 

The  author  wrote,  verse  four,  line  one : 

"  Down  to  the  portals,"  etc. 
From  a  London  Collection,  1782. 


194  Christmas  carol.  C.  M. 

IT  came  upon  the  midnight  clear, 
That  glorious  song  of  old, 
From  angels  bending  near  the  earth 

To  touch  their  harps  of  gold ; 
1 1  Peace  on  the  earth,  good-will  to  «nen, 

From  heaven's  all-gracious  King." 
The  world  in  solemn  stillness  lay 
To  hear  the  angel's  sing. 

2  Still  through  the  cloven  skies  they  come 
With  peaceful  wings  unfurled, 

And  still  their  heavenly  music  floats 

O'er  all  the  weary  world ; 
Above  its  sad  and  lowly  plains 

They  bend  on  hovering  wing, 
And  ever  o'er  its  Babel  sounds 

The  blessed  angels  sing. 

3  But  with  the  woes  of  sin  and  strife 
The  world  has  suffered  long; 

Beneath  the  angel-strain  have  rolled 
Two  thousand  years  of  wrong ; 

And  man,  at  war  with  man,  hears  not 
The  love  song  which  they  bring : 

O  hush  the  noise,  ye  men  of  strife, 
And  hear  the  angels  sing ! 

4  And  ye,  beneath  life's  crushing  load, 
Whose  forms  are  bending  low, 

Who  toil  along  the  climbing  way 

With  painful  steps  and  slow, 
Look  now !  for  glad  and  golden  hours 

Come  swiftly  on  the  wing : 
O  rest  beside  the  weary  road, 

And  hear  the  angels  sing ! 

5  For  lo !  the  days  are  hastening  on 
By  prophet-bards  foretold, 

When  with  the  ever-circling  years 

Comes  round  the  age  of  gold ; 
When  peace  shall  over  all  the  earth 

Its  ancient  splendors  fling, 
And  the  whole  world  give  back  the  song 

Which  now  the  angels  sing. 

EDMUND  H.  SEAES. 

Title :  Peace  on  Earth. 

This  is  not,  strictly  speaking,  a  hymn,  but  a  very 
elegant  poem.  It  first  appeared  in  the  Christian 
Register,  Boston,  Dec.  29,  1849. 

The  Eev.  Edmund  Hamilton  Sears,  D.D.,  (1810- 
1876,)  was  a  native  of  Massachusetts ;  was  graduated 
at  Union  College,  N.  Y.,  in  1834,  and  at  the 
Cambridge  Divinity  School  in  1837.  He  received 
the  degree  of  D.D.  from  his  Alma  Mater  in 
1871.  While  pastor  of  several  Unitarian  churches 
in  Massachusetts,  he  found  time  to  write  several 
prose  works,  and  to  contribute  to  various  period- 
icals. 


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A  few  words  have  been  altered  since  this  hymn 
was  first  published. 

Original. 
Verse  two,  line  six  : 

"  They  bend  on  heavenly  wing." 

Verse  three,  line  one : 

"  Yet  with  the  woes  of  sin  and  strife." 

Verse  three,  line  two  : 

"  The  world  hath  suffered  long." 

Verse  five,  line  seven  : 
"  And  the  whole  world  send  back  the  song." 


195  Christmas  anthem.  CM. 

CALM  on  the  listening  ear  of  night, 
Come  heaven's  melodious  strains, 
Where  wild  Judea  stretches  far 

Her  silver-mantled  plains ; 
Celestial  choirs  from  courts  above 

Shed  sacred  glories  there ; 
And  angels,  with  their  sparkling  lyres, 
Make  music  on  the  air. 

2  The  answering  hills  of  Palestine 
Send  back  the  glad  reply, 

And  greet  from  all  their  holy  heights 

The  Dayspring  from  on  high : 
O'er  the  blue  depths  of  Galilee 

Their  comes  a  holier  calm ; 
And  Sharon  waves  in  solemn  praise 

Her  silent  groves  of  palm. 

3  "  Glory  to  God!  "  the  lofty  strain 
The  realm  of  ether  fills ; 

How  sweeps  the  song  of  solemn  joy 

O'er  Judah's  sacred  hills! 
"  Glory  to  God!"  the  sounding  skies 

Loud  with  their  anthems  ring : 
"Peace  on  the  earth;  good-will  to  men, 

From  heaven's  eternal  King." 

4  Light  on  thy  hills,  Jerusalem ! 
The  Saviour  now  is  born : 

More  bright  on  Bethlehem's  joyous  plains 
Breaks  the  first  Christmas  morn ; 

And  brighter  on  Moriah's  brow, 
Crowned  with  her  temple  spires, 

Which  first  proclaim  the  newborn  light, 
Clothed  with  its  orient  fires. 

5  This  day  shall  Christian  tongues  be  mute, 
And  Christian  hearts  be  cold? 

O  catch  the  anthem  that  from  heaven 
O'er  Judah's  mountains  rolled  ' 
6 


When  nightly  burst  from  seraph-harps 

The  high  and  solemn  lay, — 
"Glory  to  God;  on  earth  be  peace; 

Salvation  comes  to-day !  " 

EDMUND  IT.  SEARS. 

This  Christmas  Song  was  first  published  in  the 
Boston  Observer  in  1834,  and  was  afterward  amend- 
ed by  the  author,  and  appeared  in  its  present  form 
in  The  Monthly  Rdigious  Magazine.  Boston,  1866. 

Dr.  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes  pronounced  it  one  of 
the  finest  and  most  beautiful  hymns  ever  written. 

This  is  the  author's  latest  revision. 

See  No.  194. 


196  Patience  of  Jesus.  CM. 

WHAT  grace,  O  Lord,  and  beauty  shone 
Around  thy  steps  below ! 
What  patient  love  was  seen  in  all 
Thy  life  and  death  of  woe ! 

2  For,  ever  on  thy  burdened  heart 
A  weight  of  sorrow  hung ; 

Yet  no  ungentle,  murmuring  word 
Escaped  thy  silent  tongue. 

3  Thy  foes  might  hate,  despise,  revile, 
Thy  friends  unfaithful  prove ; 

Unwearied  in  forgiveness  still, 
Thy  heart  could  only  love. 

4  O  give  us  hearts  to  love  like  thee, 
Like  thee,  O  Lord,  to  grieve 

Far  more  for  others'  sins,  than  all 
The  wrongs  that  we  receive. 

5  One  with  thyself,  may  every  eye 
In  us,  thy  brethren,  see 

That  gentleness  and  grace  that  spring 
From  union,  Lord,  with  thee. 

SIR  EDWARD  DENNY. 

Author's  title  :  The  Forgiving  One. 

"Grace  is  poured  into  thy  lips."  Psa.  xlv,  2. 

Given  verbatim  from  the  author's  Miscellaneous 
Hymns,  1839. 

Sir  Edward  Denny,  Bart.,  was  born  in  Ireland 
in  1796.  He  was  an  earnest  millenarian,  and  pref- 
aced his  Hymns  and  Poems,  1848,  with  a  disserta- 
tion on  this  favorite  topic.    Died  1889. 


197  A  present  help.  C.  M. 

WE  may  not  climb  the  heavenly  steeps 
To  bring  the  Lord  Christ  down; 
In  vain  we  search  the  lowest  deeps, 
For  him  no  depths  can  drown. 

2  But  warm,  sweet,  tender,  even  yet 

A  present  help  is  he ; 
And  faith  has  yet  its  Olivet. 

And  love  its  Galilee. 


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3  The  healing  of  the  seamless  dress 
Is  by  our  beds  of  pain ; 

We  touch  him  in  life's  throng  and  press, 
And  we  are  whole  again. 

4  Through  him  the  first  fond  prayers  are 

said 

Our  lips  of  childhood  frame ; 
The  last  low  whispers  of  our  dead 
Are  burdened  with  his  name. 

5  O  Lord  and  Master  of  us  all, 
Whate'er  our  name  or  sign, 

We  own  thy  sway,  we  hear  thy  call, 
We  test  our  lives  by  thine ! 

JOHN  G.  WHITTIER. 


This  is  part  of  a  beautiful  poem  of  thirty-eight 
stanzas,  entitled  Our  Master.  The  hymn  is  made 
up  of  verses  five,  thirteen,  fourteen,  fifteen,  and 
sixteen,  verbatim. 

This  hymn  appeared  in  the  Congregationalist, 
Boston,  Aug.  16,  1867. 

John  Greenleaf  Whittier  was  born  in  Haverhill, 
Mass.,  in  1807.  His  early  religious  education, 
which  was  received  among  the  Society  of  Friends, 
has  influenced  his  whole  life.  Whittier  first  gained 
reputation  as  a  poet  by  a  volume,  entitled  Voices  of 
Freedom.  Since  then  he  has  produced  several 
works  in  prose  and  poetry,  all  of  which  have  been 
well  received.    He  died  September  7,  1892. 


198  The  Transfiguration.  CM. 

THE  chosen  three,  on  mountain  height, 
While  Jesus  bowed  in  prayer, 
Beheld  his  vesture  glow  with  light, 
His  face  shine  wondrous  fair. 

2  And  lo !  with  the  transfigured  Lord, 
Leader  and  seer  they  saw ; 

With  Carmel's  hoary  prophet  stood 
The  giver  of  the  law. 

3  From  the  low-bending  cloud  above, 
Whence  radiant  brightness  shone, 

Spake  out  the  Father's  voice  of  love, 
"  Hear  my  beloved  Son!  " 

4  Lord,  lead  us  to  the  mountain  height ; 
To  prayer's  transfiguring  glow ; 

And  clothe  us  with  the  Spirit's  might 
For  grander  work  below. 

DAVID  H.  ELA. 


Written  and  contributed  to  this  Hymnal  by  the 
author  in  1877. 

The  Rev.  David  Hough  Ela,  D.D.,  a  clergyman 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  was  born  in 
Maine  in  1831  ;  was  graduated  at  the  Wesleyan  Uni- 


versity in  1857  ;  ordained  Deacon  in  1860,  and  El- 
der in  1862.  lie  has  been  in  the  regular  work 
of  the  pastorate,  excepting  two  years,  when  he 
was  principal  of  East  Greenwich  Seminary,  and 
four  years'  service  as  a  Presiding  Elder. 


1-99       The  Transfiguration.  L.  M. 

0 WONDROUS  type!  O  vision  fair 
Of  glory  that  the  Church  shall  share, 
Which  Christ  upon  the  mountain  shows, 
Where  brighter  than  the  sun  he  glows ! 

2  From  age  to  age  the  tale  declare, 
How  with  the  three  disciples  there, 
Where  Moses  and  Elias  meet, 

The  Lord  holds  converse  high  and  sweet. 

3  With  shining  face  and  bright  array, 
Christ  deigns  to  manifest  to-day 
What  glory  shall  be  theirs  above, 
Who  joy  in  God  with  perfect  love. 

4  And  faithful  hearts  are  raised  on  high, 
By  this  great  vision's  mystery ; 

For  which  in  joyful  strains  we  raise 
The  voice  of  prayer,  the  hymn  of  praise. 

5  O  Father,  with  the  Eternal  Son, 
And  Holy  Spirit,  ever  One, 
Vouchsafe  to  bring  us  by  thy  grace 
To  see  thy  glory  face  to  face. 

SARTJM  BREVIARY. 
TR.  BY  J.  M.  NEALE. 


Title:  Cmlestis forman  Glorice. 

The  third  verse  of  this  hymn  has  been  omitted  : 

"  The  chosen  witnesses  stand  nigh, 
Of  Grace,  the  Law,  and  Prophecy, 
And  from  the  cloud  the  Holy  One 
Bears  record  to  the  Only  Son." 

Dr.  Neale' s  translation  is  found  in  the  Hymnal 
Noted,  1851.  It  was  largely  altered  by  the  editors 
of  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,  1861. 

The  Eev.  John  Mason  Neale,  D.D.,  was  born  in 
1818  ;  was  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge, 
in  1840,  and  entered  holy  orders  in  1842.  In  1846 
he  was  appointed  Warden  of  the  Sackville  Col- 
lege, which  office  he  retained  until  his  death, 
in  1866. 

Dr.  Neale  was  a  voluminous  writer,  but  his  fame 
was  won  as  a  hymnologist,  and  largely  as  a  trans- 
lator of  valuable  mediaeval  hymns.  Next  to  writ- 
ing a  first-class  poem,  it  is  a  work  of  difficulty  and 
merit  to  translate  one  from  another  tongue.  To 
transfer  the  soul  of  a  hymn  into  a  new  body — accli- 
matize it,  and  make  it  live — requires  genius  such  as 
few  possess.  Dr.  Neale  did  it  on  a  grand  scale,  and 
the  English-speaking  churches  are  greatly  indebted 
to  him. 


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200  Hermon.  L.  M. 

0 MASTER,  it  is  good  to  be 
High  on  the  mountain  here  with  thee, 
Where  stand  revealed  to  mortal  gaze 
Those  glorious  saints  of  other  days, 
Who  once  received  on  Horeb's  height 
The  eternal  laws  of  truth  and  right, 
Or  caught  the  still  small  whisper,  higher 
Than  storm,  than  earthquake,  or  than  lire. 

2  O  Master,  it  is  good  to  be 
Entranced,  enwrapt,  alone  with  thee; 
And  watch  thy  glistering  raiment  glow 
Whiter  than  Hermon's  whitest  snow ; 
The  human  lineaments  that  shine 
Irradiant  with  a  light  divine ; 

Till  we  too  change  from  grace  to  grace, 
Gazing  on  the  transfigured  face. 

3  O  Master,  it  is  good  to  be 

Here  on  the  holy  mount  with  thee : 
When  darkling  in  the  depth  of  night, 
When  dazzled  with  excess  of  light, 
We  bow  before  the  heavenly  voice 
That  bids  bewildered  souls  rejoice, 
Though  love  wax  cold,  and  faith  be  (Jim, 
"  This  is  my  Son,  O  hear  ye  him." 

ARTHUR  P.  STANLEY. 

The  words  of  Peter  at  the  Transfiguration  are 
very  prominent  in  the  hymn : 

"  Master,  it  is  good  for  us  to  be  here."  Mark  ix,  5. 

The  second  stanza  has  been  omitted : 

2  "  O  Master,  it  is  good  to  be 

With  Thee,  and  with  Thy  faithful  three  : 

Here,  where  the  Apostle's  heart  of  rock 

Is  nerved  against  temptation's  shock  ; 

Here  where  the  Son  of  Thunder  learns 

The  thought  that  breathes,  and  word  that  bums  ; 

Here  where  on  eagle's  wings  we  move 

With  him  whose  last  best  creed  is  love." 

In  1853  the  author  visited  the  Holy  Land,  and 
gave  a  description  of  his  tour  to  the  public  in 
Sinai  and  Palestine.  It  is  quite  possible  that  there 
is  some  connection  between  this  hymn  and  the 
author's  visit  to  Mount  Hermon. 

The  Kev.  Arthur  Penrhyn  Stanley,  D.D.,  was 
born  in  Alderley,  England,  in  1815."  At  the  age 
of  fourteen  years  he  entered  the  famous  Rugby 
school,  Dr.  Thomas  Arnold,  head  master.  Me  is 
said  to  be  the  original  Arthur,  who  won  the  heart 
of  "Tom  Brown"  by  kneeling  in  the  presence  of 
the  rough  noisy  boys,  and  saying  his  prayer 
before  going  to  bed.  In  1837  he  was  graduated  at 
JBaliol  College,  Oxford.  In  1856  he  was  appointed 
Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History  at  Oxford.  His 
Eastern  Church  and  Jewish  Church  are  some  of  the 
results  of  his  professorship.  In  1864  he  accepted 
the  office  of  Dean  of  Westminster,  which  he  held 
until  his  death  in  1881. 


201    Receive  thy  sight.  Luke  xviii,  42.    L.  M. 

WHEN  the  blind  suppliant  in  the  way, 
By  friendly  hands  to  Jesus  led, 
Prayed  to  behold  the  light  of  day, 

"Receive  thy  sight,"  the  Saviour  said. 

2  At  once  he  saw  the  pleasant  rays 
That  lit  the  glorious  firmament; 

And,  with  firm  step  and  words  of  praise, 
He  followed  where  the  Master  went. 

3  Look  down  in  pity,  Lord,  we  pray, 
On  eyes  oppressed  by  moral  night, 

And  touch  the  darkened  lids,  and  say, 
The  gracious  words,  "  Receive  thy  sight." 

4  Then,  in  clear  daylight,  shall  we  see 
Where  walked  the  sinless  Son  of  God 

And,  aided  by  new  strength  from  thee, 
Press  onward  in  the  path  he  trod. 

WILLIAM  C.  BRYANT. 


From  an  edition  of  Bryant's  Poems,  published 
by  D.  Appleton  &  Co.,  New  York,  1874.  It  is  un- 
altered and  entire. 

William  Cullen  Bryant  was  born  in  Cumming- 
ton,  Mass.,  in  1794;  spent  two  years  at  Williams 
College,  after  which  he  studied  law  and  practiced 
about  ten  years.  In  1826  he  connected  himself 
with  the  New  York  Evening  Post,  and  continued 
to  be  one  of  its  editors  and  proprietors  to  the  day 
of  his  death,  in  1878.  Bryant  is  known  as  one  of 
the  ablest  and  sweetest  of  American  poets.  Many 
editions  of  his  poems  have  been  published.  He 
also  made  an  excellent  translation  of  Homer's 
Iliad  and  Odyssey. 


202  Meekness  of  Christ.  L.  M. 

HOW  beauteous  were  the  marks  divine, 
That  in  thy  meekness  used  to  shine, 
That  lit  thy  lonely  pathway,  trod 
In  wondrous  love,  O  Son  of  God ! 

2  O  who  like  thee,  so  mild,  so  bright, 
Thou  Son  of  man,  thou  Light  of  light? 
O  who  like  thee  did  ever  go 

So  patient,  through  a  world  of  woe? 

3  O  who  like  thee  so  humbly  bore 
The  scorn,  the  scoffs  of  men,  before? 
So  meek,  so  lowly,  yet  so  high, 

So  glorious  in  humility? 

4  And  death,  that  sets  the  prisoner  free, 
Was  pang,  and  scoff,  and  scorn  to  thee ; 
Yet  love  through  all  thy  torture  glowed, 
And  mercy  with  thy  life-blood  flowed. 


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5  O  wondrous  Lord,  niy  soul  would  be 
Still  more  and  more  conformed  to  thee, 
And  learn  of  thee,  the  lowly  One, 
And  like  thee,  all  my  journey  run. 

A.  CLEVELAND  COXE. 

Title  :  Hymn  to  the  Redeemer. 
The  original  has  seven  eight-line  stanzas.  Slight 
changes  have  been  made  in  three  lines. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  one,  line  four : 
"  In  wondrous  love,  oh  Lamb  of  God  !  " 

Verse  two,  line  one  : 

"  Oh  !  who  like  Thee,  so  calm,  so  bright." 
Verse  three,  line  three  : 

"  So  meek,  forgiving,  God-like,  high." 

From  Christian  Ballads  and  Poems.  Oxford, 
1855.    Written  in  1838. 

Arthur  Cleveland  Coxe,  D.D.,  one  of  the 
Bishops  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  was 
born  at  Mendham,  N.  J.,  in  1818;  and  was  edu- 
cated at  the  University  of  New  York,  and  at  the 
General  Theological  Seminary. 

He  was  ordained  in  1841,  and  in  1862  was  conse- 
crated Bishop  of  the  Diocese  of  Western  New 
York.    He  died  July  20,  1896. 


203         The  tears  of  Jesus.        8,  7,  7. 
ESUS  wept !  those  tears  are  over, 


J 


But  his  heart  is  still  the  same ; 
Kinsman,  Friend,  and  elder  Brother, 
Is  his  everlasting  name. 

Saviour,  who  can  love  like  thee, 
Gracious  One  of  Bethany? 

2  When  the  pangs  of  trial  seize  us, 
When  the  waves  of  sorrow  roll, 

I  will  lay  my  head  on  Jesus, 
Pillow  of  the  troubled  soul. 
Surely,  none  can  feel  like  thee, 
Weeping  One  of  Bethany ! 

3  Jesus  wept !  and  still  in  glory, 

He  can  mark  each  mourner's  tear; 
Living  to  retrace  the  story 

Of  the  hearts  he  solaced  here. 
Lord,  when  I  am  called  to  die, 
Let  me  think  of  Bethany. 

4  Jesus  wept !  that  tear  of  sorrow 
Is  a  legacy  of  love ; 

Yesterday,  to-day,  to-morrow, 
He  the  same  doth  ever  prove. 
Thou  art  all  in  all  to  me, 
Living  One  of  Bethany ! 

JOHN  R.  MACDUFF. 


The  author's  title  is :  The  Grave  of  Bethany. 
The  scriptural  basis  of  the  hymn  is  the  brief  but 
touching  declaration  of  John  xi,  35:  "Jesus 
wept." 

Two  words  have  been  changed. 

Original  Lines  : 
Verse  two,  line  four : 

"  Refuge  of  the  troubled  soul." 
Verse  three,  line  three : 

"  Loving  to  retrace  the  story." 

The  first  stanza  is  omitted  : 

1  "  Who  is  this  in  silence  bending 

O'er  a  dark  sepulchral  cave? 
Sympathetic  sorrow  blending 

With  the  tears  around  that  grave  ? 
Christ  the  Lord  is  standing  by, 
At  the  tomb  of  Bethany." 

This  hymn,  which  was  ascribed  to  Sir  Edward 
Denny,  we  are  glad  to  restore  to  its  author. 
.  From  The  Gates  of  Praise.    New  York,  edition 
1876. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  1016. 


8,  7. 


204        Glorying  in  the  cross. 

IN  the  cross  of  Christ  I  glory, 
Towering  o'er  the  wrecks  of  time ; 
All  the  light  of  sacred  story 
Gathers  round  its  head  sublime. 

2  When  the  woes  of  life  o'ertake  me, 
Hopes  deceive,  and  fears  annoy, 

Never  shall  the  cross  forsake  me ; 
Lo !  it  glows  with  peace  and  joy. 

3  When  the  sun  of  bliss  is  beaming 
Light  and  love  upon  my  way, 

From  the  cross  the  radiance  streaming 
Adds  more  luster  to  the  day. 

4  Bane  and  blessing,  pain  and  pleasure, 
By  the  cross  are  sanctified ; 

Peace  is  there,  that  knows  no  measure, 
Joys  that  through  all  time  abide. 

5  In  the  cross  of  Christ  I  glory, 
Towering  o'er  the  wrecks  of  time ; 

All  the  light  of  sacred  story 
Gathers  round  its  head  sublime. 

SIR  JOHN  BOWRING. 

Title  :  The  Cross  of  Christ. 

This  grand  hymn — unaltered  and  entire — is 
from  the  author's  Hymns.  London,  1825.  In  his 
preface  he  says :  "  This  little  book  is  intended  as 
a  sequel  to  the  Matins  and  Vespers." 

See  No.  150. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


85 


205  Lessons  of  the  cross.  7. 

NEVER  farther  than  Thy  cross; 
Never  higher  than  thy  feet : 
Here  earth's  precious  things  seem  dross : 
Here  earth's  bitter  things  grow  sweet. 

2  Gazing  thus  our  sin  we  see, 
Learn  thy  love  while  gazing  thus ; 

Sin  which  laid  the  cross  on  thee, 
Love  which  bore  the  cross  for  us. 

3  Here  we  learn  to  serve  and  give, 
And,  rejoicing,  self  deny; 

Here  we  gather  love  to  live, 
Here  we  gather  faith  to  die. 

4  Pressing  onward  as  we  can, 

Still  to  this  our  hearts  must  tend ; 
Where  our  earliest  hopes  began, 
There  our  last  aspirings  end ; 

5  Till  amid  the  hosts  of  light, 
We  in  thee  redeemed,  complete, 

Through  thy  cross  made  pure  and  white, 
Cast  our  crowns  before  thy  feet. 

MRS.  ELIZABETH  CHARLES. 

Title  :  The  Cross.  From  a  volume  of  the  author's 
poems,  entitled  The  Women  of  the  Gospel,  the 
Three  Wakings,  a?id  Other  Poems.  New  York, 
1867. 

One  stanza,  the  fourth,  of  the  original  has  been 
omitted : 

4  "  Symbols  of  our  liberty 
And  our  service  here  unite, 
Captives  by  Thy  Cross  set  free, 
Soldiers  of  Thy  Cross  we  fight." 

Mrs.  Charles,  an  English  lady,  is  the  author  of 
the  well-known  book,  Chronicles  of  the  Schonberg- 
Cotta  Family.  She  is  also  the  author  of  a  number 
of  hymns  and  translations,  and  has  written  a  work 
on  hymnology  of  considerable  value,  entitled  TJie 
Voice  of  Christian  Life  in  Song.  London,  1858. 
She  was  born  in  1828,  died  1896. 


206  Sinai,  Tabor,  Calvary. 

WHEN  on  Sinai's  top  I  see 
God  descend,  in  majesty, 
To  proclaim  his  holy  law, 
All  my  spirit  sinks  with  awe. 

2  When,  in  ecstasy  sublime, 
Tabor's  glorious  steep  I  climb, 
At  the  too  transporting  light, 
Darkness  rushes  o'er  my  sight. 

3  When  on  Calvary  I  rest, 
God,  in  flesh  made  manifest, 
Shines  in  my  Redeemer's  face, 
Full  of  beauty,  truth,  and  grace. 


4  Here  I  would  forever  stay, 
Weep  and  gaze  my  soul  away ; 
Thou  art  heaven  on  earth  to  me, 
Lovely,  mournful  Calvary. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

The  author's  title  is  :  The  Three  Mountains.  The 
contrast  of  Calvary  with  Sinai  in  this  hymn  is  very 
fine.  The  second  stanza  represents  Tabor  as  the 
Mount  of  Transfiguration.  Most  recent  writers  are 
in  favor  of  Hermon,  which  might  be  substituted  in 
the  second  stanza. 

From  The  Christian  Psalmist,  1825.  It  first  ap- 
peared in  "William  B.  Collyer's  Collection,  1812. 
It  is  unaltered. 


207  cm. 

The  second  Man  is  the  Lord  from  heaven.  1  Cor. 


xv,  47. 


PRAISE  to  the  Holiest  in  the  height, 
And  in  the  depth  be  praise ; 
In  all  his  words  most  wonderful, 
Most  sure  in  all  his  ways. 

2  O  loving  wisdom  of  our  God ! 
When  all  was  sin  and  shame, 

A  second  Adam  to  the  fight 
And  to  the  rescue  came. 

3  O  wisest  love !  that  flesh  and  blood, 
Which  did  in  Adam  fail, 

Should  strive  afresh  against  the  foe, 
Should  strive  and  should  prevail. 

4  O  generous  love !  that  he,  who  smote 
In  Man  for  man  the  foe, 

The  double  agony  in  Man 
For  man  should  undergo ; 

5  And  in  the  garden  secretly, 
And  on  the  cross  on  high, 

Should  teach  his  brethren,  and  inspire 
To  suffer  and  to  die. 

JOHN  H.  NEWMAN. 


Written  in  1865,  and  published  in  the  author's 
Verses  on  Various  Occasions,  1868.  It  is  found  in 
a  dramatic  poem,  entitled  The  Dream  of  Gerontius. 
Gerontius  dies — has  a  dialogue  with  an  angel — 
hears  choirs  of  angels  sins — this  hymn  is  sung  by 
the  "  Fifth  Choir  of  Angelicals."  He  then  desires 
a  sight  of  his  Saviour,  which  is  granted;  where- 
upon he  prays  that  he  may  be  sent  to  purgatory. 
He  is  accommodated,  and  the  poem  leaves  him 
there. 

The  author  wrote  '■'•their  foe"  in  verse  three, 
line  three. 

One  verse,  the  fourth,  has  been  omitted,  but  it 
is  no  loss. 

The  Eev.  John  Henry  Newman,  D.D.,  was  born 
in  London  in  1801 ;  was  graduated  at  Oxford  in 
1820,  and  for  several  years  was  a  tutor  in  the  college. 


86  HYMN  STUDIES. 


He  was  a  leader  of  the  High -Church  party  from 
the  first,  and  had  great  influence  among  the  young 
men  at  Oxford.  He  was  ordained  in  the  Church 
of  England^  but  in  1845  left  that  communion  and 
united  with  the  Koman  Catholics.  He  was  made  a 
cardinal  in  1879.  He  died  in  London,  Aug.  11, 1890, 


208  The  power  of  the  c?'Oss.  L.  M. 

WE  sing  the  praise  of  Hirn  who  died, 
Of  him  who  died  upon  the  cross ; 
The  sinner's  hope  let  men  deride, 

For  this  we  count  the  world  but  loss. 

2  Inscribed  upon  the  cross  we  see, 
In  shining  letters,  "  God  is  Love;" 

He  bears  our  sins  upon  the  tree, 
He  brings  us  mercy  from  above. 

3  The  cross !  it  takes  our  guilt  away ; 
It  holds  the  fainting  spirit  up ; 

It  cheers  with  hojje  the  gloomy  day, 
And  sweetens  every  bitter  cup. 

4  It  makes  the  coward  spirit  brave, 
And  nerves  the  feeble  arm  for  fight ; 

It  takes  its  terror  from  the  grave, 

And  gilds  the  bed  of  death  with  light : 

5  The  balm  of  life,  the  cure  of  woe, 
The  measure  and  the  pledge  of  love, 

The  sinner's  refuge  here  below, 

The  angel's  theme  in  heaven  above. 

THOMAS  KELLY. 

Text :  "  But  God  forbid  that  I  should  glory, 
save  in  the  cross."  Gal.  vi,  14. 

This  is  new  to  the  collection,  and  is  an  exact  re- 
print of  the  hymn  as  found  in  the  author's  Hymns 
on  Various  Passages  of  Scripture,  1815. 

See  No.  54. 


209    The  hidings  of  the  Father's  face.     L.  M. 

FROM  Calvary  a  cry  was  heard, 
A  bitter  and  heart-rending  cry ; 
My  Saviour!  every  mournful  word 
Bespeaks  thy  soul's  deej)  agony. 

2  A  horror  of  great  darkness  fell 
On  thee,  thou  spotless,  holy  One ! 

And  all  the  swarming  hosts  of  hell 
Conspired  to  tempt  God's  only  Son. 

3  The  scourge,  the  thorns,  the  deep  dis- 

grace, 

These  thou  couldst  bear,  nor  once  repine ; 
But  when  Jehovah  veiled  his  face, 
Unutterable  pangs  were  thine. 


4  Let  the  dumb  world  its  silence  break ; 
Let  pealing  anthems  rend  the  sky ; 

Awake,  my  sluggish  soul,  awake, 
He  died,  that  we  might  never  die. 

5  Lord,  on  thy  cross  I  fix  mine  eye : 
Tf  e'er  I  lose  its  strong  control, 

O  let  that  dying,  piercing  cry, 

Melt  and  reclaim  my  wandering  soul. 

J.  W.  CUNNINGHAM,  ALT. 

The  Scripture  basis  of  this  hymn  is  Matt,  xxvii, 
46: 

"  And  about  the  ninth  hour  Jesus  cried  with  a 
loud  voice,  saying,  Eli,  Eli,  lama  sabachthani? 
that  is  to  say,  My  God,  my  God,  why  hast  thou  for- 
saken me  ? " 

The  author  wrote,  verse  one,  line  two : 
"A  loud  reiterated  cry." 

Verse  two,  lines  two,  three,  and  four  : 

"  On  Thee  the  Immaculate  the  Just, 
Tlie  congregated  hosts  of  hell 

Combined  to  shake  the  filial  trust."" 

Verse  three,  line  two  : 

"  These  thou  couldst  bear  and  not  repine." 
Verse  four,  line  one : 

"  Let  the  dumb  world  her  silence  break." 
Verse  four,  line  four : 

"  He  died  that  we  may  never  die." 
Verse  five,  line  two  : 

"  If  e'er  I  lose  W&pure  controul." 

From  Morning  Thoughts  in  Prose  and  Verse,  on 
Single  Verses  in  the  Svccessive  Chapters  of  St.  Mat- 
thew, by  a  Country  Clergyman.  Fourth  edition. 
London,  1825. 

This  "  country  clergyman"  is  said  to  have  been 
the  Rev.  John  William  Cunningham,  for  many 
years  Head  Master  of  Harrow  School.  He  lived 
from  1780  till  1861. 


210  Atonement  made.  L.  M. 

TPIS  finished!  the  Messiah  dies, — 

_L  Cut  off  for  sins,  but  not  his  own ; 
Accomplished  is  the  sacrifice, 

The  great  redeeming  work  is  done. 

2  'Tis  finished !  all  the  debt  is  paid ; 
Justice  divine  is  satisfied; 

The  grand  and  full  atonement  made ; 
Christ  for  a  guilty  world  hath  died. 

3  The  veil  is  rent ;  in  him  alone 
The  living  way  to  heaven  is  seen; 

The  middle  wall  is  broken  down, 
And  all  mankind  may  enter  in. 


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4  The  types  and  figures  are  fulfilled ; 
Exacted  is  the  legal  pain ; 

The  precious  promises  are  sealed ; 
The  spotless  Lamb  of  God  is  slain. 

5  Death,  hell,  and  sin  are  now  subdued ; 
All  grace  is  now  to  sinners  given ; 

And,  lo !  I  plead  the  atoning  blood, 
And  in  thy  right  I  claim  my  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Scripture  text:  "It  is  finished."  John  xix,  30. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 
In  the  last  line  of  the  second  stanza,  Wesley  wrote: 

"  God  for  a  guilty  world  hath  died." 
And  in  the  first  line  of  the  third : 

"  The  veil  is  rent  in  Christ  alone." 

Three  stanzas  are  omitted. 


211  Glorying  in  the  cross.         L.  M. 

WHEN  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross 
On  which  the  Prince  of  glory  died, 
My  richest  gain  I  count  but  loss, 
And  pour  contempt  on  all  my  pride. 

2  Forbid  it,  Lord,  that  I  should  boast, 
Save  in  the  death  of  Christ,  my  God ; 

All  the  vain  things  that  charm  me  most, 
I  sacrifice  them  to  his  blood. 

3  See,  from  his  head,  his  hands,  his  feet, 
Sorrow  and  love  flow  mingled  down: 

Did  e'er  such  love  and  sorrow  meet, 
Or  thorns  compose  so  rich  a  crown? 

4  Were  the  whole  realm  of  nature  mine, 
That  were  a  present  far  too  small ; 

Love  so  amazing,  so  divine, 

Demands  my  soul,  my  life,  my  all. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

The  author's  title  was :  Crucifixion  to  the  World 
by  the  Cross  of  Christ. 
The  text  is'  Gal.  vi,  14 : 

"But  God  forbid  that  I  should  glory,  save  in  the 
cross  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  by  whom  the  world 
is  crucified  unto  me,  and  I  unto  the  world." 

This  excellent  hymn  was  first  inserted  in  our 
hymn  book  in  1849. 

One  stanza,  the  fourth,  is  omitted: 

"  His  dying  crimson  like  a  robe 
Spread  o'er  his  body  on  the  tree, 

Then  I  am  dead  to  all  the  globe, 
And  all  the  globe  is  dead  to  me." 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs, 
book  hi,  1707. 


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212  Christ  crucified.  L.  M. 

EXTENDED  on  a  cursed  tree, 
Covered  with  dust,  and  sweat,  and 
blood, 

See  there,  the  King  of  glory  see ! 
Sinks  and  expires  the  Son  of  God. 

2  Who,  who,  my  Saviour,  this  hath  done? 
Who  could  thy  sacred  body  wound? 

No  guilt  thy  spotless  heart  hath  known, 
No  guile  hath  in  thy  lips  been  found. 

3  I,  I  alone  have  done  the  deed ; 
'Tis  I  thy  sacred  flesh  have  torn ; 

My  sins  have  caused  thee,  Lord,  to  bleed, 
Pointed  the  nail,  and  fixed  the  thorn. 

4  For  me  the  burden  to  sustain 

Too  great,  on  thee,  my  Lord,  was  laid : 
To  heal  me,  thou  hast  borne  my  pain ; 
To  bless  me,  thou  a  curse  wast  made. 

5  My  Saviour,  how  shall  I  proclaim, 
How  pay  the  mighty  debt  I  owe? 

Let  all  I  have,  and  all  I  am, 

Ceaseless,  to  all,  thy  glory  show. 

6  Still  let  thy  tears,  thy  groans,  thy  sighs, 
O'erflow  my  eyes,  and  heave  my  breast. 

Till,  loosed  from  flesh  and  earth,  I  rise, 
And  ever  in  thy  bosom  rest. 

PAUL  GERHARDT. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

The  text  is  Zech.  xii,  10  : 

"They  shall  look  upon  me  whom  they  have 
pierced." 

This  translation  was  first  published  in  Hymns 
and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 

Two  lines  of  the  translation  have  been  changed. 
The  original  of  verse  one,  line  two,  is  : 

"  Besmear1 'd  with  dust,"  etc. 

Verse  four,  line  one : 

"  The  burden,  for  me  to  sustain." 

Three  stanzas  have  been  omitted. 

The  Eev.  Paul  Gerhardt  was  born  in  Saxony  in 
1606  ;  and  was  a  Lutheran  minister.  For  some 
reason  he  did  not  receive  holy  orders  until  late  in 
life.  Gerhardt  first  became  known,  outside  his 
humble  parish,  by  his  hymns,  some  of  which  were 
published  about  1655.  In  1657  he  was  invited  to 
the  great  church  of  St.  Nicholas,  in  Berlin,  where 
for  several  years  his  life  was  a  busy  and  happy, 
one.  In  1662  Frederick  "William  I.  undertook  to 
make  peace  between  the  Lutheran  and  the  Reformed 
Churches,  which  were  constantly,  and  sometimes 
harshly,  disputing  on  points  of  doctrine,  and  espe- 
cially on  whether  Christ  died  "  for  all  men,"  or  for 


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the  "  elect  only."  In  1664  the  king  published  an 
edict,  requiring  the  ministers  of  both  Churches  to 
abstain  from  attacking  one  another's  doctrines  in 
the  pulpit ;  and  in  the  following  year  required  every 
beneficed  Lutheran  cleryman  to  pledge  himself  to 
observe  the  terms  of  this  edict.  Gerhardt,  as  well 
as  many  others,  refused,  and  in  1666  was  deprived 
of  his  appointment.  In  1669  he  accepted  the  post 
of  Archdeacon  of  Lubben  in  Saxony.  He  died  in 
1676.  Gerhardt  wrote  few  hymns,  compared  with 
some  hymnists — only  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
three  in  all — yet  he  is  considered  the  greatest 
hymn-writer  of  his  age,  the  Wesley  of  Germany. 


213  Gazing  on  the  cross.  L.  M. 

LORD  JESUS,  when  we  stand  afar 
And  gaze  upon  thy  holy  cross, 
In  love  of  thee,  and  scorn  of  self, 
O  may  we  count  the  world  as  loss. 

2  When  we  behold  thy  bleeding  wounds, 
And  the  rough  way  that  thou  hast  trod, 

Make  us  to  hate  the  load  of  sin 
That  lay  so  heavy  on  our  God. 

3  O  holy  Lord !  uplifted  high 

With  outstretched  arms,  in  mortal  woe, 
Embracing  in  thy  wondrous  love 
The  sinful  world  that  lies  below. 

4  Give  us  an  ever-living  faith 

To  gaze  beyond  the  things  we  see ; 
And  in  the  mystery  of  thy  death 
Draw  us  and  all  men  after  thee ! 

WILLIAM  W.  HOW. 

Text:  "  And  I,  if  I  be  lifted  up,  will  draw  all 
men  unto  me."  John  xii,  32. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

The  Eev.  William  Walsham  How,  M.A.,  was 
born  in  1823 ;  educated  at  Wadham  College,  Ox- 
ford, and  ordained  Eector  of  Whittington  in  1851. 
He  is  the  author  of  some  prose  works,  and  a  few 
hymns.  In  connection  with  the  Eev.  Thomas  B. 
Morrell,  he  edited  Psalms  and  Hymns,  London, 
1854.  Subsequently  he  was  consecrated  a  Bishop 
in  the  Church  of  England.  Bishop  How  died  in 
1897. 


214       Godly  sorrow  at  the  cross.  CM. 

ALAS!  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed? 
And  did  my  Sovereign  die? 
Would  he  devote  that  sacred  head 
For  such  a  worm  as  I? 

2  Was  it  for  crimes  that  I  have  done, 
He  groaned  upon  the  tree? 

Amazing  pity !  grace  unknown ! 
And  love  beyond  degree ! 


3  Well  might  the  sun  in  darkness  hide, 
And  shut  his  glories  in, 

When  Christ,  the  mighty  Maker,  died, 
For  man  the  creature's  sin. 

4  Thus  might  I  hide  my  blushing  face 
While  his  dear  cross  appears; 

Dissolve  my  heart  in  thankfulness, 
And  melt  mine  eyes  to  tears. 

5-  But  drops  of  grief  can  ne'er  repay 

The  debt  of  love  I  owe : 
Here,  Lord,  I  give  myself  away, — 

'Tis  all  that  I  can  do. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title  :  Godly  Sorrow  Arising  from  the  Sufferings 
of  Christ. 

Watts  wrote  "God"  instead  of  "Christ"  in 
verse  three,  line  three. 

The  second  stanza  the  author  inclosed  in  brack- 
ets. The  hymn  is  improved  by  omitting  it  alto- 
gether. 

2  "  Thy  body  slain,  sweet  Jesus,  thine, 

And  bathed  in  its  own  blood, 
While  all  exposed  to  wrath  divine, 

The  glorious  sufferer  stood  !  " 

This  hymn  is  very  popular.    It  has  been  much 
used  by  the  Methodists  as  a  communion  hymn. 
From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


215  He  died  for  thee.  C.  M. 

BEHOLD  the  Saviour  of  mankind 
Nailed  to  the  shameful  tree ; 
How  vast  the  love  that  him  inclined 
To  bleed  and  die  for  thee ! 

2  Hark !  how  he  groans,  while  nature  shakes, 
And  earth's  strong  pillars  bend : 

The  temple's  veil  in  sunder  breaks, 
The  solid  marbles  rend. 

3  'Tis  done !  the  precious  ransom's  paid ! 
"  Receive  my  soul!  "  he  cries: 

See  where  he  bows  his  sacred  head ; 
He  bows  his  head,  and  dies. 

4  But  soon  he'll  break  death's  envious 

chain, 

And  in  full  glory  shine : 
O  Lamb  of  God,  was  ever  pain, 
Was  ever  love,  like  thine? 

SAMUEL  WESLEY. 

Title :  On  the  Crucifixion.  Published  in  Hymns 
and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 

This  was  a  great  favorite  with  the  Wesleys. 
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it  in  the  cells  of  the  condemned  felons  at  Newgate 
prison. 

In  1709  the  Rectory  at  Epworth,  where  the  au- 
thor resided,  was  burned  to  the  ground.  It  was 
from  this  fire  that  John  Wesley,  a  little  boy  six 
years  of  age,  was  rescued  with  difficulty ;  one  man 
standing  upon  the  shoulders  of  another,  and  lifting 
him  out  of  a  window,  just  before  the  building  fell. 
It  is  said  that  while  the  author's  library,  sermons, 
and  manuscripts  were  destroyed,  this  hymn,  in 
manuscript,  was  found  in  the  garden  partially 
burned. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Wesley,  father  of  Revs.  John 
and  Charles  Wesley,  was  born  in  1662.  While  an 
academy  student,  Wesley  expected  to  enter  the 
ministry  of  the  Dissenters.  The  change  in  his 
opinions  was  a  little  remarkable.  Some  one  had 
written  severely  against  the  Dissenters,  and  Mr. 
Samuel  Wesley  was  appointed  to  reply.  This  led 
him  to  a  course  of  reading,  and  in  the  end  resulted 
differently  from  what  was  expected.  He  left  the 
Dissenters,  and  attached  himself  to  the  Established 
Church.  Entering  Exeter  College,  Oxford,  as  a 
Servitor,  he  was  graduated  therefrom  in  1688. 
Ordained  soon  after,  he  served  as  curate  in  several 
places.  In  1696  he  dedicated  his  Life  of  Christ, 
an  Heroic  Poem,  to  Queen  Mary,  who  presented  him 
to  the  living  at  Epworth,  where  he  remained  until 
his  death  in  1735.  His  poetic  talent  was  not  great ; 
but  under  the  inspiration  of  this  sublime  theme,  he 
exceeded  himself.  His  more  gifted  son,  Charles, 
never  wrote  a  more  valuable  hymn  than  this. 


2  1  6       (rod  manifest  in  the  flesh.         C.  M. 

WITH    glorious  clouds  encompassed 
round, 
Whom  angels  dimly  see, 
Will  the  Unsearchable  be  found, 
Or  God  appear  to  me? 

2  Will  he  forsake  his  throne  above, 
Himself  to  worms  impart? 

Answer,  thou  Man  of  grief  and  love, 
And  speak  it  to  my  heart. 

3  In  manifested  love  explain 
Thy  wonderful  design; 

What  meant,  thou  suffering  Son  of  man, 
Thy  streaming  blood  divine? 

4  Didst  thou  not  in  our  flesh  appear, 
And  live  and  die  below, 

That  I  might  now  perceive  thee  near, 
And  my  Redeemer  know? 

5  Might  view  the  Lamb  in  his  own  light, 
Whom  angels  dimly  see ; 

And  gaze,  transported  at  the  sight, 
To  all  eternity? 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


The  last  stanza  begins :  "7  view  the  Lamb,"  etc. 
Three  stanzas,  the  fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh,  are 
omitted : 

5  "  Come,  then,  and  to  my  soul  reveal 
The  heights  and  depths  of  grace, 

Those  wounds  which  all  my  sorrows  heal 
That  dear  disfigured  face. 

6  "  Before  my  eyes  of  faith  confessed, 
Stand  forth  a  slaughtered  Lamb, 

And  wrap  me  in  Thy  crimson  vest, 
And  tell  me  all  Thy  name. 

7  "  Jehovah  in  Thy  person  show, 
Jehovah  crucified, 

And  then  the  pardoning  God  I  know, 
And  feel  the  blood  applied." 

From  Hymns  for  the  Use  of  Families,  1767. 


217         Christ  in  Gethsemane.  L.  M. 

THIS  midnight;  and  on  Olives'  brow 

_L  The  star  is  dimmed  that  lately  shone : 
'Tis  midnight ;  in  the  garden,  now, 
The  suffering  Saviour  prays  alone. 

2  'Tis  midnight ;  and  from  all  removed, 
The  Saviour  wrestles  lone  with  fears ; 

E'en  that  disciple  whom  he  loved 

Heeds  not  his  Master's  grief  and  tears. 

3  'Tis  midnight;  and  for  others'  guilt 
The  Man  of  sorrows  weeps  in  blood; 

Yet  he  that  hath  in  anguish  knelt 
Is  not  forsaken  by  his  God. 

4  'Tis  midnight ;  and  from  ether-plains 
Is  borne  the  song  that  angels  know; 

Unheard  by  mortals  are  the  strains 
That  sweetly  soothe  the  Saviour's  woe. 

WILLIAM  B.  TAPPAN. 

Author's  title :  Gethsemane. 
From  Poems,  published  at  Philadelphia,  in  1822. 
The  third  line  of  the  second  stanza  reads : 

"E'en  the  disciple  that  he  loved." 

William  Bingham  Tappan  was  born  in  Massa- 
chusetts in  1794,  and  lived  till  1849.  Mr.  Tappan 
was  emphatically  a  self-made  man.  His  father  died 
when  he  was  young.  He  never  attended  school, 
except  for  six  months ;  but  taught  school  for  sev- 
eral years,  successfully,  in  Philadelphia.  A  pious 
mother's  prayers  and  teaching  saved  him  from  gross 
immorality,  and  when  he  came  to  manhood  he  be- 
came an  earnest  Christian.  He  was  connected  with 
the  American  Sunday-School  Union,  in  Boston,  and 
also  in  Cincinnati  and  Philadelphia.  He  is  some- 
times called  "Eev.,"  for  he  was  licensed  to  preach 
in  1840,  but  was  never  ordained. 

He  published  several  volumes  of  poetry,  but  de- 
rived little  pecuniary  profit  from  them.    He  was  a 


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worthy  man — not  sufficiently  appreciated  in  his  own 
day.  This  pathetic  hymn,  and  one  other,  No. 
1039,  will  honorably  carry  his  name  down  to  pos- 
terity. 


218  Prophecy  fulfilled.  L.  M. 

u  TTUS  finished!"  so  the  Saviour  cried, 
_L  And  meekly  bowed  his  head  and 
died: 

'Tis  finished !  yes,  the  race  is  run ; 
The  battle  fought ;  the  victory  won. 

2  'Tis  finished !  all  that  Heaven  foretold 
By  prophets  in  the  days  of  old ; 

And  truths  are  opened  to  our  view, 
That  kings  and  prophets  never  knew. 

3  'Tis  finished!  Son  of  God,  thy  power 
Hath  triumphed  in  this  awful  hour ; 
And  yet  our  eyes  with  sorrow  see 
That  life  to  us  was  death  to  thee. 

4  'Tis  finished !  let  the  joyful  sound 
Be  heard  through  all  the  nations  round; 
'Tis  finished !  let  the  triumph  rise 
And  swell  the  chorus  of  the  skies ! 

SAMUEL  STENNETT,  IN  PART. 

Text:  "  It  is  finished."  John  xix,  30. 

It  is  hardly  fair  to  ascribe  this  hymn,  as  it  stands 
here,  to  Stennett.  He  is  the  author  of  the  first  and 
last  stanzas  only.  The  other  two  are  by  an  "  un- 
known "  writer.  They  were,  no  doubt,  composed 
by  some  hymn-book  compiler.  The  original  hymn, 
six  stanzas,  was  contributed  to  Rippon's  Selection, 
in  1787. 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Stennett,  D.D.,  an  English 
Baptist  minister,  was  born  at  Exeter,  in  1727 ;  and 
was  a  man  of  ability  and  scholarship.  In  1758  he 
succeeded  his  father  as  pastor  of  the  Wild  Street 
Church,  in  London,  where  he  remained  for  thirty- 
seven  years.  He  died  in  1795.  Dr.  Stennett  was 
the  author  of  some  prose  writings,  and  of  thnty- 
seven  hymns,  which  may  be  found  at  the  end  of 
vol.  hi,  of  his  Works,  London,  1824. 


219  Hail,  holy  cross  !  CM. 

THE  royal  banner  is  unfurled, 
The  cross  is  reared  on  high, 
On  which  the  Saviour  of  the  world 
Is  stretched  in  agony. 

2  See !  through  his  holy  hands  and  feet 
The  cruel  nails  they  drive : 

Our  ransom  is  thus  made  complete, 
Our  souls  are  saved  alive. 

3  And  see !  the  spear  hath  pierced  his  side, 
And  shed  that  sacred  flood, 

That  holy  reconciling  tide, 
The  water  and  the  blood. 


4  Hail,  holy  cross !  from  thee  we  learn 
The  only  way  to  heaven ; 

And  O,  to  thee  may  sinners  turn, 
And  look,  and  be  forgiven ! 

5  Jehovah,  we  thy  name  adore, 
In  thee  we  will  rejoice, 

And  sing,  till  time  shall  be  no  more, 
The  triumphs  of  the  cross. 

VENANTIUS  FORTUNATUS. 
TR.  BY  J.  CHANDLER. 


Title  :  Vexilla  Regis  Prodeunt. 

This  famous  passion  hymn  was  composed  about 
580  A.  D.  The  translation  is?  unaltered  and  en- 
tire, from  Hymns  of  the  Primitive  Church,  1837. 

Venantius  Fortunatus,  a  Latin  poet,  was  born  in 
Italy,  about  530  ;  was  naturally  of  a  gay  disposition, 
and  spent  the  earlier  part  of  his  life  in  France — .either 
in  idleness,  or  in  writing  fashionable  literature.  He 
was  past  middle  life  when  he  entered  the  ministry. 
In  599  he  was  appointed  Bishop  of  Fortiers,  but 
died  soon  after,  about  609. 

Some  of  his  hymns  have  a  great  reputation  in 
the  Roman  Catholic  Church.  The  most  famous  is 
the  passion  hymn  :  Range,  lingua,  gloriosi,  proeli- 
um  certaminis,  which  has  been  translated  by  Dr. 
Neale  and  others. 


220  Transcendent  love.         L.  M.  6  1. 

OLOVE  divine,  what  hast  thou  done! 
The  incarnate  God  hath  died  for  me ! 
The  Father's  co-eternal  Son, 

Bore  all  my  sins  upon  the  tree ! 
The  Son  of  God  for  me  hath  died : 
My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucified. 

2  Behold  him,  all  ye  that  pass  by, — 
The  bleeding  Prince  of  life  and  peace ! 

Come,  sinners,  see  your  Saviour  die, 
And  say,  was  ever  grief  like  his? 
Come,  feel  with  me  his  blood  applied : 
My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucified : 

3  Is  crucified  for  me  and  you, 

To  bring  us  rebels  back  to  God:. 
Believe,  believe  the  record  true, 

Ye  all  are  bought  with  Jesus'  blood : 
Pardon  for  all  flows  from  his  side : 
My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucified. 

4  Then  let  us  sit  beneath  his  cross, 
And  gladly  catch  the  healing  stream; 

All  things  for  him  account  but  loss, 

And  give  up  all  our  hearts  to  him : 
Of  nothing  think  or  speak  beside, — 
My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucified. 

CHARLES  WESLEY, 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


91 


Title :  Desiring  to  Love. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  published  by 
John  and  Charles  Wesley,  1742. 

Some  verbal  changes  have  been  made.  The  orig- 
inal has  " immortal "  instead  of  "incarnate"  in 
the  second  line  ;  and  the  same  word  instead  of 
"  Son  of"  in  the  fifth  line.  The  third  line  ot  the 
second  stanza  read : 

"  Come,  see,  ye  worms,  your  Maker  die." 

The  fourth  line  of  the  third  stanza  began  with  : 
"  We."  The  burden  of  this  sweet  and  pathetic 
Christian  song,  "  My  Lord,  my  Love,  is  crucified," 
is  said  to  be  a  quotation  from  Ignatius,  the  martyr. 


221  Sovereign  love.         L.  M.  6 1. 

WOULD  Jesus  have  the  sinner  die? 
Why  hangs  he  then  on  yonder  tree? 
What  means  that  strange  expiring  cry? 

Sinners,  he  prays  for  you  and  me ; 
"Forgive  them,  Father,  O  forgive! 
They  know  not  that  by  me  they  live." 

2  Jesus,  descended  from  above, 
Our  loss  of  Eden  to  retrieve, 

Great  God  of  universal  love, 

If  all  the  world  through  thee  may  live, 
In  us  a  quickening  spirit  be, 
And  witness  thou  hast  died  for  me. 

3  Thou  loving,  all-atoning  Lamb, 
Thee — by  thy  painful  agony, 

Thy  bloody  sweat,  thy  grief  and  shame, 

Thy  cross  and  passion  on  the  tree, 
Thy  precious  death  and  life — I  pray, 
Take  all,  take  all  my  sins  away. 

4  O  let  thy  love  my  heart  constrain ! 
Thy  love,  for  every  sinner  free, 

That  every  fallen  son  of  man 

May  taste  the  grace  that  found  out  me ; 
That  all  mankind  with  me  may  prove 
Thy  sovereign,  everlasting  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Composed  of  stanzas  twelve,  fourteen,  sixteen, 
and  eighteen  of  a  long  hymn,  entitled  Jesus  Christ 
the  Saviour  of  all  Men.  This  was  one  of  many 
hymns  that  grew  out  of  the  fierce  Calvinistic  con- 
troversy of  that  day.  From  Hymns  on  God's  Ever- 
lasting Love,  1741. 

Among  the  omitted  stanzas  is  one  that  is  rather 
remarkable: 

"  O  let  me  kiss  Thy  bleeding  feet, 
And  bathe,  and  wash  them  with  my  tears ; 

The  story  of  Thy  love  repeat 
In  every  drooping  sinner's  ears, 

That  all  may  hear  the  quickening  sound : 

If  I,  even  I,  have  mercy  found ! 


In  the  original,  the  second  stanza  begins  with 
"Adam,"  etc.;  and  the  third,  with  "  Bear,  lov- 
ing," etc. 


& Crowned  tvith  thorns.  7,  6. 

0 SACRED  Head,  now  wounded, 
With  grief  and  shame  weighed  down, 
Now  scornfully  surrounded 

With  thorns,  thine  only  crown ; 
O  sacred  Head,  what  glory, 

What  bliss,  till  now  was  thine ! 
Yet,  though  despised  and  gory, 
I  joy  to  call  thee  mine. 

2  What  thou,  my  Lord,  hast  suffered 
Was  all  for  sinners'  gain : 

Mine,  mine  was  the  transgression, 

But  thine  the  deadly  pain: 
Lo,  here  I  fall,  my  Saviour! 

'Tis  I  deserve  thy  place ; 
Look  on  me  with  thy  favor, 

Vouchsafe  to  me  thy  grace. 

3  What  language  shall  I  borrow 
To  thank  thee,  dearest  Friend, 

For  this,  thy  dying  sorrow, 

Thy  pity  without  end? 
O  make  me  thine  forever; 

And  should  I  fainting  be, 
Lord,  let  me  never,  never, 

Outlive  my  love  to  thee. 

4  Be  near  me  when  I'm  dying, 
O  show  thy  cross  to  me ; 

And,  for  my  succor  flying, 

Come,  Lord,  and  set  me  free : 
These  eyes,  new  faith  receiving, 

From  Jesus  shall  not  move ; 
For  he  who  dies  believing, 

Dies  safely,  through  thy  love. 

BERNARD  OF  CLAIRVAUX,  PAUL  GERHARDT. 

TR.  BY  J.  W.  ALEXANDER. 

From  Tlie  Christian  Lyre,  1830. 

This  hymn  is  now  universally  known  by  the  first 
line  of  the  original :  Salve,  caput  cruentatum. 

In  the  Latin  it  consists  of  five  stanzas  of  ten  lines 
each,  ar.d  is  entitled  Ad  faciem  Christi  in  cruce 
pendentis.  It  has  been  rendered  into  English  by 
several  translators.  This  excellent  version  was  first 
translated  into  German  by  Paul  Gerhardt,  and  then 
into  English. 

The  Rev.  James  Waddell  Alexander  was  a  Pres- 
byterian clergyman,  born  in  1804 ;  was  graduated  at 
Princeton  in  1820 ;  a  pastor  for  several  years,  then 
editor,  and  then  professor  at  Princeton.  He  died 
in  1859. 

For  sketch  of  Bernard,  see  No.  327. 


92  HYMN 


(Zi  &€>       Christ  our  exemplar.  7,  6  I. 

G^Oto  dark  Gethsemane, 
X  Ye  that  feel  the  tempter's  power; 
Your  Redeemer's  conflict  see, 

Watch  with  him  one  bitter  hour; 
Turn  not  from  his  griefs  away, 
Learn  of  Jesus  Christ  to  pray. 

2  Follow  to  the  judgment-hall ; 
View  the  Lord  of  life  arraigned ; 

O  the  wormwood  and  the  gall ! 

O  the  pangs  his  soul  sustained ! 
Shun  not  suffering,  shame,  or  loss; 
Learn  of  him  to  bear  the  cross. 

3  Calvary's  mournful  mountain  climb ; 
There,  adoring  at  his  feet, 

Mark  that  miracle  of  time, 

God's  own  sacrifice  complete : 
"It  is  finished !  "  hear  him  cry ; 
Learn  of  Jesus  Christ  to  die. 

4  Early  hasten  to  the  tomb, 

Where  they  laid  his  breathless  clay ; 
All  is  solitude  and  gloom ; 

Who  hath  taken  him  away? 
Christ  is  risen ;  he  meets  our  eyes ; 
Saviour,  teach  us  so  to  rise ! 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title :  Christ  our  Example  in  Suffering. 

From  The  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  5. 


224         It  is  finished.  8,  7,  4. 

HARK !  the  voice  of  love  and  mercy 
Sounds  aloud  from  Calvary ; 
See !  it  rends  the  rocks  asunder, 

Shakes  the  earth,  and  veils  the  sky  ■ 

"It  is  finished:" 
Hear  the  dying  Saviour  cry. 

2  "  It  is  finished !  *'  O  what  pleasure 
Do  these  precious  words  afford ! 

Heavenly  blessings,  without  measure, 
Flow  to  us  from  Christ  the  Lord : 

"  It  is  finished:  " 
Saints,  the  dying  words  record. 

3  Tune  your  harps  anew,  ye  seraphs, 
Join  to  sing  the  pleasing  theme ; 

All  on  earth,  and  all  in  heaven, 
Join  to  praise  Immanuel's  name ; 

Hallelujah ! 
Glory  to  the  bleeding  Lamb. 

JONATHAN  EVANS. 


STUDIES. 


From  George  Burder's  Collection,  1784. 

This  beautiful  hymn  also  appeared  in  Rippon's 

Selection,  1787,  where  it  was  marked  F  .  Some 

collections  ascribed  it  to  Francis.  It  is  claimed, 
however,  that  F.  meant  Foleshill,  where  Evans 
was  pastor. 

It  has  not  been  altered,  but  two  stanzas,  the  third 
and  fourth,  of  the  original  have  been  omitted : 

3  "  Finished  all  the  types  and  shadows 
Of  the  ceremonial  law  ; 

Finished,  all  that  God  has  promised ; 
Death  and  hell  no  more  shall  awe, 

It  is  finished, 
Saints  from  hence  your  comforts  draw. 

4  "  Happy  souls,  approach  the  table, 
Taste  the  soul-reviving  food  ; 

Nothing  half  so  sweet  and  pleasant, 
As  the  Saviour's  flesh  and  blood, 

It  is  finished ! 
Christ  has  borne  the  heavy  load." 

See  No.  55. 


225  Easter  anthem.  8,  7. 

SING  with  all  the  sons  of  glory, 
Sing  the  resurrection  song! 
Death  and  sorrow,  earth's  dark  story, 

To  the  former  days  belong: 
All  around  the  clouds  are  breaking, 

Soon  the  storms  of  time  shall  cease, 
In  God's  likeness,  man  awaking, 
Knows  the  everlasting  peace. 

2  O  what  glory,  far  exceeding 
All  that  eye  has  yet  perceived ! 

Holiest  hearts  for  ages  pleading, 
Never  that  full  joy  conceived. 

God  has  promised,  Christ  prepares  it, 
There  on  high  our  welcome  waits ; 

Every  humble  spirit  shares  it, 

Christ  has  passed  the  eternal  gates. 

3  Life  eternal !  heaven  rejoices, 
Jesus  lives  who  once  was  dead ; 

Join,  O  man,  the  deathless  voices, 
Child  of  God,  lift  up  thy  head! 

Patriarchs  from  the  distant  ages, 
Saints  all  longing  for  their  heaven, 

Prophets,  psalmists,  seer  and  sages, 
All  await  the  glory  given. 

4  Life  eternal !  O  what  wonders 
Crowd  on  faith ;  what  joy  unknown, 

When,  amidst  earth's  closing  thunders, 
Saints  shall  stand  before  the  throne ! 

O  to  enter  that  bright  portal, 
See  that  glowing  firmament, 

Know,  with  thee,  O  God  immortal, 
' 1  Jesus  Christ  whom  thou  hast  sent ! n 

WILLIAM  J.  IRONS. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


93 


From  Psalms  and  Hgmnsfor  the  Church.  Writ- 
ten by  William  J.  Irons,  D.D.,  Prebendary  of  St. 
Paul's,  and  Rector  of  St.  Mary's,  Woolworth.  Lon- 
don, 1875. 

Original  Lines. 
Verse  one,  lines  five  to  eight  inclusive  : 

"  Even  now  the  dawn  is  breaking, 
Soon  the  night  of  time  shall  cease, 

And  in  God's  own  likeness  waking, 
Man  shall  know  eternal  peace." 

The  Rev.  William  Josiah  Irons,  D.D.,  a  Church 
of  England  clergyman,  was  born  in  1812,  and  lived 
until  1883. 


226         Jesus,  victor  over  death.       8,  7,  4. 

COME,  ye  saints,  look  here  and  wonder ; 
See  the  place  where  Jesus  lay : 
He  has  burst  his  bands  asunder ; 
He  has  borne  our  sins  away ; 

Joyful  tidings! 
Yes,  the  Lord  has  risen  to-day. 

2  Jesus  triumphs !  sing  ye  praises ; 
By  his  death  he  overcame : 

Thus  the  Lord  his  glory  raises, 
Thus  he  fills  his  foes  with  shame : 

Sing  ye  praises ! 
Praises  to  the  Victor's  name. 

3  Jesus  triumphs !  countless  legions 
Come  from  heaven  to  meet  their  King ; 

Soon,  in  yonder  blessed  regions, 
They  shall  join  his  praise  to  sing: 

Songs  eternal 
Shall  through  heaven's  high  arches  ring. 

THOMAS  KELLY. 

"  Behold  the  place  where  they  laid  him."  Mark 
xvi,  6. 

This  hymn  was  introduced  by  the  Revision  Com- 
mittee in  1877.  A  verbatim  copy  as  found  in  the 
Author's  Hymns  on  Various  Passages  of  Scripture. 
1809. 

See  No.  54. 


227         The  voice  of  triumph.    10,  11,  12. 

LIFT  your  glad  voices  in  triumph  on 
high, 

For  Jesus  hath  risen,  and  man  shall  not  die ; 
Vain  were  the  terrors  that  gather  around  him, 
And  short  the  dominion  of  death  and  the 
grave ; 

He  burst  from  the  fetters  of  darkness  that 

bound  him, 
Resplendent  in  glory,  to  live  and  to  save : 
Loud  was  the  chorus  of  angels  on  high, — 
The  Saviour  hath  risen,  and  man  shall 

not  die. 


2  Glory  to  God,  in  full  anthems  of  joy; 
The  being  he  gave  us  death  cannot  de- 
stroy : 

Sad  were  the  life  we  may  part  with  to-mor- 
row, 

If  tears  were  our  birthright,  and  death 
were  our  end ; 
But  Jesus  hath  cheered  that  dark  valley  of 
sorrow, 

And  bade  us,  immortal,  to  heaven  ascend : 
Lift  then  your  voices  in  triumph  on  high, 
For  Jesus  hath  risen,  and  man  shall  not 
die. 

HENRY  WARE,  JR. 

Title :  Resurrection  of  Christ. 

This  glad  hymn  of  victory  was  written  in  1817, 
and  was  first  published  in  the  Christian  Disciple, 
and  afterward  in  the  Christian  Examiner,  Boston. 

Unaltered.  From  the  Author's  Works,  vol.  i. 
Boston,  "1846. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Ware,  Jr.,  D.D.,  was  born  in 
Hingham,  Mass.,  in  1794 ;  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1812,  and  then  spent  some  time  in  teach- 
ing. In  1817  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  a  Unita- 
rian church  in  Boston.  In  1829  Dr.  Ware  was  ap- 
pointed Professor  of  Pulpit  Eloquence  and  Pastoral 
Care  in  Cambridge  Theological  School ;  which 
position  he  held  till  the  year  previous  to  his  death 
in  1843.  He  was  the  author  of  a  number  of  hymns 
which  are  found  in  his  works. 


228      Christ,  the  Conqueror.        C.  M. 

WELCOME,  thou  Victor  in  the  strife, 
Now  welcome'from  the  cave ! 
To-day  we  triumph  in  thy  life 
Around  thine  empty  grave. 

2  Our  enemy  is  put  to  shame, 
His  short-lived  triumph  o'er ; 

Our  God  is  with  us,  we  exclaim, 
We  fear  our  foe  no  more. 

8  O  let  thy  conquering  banner  wave 
O'er  hearts  thou  makest  free, 

And  point  the  path  that  from  the  grave 
Leads  heavenward  up  to  thee. 

4  We  bury  all  our  sin  and  crime 
Deep  in  the  Saviour's  tomb. 

And  seek  the  treasure  there,  that  time 
Nor  change  can  e'er  consume. 

5  We  die  with  thee :  O  let  us  live 
Henceforth  to  thee  aright ; 

The  blessings  thou  hast  died  to  give 
Be  daily  in  our  sight. 


94 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


6  Fearless  we  lay  us  in  the  tomb, 

And  sleep  the  night  away, 
If  thou  art  there  to  break  the  gloom, 

And  call  us  back  to-day. 

BENJAMIN  SCHMOLKB. 
TR.  BY  MISS  C.  WINKWORTH. 

This  translation  is  from  Lyra  Germanica,  first 
series,  where  it  is  prefaced  by  this  passage  from  the 
Gospel  of  Luke  xxiv,  35,  36  : 

"  And  they  told  what  things  were  done  in  the 
way,  and  how  he  was  known  of  them  in  breaking 
of  bread.  And  as  they  thus  spake,  Jesus  himself 
stood  in  the  midst  of  them,  and  saith  unto  them, 
Peace  be  unto  you." 

It  is  unaltered,  but  three  stanzas,  the  third,  fourth, 
and  ninth,  are  omitted.    Original  date,  1712. 

The  Rev.  Benjamin  Sclmiolke,  a  German  divine 
and  hymnologist,  was  born  in  1672  ;  was  graduated 
at  Leipsic  in  1697,  and  in  1702  accepted  a  call  to 
Schweidnitz,  where  he  remained  until  his  death  in 
1737.  A  complete  edition  of  his  poems  was  pub- 
lished at  Tubingen  in  1740. 


2  2  9      Ascension  hymn.  6,  4. 

RISE,  glorious  Conqueror,  rise 
Into  thy  native  skies ; 
Assume  thy  right ; 
And  where  in  many  a  fold 
The  clouds  are  backward  rolled, 
Pass  through  those  gates  of  gold, 
And  reign  in  light ! 

2  Victor  o'er  death  and  hell, 
Cherubic  legions  swell 

The  radiant  train : 
Praises  all  heaven  inspire : 
Each  angel  sweeps  his  lyre, 
And  claps  his  wings  of  fire, 

Thou  Lamb  once  slain ! 

3  Enter,  incarnate  God! 
No  feet  but  thine  have  trod 

The  serpent  down: 
Blow  the  full  trumpets,  blow, 
Wider  your  portals  throw, 
Saviour,  triumphant,  go, 

And  take  thy  crown ! 

4  Lion  of  Judah,  hail ! 
And  let  thy  name  prevail 

From  age  to  age : 
Lord  of  the  rolling  years, 
Claim  for  thine  own  the  spheres, 
For  thou  hast  bought  with  tears 

Thy  heritage. 

MATTHEW  BRIDGES. 


Title :  Ascension. 

From  Lyra  Catholica,  New  York  edition,  1851. 

The  original  contains  seven  stanzas,  These  are 
the  first  four,  unaltered. 

Matthew  Bridges,  born  in  1800,  was  a  convert  to 
the  Eoman  Catholic  Church  from  the  Church  of 
England.  He  was  the  author  of  quite  a  number  of 
books.  This  hymn  first  appeared  in  Hymns  of  the 
Heart,  1848. 


230    Resurrection  hymn.  7,  6. 

THE  day  of  resurrection  ! 
Earth,  tell  it  out  abroad ! 
The  passover  of  gladness, 

The  passover  of  God ! 
From  death  to  life  eternal, 
From  earth  unto  the  sky, 
Our  Christ  hath  brought  us  over, 
With  hymns  of  victory. 

2  Our  hearts  be  pure  from  evil, 
That  we  may  see  aright 

The  Lord  in  rays  eternal 

Of  resurrection  light ; 
And,  listening  to  his  accents, 

May  hear,  so  calm  and  plain, 
His  own  "All  hail!  "  and,  hearing, 

May  raise  the  victor-strain. 

3  Now  let  the  heavens  be  joyful! 
Let  earth  her  song  begin ! 

Let  the  round  world  keep  triumph, 

And  all  that  is  therein ! 
Invisible  and  visible, 

Their  notes  let  all  things  blend, 
For  Christ  the  Lord  hath  risen, 

Our  Joy  that  hath  no  end. 

JOHN  OP  DAMASCUS. 
TR.  BY  J.  M.  NEALE. 


This  glorious  old  hymn  of  victory  is  the  first  ode 
of  the  authors  great  Easter  Canon,  sometimes  cal  led 
the  Golden  Canon,  or  the  Queen  of  Canons,  and  is 
sung  every  year  by  the  Greek  Church,  in  joyous 
strains,  on  Easter  morning. 

The  translation  is  from  Hymns  of  the  Eastern 
Church.    London,  1862. 

It  is  unaltered,  except  the  first  line,  which  is,  in 
the  original : 

" '  Tis  the  day  of  Eesurrection." 

John  Damascene  was  the  greatest  theologian  and 
poet  of  the  Greek  Church.  His  active  life  belonged 
to  the  eighth  century,  but  the  exact  dates  of  his 
birth  and  death  are  unknown.  His  work  on  The- 
ology, Doctrines  oj  the  Orthodox  Church,  is  still  a 
standard  text-book  in  the  Eastern  Church.  He 
was  famous  as  a  philosopher,  and  as  an  opponent  of 
the  Iconoclasts  of  his  time.    Late  in  life  he  was 


BYMN  S 


ordained  priest  of  the  church  at  Jerusalem.  Ilis 
death  occurred  between  754  and  787. 
For  biographical  sketch  of  Dr.  Neale,  see  No.  1D9. 


j331  fluster  chant.  11. 

WELCOME,  happy  morning !  age  to  age 
shall  say: 

Hell  to-day  is  vanquished,  heaven  is  won 
to-day ! 

Lo,  the  dead  is  living,  God  for  evermore ! 
Him,  their  true  Creator,  all  his  works  adore. 

2  Earth  with  joy  confesses,  clothing  for  her 

spring, 

All  good  gifts  returned  with  her  returning 
King: 

Bloom  in  every  meadow,  leaves  on  every 
bough, 

Speak  his  sorrows  ended,  hail  his  triumph 
now. 

3  Maker  and  Redeemer,  life  and  health  of  all, 
Thou,  from  heaven  beholding  human  nat- 
ure's fall, 

Of  the  Father's  Godhead  true  and  only  Son, 
Manhood  to  deliver,  manhood  didst  put  on. 

4  Thou,  of  life  the  author,  death  didst  un- 

dergo, 

Tread  the  path  of  darkness,  saving  strength 
to  show; 

Come  then,  true  and  faithful,  now  fulfill 
thy  word, 

'Tis  thine  own  third  morning,  rise,  my 
buried  Lord! 

5  Loose  the  souls  long-prisoned,  bound  with 

Satan's  chain ; 
All  that  now  is  fallen  raise  to  life  again ; 
Show  thy  face  in  brightness,  bid  the  nations 

see, 

Bring  again  our  daylight ;  day  returns  with 
thee ! 

VENANTTTJS  FORTUNATUS. 
TR.  BY  J.  ELLERTON. 

[Sung  by  Jerome  of  Prague  at  the  stake.] 

Title  :  Salve  festa  dies  toto  venerabilis  aevo. 

Translation  by  the  Kev.  John  Ellerton,  made  in 
1868,  for  the  Eev.  R.  Brown  Borth  wick's  Supple- 
mental Hymn  and  Tune  Book. 

The  original  Latin  is  a  cento  or  selection  from  a 
poem  of  one  hundred  and  fourteen  lines  in  elegiac 
verse,  by  Venantius  Fortunatus,  addressed  to  Felix, 
Bishop  of  Nantes  in  Brittany;  being  Poem  vii  of 
his  third  book.  It  has  been  frequently  translated 
and  paraphrased  in  various  languages. 

The  translation  has  not  been  altered,  except  by 
the  omission  of  the  third  verse  and  refrain. 

For  sketch  of  Fortunatus,  see  No.  219. 


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232     Rejoicing  in  the  risen  Christ.  CM. 

AWAKE,  glad  soul !  awake !  awake ! 
Thy  Lord  has  risen  long, 
Go  to  his  grave,  and  with  thee  take 
Both  tuneful  heart  and  song. 

2  Where  life  is  waking  all  around, 
Where  love's  sweet  voices  sing, 

The  first  bright  blossom  may  be  found 
Of  an  eternal  spring. 

3  The  shade  and  gloom  of  life  are  fled 
This  resurrection-day, 

Henceforth  in  Christ  are  no  more  dead, 
The  grave  hath  no  more  prey. 

4  In  Christ  we  live,  in  Christ  we  sleep, 
In  Christ  we  wake  and  rise, 

And  the  sad  tears  death  makes  us  weep. 
He  wipes  from  all  our  eyes. 

5  Then  wake,  glad  heart !  awake !  awake ! 
And  seek  thy  risen  Lord, 

Joy  in  his  resurrection  take, 
And  comfort  in  his  word : 

6  And  let  thy  life,  through  all  its  ways, 
One  long  thanksgiving  be, 

Its  theme  of  joy,  its  song  of  praise — 
Christ  died,  and  rose  for  me. 

JOHN  S.  B.  MONSELL. 

This  fine  Easter  song  is  from  the  author's  Hymns 
of,  Love  and  Praise  for  the  Church'' s  Year,  1863. 
The  original  contains  five  eight-lined  stanzas.  These 
are  not  altered.  Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  sixth, 
of  the  original  are  omitted : 

"  0  Love  which  lightens  all  distress, 

Love  death  cannot  destroy  ! 
O  Grave,  whose  very  emptiness  . 

To  Faith  is  full  of  joy! 
Let  but  that  Love  our  hearts  supply 

From  Heaven's  exhaustless  Spring, 
Then,  Grave,  where  is  thy  victory  ? 

And,  Death,  where  is  thy  sting? 

"  And  every  bird  and  every  tree, 

And  every  opening  flower, 
Proclaim  His  glorious  victory, 

His  resurrection-power: 
The  folds  are  glad ;  the  fields  rejoice, 

With  vernal  verdure  spread  ; 
The  little  hills  lift  up  their  voice, 

And  shout  that  Death  is  dead." 

The  Eev.  John  Samuel  Bewley  Monsell,  a  Church 
of  England  clergyman,  was  born  in  Derry,  Ireland, 
in  1811  ;  was  graduated  at  Dublin  University  in 
1832,  and  was  ordained  in  1834.    He  died  in  1875. 


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233    Majestic  triumph  over  the  grave.    L.  M. 

THE  morning  kindles  all  the  sky, 
The  heavens  resound  with  anthems  high, 
The  shining  angels  as  they  speed, 
Proclaim,  "The  Lord  is  risen  indeed!  " 

2  Vainly  with  rocks  his  tomb  was  barred, 
While  Roman  guards  kept  watch  and  ward; 
Majestic  from  the  spoiled  tomb, 

In  pomp  of  triumph,  he  has  come ! 

3  When  the  amazed  disciples  heard, 
Their  hearts  with  speechless  joy  were  stirred ; 
Their  Lord's  beloved  face  to  see, 

Eager  they  haste  to  Galilee. 

4  His  pierced  hands  to  them  he  shows, 
His  face  with  love's  own  radiance  glows ; 
They  with  the  angels'  message  speed, 
And  shout,  "The  Lord  is  risen  indeed !  " 

5  O  Christ,  thou  King  compassionate ! 
Our  hearts  possess,  on  thee  we  wait : 
Help  us  to  render  praises  due, 

To  thee  the  endless  ages  through ! 

AMBKOSIAN.  TR.  BY  MRS.  E.  CHARLES. 
Title:  Easter  Hymn. 

The  translation — eleven  stanzas — is  found  in  The 
Voice  of  Christian  Life  in  Song.    London,  1858. 

This' hymn  is  composed  of  the  first  half  of  the 
first,  last  half  of  the  fourth,  the  third,  eighth,  tenth, 
and  eleventh  stanzas. 

Some  verbal  changes  have  been  made  for  the 
better.    The  translator  wrote : 

Verse  two,  line  four : 

"  In  pomp  of  triumph  He  is  come." 

Verse  three,  lines  one,  three,  four : 

"  When  the  bereaved  disciples  heard," 
"  They  also  haste  to  Galilee, 
Their  Lord's  adored  face  to  see." 


Verse  four,  line  four : 

"  Proclaim,  '  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed 

Verse  five,  line  three : 

"  That  we  may  render  praises  due." 

See  No.  205. 


234:        T>ying^  rising,  reigning.        L.  M. 

HE  dies !  the  Friend  of  sinners  dies ! 
Lo !  Salem's  daughters  weep  around ; 
A  solemn  darkness  veils  the  skies, 

A  sudden  trembling  shakes  the  ground. 

2  Come,  saints,  and  drop  a  tear  or  two, 
For  him  who  groaned  beneath  your  load ; 

He  shed  a  thousand  drops  for  you, — 
A  thousand  drops  of  richer  blood. 


3  Here's  love  and  grief  beyond  degree : 
The  Lord  of  glory  dies  for  man ! 

But  lo!  what  sudden  joys  we  see, 
Jesus,  the  dead,  revives  again! 

4  The  rising  God  forsakes  the  tomb; 
In  vain  the  tomb  forbids  his  rise ; 

Cherubic  legions  guard  him  home, 
And  shout  him  welcome  to  the  skies. 

5  Break  off  your  tears,  ye  saints,  and  tell 
How  high  your  great  Deliverer  reigns ; 

Sing  how  he  spoiled  the  hosts  of  hell, 
And  led  the  monster  Death  in  chains : 

6  Say,  "Live  forever,  wondrous  King! 
Born  to  redeem,  and  strong  to  save ;  " 

Then  ask  the  monster,  ' '  Where's  thy  sting? " 
And,   "Where's    thy   victory,  boasting 
Grave?" 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title  :  Christ  Dying,  Rising,  and  Reigning.  From 
Horaz  Lyricaz,  1709. 

The  first  stanza,  as  given  in  Watts' 's  Poetical 
Works,  is  as  follows : 

"  He  dies  !  the  Heav'nly  Lover  dies ! 

The  Tidings  strike  a  doleful  Sound 
On  my  poor  Heartstrings :  deep  he  lies 

In  the  cold  Caverns  of  the  Ground." 

The  second  lines  of  verses  two  and  four  have  also 
been  altered : 

"  Come,  saints,  and  drop  a  Tear  or  two 
On  the  dear  Bosom  of  your  God." 

"  The  rising  God  forsakes  the  Tomb, 
Up  to  his  Fathefs  Court  he  flies.'1'' 

These  changes  are,  confessedly,  great  improve- 
ments ;  I  know  of  no  conclusive  evidence  that  they 
were  made  by  John  Wesley.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  Eev.  Dr.  John  Eippon  claims  this  form  of  the 
hymn  as  an  authorized  text. 


235      Joy  in  His  resurrection.        S.  M. 

THE  Lord  is  risen  indeed ; 
The  grave  hath  lost  its  prey ; 
With  him  shall  rise  the  ransomed  seed, 
To  reign  in  endless  day. 

2  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed ; 
He  lives,  to  die  no  more ; 

He  lives,  his  people's  cause  to  plead, 
Whose  curse  and  shame  he  bore. 

3  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed ; 
Attending  angels,  hear ! 

Up  to  the  courts  of  heaven,  with  speed., 
The  joyful  tidings  bear: 


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4  Then  take  your  golden  lyres, 
And  strike  each  cheerful  chord ; 

Join,  all  ye  bright  celestial  choirs, 
To  sing  our  risen  Lord. 

THOMAS  KELLY. 

Text  :  <k  The  Lord  is  risen  indeed."  Luke  xxiv,  34. 
The  original  contains  eight  stanzas.    This  hymn 
is  made  up  of  verses  four,  iive,  seven,  and  eight. 
The  second  line  in  the  first  verse  was  originally  : 

"  Then  Hell  has  lost  its  prey." 

The  rest  is  'verbatim  from  Hymns  on  Various 
Passages  of  Scripture.    First  edition,  1804. 
For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  54. 


236         Gone  into  lieaven.  S.  M. 

THOU  art  gone  up  on  high 
To  mansions  in  the  skies : 
And  round  thy  throne  unceasingly 
The  songs  of  praise  arise. 

2  But  we  are  lingering  here, 
With  sin  and  care  oppressed : 

Lord,  send  thy  promised  Comforter, 
And  lead  us  to  thy  rest. 

3  Thou  art  gone  up  on  high ; 

But  thou  didst  first  come  down, 
Through  earth's  most  bitter  agony 
To  pass  unto  thy  crown, 

4  And  girt  with  griefs  and  fears 
Our  onward  course  must  be ; 

But  only  let  that  path  of  tears 
Lead  us  at  last  to  thee. 

5  Thou  art  gone  up  on  high : 
But  thou  shalt  come  again, 

With  all  the  bright  ones  of  the  sky 
Attendant  in  thy  train. 

6  0  by  thy  saving  power 
So  make  us  live  and  die, 

That  we  may  stand,  in  that  dread  hour, 
At  thy  right  hand  on  high. 

EMMA  TOKE. 

This  hymn  was  written  in  1851,  and  was  contrib- 
uted anonymously  to  the  Hymn  Book  of  the  Society 
for  the  Promotion  of  Christian  Knowledge. 

The  author,  Mrs.  Emma  Toke,  (1812-1878,)  was 
the  wife  of  the  Eev.  Nicholas  Toke,  an  English 
clergyman. 

One  word  has  been  changed — verse  three,  line 
three.    The  original  has  : 

"  Through  earth's  most  bitter  misery.'1'1 
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237  The  King  of  glory.  L.  M. 

OUR  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead ; 
Our  Jesus  is  gone  up  on  high ; 
The  powers  of  hell  are  captive  led, 

Dragged  to  the  portals  of  the  sky  : 
There  his  triumphal  chariot  waits, 

And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay, 
' '  Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates ; 
Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way ! 

2  ' '  Loose  all  your  bars  of  massy  light, 
And  wide  unfold  the  ethereal  scene ; 

He  claims  these  mansions  as  his  right ; 

Receive  the  King  of  glory  in !  " 
"  Who  is  the  King  of  glory?    Who?  " 

' '  The  Lord,  that  all  our  foes  o'ercame ; 
The  world,  sin,  death,  and  hell  o'erthrew ; 

And  Jesus  is  the  Conqueror's  name." 

3  Lo,  his  triumphal  chariot  waits, 
And  angels  chant  the  solemn  lay : 

4 '  Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  heavenly  gates ; 

Ye  everlasting  doors,  give  way !  " 
"Who  is  the  King  of  glory?    Who? " 

' '  The  Lord,  of  glorious  power  possessed ; 
The  King  of  saints  and  angels  too ; 

God  over  all,  forever  blest !  " 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  last  part  of  a  metrical  version  of  Psalm  xxiv. 
These  stanzas  are  founded  on  verses  7-10  : 

"  Lift  up  your  heads,  0  ye  gates ;  and  be  ye  lifted 
up,  ye  everlasting  doors ;  and  the  King  of  glory 
shall  come  in.  Who  is  this  King  of  glory  ?  The 
Lord  strong  and  mighty,  the  Lord  mighty  in  battle. 
Lift  up  your  heads,  0  ye  gates  ;  even  lift  them  up, 
ye  everlasting  doors  ;  and  the  King  of  glory  shall 
come  in.  Who  is  this  King  of  glory  ?  The  Lord 
of  hosts,  he  is  the  King  of  glory." 

Unaltered,  from  A  Collection  of  Psalms  and 
Hymns,  1743. 


238     Sufficiency  of  the  atonement.      L.  M. 

JESUS,  thy  blood  and  righteousness 
My  beauty  are,  my  glorious  dress ; 
'Midst  flaming  worlds,  in  these  arrayed, 
With  joy  shall  I  lift  up  my  head. 

2  Bold  shall  I  stand  in  thy  great  day, 
For  who  aught  to  my  charge  shall  lay? 
Fully  absolved  through  these  I  am, 
From  sin  and  fear,  from  guilt  and  shame. 

3  The  holy,  meek,  unspotted  Lamb, 
Who  from  the  Father's  bosom  came, 
Who  died  for  me,  e'en  me  to  atone, 
Now  for  my  Lord  and  God  I  own. 


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4  Lord,  I  believe  thy  precious  blood, 
Which,  at  the  mercy-seat  of  God, 
Forever  doth  for  sinners  plead, 

For  me,  e'en  for  my  soul;  was  shed. 

5  Lord,  I  believe  were  sinners  more 
Than  sands  upon  the  ocean  shore, 
Thou  hast  for  all  a  ransom  paid, 
For  all  a  full  atonement  made. 

NICOLAUS  L.  ZINZENDORF. 

TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title :  The  Believer 's  Triumph. 

Wesley's  translation  contains  twenty- four  stanzas, 
and  is  found  in  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 
This  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  one,  two,  six, 
seven,  and  eight.  In  his  Collection  for  the  Use  of 
the  People  called  Methodists,  "Wesley  published  ten 
stanzas  of  this  liymn.  The  others  were  not  equal 
to  these. 

The  last  stanza  originally  closed  with  the  follow- 
ing couplet : 

"  For  all  Thou  hast  the  ransom  given, 
Purchased  for  all  peace,  life,  and  heaven." 

It  was  changed  by  the  translator  for  his  Collection, 
in  1779. 


239  l.m. 

An  advocate  with  the  Father.  1  John  ii,  1. 

JESUS,  my  Advocate  above, 
My  friend  before  the  throne  of  love, 
If  now  for  me  prevails  thy  prayer, 
If  now  I  find  thee  pleading  there, — 

2  If  thou  the  secret  wish  convey, 

And  sweetly  prompt  my  heart  to  pray, — 
Hear,  and  my  weak  petitions  join, 
Almighty  Advocate,  to  thine. 

3  Jesus,  my  heart's  desire  obtain ; 
My  earnest  suit  present,  and  gain : 
My  fullness  of  corruption  show; 
The  knowledge  of  myself  bestow. 

4  O  sovereign  Love,  to  thee  I  cry, 
Give  me  thyself,  or  else  I  die ! 

Save  me  from  death,  from  hell  set  free ; 
Death,  hell,  are  but  the  want  of  thee. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739.  In  the 
first  edition  the  title  to  this  piece  was  Blessed  are 
They  that  Mourn.  In  all  subsequent  editions  it 
was  "  Try  Mi,  0  God,  and  Seek  the  Ground  of  My 
Heart.''''  Psa.  cxxxix,  23.  This  quotation  is  from 
the  Prayer-Book  version. 

The  original  hymn  contains  five  double  stanzas. 
This  is  composed  of  the  first  and  the  first  part  of  the 
third  and  fifth.  The  first  line  Charles  Wesley  wrote : 

"  Jesus,  my  great  High-Priest  above." 


The  change  may  have  been  made  by  John 
Wesley  as  it  appears  in  his  Collection.  1  confess  I 
much  prefer  the  line  as  it  stood  originally. 


24:0         Christ,  King  and  Creator.         L.  M. 

0 CHRIST,  our  King,  Creator,  Lord, 
Saviour  of  all  who  trust  thy  word, 
To  them  who  seek  thee  ever  near, 
Now  to  our  praises  bend  thine  ear. 

2  In  thy  dear  cross  a  grace  is  found, 
It  flows  from  every  streaming  wound, 
Whose  power  our  inbred  sin  controls, 
Breaks  the  firm  bond  and  frees  our  souls. 

3  Thou  didst  create  the  stars  of  night, 
Yet  thou  hast  veiled  in  flesh  thy  light ; 
Hast  deigned  a  mortal  form  to  wear, 
A  mortal's  painful  lot  to  bear. 

4  When  thou  didst  hang  upon  the  tree, 
The  quaking  earth  acknowledged  thee; 
When  thou  didst  there  yield  up  thy  breath, 
The  world  grew  dark  as  shades  of  death. 

5  Now  in  the  Father's  glory  high, 
Great  Conqueror,  never  more  to  die, 
Us  by  thy  mighty  power  defend, 
And  reign  through  ages  without  end. 

GREGORY  THE  GREAT. 
TR.  BY  R.  PALMER. 

Title  :  The  Lordship  of  Christ. 

This  translation  was  contributed  to  The  Sabbath 
Hymn  Book.  1858. 

For  sketch  of  the  translator,  see  No.  714. 

The  Latin  title  is :  Bex  Christe  Factor  omnium. 

Gregory  was  born  in  Rome  about  541,  was  well 
educated,  and  in  early  life  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  State.  Upon  the  death  of  his  father  he  inherit- 
ed great  wealth,  much  of  which  he  spent  in  build- 
ing monasteries.  He  founded  St.  Andrew's  at 
Rome,  which  he  entered  as  a  deacon.  Upon  the 
death  of  Pelagius,  Bishop  of  Rome,  Gregory  was 
chosen  by  the  clergy  and  people  as  his  successor. 
The  Emperor  Maurice  confirmed  the  election,  and, 
much  against  his  will,  it  is  said,  Gregory  was  in- 
stalled Pope  in  595.  He  was  a  student  of  the 
Scriptures,  and  labored  to  circulate  them  among 
the  people.  He  was  also  a  founder  and  patron  of 
missions,  that  to  England  among  others.  The 
Bishop  of  Rome  did  not  then  arrogate  to  himself 
universal  sovereignty.  John,  Patriarch  of  Constan- 
tinople, about  this  time  assumed  the  title  of  Univers- 
al Bishop;  which  act  Gregory  called  "proud, 
heretical,  blasphemous,  antichristian,  and  dia- 
bolical ; "  and  in  opposition  thereto  he  assumed  the 
title  of  "Servant  of  servants"  (Servus  servorum 
Domini).  He  claimed  that  Christ  was  the  only 
universal  Head  of  the  Church.  Gregory  was  a 
lover  of  sacred  music,  and  cultivated  chanting  in 
the  Church  service.    Many  of  his  acts  were  praise- 


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worthy,  others  were  injurious.  The  Romish  doc- 
trines of  purgatory,  masses  for  the  dead,  and  tran- 
substantiation  date  from  his  time,  lie  died  in  604. 


24!        Majestic  sweetness.  CM. 

MAJESTIC  sweetness  sits  enthroned 
Upon  the  Saviour's  brow ; 
His  head  with  radiant  glories  crowned, 
His  lips  with  grace  o'erflow. 

2  No  mortal  can  with  him  compare, 
Among  the  sons  of  men ; 

Fairer  is  he  than  all  the  fair 
That  fill  the  heavenly  train. 

3  He  saw  me  plunged  in  deep  distress, 
He  flew  to  my  relief ; 

For  me  he  bore  the  shameful  cross, 
And  carried  all  my  grief. 

4  To  him  I  owe  my  life  and  breath, 
And  all  the  joys  I  have ; 

He  makes  me  triumph  over  death, 
He  saves  me  from  the  grave. 

5  To  heaven,  the  place  of  his  abode, 
He  brings  my  weary  feet ; 

Shows  me  the  glories  of  my  God, 
And  makes  my  joy  complete 

6  Since  from  his  bounty  I  receive 
Such  proofs  of  love  divine, 

Had  I  a  thousand  hearts  to  give, 
Lord,  they  should  all  be  thine. 

SAMUEL  STENNETT. 

"  Chief  Among  Ten  Thousand ;  or,  The  Excel- 
lencies of  Christ."    Cant,  v,  10-16. 

Three  stanzas  are  omitted,  which,  I  think,  some 
will  be  glad  to  see  : 

1  "To  Christ,  the  Lord,  let  every  tongue 
Its  noblest  tribute  bring : 

When  he's  the  subject  of  the  song, 
Who  can  refuse  to  sing:  ? 

2  "  Survey  the  beauties  of  his  face, 
And  on  his  glories  dwell ; 

Think  of  the  wonders  of  his  grace, 
And  all  his  triumphs  tell." 

6  "  His  hand  a  thousand  blessings  pours 

Upon  my  guilty  head ; 
His  presence  gilds  my  darkest  hours, 

And  guards  my  sleeping  bed." 

This  hymn,  as  given  in  the  Hymnal,  begins 
with  the  third  stanza.    The  second  line  is  : 

"  Upon  his  awful  brow." 
Contributed  to  Rippon's  Selection,  1787. 


242  Life  in  Christ.  L.  M. 

I KNOW  that  my  Redeemer  lives ; 
What  joy  the  blest  assurance  gives ! 
He  lives,  he  lives,  who  once  was  dead ; 
He  lives,  my  everlasting  Head ! 

2  He  lives,  to  bless  me  with  his  love ; 
He  lives,  to  plead  for  me  above ; 

He  lives,  my  hungry  soul  to  feed ; 
He  lives,  to  help  in  time  of  need. 

3  He  lives,  and  grants  me  daily  breath  ; 
He  lives,  and  I  shall  conquer  deatli ; 
He  lives,  my  mansion  to  prepare : 

He  lives,  to  bring  me  safely  there. 

4  He  lives,  all  glory  to  his  name ; 
He  lives,  my  Saviour,  still  the  same ; 
What  joy  the  blest  assurance  gives, 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives ! 

SAMUEL  MEDLEY. 

"  I  know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth."  Job  xix,  25. 

The  original  contains  nine  stanzas.  These  are 
verses  one,  three,  eight,  and  nine.  Four  lines  have 
been  changed. 

Verse  one,  lines  two  and  four : 

"  What  comfort  this  sweet  passage  gives." 
"  He  lives,  my  ever-living  head  !  " 

Verse  four,  lines  two  and  three : 

"  He  lives,  my  Jesus,  still  the  same; 

"  0  the  sweet  joy  this  sentence  gives." 

From  a  London  Collection  published  in  1782. 
See  No.  193. 


243    Prophet,  Priest,  and  King.    H.  M. 

JOIN  all  the  glorious  names 
Of  wisdom,  love,  and  power, 
That  ever  mortals  knew, 
Or  angels  ever  bore : 
All  are  too  mean  to  speak  his  worth, 
Too  mean  to  set  the  Saviour  forth. 

2  Great  Prophet  of  our  God, 

Our  tongues  shall  bless  thy  name ; 
By  thee  the  joyful  news 

Of  our  salvation  came ; 
The  joyful  news  of  sins  forgiven, 
Of  hell  subdued,  and  peace  with  heaven, 

3  Jesus,  our  great  High  Priest, 
Has  shed  his  blood  and  died; 

The  guilty  conscience  needs 
No  sacrifice  beside : 
His  precious  blood  did  once  atone, 
And  now  it  pleads  before  the  throne. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


4  O  thou  almighty  Lord, 

Our  Conqueror  and  King, 
Thy  scepter  and  thy  sword, 
Thy  reigning  grace,  we  sing : 
Thine  is  the  power;  behold  we  sit 
In  willing  bonds  beneath  thy  feet, 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  i,  1707. 
The  original  contains  twelve  stanzas,  into  each  of 
which  is  woven  some  Scripture  name  given  to 
Christ.  This  hymn  is  made  up  of  verses  one,  four, 
eight,  and  ten;  and  is  substantially  as  published 
by  the  author ;  but,  on  account  of  a  number  of 
slight  changes,  no  less  than  sixteen,  it  should  be 
marked  altered. 


244    Rejoice  evermore.         H.  M. 

REJOICE,  the  Lord  is  King! 
Your  Lord  and  King  adore ; 
Mortals,  give  thanks  and  sing, 
And  triumph  evermore ; 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice ; 
Rejoice,  again  I  say,  rejoice. 

2  Jesus,  the  Saviour,  reigns, 
The  God  of  truth  and  love ; 

When  he  had  purged  our  stains, 
He  took  his  seat  above ; 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice ; 
Rejoice,  again  I  say,  rejoice. 

3  His  kingdom  cannot  fail, 

He  rules  o'er  earth  and  heaven ; 
The  keys  of  death  and  hell 

Are  to  our  Jesus  given ; 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice ; 
Rejoice,  again  I  say,  rejoice. 

4  He  sits  at  God's  right  hand 
Till  all  his  foes  submit, 

And  bow  to  his  command, 
And  fall  beneath  his  feet ; 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice ; 
Rejoice,  again  I  say,  rejoice. 

5  He  all  his  foes  shall  quell, 
And  all  our  sins  destroy ; 

Let  every  bosom  swell 
With  pure  seraphic  joy ; 
Lift  up  your  hearts,  lift  up  your  voice ; 
Rejoice,  again  I  say,  rejoice. 

6  Rejoice  in  glorious  hope ; 
Jesus  the  Judge  shall  come, 

And  take  his  servants  up 
To  their  eternal  home ; 
We  soon  shall  hear  the  archangel's  voice; 
The  trump  of  God  shall  sound, — Rejoice ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


From  Hymns  for  Our  Lord's  Resurrection. 
London,  1746.  The  early  editions  have  "heart" 
instead  of  "  hearts  "  in  the  chorus  :  otherwise  it  is 
verbatim  and  complete.  The  burden  of  this  song 
is  evidently  taken  from  Phil,  iv,  4  : 

"Eejoice  in  the  Lord  always:  and  again  I  say, 
Rejoice." 


245    Glory  to  glory's  King.   H.  M. 

GOD  is  gone  up  on  high, 
With  a  triumphant  noise ; 
The  clarions  of  the  sky 
Proclaim  the  angelic  joys: 
Join  all  on  earth,  rejoice  and  sing; 
Gloiy  ascribe  to  glory's  King. 

2  All  power  to  our  great  Lord 
Is  by  the  Father  given ; 

By  angel  hosts  adored, 

He  reigns  supreme  in  heaven : 
Join  all  on  earth,  rejoice  and  sing; 
Glory  ascribe  to  glory's  King. 

3  High  on  his  holy  seat, 

He  bears  the  righteous  sway ; 
His  foes  beneath  his  feet 

Shall  sink  and  die  away: 
Join  all  on  earth,  rejoice  and  sing; 
Glory  ascribe  to  glory's  King. 

4  Till  all  the  earth,  renewed 
In  righteousness  divine, 

With  all  the  hosts  of  God, 
In  one  great  chorus  join, 
Join  all  on  earth,  rejoice  and  sing; 
Glory  ascribe  to  glory's  King. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


First  published  in  a  pamphlet  containing  seven 
pieces,  entitled  Hymns  for  A  scension  Day.  Bristol, 
1746.  This  hymn  expresses  an  exuberance  of  joy 
that  is  almost  too  great  for  these  impassive  times. 
It  is  not  altered.  Two  verses,  the  second  and  fifth 
are  omitted : 

2  "  God  in  the  flesh  below, 

For  us  He  reigns  above : 
Let  all  the  nations  know 

Our  Jesus'  conquering  love ! 

Chorus. 

5  "  His  foes  and  ours  are  one, 
Satan,  the  world,  and  sin  ; 

But  He  shall  tread  them  down, 
And  bring  His  kingdom  in." 

Chorus. 


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24:6        Our  Paschal  Lamb.  8,7. 

HAIL,  thou  once  despised  Jesus ! 
Hail,  thou  Galilean  King! 
Thou  didst  suffer  to  release  us ; 

Thou  didst  free  salvation  bring. 
Hail,  thou  agonizing  Saviour, 

Bearer  of  our  sin  and  shame ! 
By  thy  merits  we  find  favor ; 
Life  is  given  through  thy  name. 

2  Paschal  Lamb,  by  God  appointed, 
All  our  sins  on  thee  were  laid : 

By  almighty  love  anointed, 

Thou  hast  full  atonement  made. 

All  thy  people  are  forgiven, 

Through  the  virtue  of  thy  blood ; 

Opened  is  the  gate  of  heaven ; 

Peace  is  made  'tvvixt  man  and  God. 

3  Jesus,  hail !  enthroned  in  glory, 
There  forever  to  abide ; 

All  the  heavenly  hosts  adore  thee, 

Seated  at  thy  Father's  side : 
There  for  sinners  thou  art  pleading ; 

There  thou  dost  our  place  prepare : 
Ever  for  us  interceding, 

Till  in  glory  we  appear. 

4  "Worship,  honor,  power,  and  blessing, 
Thou  art  worthy  to  receive ; 

Loudest  praises,  without  ceasing, 

Meet  it  is  for  us  to  give. 
Help,  ye  bright  angelic  spirits ; 

Bring  your  sweetest,  noblest  lays ; 
Help  to  sing  our  Saviour's  merits ; 

Help  to  chant  Immanuel's  praise ! 

JOHN  BAKEWELL,  ALT. 

This  favorite  hymn  is  found  in  Martin  Madan's 
Collection,  1760,  where  it  differs  from  this  in 
twelve  of  its  lines.  It  is  possible  that  the  author, 
who  was  then  living,  made  these  changes  for  Mr. 
Toplady's  book,  (1776  ;)  but  it  is  more  probable 
that  the  changes  were  made  by  Toplady  himself. 
This  opinion  is  based  upon  the  fact  that  he  was  in 
the  habit  of  doing  such  tilings.  The  first  two  lines 
have  not  been  altered. 

Mr.  John  Bakewell  lived  to  be  ninety-eight 
years  of  age,  1721-1819.  He  was  one  of  Wesley's 
lay  preachers.  For  some  years  he  was  Master  of 
Greenwich  Eoyal  Park  Academy.  On  his  tomb- 
stone is  found  this  inscription :  "  He  adorned  the 
doctrine  of  God  our  Saviour  eighty  years,  and 
preached  his  glorious  Gospel  about  seventy  years." 


247  Casting  our  Crowns  before  Him.    8,  7. 

66  ~\\TE>  shall  see  Him,"  in  our  nature, 

VV    Seated  on  his  lofty  throne, 
Loved,  adored,  by  every  creature, 
Owned  as  God,  and  God  alone ! 


2  There  the  hosts  of  shining  spirits 
Strike  their  harps,  and  loudly  sing 

To  the  praise  of  Jesus'  merits, 
To  the  glory  of  their  King. 

3  When  we  pass  o'er  death's  dark  river, 
"  We  shall  see  him  as  he  is," 

Resting  in  his  love  and  favor, 
Owning  all  the  glory  his. 

4  There  to  cast  our  crowns  before  him, 
O  what  bliss  the  thought  affords ! 

There  forever  to  adore  him, 

King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords ! 

MARY  PYPER. 

Title  :  11  We  shall  see  Him  as  He  is." 
A  hymn  of  eight  stanzas,  of  which  the  first  four 
are  omitted : 

1  "  Not  as  He  was,  a  houseless  stranger, 
With  no  home  to  shield  His  head, 

Not  as  seen  in  Bethlehem's  manger, 
Where  the  horned  oxen  fed. 

2  "  Not  as  in  the  garden  groaning, 
Plunged  in  deep  mysterious  woe, 

All  the  guilt  of  man  bemoaning, 

While  the  precious  blood-sweats  flow. 

3  "Not  as  seen  on  Calvary's  mountain 
Where  He  offered  up  His  soul, 

Opening  wide  that  sacred  fountain, 
Which  alone  can  make  us  whole. 

4  "  Not  as  He  was,  a  pale  and  breathless 
Captive  in  the  shades  beneath, 

But  as  He  is,  immortal,  deathless, 
Conqueror  o'er  the  powers  of  death  ! 

"  Yes  we  shall  see  Him  in  our  nature,"  etc. 

The  next  stanza  begins : 

"  There  countless  hosts  of  shining  spirits." 

Mary  Pyper  was  born  at  Greenock,  Scotland,  in 
1795.  She  lived  in  Edinburgh.  In  1847  she  pub- 
lished a  thin  volume,  entitled  Select  Pieces. 

Sacred  Songs  of  Scotland  gives  this  and  several 
more  of  the  hymns  of  this  author  that  possess  de- 
cided merit.  She  was  poor,  and  supported  herself 
by  needlework.    Died  May  25,  1870. 


248    Crown  Him  Lord  of  All.      C.  M. 

ALL  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  name ! 
Let  angels  prostrate  fall ; 
Bring  forth  the  royal  diadem, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

2  Crown  him,  ye  morning  stars  of  light, 

Who  fixed  this  earthly  ball ; 
Now  hail  the  strength  of  Israel's  might, 

And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 


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HYMN  STUD  IE  8. 


3  Ye  chosen  seed  of  Israel's  race, 
Ye  ransomed  from  the  fall, 

Hail  him  who  saves  you  by  his  grace, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

4  Sinners,  whose  love  can  ne'er  forget 
The  wormwood  and  the  gall : 

Go,  spread  your  trophies  at  his  feet, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

5  Let  every  kindred,  every  tribe, 
On  this  terrestial  ball, 

To  him  all  majesty  ascribe, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

6  O  that  with  yonder  sacred  throng 
We  at  his  feet  may  fall ! 

We'll  join  the  everlasting  song, 
And  crown  him  Lord  of  all. 

EDWARD  PEKRONET. 

Author's  title  :  On  the  Resurrection. 

The  original  contained  eight  verses.  Three  stan- 
zas have  been  omitted.  One,  the  last,  has  been 
added,  and  all  except  the  fourth  have  been  more  or 
less  altered. 

Original  Lines. 

Verse  one,  line  four : 

"  To  crown  him  Lord  of  all." 

Verse  two,  line  two : 

"  Who  fixed  this  floating  ball." 

Verse  three,  line  one  : 

"  Ye  seed  of  Israel's  chosen  race." 

Verse  three,  line  two  : 

"  Ye  ransomed  of  the  fall." 

Verse  five,  line  one : 

"Let  every  tribe  and  every  tongue." 

Verse  five,  line  two : 

"  That  bound  creation's  call." 

Verse  five,  line  three  : 

"  Now  shout  in  universal  song." 

Verse  five,  line  four : 

"  The  crowned  Lord  of  all." 

The  last  stanza  was  not  a  part  of  the  original 
hymn.  It  is  not  modern,  however,  but  has  been 
in  use  more  than  ninety  years. 

Omitted  Stanzas. 

2  "  Let  high-born  Seraphs  tune  the  lyre, 

And  as  they  tune  it  fall, 
Before  His  face,  who  tunes  their  choir, 

And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all. 


4  "  Crown  Him,  ye  martyrs  of  your  God, 

Who  from  His  altar  call ; 
Extol  the  stem  of  Jesse's  rod 

And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all. 

6  "  Hail  Him  ye  heirs  of  David's  line, 

Whom  David  Lord  did  call; 
The  God  incarnate,  man  Divine, 

And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all." 

From  a  rare  volume,  entitled  Occasional  Verses, 
Moral  and  Sacred,  Published  for  the  Instruction 
and  Amusement  of  the  Candidly  Serious  and  Re- 
ligious. London,  1785.  There  is  a  copy  of  this 
book  in  the  Library  of  the  Drew  Theological  Sem- 
inary, Madison,  N.  J.  ;  and  one  in  the  Library  of 
the  British  Museum. 

Little  is  known  of  the  Bev.  Edward  Ferronet, 
except  that  he  wrote  this  hymn,  which  is  fame 
enough  for  one  man.  He  was  a  friend  of  Charles 
Wesley.  At  one  time  he  was  one  of  Lady  Hunt- 
ingdon's chaplains,  but  later  in  life  was  a  Dissent- 
ing minister.  He  was  born  in  1726  and  died  in 
1792,  triumphantly  exclaiming : 

"  Glory  to  God  in  the  height  of  his  divinity  ! 
Glory  to  God  in  the  depth  of  his  humanity"! 
Glory  to  God  in  his  all-sufficiency  ! 
Into  His  hand  I  commend  my  spirit." 


24:9        Crown  the  Saviour.         8,  7,  4. 

LOOK,  ye  saints,  the  sight  is  glorious, 
See  the  Man  of  sorrows  now  ; 
From  the  fight  returned  victorious, 
Every  knee  to  him  shall  bow : 

Crown  him,  crown  him ; 
Crowns  become  the  Victor's  brow. 

2  Crown  the  Saviour,  angels,  crown  him : 
Rich  the  trophies  Jesus  brings : 

In  the  seat  of  power  enthrone  him, 
While  the  vault  of  heaven  rings : 

Crown  him,  crown  him ; 
Crown  the  Saviour  King  of  kings. 

3  Sinners  in  derision  crowned  him, 
Mocking  thus  the  Saviour's  claim ; 

Saints  and  angels  crowd  around  him, 
Own  his  title,  praise  his  name : 

Crown  him,  crown  him ; 
Spread  abroad  the  Victor's  fame. 

4  Hark,  those  bursts  of  acclamation ! 
Hark,  those  loud  triumphant  chords ! 

Jesus  takes  the  highest  station : 
O  what  joy  the  sight  affords ! 

Crown  him,  crown  him, 
King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords. 

THOMAS  KELLY. 

"And  he  shall  reign  for  ever  and  ever."  Bev. 
xi,  15. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


103 


From  the  Author's  Hymns  on  Various  Passages  of 
Scripture,  1809.  It  is  new  to  this  book,  and  is  de- 
servedly popular.    It  is  unaltered. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  54. 


250      Qur  everlasting  Priest.       L.  M.  6  1. 

OTHOU  eternal  Victim,  slain, 
A  sacrifice  for  guilty  man, 
By  the  eternal  Spirit  made 
An  offering  in  the  sinner's  stead ; 
Our  everlasting  Priest  art  thou, 
Pleading  thy  death  for  sinners  now. 

2  Thy  offering  still  continues  new ; 
Thy  vesture  keeps  its  crimson  hue ; 
Thou  art  the  ever-slaughtered  Lamb, 
Thy  priesthood  still  remains  the  same ; 
Thy  years,  O  Lord,  can  never  fail; 
Thy  goodness  is  unchangeable. 

3  O  that  our  faith  may  never  move, 
But  stand-  unshaken  as  thy  love ! 
Sure  evidence  of  things  unseen, 
Passing  the  years  that  intervene, 
Now  let  it  view  upon  the  tree 

The  Lord,  who  bleeds  and  dies  for  me. 

CHARLES  WESLEY,  ALT. 

In  1745  the  Wesleys  published  Hymns  on  the 
Lord's  Supper,  containing  one  hundred  and  sixty- 
six  pieces.  This  is  one  of  them.  The  book  was 
prefaced  by  a  thesis  on  The  Christian  Sacrament 
and  Sacrifice,  extracted  from  the  works  of  the  Eev. 
Dr.  Brevint,  a  French  Protestant  of  the  seventeenth 
century. 

Some  changes  were  made  by  the  editors  of  our 
hymn  book  in  1849.  "  Crimson,"  in  the  second 
stanza,  was  substituted  for  "  bloody /"  the  last  three 
lines  were  altered  from  this  form : 

"  Now  let  it  pass  the  years  between, 
And  view  Thee  bleeding  on  the  tree, 
My  God,  who  dies  for  me,  for  me ! " 


The  victory  of  the  cross.      8.  If.' 

JESUS,  the  Conqueror,  reigns, 
In  glorious  strength  arrayed ; 
His  kingdom  over  all  maintains, 
And  bids  the  earth  be  glad : 

2  Ye  sons  of  men,  rejoice 
In  Jesus1  mighty  love ; 

Lift  up  your  heart,  lift  up  your  voice, 
To  him  who  rules  above. 

3  Extol  his  kingly  power ; 
Kiss  the  exalted  Son, 

Who  died,  and  lives  to  die  no  more, 
High  on  his  Father's  throne : 


4  Our  Advocate  with  God, 

He  undertakes  our  cause, 
And  spreads  through  all  the  earth  abroad 

The  victory  of  his  cross. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Several  volumes  of  the  Wesleyan  hymns  were 
published  by  the  brothers,  John  and  Charles,  con- 
jointly. Most  of  them  were  probably  written  by 
Charles  Wesley,  although  it  is  impossible,  in  most 
cases,  to  say  with  certainty  of  these  hymns,  "  This 
is  by  Charles  and  that  by  John  Wesley."  The 
Wesleyan  Hymn  Book  does  not  attempt  this  dis- 
crimination, but  simply  marks  them  W.  for  Wes- 
leyan. It  is  quite  possible  that  in  our  Hymnal 
some  pieces  are  marked  Charles  Wesley  that  were 
written  by  John  Wesley,  and  vice  versa.  In  1749 
Charles  Wesley  published  two  volumes  of  Hymns 
and  Sacred  Poems.  This  composition  is  found  in 
vol.  i,  and  consists  of  the  first  two — verbatim — of 
sixteen  double  stanzas. 


S.  M. 


252      Christ,  our  Intercessor. 

LORD,  how  shall  sinners  dare 
Look  up  to  thine  abode, 
Or  offer  their  imperfect  prayer 
Before  a  holy  God? 

2  Bright  terrors  guard  thy  seatr 
And  glories  veil  thy  face ; 

Yet  mercy  calls  us  to  thy  feet, 
And  to  thy  throne  of  grace. 

3  My  soul,  with  cheerful  eye 
See  where  thy  Saviour  stands, 

The  glorious  Advocate  on  high, 
With  incense  in  his  hands. 


4  Teach  my  weak  heart,  O  Lord, 
With  faith  to  call  thee  mine ; 

Bid  me  pronounce  the  blissful  word — 
Father,  with  joy  divine. 

ANNE  STEELE,  ALT. 

This  is  made  up  of  parts  of  two  hymns.  The 
first  two  stanzas  are  the  first  part  of  a  long  meter 
hymn  of  eight  verses,  entitled  On  a  Day  of  prayer 
for  success  in  War. 

The  last  two  stanzas  are  verses  five  and  seven  of 
a  hymn  of  seven  verses,  entitled  Breathing  after 
God.  The  third  line  of  each  stanza  is  unaltered, 
all  the  rest  were  altered  in  changing  the  meter  from 
long  to  short. 

From  Miscellaneous  Pieces  in  Verses  and  Prose, 
1780. 


Jesus  enthroned. 


253 

ENTHRONED  is  Jesus  now, 
Upon  his  heavenly  seat ; 
The  kingly  crown  is  on  his  brow, 
The  saints  are  at  his  feet. 


S.  M. 


104  HYMN  STUDIES. 


2  In  shining  white  they  stand, 
A  great  and  countless  throng ; 

A  palmy  scepter  in  each  hand, 
On  every  lip  a  song. 

3  They  sing  the  Lamb  of  God, 
Once  slain  on  earth  for  them ; 

The  Lamb,  through  whose  atoning  blood, 
Each  wears  his  diadem. 

4  Thy  grace,  O  Holy  Ghost, 
Thy  blessed  help  supply, 

That  we  may  join  that  radiant  host, 
Triumphant  in  the  sky. 

THOMAS  J.  JUDKIN. 

From  Sacred  Melodies  ;  or,  Original  Hymns  for 
Congregational  and  Domestic  Use,  by  the  Eev.  T. 
J.  Judkin,  M.A.    London,  1837. 

The  first  line  in  the  original  reads  : 

"Throned  high  is  Jesus  now." 

The  rest  of  the  hymn  is  unaltered. 
The  Eev.  Thomas  James  Judkin  (1788-1871) 
was  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England. 


Our  merciful  High  Priest.  CM. 

WITH  joy  we  meditate  the  grace 
Of  our  High  Priest  above ; 
His  heart  is  made  of  tenderness, 
His  bowels  melt  with  love. 

2  Touched  with  a  sympathy  within, 
He  knows  our  feeble  frame ; 

He  knows  what  sore  temptations  mean, 
For  he  hath  felt  the  same. 

3  He,  in  the  days  of  feeble  flesh, 
Poured  out  strong  cries  and  tears, 

And  in  his  measure  feels  afresh 
What  every  member  bears. 

4  He'll  never  quench  the  smoking  flax, 
But  raise  it  to  a  flame ; 

The  bruised  reed  he  never  breaks, 
Nor  scorns  the  meanest  name. 

5  Then  let  our  humble  faith  address 
His  mercy  and  his  power ; 

"We  shall  obtain  delivering  grace 
In  every  trying  hour. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  Christ's  Compassion  to  the  Weak  and 
Tempted.  From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs, 
book  i,  1707.    The  hymn  has  three  texts : 

"  For  we  have  not  a  high  priest  which  cannot 
be  touched  with  a  feeling  of  our  infirmities ;  but 


was  in  all  points  tempted  like  as  we  arc,  yet  with- 
out sin.  Let  us  therefore  come  boldly  unto  the 
throne  of  grace,  that  we  may  obtain  mercy,  and 
find  grace  to  help  in  time  of  need."  Heb.  iv, 15-16. 
"  Who  in  the  days  of  his  flesh,  when  he  had  offered 
up  prayers  and  supplications  with  strong  crying 
and  tears  unto  him  that  was  able  to  save  him  from 
death,  and  was  heard  in  that  he  feared."  Heb.  v,  7. 
"  A  bruised  reed  shall  he  not  break,  and  smoking 
flax  shall  he  not  quench,  till  he  send  forth 
judgment  unto  victory."  Matt,  xii,  20. 

"  Strong"  has  been  substituted  for  "  his"  in  the 
third  stanza.    The  last  line  Watts  wrote : 

"  In  the  distressing  hour." 

One  feeble  verse,  the  third,  is  omitted  : 

"But  spotless,  innocent,  and  pure, 

The  great  Eedeemer  stood, 
While  Satan's  fiery  darts  he  bore 

And  did  resist  to  blood." 


/OOO  Christ,  our  guide.  CM. 

JESUS,  the  Lord  of  glory,  died, 
That  we  might  never  die; 
And  now  he  reigns  supreme,  to  guide 
His  people  to  the  sky. 

2  Weak  though  we  are,  he  still  is  near,* 
To  lead,  console,  defend ; 

In  all  our  sorrow,  all  our  fear, 
Our  all-sufficient  Friend. 

3  From  his  high  throne  in  bliss  he  deigns 
Our  every  prayer  to  heed ; 

Bears  with  our  folly,  soothes  our  pains, 
Supplies  our  every  need. 

4  And  from  his  love's  exhaustless  spring, 
Joys  like  a  river  come, 

To  make  the  desert  bloom  and  sing, 
O'er  wThich  we  travel  home. 

5  O  Jesus,  there  is  none  like  thee, 
Our  Saviour  and  our  Lord ; 

Through  earth  and  heaven  exalted  be, 
Beloved,  obeyed,  adored. 

BAPTIST  W.  NOEL. 

"  Whither  the  forerunner  is  for  us  entered.''''  Heb. 
vi,  20. 

The  text  of  this  hymn  has  not  been  altered. 
One  stanza,  the  fourth,  has  been  omitted  : 

4  "  Still  through  his  intercession  spared, 

We  find  him  true  and  kind  ; 
Though  we  are  as  the  marble  hard 

And  changeful  as  the  wind." 

From  A  Selection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns  for 
Public  and  Private  Use,  by  Baptist  Wriothesley 
Noel,  M.A.    London,  1838. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


105 


The  author  was  born  in  1799.  His  family  be- 
longed to  the  English  nobility.  Educated  at 
Cambridge,  he  was  graduated  with  honor  at  Trinity 
College  in  1826.  He  was  ordained  a  clergyman  of 
the  Church  of  England,  and  inducted  Rector  of  St. 
John's  Chapel,  London.  About  1848  he  changed 
his  views  concerning  baptism,  was  publicly  im- 
mersed, and  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Baptist 
churches. 

Dr.  Noel  was  a  pious  .man,  a  popular  preacher, 
and  a  zealous  Christian  worker.  He  was  the  author 
of  several  prose  works  ;  but  this  little  hymn  will 
perpetuate  his  name  when  his  other  writings  are 
forgotten.    He  lived  until  1873.  m 


256    King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords.  CM. 

THE  head  that  once  was  crowned  with 
thorns, 

Is  crowned  with  glory  now; 
A  royal  diadem  adorns 
The  mighty  Victor's  brow. 

2  The  highest  place  that  heaven  affords, 
Is  to  our  Jesus  given; 

The  King  of  kings,  and  Lord  of  lords, 
He  reigns  o'er  earth  and  heaven: 

3  The  joy  of  all  who  dwell  above, 
The  joy  of  all  below, 

To  whom  he  manifests  his  love, 
And  grants  his  name  to  know. 

4  To  them  the  cross,  with  all  its  shame, 
With  all  its  grace,  is  given ; 

Their  name,  an  everlasting  name, 
Their  joy,  the  joy  of  heaven. 

5  They  suffer  with  their  Lord  below, 
They  reign  with  him  above ; 

Their  everlasting  joy  to  know 
The  mystery  of  his  love. 

THOMAS  KELLY. 

"  Perfect  through  sufferings."  Heb.  ii,  10. 

This  valuable  and  'popular  hymn  was  first  pub- 
lished in  our  hymn  book  in  1849.  The  second 
and  fourth  lines  of  the  second  stanza,  as  written 
and  published  by  the  author,  were  : 

"  Is  his,  is  his  by  right ;  " 
"And  heaven's  eternal  light." 

The  third  line  of  the  fifth  stanza  was  : 

"  Their  profit  and  their  joy  to  know." 

The  last  stanza  is  omitted : 

"  The  cross  he  bore  is  life  and  health, 
Though  shame  and  death  to  him  ; 

His  people's  hope,  his  people's  wealth, 
Their  everlasting  theme." 

18^0°m  HymnS  0n  ^ar^ous  Usages  of  Scripture, 


257  s.m. 

On  his  head  toere  many  crowns.  Rev.  xix,  12. 

RO WN  him  with  many  crowns, 

J  The  Lamb  upon  his  throne ; 
Hark,  how  the  heavenly  anthem  drowns 

All  music  but  its  own ! 
Awake,  my  soul,  and  sing, 

Of  him  who  died  for  thee, 
And  hail  him  as  thy  matchless  King 

Through  all  eternity. 

2  Crown  him  the  Lord  of  love ! 
Behold  his  hands  and  side, — 

Rich  wounds,  yet  visible  above, 

In  beauty  glorified : 
No  angel  in  the  sky 

Can  fully  bear  that  sight, 
But  downward  bends  his  burning  eye 

At  mysteries  so  great. 

3  Crown  him  the  Lord  of  peace ! 
Whose  power  a  scepter  sways 

From  pole  to  pole,  that  wars  may  cease, 
And  all  be  prayer  and  praise : 

His  reign  shall  know  no  end, 
And  round  his  pierced  feet 

Fair  flowers  of  paradise  extend 
Their  fragrance  ever  sweet. 

4  Crown  him  the  Lord  of  years, 
The  Potentate  of  time, 

Creator  of  the  rolling  spheres, 

Ineffably  sublime ! 
All  hail !  Redeemer,  hail ! 

For  thou  hast  died  for  me ; 
Thy  praise  shall  never,  never  fail 

Throughout  eternity. 

MATTHEW  BRIDGES. 

"  In  Capite  Ejus  Diademata  Mutta."  Apocal. 
xix,  12. 

The  author  wrote  verse  two,  line  eight : 
"  At  mysteries  so  bright.'''' 
Verse  three,  line  four  : 

" Absorbed  in  prayer  and  praise." 

Omitted. 

2  "  Crown  Him  the  Virgin's  Son ! 

The  God  Incarnate  born, — 
Whose  arm  those  crimson  trophies  won 

Which  now  His  Brow  adorn  ! 
Fruit  of  the  Mystic  Rose 

As  of  that  Eose  the  Stem: 
The  Eoot,  whence  Mercy  ever  flows, 

The  Babe  of  Bethlehem." 

"  Glass'd  in  a  sea  of  light, 

Whose  everlasting  waves 
Reflect  His  Throne— the  Infinite  ! 

Who  lives, — and  loves, — and  saves. 


106  HYMN  STUDIES. 


Crown  Him  the  Lord  of  Heaven  ! 

One  with  the  Father  known, — 
And  the  Blest  Spirit  thro'  Him  given 

From  yonder  triune  Throne." 

From  Hymns  of  the  Heart,  For  the  Use  of  Cath- 
olics, by  Matthew  Bridges,  Esq.,  1848. 


258  His  speaking  blood.  8,7. 

FATHER,  hear  the  blood  of  Jesus, 
Speaking  in  thine  ears  above : 
From  impending  wrath  release  us; 
Manifest  thy  pardoning  love. 

2  O  receive  us  to  thy  favor, — 
For  his  only  sake  receive ; 

Give  us  to  the  bleeding  Saviour, 
Let  us  by  his  dying  live. 

3  "To  thy  pardoning  grace  receive  them," 
Once  he  prayed  upon  the  tree ; 

Still  his  blood  cries  out,  ' '  Forgive  them ; 
All  their  sins  were  laid  on  me." 

4  Still  our  Advocate  in  heaven, 
Prays  the  prayer  on  earth  begun, 

* '  Father,  show  their  sins  forgiven ; 
Father,  glorify  thy  Son !  " 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymns  on  the  LorcVs  Supper, hy  John  and 
Charles  Wesley,  Presbyters  of  the  Church  of  En- 
gland.   Bristol,  1745. 

This  hymn  came  into  our  book  in  1849,  and  a 
few  verbal  changes  were  made  at  that  time ;  the 
third  line  read  : 

"  From  Thy  wrath  and  curse  release  us." 

The  third  line  of  second  stanza: 
"  Give  us  to  our  bleeding  Saviour." 

And  the  last  line  of  third  stanza : 
"  All  their  sins  were  purged  by  me." 


259  The  Lord  is  risen.  7. 

CHRIST,  the  Lord,  is  risen  again, 
Christ  hath  broken  every  chain ; 
Hark !  angelic  voices  cry, 
Singing  evermore  on  high, 

Hallelujah  !  Praise  the  Lord ! 

2  He  who  gave  for  us  his  life, 
Who  for  us  endured  the  strife, 
Is  our  Paschal  Lamb  to-day ! 
We,  too,  sing  for  joy,  and  say, 
Hallelujah!  Praise  the  Lord ! 


3  He  who  bore  all  pain  and  loss, 
Comfortless  upon  the  cross, 
Lives  in  glory  now  on  high, 
Pleads  for  us,  and  hears  our  cry ; 

Hallelujah !  Praise  the  Lord ! 

4  Now  he  bids  us  tell  abroad 
How  the  lost  may  be  restored, 
How  the  penitent  forgiven, 
How  we,  too,  may  enter  heaven ! 

Hallelujah!  Praise  the  Lord ! 

»  MICHAEL  WEISSE. 

TR.  BY  MISS  C.  WINKWORTH. 

This  Easter  Hymn  has  been  traced  to  the  Bo- 
hemian Brethren  of  the  fifteenth  century. 

Michael  Weisse  was  pastor  of  a  German  congre- 
gation in  the  first  part  of  the  sixteenth  century. 
He  translated  some  of  the  finest  of  the  Bohemian 
hymns  into  German,  and  added  some  original 
pieces,  thus  making  a  favorite  hymn  book.  The 
English  translation  is  from  Lyra  Germanica,  second 
series,  1858.    Three  stanzas  are  omitted. 

Verse  one,  line  three,  in  the  translation  is  : 

"  Hark,  the  angels  shout  for  joy." 
The  change  is  a  great  improvement. 


^bU  The  Lord  is  risen.  7 

CHRIST,  the  Lord,  is  risen  to-day, 
Sons  of  men  and  angels  say : 
Raise  your  joys  and  triumphs  high; 
Sing,  ye  heavens, — and  earth,  reply. 

2  Love's  redeeming  work  is  done ; 
Fought  the  fight,  the  battle  won: 
Lo !  the  sun's  eclipse  is  o'er ; 

Lo !  he  sets  in  blood  no  more. 

3  Vain  the  stone,  the  watch,  the  seal, 
Christ  has  burst  the  gates  of  hell : 
Death  in  vain  forbids  his  rise ; 
Christ  hath  opened  paradise. 

4  Lives  again  our  glorious  King; 
Where,  O  Death,  is  now  thy  sting  ? 
Once  he  died  our  souls  to  save ; 
Where's  thy  victory,  boasting  Grave? 

5  Soar  we  now  where  Christ  has  led, 
Follow  our  exalted  Head ; 

Made  like  him,  like  him  we  rise ; 
Ours  the  cross,  the  grave,  the  skies. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  author's  title  was :  Hymn  for  Easter  Day. 
There  are  eleven  stanzas  in  all;  these  are  the 
first  five. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


107 


The  third  stanza  very  much  resembles  a  stanza 
of  his  eldest  brother's  (Samuel's)  Easter  hymn  : 

"  In  vain  the  stone,  the  watch,  the  seal, 

Forbid  an  early  rise 
To  Him  who  breaks  the  gates  of  hell, 

And  opens  Paradise." 

One  couplet  has  been  changed,  the  last  in  the 
fourth  stanza : 

"  Dying  once  he  all  doth  save  : 
"Where  thy  victory,  0  grave?  " 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  published  by 
John  and  Charles  Wesley.    London,  1739. 


&  0 1  Ascension  day.  7. 

HAIL  the  day  that  sees  Him  rise, 
Ravished  from  our  wishful  eyes ! 
Christ,  awhile  to  mortals  given, 
Re-ascends  his  native  heaven. 

2  There  the  pompous  triumph  waits ; 
Lift  your  heads,  eternal  gates ; 
Wide  unfold  the  radiant  scene ; 
Take  the  King  of  glory  in ! 

3  Circled  round  with  angel  powers, 
Their  triumphant  Lord  and  ours, 
Conqueror  over  death  and  sin, — 
Take  the  King  of  glory  in ! 

4  Him  through  highest  heaven  receives, 
Still  he  loves  the  earth  he  leaves; 
Though  returning  to  his  throne, 

Still  he  calls  mankind  his  own. 

5  See,  he  lifts  his  hands  above ! 
See,  he  shows  the  prints  of  love ! 
Hark,  his  gracious  lips  bestow 
Blessings  on  his  Church  below ! 

6  Saviour,  parted  from  our  sight, 
High  above  yon  azure  height, 
Grant  our  hearts  may  thither  rise, 
Following  thee  beyond  the  skies. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Hymn  for  Ascension  Day,  from  Hymns  and  Sa- 
cred Poems,  1739. 

Between  verses  five  and  six,  two  stanzas  are 
omitted  : 

6  "  Still  for  us  His  death  He  pleads ; 
Prevalent,  He  intercedes  : 

Near  Himself  prepares  our  place- 
Harbinger  of  human  race. 

7  "  Master,  (will  we  ever  say,) 
Taken  from  our  head  to-day  ; 
See  Thy  faithful  servants,  see ! 
Ever  gazing  up  to  Thee." 


The  last  stanza  of  the  hymn,  as  written,  begins: 
"  Grant  though  parted  from  our  sight." 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas  : 

9  "  Ever  upward  let  us  move, 
Wafted  on  the  wings  of  love; 
Looking  when  our  Lord  shall  come, 
Longing,  gasping  after  home. 

10  "  There  we  shall  with  Thee  remain, 
Partners  of  Thy  endless  reign; 
There  Thy  face  unclouded  see, 
Find  our  heaven  of  heavens  in  Thee." 


Earnest  of  endless  rest.  7. 

GRACIOUS  Spirit,  Love  divine, 
Let  thy  light  within  me  shine ! 
All  my  guilty  fears  remove ; 
Fill  me  with  thy  heavenly  love. 

2  Speak  thy  pardoning  grace  to  me; 
Set  the  burdened  sinner  free; 
Lead  me  to  the  Lamb  of  God ; 
Wash  me  in  his  precious  blood. 

3  Life  and  peace  to  me  impart ; 
Seal  salvation  on  my  heart ; 
Breathe  thyself  into  my  breast, 
Earnest  of  immortal  rest. 

4  Let  me  never  from  thee  stray; 
Keep  me  in  the  narrow  way; 
Fill  my  soul  with  joy  divine ; 
Keep  me,  Lord,  forever  thine. 

JOHN  STOCKER. 


Title :  To  God  the  Holy  Ghost. 

The  original  of  verse  one,  line  four,  is : 

"  Fill  me  full  of  Heaven  and  Love." 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas : 

5  "  G-uard  me  round  on  ev'ry  side; 
Save  me  from  self-righteous  pride: 
Me  with  Jesus'  Mind  inspire  ; 
Melt  me  with  celestial  fire." 

6  "  Thou  my  Dross  and  Tin  consume, 
Let  thy  inward  kingdom  come ; 

All  my  Prayer  and  Praise  suggest ; 
Dwell  and  reign  within  my  Breast." 

About  all  that  is  known  of  this  author  is  that  he 
was  an  Englishman,  and  that  he  contributed  this 
and  several  other  hymns  to  the  Gospel  Magazine  in 
the  years  1776  and  1777.  Daniel  Sedgwick  re- 
printed nine  of  his  hymns  in  1861. 


108 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


^Do        His  grace  entreated. 

HOLY  SPIRIT,  Truth  divine ! 
Dawn  upon  this  soul  of  mine ; 
Word  of  God,  and  inward  Light ! 
Wake  my  spirit,  clear  my  sight. 

2  Holy  Spirit,  Love  divine! 
Glow  within  this  heart  of  mine ; 
Kindle  every  high  desire ; 
Perish  self  in  thy  pure  fire ! 

2  Holy  Spirit,  Power  divine! 
Fill  and  nerve  this  will  of  mine ; 
By  thee  may  I  strongly  live, 
Bravely  bear  and  nobly  strive. 

4  Holy  Spirit,  Right  divine! 
King  within  my  conscience  reign ; 
Be  my  law,  and  I  shall  be 
Firmly  bound,  forever  free. 

SAMUEL  LONGFELLOW. 

Title :  Prayer  for  Inspiration.  From  Hymns  of 
the  Spirit.    Boston,  1864. 

These  stanzas  are  copied  verbatim.  There  are  two 
additional : 

5  "Holy  Spirit,  Peace  divine! 
Still  this  restless  heart  of  mine ; 
Speak  to  calm  this  tossing  sea, 
Stayed  in  Thy  tranquillity. 

"  Holy  Spirit,  Joy  divine  ! 
Gladden  Thou  this  heart  of  mine  ; 
In  the  desert  ways  I  sing 
Spring,  0  Well !  forever  spring. 

For  biography  of  author,  see  No.  109. 


264:     The  gracious  Comforter.  7. 

GRANTED  is  the  Saviour's  prayer, 
Sent  the  gracious  Comforter; 
Promise  of  our  parting  Lord, 
Jesus,  to  his  heaven  restored. 

2  Christ,  who  now  gone  up  on  high, 
Captive  leads  captivity, 

While  his  foes  from  him  receive 
Grace,  that  God  with  man  may  live. 

3  God,  the  everlasting  God, 
Makes  with  mortals  his  abode ; 
Whom  the  heavens  cannot  contain, 
He  vouchsafes  to  dwell  in  man. 

4  Never  will  he  thence  depart, 
Inmate  of  a  humble  heart; 
Carrying  on  his  work  within, 
Striving  till  he  cast  out  sin. 


5  There  he  helps  our  feeble  moans, 
Deepens  our  imperfect  groans, 
Intercedes  in  silence  there, 

Sighs  the  unutterable  prayer. 

6  Come,  divine  and  peaceful  Guest, 
Enter  our  devoted  breast : 

Holy  Ghost,  our  hearts  inspire, 
Kindle  there  the  gospel  fire. 

7  Crown  the  agonizing  strife, 
Principle  and  Lord  of  life : 
Life  divine  in  us  renew, 
Thou  the  Gift  and  Giver  too ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Hymn  for  Whitsunday.  Unaltered,  from  Hymns 
and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 

This  hymn  is  new  to  the  collection. 

There  are  three  additional  stanzas,  which  contain 
the  "  application,"  and  are,  therefore,  the  most  im- 
portant of  all : 

8  "  Now  descend  and  shake  the  earth, 
Wake  us  into  second  birth ; 

Now  Thy  quickening  influence  give, 
Blow — and  these  dry  bones  shall  live ! 

9  "Brood  Thou  o'er  our  nature's  night, 
Darkness  kindles  into  light, 

Speed  Thy  over-shadowing  wings, 
Order  from  confusion  springs. 

10  "  Pain  and  sin  and  sorrow  cease ; 
Thee  we  taste,  and  all  is  peace ; 
Joy  Divine  in  Thee  we  prove, 
Light  of  truth,  and  fire  of  love." 


6  5        The  Source  of  consolation.        8, 7. 

HOLY  GHOST,  dispel  our  sadness; 
Pierce  the  clouds  of  nature's  night; 
Come,  thou  Source  of  joy  and  gladness, 
Breathe  thy  life,  and  spread  thy  light. 

2  From  the  height  which  knows  no  measure^ 
As  a  gracious  shower  descend, 

Bringing  down  the  richest  treasure 
Man  can  wish,  or  God  can  send. 

3  Author  of  the  new  creation, 

Come  with  unction  and  with  power; 
Make  our  hearts  thy  habitation ; 
On  our  souls  thy  graces  shower. 

4  Hear,  O  hear  our  supplication, 
Blessed  Spirit,  God  of  peace ! 

Rest  upon  this  congregation, 
With  the  fullness  of  thy  grace. 

PAUL  GERHARDT.   TR.  BY  J.  C.  JACOBI, 
ALT.  BY  A.  M.  TOPLADY. 


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This  hymn  has  had  a  remarkable  history.  It  has 
been  drawn  and  quartered  again  and  again.  The 
German  original  was  written  by  Paul  Gerhardt, 
(see  No.  212,)  in  1648.  It  was  translated  in  ten 
eight-lined  stanzas  by  John  Christian  Jacobi.  In 
1776  the  Eev.  Augustus  M.  Toplady  made  over 
this  translation  into  a  hymn  of  six  eight-lined 
stanzas  for  his  selection  of  hymns.  The  editors  of 
the  1849  edition  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Hymn 
Book,  transposed  and  altered  Toplady's  version ; 
and  the  editors  of  the  present  Hymnal  made  still 
further  changes.  If  it  is  not  the  finest  hymn  now 
extant,  it  cannot  be  for  lack  of  attention. 


266       Guide  and  Comforter.  8, 7. 

HOLY  SPIRIT,  Fount  of  blessing, 
Ever  watchful,  ever  kind, 
Thy  celestial  aid  possessing, 

Prisoned  souls  deliverance  find. 
Seal  of  truth,  and  Bond  of  union, 

Source  of  light,  and  Flame  of  love, 
Symbol  of  divine  communion, 
In  the  olive-bearing  dove ; 

2  Heavenly  Guide  from  paths  of  error, 

Comforter  of  minds  distressed, 
"When  the  billows  fill  with  terror, 

Pointing  to  an  ark  of  rest : 
Promised  Pledge,  eternal  Spirit, 

Greater  than  all  gifts  below, 
May  our  hearts  thy  grace  inherit ; 

May  our  lips  thy  glories  show ! 

THOMAS  J.  JUDKIN. 

"  Where  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is,  there  is  liberty." 
2  Cor.  hi,  17. 

Unaltered  and  entire  from  the  author's  Sacred 
Melodies  ;  or,  Original  Hymns  for  Congregational 
and  Domestic  Use.    London,  1837.   See  No.  253. 


267  The  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit  7. 

HOLY  GHOST,  with  light  divine, 
Shine  upon  this  heart  of  mine ; 
Chase  the  shades  of  night  away, 
Turn  my  darkness  into  day. 

2  Holy  Ghost,  with  power  divine, 
Cleanse  this  guilty  heart  of  mine , 
Long  hath  sin,  without  control, 
Held  dominion  o'er  my  soul. 

3  Holy  Ghost,  with  joy  divine, 
Cheer  this  saddened  heart  of  mine; 
Bid  my  many  woes  depart, 

Heal  my  wounded,  bleeding  heart. 


4  Holy  Spirit,  all  divine, 
Dwell  within  this  heart  of  mine; 
Cast  down  every  idol-throne, 
Reign  supreme — and  reign  alone. 

ANDREW  REED. 

Title :  Prayer  to  the  Spirit.  From  Dr.  Eeed's  Col- 
lection, published  in  1817. 

The  original  contains  four  double  stanzas.  This 
hymn  is  made  up  of  the  first  half  of  each  stanza 
without  change. 

The  Eev.  Andrew  Eeed,  D.D.,  an  English  Inde- 
pendent minister,  was  born  in  London  in  1788,  and 
lived  until  1862.  In  his  youth  he  was  a  great  lover 
of  books,  and  was  very  happy  when  his  parents 
decided  that  he  might  go  to  college.  After  he  was 
graduated  at  Hackney  Seminary,  he  accepted  a  call 
to  a  church  in  East  London,  where  he  remained 
for  half  a  century.  Dr.  Eeed  was  a  natural  orator, 
and  a  successful  pastor ;  but  he  was  more  famous 
for  Christian  philanthropy.  He  founded  several 
asylams  and  hospitals,  which,  by  his  great  faith 
and  business  ability,  be  made  successful.  He  wrote 
his  own  biography  as  follows  : 

"  To  my  saucy  boy,  who  said  he  would  ivritemy 
life,  and  asked  for  materials." 

"A.  E. 

"I  was  born  yesterday ; 
I  shall  die  to-morrow  : 
I  must  not  spend  to-day 
In  telling  what  I  have  done, 
But  in  doing  what  I  may  for 
HIM 

Who  has  done  all  for  me. 
I  sprang  from  the  people  ; 
I  have  lived  for  the  people — 
The  most  for  the  most  unhappy. 
And  the  people,  when  they  know  it, 
Will  not  allow  me  to  die  out  of  loving 
remembrance." 


26)8         His  universal  effusion.  L.  M. 

N  all  the  earth  Thy  Spirit  shower; 


0 


The  earth  in  righteousness  renew ; 
Thy  kingdom  come,  and  hell's  o'erpower, 
And  to  thy  scepter  all  subdue. 

2  Like  mighty  winds,  or  torrents  fierce, 
Let  him  opposers  all  o'errun ; 

And  every  law  of  sin  reverse, 

That  faith  and  love  may  make  all  one. 

3  Yea,  let  him,  Lord,  in  every  place 
His  richest  energy  declare ; 

While  lovely  tempers,  fruits  of  grace, 
The  kingdom  of  thy  Christ  prepare. 

4  Grant  this,  O  holy  God  and  true ! 
The  ancient  seers  thou  didst  inspire, 

To  us  perform  the  promise  due ; 

Descend,  and  crown  us  now  with  fire. 

HENRY  MORE. 
ALT.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 


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Tli is  hymn  is  the  last  part  of  a  long  poem,  enti- 
tled Upon  the  Descent  of  the  Holy  Ghost  at  the  Pay 
of  Pentecost. 

It  is  found  in  the  author's  Works  in  prose  and 
poetry.  London,  1708.  It  was  altered  by  Wesley 
and  published  (fifteen  verses)  in  Hymns  and  Sacred 
Poems,  1739. 

We  here  give  the  original  of  these  stanzas  that  the 
reader  may  see  just  what  changes  have  been  made  : 

"  On  all  the  earth  thy  Spirit  pour, 

In  righteousness  it  to  renew  : 
That  Satan's  kingdom  't  may  o'erpower, 

And  to  Christ's  sceptre  may  subdue. 

"  Like  mighty  wind  or  torrent  fierce, 

Let  it  withstanders  all  o'errun, 
And  every  wicked  law  reverse, 

That  faith  and  love  may  make  all  one. 

M  Let  peace  and  joy  in  each  place  spring, 
And  righteousness,  the  Spirit's  fruits, 

With  meekness,  friendship,  and  each  thing 
That  with  the  Christian  spirit  suits. 

"  Grant  this  O  holy  God  and  true, 
Who  the  ancient  prophets  did  inspire , 

Haste  to  perform  thy  promise  due, 
As  all  thy  servants  thee  desire." 

The  Eev.  Henry  More,  D.D.,  was  born  in  1614  ; 
was  educated  at  Eton  and  Christ  College,  Cam- 
bridge ;  was  graduated  in  1635,  took  the  degree  of 
M.  A.  in  1639,  and  was  made  a  fellow  of  his  college. 
Dr.  More  rejected  all  Church  preferments,  and  gave 
himself  to  philosophical  studies  and  authorship. 
He  died  in  1687. 


269  Come,  Creator  Spirit.         L.  M. 

OCOME,  Creator  Spirit  blest ! 
Within  these  souls  of  thine  to  rest ; 
Come,  with  thy  grace  and  heavenly  aid, 
To  fill  the  hearts  which  thou  hast  made. 

2  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  now  descend ! 
Most  blessed  gift  which  God  can  send ; 
Thou  Fire  of  love,  and  Fount  of  life ! 
Consume  our  sins,  and  calm  our  strife. 

3  "With  patience  firm  and  purpose  high, 
The  weakness  of  our  flesh  supply ; 
Kindle  our  senses  from  above, 

And  make  our  hearts  o'erflow  with  love. 

4  Far  from  us  drive  the  foe  we  dread, 
And  grant  us  thy  true  peace  instead ; 
So  shall  we  not,  with  thee  to  guide, 
Turn  from  the  paths  of  life  aside. 

GREGORY  THE  GREAT. 

Title  :  Veni,  Creator  Spiritus. 
The  translation  is  by  Edward  Caswall,  from 
Lyra  Catholica,  1848. 


The  original  has  seven  stanzas ;  these  are  veraes 
one,  two,  four,  and  five,  somewhat  altered. 

Original  Lines. 

Verse  one,  lines  one  and  two : 

"  Come,  O  Creator  Spirit  blest ! 
And  in  our  souls  take  up  thy  rest." 

Verse  three,  line  one : 

"  With  patience  firm  and  virtue  high." 

The  couplets  of  this  stanza  have  been  transposed. 
Verse  four,  line  three : 

"  So  shall  we  not  with  thee  for  guide." 
For  biographical  sketch  of  Gregory,  see  No.  240. 


270      Life,  light,  and  love.         C.  M. 

ENTHRONED  on  high,  almighty  Lord, 
The  Holy  Ghost  send  down ; 
Fulfill  in  us  thy  faithful  word, 
And  all  thy  mercies  crown. 

2  Though  on  our  heads  no  tongues  of  fire 
Their  wondrous  powers  impart, 

Grant,  Saviour,  what  we  more  desire, — 
Thy  Spirit  in  our  heart. 

3  Spirit  of  life,  and  light,  and  love, 
Thy  heavenly  influence  give ; 

Quicken  our  souls,  our  guilt  remove, 
That  we  in  Christ  may  live. 

4  To  our  benighted  minds  reveal 
The  glories  of  his  grace, 

And  bring  us  where  no  clouds  conceal 
The  brightness  of  his  face. 

5  His  love  within  us  shed  abroad, 
Life's  ever-springing  well ; 

Till  God  in  us,  and  we  in  God, 
In  love  eternal  dwell. 

THOMAS  HAWEIS. 

Author's  title  :  Pay  of  Pentecost. 
From  Carmina  Christo;  or,  Hymns  to  the  Saviour, 
1792. 

The  last  part  of  the  third  stanza  was  originally : 

"  Quicken  our  souls,  born  from  above, 
In  Christ  that  we  may  live." 

The  Eev.  Thomas  Haweis  was  born  in  1732?  and 
was  graduated  at  Christ's  College,  Cambridge. 
Haweis  was  a  popular  preacher  of  the  Church  of 
England,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  London  Mis- 
sionary Society.  He  was  the  author  of  some  prose 
works,  and  published  a  volume  of  two  hundred 
and  fifty-six  hymns.    He  lived  until  1820. 


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<o  i  1  Source  of  light  and  joy.        C.  M. 

GREAT  Spirit,  by  whose  mighty  power 
All  creatures  live  and  move, 
On  us  thy  benediction  shower ; 
Inspire  our  souls  with  love. 

2  Hail,  Source  of  light !  arise  and  shine ; 
Darkness  and  doubt  dispel ; 

Give  peace  and  joy,  for  we  are  thine ; 
In  us  forever  dwell. 

3  From  death  to  life  our  spirits  raise, 
And  full  redemption  bring; 

New  tongues  impart  to  speak  the  j)raise 
Of  Christ,  our  God  and  King. 

4  Thine  inward  witness  bear,  unknown 
To  all  the  world  beside ; 

Exulting  then  we  feel  and  own 
Our  Saviour  glorified. 

THOMAS  HAWEIS. 

Original  title  :  Day  of  Pentecost. 

In  verse  three,  line  two,  the  author  wrote : 

"  Compleat  redemption  bring." 

Verse  four,  line  four : 

"  Our  Jesus  glorified." 

The  full  title  of  Dr.  Haweis's  book  of  hymns  was : 

Carmina  Ghristo ;  or,  Hymns  to  the  Saviour,  De- 
signed for  the  Use  and  Comfort  of  those  who  Wor- 
ship the  Lamb  that  was  Slain,  1792.  The  first  edi- 
tion eontained  oue  hundred  and  thirty  -nine  hymns. 


ST  3     I  worship  Thee,  0  Holy  Ghost.  C.  M. 

I WORSHIP  thee,  O  Holy  Ghost, 
I  love  to  worship  thee ; 
My  risen  Lord  for  aye  were  lost 
But  for  thy  company. 

2  I  worship  thee,  O  Holy  Ghost, 
I  love  to  worship  thee ; 

I  grieved  thee  long,  alas !  thou  know'st 
It  grieves  me  bitterly. 

3  I  worship  thee,  O  Holy  Ghost, 
I  love  to  worship  thee ; 

Thy  patient  love,  at  what  a  cost 
At  last  it  conquered  me ! 

4  I  worship  thee,  O  Holy  Ghost, 
I  love  to  worship  thee; 

With  thee  each  day  is  Pentecost, 
Each  night  Nativity. 

WILLIAM  P.  WARREN. 


This  hymn  was  contributed  by  the  author  to  the 
Hymnal  in  1877,  at  the  request  of  the  Editorial 
Committee. 

The  Rev.  William  Fairfield  Warren,  D.D.,  LL.D., 
was  born  in  Williamsburg,  Mass.,  in  1833,  and  was 
graduated  at  the  Wesleyan  University  in  1853.  In 
1856  he  went  abroad,  and  spent  some  years  in  Ger- 
man Universities  and  in  traveling.  In  1861  he  was 
appointed  Professor  of  Systematic  Theology  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Mission  Institute  at  Bremen, 
Germany.  In  1866  he  returned  to  this  country, 
having  been  elected  to  the  Professorship  of  System- 
atic Theology  in  Boston  Theological  Seminary.  In 
1871  he  was  chosen  Dean  of  the  School  of  Theol- 
ogy in  Boston  University,  and  in  1873  was  elected 
President  of  the  University,  which  position  he  still 
honors.  President  Warren  is  a  brother  of  Bishop 
Henry  W.  Warren.    He  wrote  the  hymn : 

"  Out  on  an  ocean  all  boundless  we  ride," 

which  was  very  popular  several  years  ago. 


273  L.  M.  6  1. 

Receive  ye  the  Holy  Ghost.  John  xx,  22. 

COME,  Holy  Ghost,  our  souls  inspire, 
And  lighten  with  celestial  fire ; 
Thou  the  anointing  Spirit  art, 
Who  dost  thy  sevenfold  gifts  impart: 
Thy  blessed  unction  from  above 
Is  comfort,  life,  and  fire  of  love. 

2  Enable  with  perpetual  light 
The  dullness  of  our  blinded  sight; 
Anoint  and  cheer  our  soiled  face 
With  the  abundance  of  thy  grace ; 
Keep  far  our  foes,  give  peace  at  home ; 
Where  thou  art  guide,  no  ill  can  come. 

3  Teach  us  to  know  the  Father,  Son, 
And  thee,  of  both,  to  be  but  one; 
That  through  the  ages  all  along, 
This  may  be  our  endless  song : 
Praise  to  thy  eternal  merit, 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Spirit. 

GREGORY  THE  GREAT. 
TR.  BY  J.  COSIN. 

This  is  a  free  version  of  the  famous  Latin  hymn, 
Veni,  Creator  Spiritus. 

For  biography  of  Gregory,  see  No.  240. 

This  translation,  as  here  given,  first  appeared  in 
A  Collection  of  Private  Devotions,  1627. 

The  translator,  Bishop  John  Cosin,  was  born  in 
Norwich  in  1594 ;  entered  Cambridge  at  the  age  of 
sixteen,  and  in  1628  received  the  degree  of  D.D. 
Dr.  Cosin  was  extremely  "  High-Church,"  and 
could  not  harmonize  with  the  Long  Parliament. 
He  therefore  retired  to  France.  At  the  Restora- 
tion he  returned  to  England,  and  soon  after  that 
was  appointed  Bishop  of  Durham.  He  died  in 
1672. 


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2  74     The  spirit  of  the  ancient  saints.     L.  M. 

OFOR  that  flame  of  living  fire, 
Which  shone  so  bright  in  saints  of  old ! 
Which  bade  their  souls  to  heaven  aspire, 
Calm  in  distress,  in  danger  bold. 

2  Where  is  that  Spirit,  Lord,  which  dwelt 
In  Abrah'm's  breast,  and  sealed  him 

thine? 

Which  made  Paul's  heart  with  sorrow  melt, 
And  glow  with  energy  divine? 

3  That  Spirit,  which  from  age  to  age 
Proclaimed  thy  love,  and  taught  thy  ways? 

Brightened  Isaiah's  vivid  page, 

And  breathed  in  David's  hallowed  lays? 

4  Is  not  thy  grace  as  mighty  now 
As  when  Elijah  felt  its  power ; 

When  glory  beamed  from  Moses1  brow, 
Or  Job  endured  the  trying  hour? 

5  Remember,  Lord,  the  ancient  days; 
Renew  thy  work ;  thy  grace  restore ; 

And  while  to  thee  our  hearts  we  raise, 
On  us  thy  Holy  Spirit  pour. 

WILLIAM  H.  BATHUBST. 

Title :  For  an  Increase  of  Grace. 

From  Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Public  and  Private 
Use.    London,  1831. 

This  hymn  is  copied  verbatim,  except  the  last 
couplet,  which  reads  : 

"  Warm  our  cold  hearts  to  prayer  and  praise, 
And  teach  us  how  to  love  thee  more." 

For  biographical  notes  of  author,  see  No.  61. 


275  Pentecostal  gifts.  L.  M. 

(~^OME,  Holy  Spirit,  raise  our  songs 
J  To  reach  the  wonders  of  that  day, 
When,  with  the  fiery  cloven  tongues 

Thou  didst  such  glorious  scenes  display. 

2  Lord,  we  believe  to  us  and  ours, 
The  apostolic  promise  given ; 

We  wait  the  pentecostal  powers, 

The  Holy  Ghost  sent  down  from  heaven. 

3  Assembled  here  with  one  accord, 
Calmly  we  wait  the  promised  grace, 

The  purchase  of  our  dying  Lord ; 
Come,  Holy  Ghost,  and  fill  the  place. 

4  If  every  one  that  asks,  may  find, 
If  still  thou  dost  on  sinners  fall, 

Come  as  a  mighty  rushing  wind ; 
Great  grace  be  now  upon  us  all. 


5  O  leave  us  not  to  mourn  below, 
Or  long  for  thy  return  to  pine ; 

Now,  Lord,  the  comforter  bestow, 
And  fix  in  us  the  Guest  divine. 

CHARLES  WESLEY,  ALT. 

The  first  stanza  of  this  hymn  is  not  Wesley's, 
but  was  added  by  the  Revision  Committee  from  an 
old  edition  of  the  hymn  book.  The  author  is 
unknown.  He  may  be  Eobert  Carr  Brackenbury. 
It  is  the  first  stanza  of  a  hymn  in  a  book  edited  by 
him,  and  entitled  Sacred  Poetry,  etc.  London,  1800. 
The  remaining  stanzas  are  respectively  verses  five, 
seven,  eight,  and  six  of  a  Hymn  for  the  Day  of 
Pentecost,  which  contained  twelve  stanzas  in  all. 
Three  lines  have  been  altered. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


276      His  power  and  unction.      L.  M. 

0 SPIRIT  of  the  living  God, 
In  all  thy  plenitude  of  grace, 
Where'er  the  foot  of  man  hath  trod, 
Descend  on  our  apostate  race. 

2  Give  tongues  of  fire  and  hearts  of  love, 
To  preach  the  reconciling  word ; 

Give  power  and  unction  from  above, 
Where'er  the  joyful  sound  is  heard. 

3  Be  darkness,  at  thy  coming,  light ; 
Confusion — order,-  in  thy  path ; 

Souls  without  strength,  inspire  with  might ; 
Bid  mercy  triumph  over  wrath, 

4  Baptize  the  nations ;  far  and  nigh 
The  triumphs  of  the  cross  record ; 

The  name  of  Jesus  glorify, 

Till  every  kindred  call  him  Lord. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title :  The  Spirit  Accompanying  the  Word  of 
God.  Unaltered,  from  the  Christian  Psalmist, 
1825. 

Two  stanzas  have  been  omitted  : 

4  "  0  Spirit  of  the  Lord  !  prepare 
All  the  round  earth  her  God  to  meet ; 

Breathe  Thou  abroad  like  morning  air, 
Till  hearts  of  stone  begin  to  beat. 

6  "God  from  eternity  hath  willed, 

All  flesh  shall  His  salvation  see ; 
So  be  the  Father's  love  fulfilled, 

The  Saviour's  sufferings  crowned  through  Thee. 


277        His  quickening  power.       C.  M. 

COME,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  thy  quickening  powers; 
Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love 
In  these  cold  hearts  of  ours. 


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2  Look  how  we  grovel  here  below, 
Fond  of  these  earthly  toys ; 

Our  souls,  how  heavily  they  go 
To  reach  eternal  joys. 

3  In  vain  we  tune  our  formal  songs, 
In  vain  we  strive  to  rise; 

Hosannas  languish  on  our  tongues, 
And  our  devotion  dies. 

4  Father,  and  shall  we  ever  live 
At  this  poor  dying  rate, 

Our  love  so  faint,  so  cold  to  thee, 
And  thine  to  us  so  great  ? 

5  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove, 
With  all  thy  quickening  powers ; 

Come,  shed  abroad  a  Saviour's  love, 
And  that  shall  kindle  ours. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  Breathing  after  the  Holy  Spirit ;  or,  Fer- 
vency of  Devotion  Desired.  From  Hymns  and 
Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 

The  third  line  of  the  second  stanza  has  been 
changed.    Watts  wrote  : 

"  Our  souls  can  neither  fly  nor  go." 

Watts  also  began  the  fourth  stanza: 

"  Dear  Lord,  and  shall  we  ever  live." 

These  changes  were  probably  made  by  John 
Wesley,  who  published  this  hymn,  with  others,  in 
his  Collection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns,  in  1738  and 
1741.  With  regard  to  the  word  "dear,"  John 
Wesley  was  very  particular.  He  never  used  it 
himself  in  reference  to  the  Saviour,  and  he  always 
substituted  some  other  word  for  it  in  the  hymns 
that  he  edited.  He  thought  it  was  "  using  too  much 
familiarity  with  the  great  Lord  of  heaven  and  earth." 


278     Revelations  of  the  Spirit.         C.  M. 

SPIRIT  Divine,  attend  our  prayer, 
And  make  our  hearts  thy  home; 
Descend  with  all  thy  gracious  power : 
Come,  Holy  Spirit,  come! 

2  Come  as  the  light :  to  us  reveal 
Our  sinfulness  and  woe ; 

And  lead  us  in  those  paths  of  life 
Where  all  the  righteous  go. 

3  Come  as  the  fire,  and  purge  our  hearts, 
Like  sacrificial  flame : 

Let  our  whole  soul  an  offering  be 
To  our  Redeemer's  name. 

4  Come  as  the  wind,  with  rushing  sound, 
With  pentecostal  grace ; 

And  make  the  great  salvation  known 
Wide  as  the  human  race. 

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5  Spirit  Divine,  attend  our  prayer, 
And  make  our  hearts  thy  home ; 

Descend  with  all  thy  gracious  power : 
Come,  Holy  Spirit,  come! 

ANDREW  REED,  ALT. 

This  is  one  of  a  number  of  original  hymns  that 
Dr.  Eeed  contributed  to  his  Collection  in  1842. 

Two  stanzas  have  been  omitted,  and  some  ver- 
bal changes  have  been  made. 

The  title  is :  Prayer  to  the  Spirit. 

It  was  evidently  written  for  the  dedication  of  a 
church.    Ten  lines  have  been  changed. 

Original. 
Verse  one,  lines  one,  two,  and  four : 

"Spirit  Divine,  attend  our  prayers 
And  make  this  house  thy  home ; " 

"  0  come,  Great  Spirit,  come! " 

Verse  two,  line  two : 

"  Our  emptiness  and  woe." 

Verse  four,  lines  two,  three,  and  four : 

"And  pentecostal  grace 
That  all  of  woman  born  may  see 
The  glory  of  thy  face." 

Verse  five,  lines  one,  two,  and  four : 

"  Spirit  Divine,  attend  our  prayers, 
Make  a  lost  world  thy  home  ; 

O  come,  Great  Spirit,  come  ! 

Verses  four  and  five  are  omitted. 
For    biographical   sketch   of   the  author,  see 
No.  267. 


279  The  enlightening  Spirit         C.  M. 

COME,  Holy  Ghost,  our  hearts  inspire ; 
Let  us  thine  influence  prove ; 
Source  of  the  old  prophetic  fire, 
Fountain  of  life  and  love. 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  for  moved  by  thee 
The  prophets  wrote  and  spoke, 

Unlock  the  truth,  thyself  the  key ; 
Unseal  the  sacred  book. 

3  Expand  thy  wings,  celestial  Dove, 
Brood  o'er  our  nature's  night ; 

On  our  disordered  spirits  move, 
And  let  there  now  be  light. 

4  God,  through  himself,  we  then  shall  know, 
If  thou  within  us  shine ; 

And  sound,  with  all  thy  saints  below, 
The  depths  of  love  divine. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


Title :    Before  Beading  the  Scriptures.  From 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Boems,  1740. 
The  author  wrote,  verse  three,  line  one  : 

"  Expand  Thy  wings,  prolific  Dove." 


280    The  Source  of  every  good  gift.    C.  M. 

OUR  blest  Redeemer,  ere  he  breathed 
His  tender,  last  farewell, 
A  Guide,  a  Comforter,  bequeathed, 
With  us  on  earth  to  dwell. 

2  He  came  in  tongues  of  living  flame, 
To  teach,  convince,  subdue ; 

All-powerful  as  the  wind  he  came, 
And  all  as  viewless,  too. 

3  He  came,  sweet  influence  to  impart, 
A  gracious,  willing  Guest, 

While  he  can  find  one  humble  heart 
Wherein  to  fix  his  rest. 

4  And  his  that  gentle  voice  we  hear, 
Soft  as  the  breath  of  even, 

That  checks  each  fault,  calms  every  fear, 
And  whispers  us  of  heaven. 

5  And  every  virtue  we  possess, 
And  every  virtue  won, 

And  every  thought  of  holiness 
Is  his,  and  his  alone. 

6  Spirit  of  purity  and  grace, 
Our  weakness  pitying  see ; 

O  make  our  hearts  thy  dwelling-place, 
Purer  and  worthier  thee ! 

HARRIET  AUBER,  ALT. 

Title :  Whitsunday. 

From  The  Spirit  of  the  Psalms,  1829.  The  alter- 
ation consists  in  the  addition  of  two  syllables  to 
the  fourth  line  of  each  stanza  ;  thus  changing  the 
meter  from  particular  to  common. 

Original  Lines. 
Verse  one,  line  four : 

"  With  us  to  dwell." 

Verse  two,  line  four : 

uAs  viewless,  too." 

Verse  three,  line  four : 

"  Wherein  to  rest." 

Verse  four,  line  three: 
"  That  checks  each  fault,  that  calms  each  fear." 

Verse  four,  line  four : 

"  And  speaks  of  heaven." 


Verse  five,  line  two : 

"  And  every  victory  won." 
Verse  five,  line  four  : 

"Are  his  alone." 

Verse  six,  line  four : 

"  And  worthier  Thee." 

The  second  stanza  has  been  omitted : 

"  He  came  in  semblance  of  a  dove, 
With  sheltering  wings  outspread; 

The  holy  balm  ot  peace  and  love 
On  earth  to  shed. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  33. 


281       The  Spirit's  witness.  C.  M. 

ETERNAL  Spirit,  God  of  truth, 
Our  contrite  hearts  inspire ; 
Kindle  a  flame  of  heavenly  love, 
The  pure  celestial  fire. 

2  'Tis  thine  to  soothe  the  sorrowing, 
With  guilt  and  fear  oppressed ; 

'Tis  thine  to  bid  the  dying  live, 
And  give  the  weary  rest. 

3  Subdue  the  power  of  every  sin, 
Whate'er  that  sin  may  be ; 

That  we,  in  singleness  of  heart, 
May  worship  only  thee. 

4  Then  with  our  spirits  witness  bear, 
That  we  are  sons  of  God; 

Redeemed  from  sin,  and  death,  and  hell, 
Through  Christ's  atoning  blood. 

THOMAS  COTTERILL,  ALT. 

Title  :  For  a  Well  Grounded  Hope  of  Salvation. 
Five  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original  Form. 

Verse  one,  line  one : 

"  Fternal  Spirit,  source  of  truth." 

Verse  one,  line  three  : 

"Kindle  the  flame  of  heavenly  love." 

Verse  one,  line  four : 

"  And  feed  the  pure  desire." 

Verse  two,  line  two : 

"  With  Satan's  yolce  oppress' d." 

Verse  four,  line  two  : 

"  That  we're  the  sons  of  God." 


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115 


One  stanza,  the  third,  has  been  omitted : 

"  Let  no  false  joy  deceive  our  minds ; 

Lest  while  we  boast  thy  light, 
We  fall,  from  all  our  towering  hopes, 

Down  to  eternal  night." 

From  A  Selection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns  for 
Public  and  Private  Use,  Adapted  to  the  Services 
of  the  Church  of  England.  By  the  Eev.  T.  Cot- 
terill,  A.M.,  Perpetual  Curate  of  St.  Paul's 
Church,  Sheffield ;  and  late  fellow  of  St:  John's 
College,  Cambridge.  Sheffield,  (eighth  edition 
enlarged,  1819.) 

The  author  was  born  in  1779,  educated  at  St. 
John's  College,  ordained  in  1806,  and  labored  in 
the  ministry  until  his  death,  in  1823.  He  was  the 
editor  of  the  above  book,  and  contributed  several 
hymns  to  it ;  but  he  gives  no  names  of  authors. 
He  altered  without  scruple,  and  now  some  one  has 
altered  his  work  and  improved  it. 


282 

Pleading  the  promise      H.  M. 
THOU  that  nearest  prayer, 


0 


Attend  our  humble  cry, 
And  let  thy  servants  share 
Thy  blessing  from  on  high: 
We  plead  the  promise  of  thy  word ; 
Grant  us  thy  Holy  Spirit,  Lord ! 

2  If  earthly  parents  hear 
Their  children  when  they  cry ; 

If  they,  with  love  sincere, 

Their  children's  wants  supply ; 
Much  more  wilt  thou  thy  love  display, 
And  answer  when  thy  children  pray. 

3  Our  heavenly  father,  thou ; 
We,  children  of  thy  grace ; 

O  let  thy  Spirit  now 

Descend  and  fill  the  place ; 
That  all  may  feel  the  heavenly  flame, 
And  all  unite  to  praise  thy  name. 

JOHN  BURTON. 

This  line  hymn  first  appeared  in  Tlie  Baptist 
Magazine,  1824.  It  has  not  been  altered,  but  the 
original  contained  three  additional  stanzas. 

John  Burton  (1803-1877),  an  English  layman; 
a  deacon  and  Sunday-school  teacher  in  the  Con- 
gregational Church. 


283     Prayer  to  the  Holy  Spirit.        7,  5. 

THOU  who  like  the  wind  dost  come, 
Come  to  me,  but  ne'er  depart ; 
Blessed  Spirit,  make  thy  home 
In  my  thankful  heart. 

2  Answer  not  with  tongues  of  light; 

Brood  not  o'er  me  like  a  dove ; 
Fall  upon  me  in  thy  might ; 

Fill  me  with  thy  love. 


3  Sin  has  ruled  me;  set  me  free; 

Sin  has  scourged  me ;  bring  me  rest : 
Help  my  fainting  soul  to  flee 
To  my  Saviour's  breast. 

4  Tell  me  much  of  cleansing  blood ; 
Show  me  sin,  but  sin  forgiven : 

Step  by  step,  where  Christ  has  trod, 
Help  me  home  to  heaven. 

HERVEY  D.  GANSE. 

Written  in  1873  for  Hymns  and  Songs  of  Praise 
edited  by  Drs.  Hitchcock,  Eddy,  and  Schaff,  ana 
published  in  1874.    It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

The  Eev.  Hervey  Doddridge  Ganse  was  a  native 
of  New  York  State,  born  in  1822.  In  1835  he  en- 
tered the  New  York  University,  where  he  remained 
three  years.  The  senior  year  he  spent  at  Columbia 
College,  graduating  in  1839.  He  studied  Theology 
in  the  Seminary  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church,  at 
New  Brunswick,  N.  J. ;  was  ordained  in  1843 ; 
was  pastor  of  a  Beformed  Dutch  Church  in  New 
Jersey  till  1856,  and  of  another  in  New  York  from 
1856  until  1875.  In  1876  he  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  St.  Louis.  Died 
September  8,  1891. 


284:  Invocation  of  the  Holy  Spirit.  6,4. 

COME,  Holy  Ghost,  in  love, 
Shed  on  us  from  above 
Thine  own  bright  ray ! 
D  ivinely  good  thou  art ; 
Thy  sacred  gifts  impart 
To  gladden  each  sad  heart : 
O  come  to-day ! 

2  Come,  tenderest  Friend,  and  best, 
Our  most  delightful  Guest, 

With  soothing  power: 
Rest,  which  the  weary  know, 
Shade,  'mid  the  noontide  glow, 
Peace  where  deep  griefs  o'erflow, 

Cheer  us,  this  hour ! 

3  Come,  Light  serene,  and  still 
Our  inmost  bosoms  fill ; 

Dwell  in  each  breast ; 
We  know  no  dawn  but  thine, 
Send  forth  thy  beams  divine, 
On  our  dark  souls  to  shine, 

And  make  us  blest ! 

4  Come,  all  the  faithful  bless ; 
Let  all  who  Christ  confess 

His  praise  employ : 
Give  virtue's  rich  reward ; 
Victorious  death  accord, 
And,  with  our  glorious  Lord, 

Eternal  joy ! 

ROBERT  II. ,  KING  OF  FRANCE. 

TR.  BY  R.  PALMER. 


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Come,  Holy  Ghost,  one  of  many  translations  of 
the  famous  Latin  hymn,  Veni,  Sancte  Spiritus. 

One  stanza,  the  fourth,  of  the  translation,  is  left 
out : 

4  "  Exalt  our  low  desires  ; 
Extinguish  passion's  fires ; 

Heal  every  wound : 
Our  stubborn  spirits  bend, 
Our  icy  coldness  end, 
Our  devious  steps  attend, 

While  heavenward  bound." 

Dean  Stanley,  who  has  given  us  what  is  perhaps 
the  best  rendering  of  this  prayer-song  in  English, 
called  this  "  the  most  beautiful  of  all  Latin  hymns." 

This  translation  was  furnished  for  the  Andover 
Sabbath  Hymn  Book,  1858. 

Robert  IT.,  called  "the  sage,"  was  the  son  of 
Hugh  Capet,  and  succeeded  his  father  on  the  throne 
of  France  about  996  ;  he  died,  after  a  reign  of  thirty 
five  years,  in  1031.  It  is  said  that  the  king  was  a 
chorister,  and  that  he  loved  to  go  to  the  Church  of 
St.  Denis  in  his  crown  and  robes,  and  direct  the 
singing. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  translator,  see  No.  714. 


285  For  the  Spirit's  energy.       S.  M. 

COME,  Holy  Spirit,  come, 
With  energy  divine, 
And  on  this  poor  benighted  soul 
With  beams  of  mercy  shine. 

2  From  the  celestial  hills 
Light,  life,  and  joy  dispense ; 

And  may  I  daily,  hourly,  feel 
Thy  quickening  influence. 

3  O  melt  this  frozen  heart, 
This  stubborn  will  subdue ; 

Each  evil  passion  overcome, 
And  form  me  all  anew. 

4  The  profit  will  be  mine, 

But  thine  shall  be  the  praise; 
Cheerful  to  thee  will  I  devote 
The  remnant  of  my  days. 

BENJAMIN  I3EDD0ME. 
Author's  title :  Invocation-. 

Verbatim.  From  Hymns  Adapted  to  Public 
Worship  or  Private  Devotion.  Now  first  pub- 
lished from  the  manuscripts  of  the  late  Rev.  B.  Bed- 
dome,  A.M.    London,  1818. 

This  hymn  is  found  without  name  in  Rlppon's 
Selection.    Tenth  edition,  1800. 

The  Eev.  Benjamin  Beddome  was  an  English 
Baptist  minister,  who  lived  from  1717  to  1795.  He 
was  the  pastor  of  a  little  church  in  Bourton,  Glou- 
cestershire. He  had  a  call  to  a  large  London 
church,  but  refused  it,  and  remained  at  Bourton 
(ifty-two  years.  His  collected  hymns  number  eight 
hundred  and  thirty.    Many  of  them  are  valuable. 


286      Renewal  of  Pentecost.         S.  M. 

LORD  God,  the  Holy  Ghost ! 
In  this  accepted  hour, 
As  on  the  day  of  Pentecost, 
Descend  in  all  thy  power. 

2  We  meet  with  one  accord 
In  our  appointed  place, 

And  wait  the  promise  of  our  Lord, — 
The  Spirit  of  all  grace. 

3  Like  mighty  rushing  wind 
Upon  the  waves  beneath, 

Move  with  one  impulse  every  mind ; 
One  soul,  one  feeling  breathe. 

4  The  young,  the  old,  inspire 
With  wisdom  from  above; 

And  give  us  hearts,  and  tongues  of  fire, 
To  pray,  and  praise,  and  love. 

5  Spirit  of  light !  explore, 
And  chase  our  gloom  away, 

With  luster  shining  more  and  more, 
Unto  the  perfect  day. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Author's  title :  The  Descent  of  the  Spirit. 
Scripture  basis :  Acts  ii,  1-4. 
From  the  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 
The  hymn  is  copied,  verbatim  /  but,  as  published 
by  the  author,  it  has  four  additional  lines  : 

Spirit  of  truth,  be  Thou 
In  life  and  death  our  guide ; 
O  Spirit  of  adoption,  now 
May  we  be  sanctified." 

See  No.  5. 


287  The  Comforter.  S.  M. 

BLEST  Comforter  divine, 
Let  rays  of  heavenly  love 
Amid  our  gloom  and  darkness  shine, 
And  point  our  souls  above. 

2  Turn  us  with  gentle  voice 
From  every  sinful  way, 

And  bid  the  mourning  saint  rejoice, 
Though  earthly  joys  decay. 

3  By  thine  inspiring  breath 
Make  every  cloud  of  care, 

And  e'en  the  gloomy  vale  of  death, 
A  smile  of  glory  wear. 

4  O  fill  thou  every  heart 
With  love  to  all  our  race ; 

Great  Comforter,  to  us  impart 
These  blessings  of  thy  grace. 

MRS.  LYDTA  II   SIGOURNEY,  ALT. 


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This  hymn  has  felt  the  might  of  the  editor's  pen. 
It  is  found  in  many  hymnals ;  but  in  hardly  any 
two  of  them  is  it  in  the  same  form.  The  earliest 
copy  I  have  found,  and  probably  the  author's  text, 
was  published  in  Dr.  Nettleton's  famous  Village 
Hymns  in  1824.  There  it  is  marked  H.,  that  is,  we 
suppose,  Huntley. 

Title :  Invocation  to  the  Holy  Spirit. 

1  "Blest  Comforter  Divine  ! 
Whose  rays  of  heavenly  love 

Amid  our  gloom  and  darkness  shine, 
And  point  our  souls  above  ; — 

2  "Thou— who  with  'still  small  voice,' 
Dost  stop  the  sinner's  way, 

And  bid  the  mourning  saint  rejoice, 
Though  earthly  joys  decay  ; — 

3  "  Thou — whose  inspiring  breath 
Can  make  the  cloud  of  care, 

And  e'en  the  gloomy  vale  of  death 
A  smile  of  glory  wear  ; — 

4  "  Thou — who  dost  till  the  heart 
With  love  to  all  our  race, 

Blest  Comforter  ! — to  us  impart 
The  blessings  of  thy  grace." 

Miss  Lydia  Huntley,  born  at  Norwich,  Conn.,  in 
1791,  had  a  natural  talent  for  poetry,  and  composed 
verses  when  a  mere  child.  She  was  carefully  edu- 
cated, and  taught  for  a  time  in  a  young  ladies' 
school.  In  1819  she  married  Mr.  Charles  Sigour- 
ney,  and  settled  at  Hartford.    She  lived  until  1865. 


288  God's  word,  quick  and  powerful.  S.  M. 

TpHY  word,  almighty  Lord, 
JL  Where'er  it  enters  in, 
Is  sharper  than  a  two-edged  sword, 
To  slay  the  man  of  sin. 

2  Thy  word  is  power  and  life ; 
It  bids  confusion  cease, 

And  changes  envy,  hatred,  strife, 
To  love,  and  joy,  and  peace. 

3  Then  let  our  hearts  obey 
The  gospel's  glorious  sound; 

And  all  its  fruits,  from  day  to  day, 
Be  in  us  and  abound. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Author's  title:  On  leaving  the  House  of  God. 
It  was  evidently  intended  for  a  closing  hymn. 
Unaltered.    From  The  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 
See  No.  5. 


289      Spreading  the  Scriptures. 

JESUS,  the  word  bestow, 
The  true  immortal  seed ; 
Thy  gospel  then  shall  greatly  grow, 
And  all  our  land  o'erspread ; 


S.M. 


Through  earth  extended  wide 

Shall  mightily  prevail, 
Destroy  the  works  of  self  and  pride, 

And  shake  the  gates  of  hell. 

2  Its  energy  exert 

In  the  believing  soul ; 
Diffuse  thy  grace  through  every  part, 

And  sanctify  the  whole ; 
Its  utmost  virtue  show 

In  pure  consummate  love, 
And  till  with  all  thy  life  below, 

And  give  us  thrones  above. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

One  of  the  many  hymns  that  the  author  left  in 
manuscript.  It  was  first  published  in  the  supple- 
ment to  the  Wesleyan  Collection  in  1830.  It  is  un- 
altered and  entire. 


290      .  l.m. 

The  brightening  glory  of  the  Gospel. 

UPON  the  Gospel's  sacred  page 
The  gathered  beams  of  ages  shine ; 
And,  as  it  hastens,  every  age 

But  makes  its  brightness  more  divine. 

2  On  mightier  wing,  in  loftier  flight, 
From  year  to  year  does  knowledge  soar; 

And,  as  it  soars,  the  Gospel  light 
Becomes  effulgent  more  and  more. 

3  More  glorious  still,  as  centuries  roll, 
New  regions  blest,  new  powers  unfurled, 

Expanding  with  the  expanding  soul, 
Its  radiance  shall  o'erflow  the  world, — 

4  Flow  to  restore,  but  not  destroy ; 

As  when  the  cloudless  lamp  of  day  t 
Pours  out  its  floods  of  light  and  joy, 
And  sweeps  the  lingering  mists  away. 

SIR  JOHN  BOWRINGr. 

Title :  Progress  of  Gospel  Truth.  From  the  au- 
thor's Matins  and  Vespers.  London,  1823.  In  the 
last  line  of  the  second  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"  Adds  to  its  influence  more  and  more." 

And  in  the  last  line  of  the  third  verse : 

"  Its  waters  shall  o'erflow  the  world." 

One  stanza,  the  third,  is  omitted  : 

"  Truth,  strengthened  by  the  strength  of  thought, 

Pours  inexhaustible  supplies, 
Whence  sagest  teachers  may  be  taught, 

And  wisdom's  self  become  more  wise." 

In  his  preface  the  author  says  :  "  These  hymns 
were  not  written  in  the  pursuit  of  fame,  or  liter- 
ary triumph  ...  I  have  not  sought  to  be  original ; 
to  be  useful  is  my  first  ambition ;  that  obtained,  I 
am  indifferent  to  the  rest." 

See  No.  150. 


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291         Delight  in  the  Bible.         L.  M.  6  1. 

WHEN  quiet  in  my  house  I  sit, 
Thy  book  be  my  companion  still ; 
My  joy  thy  sayings  to  repeat, 

Talk  o'er  the  records  of  thy  will, 
And  search  the  oracles  divine, 
Till  every  heart-felt  word  be  mine. 

2  O  may  the  gracious  words  divine, 
Subject  of  all  my  converse  be ; 

So  will  the  Lord  his  follower  join, 

And  walk  and  talk  himself  with  me : 
So  shall  my  heart  his  presence  prove, 
And  burn  with  everlasting  love. 

3  Oft  as  I  lay  me  down  to  rest, 
O  may  the  reconciling  word 

Sweetly  compose  my  weary  breast ; 

While  on  the  bosom  of  my  Lord 
I  sink  in  blissful  dreams  away, 
And  visions  of  eternal  day. 

4  Rising  to  sing  my  Saviour's  praise, 
Thee  may  I  publish  all  day  long ; 

And  let  thy  precious  word  of  grace 

Flow  from  my  heart,  and  fill  my  tongue : 
Fill  all  my  life  with  purest  love, 
And  join  me  to  the  Church  above, 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Shoi^t  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  1762. 

These  four  stanzas  are  founded  on  the  four 
phrases  of  the  text : 

"  Thou  shalt  talk  of  them  when  thou  sittest  in 
thine  house,  and  when  thou  walkest  by  the  way, 
and  when  thou  liest  down,  and  when  thou  risest 
up."  Deut.  vi,  7. 

The  author  wrote  "might"  instead  of  "may," 
verse  two,  line  one;  and  "would"  instead  of 
"  shall  "  in  verse  two,  line  five. 


293  The  two  revelations.  L.  M. 

THE  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord ; 
In  every  star  thy  wisdom  shines ; 
But  when  our  eyes  behold  thy  word, 
We  read  thy  name  in  fairer  lines. 

2  The  rolling  sun,  the  changing  light, 
And  nights  and  days  thy  power  confess, 

But  the  blest  volume  thou  hast  writ, 
Reveals  thy  justice  and  thy  grace, 

3  Sun,  moon,  and  stars,  convey  thy  praise 
Round  the  whole  earth,  and  never  stand : 

So  when  thy  truth  began  its  race, 
It  touched  and  glanced  on  every  land. 


4  Nor  shall  thy  spreading  gospel  rest, 
Till  through  the  world  thy  truth  has  run: 

Till  Christ  has  all  the  nations  blessed 
That  see  the  light,  or  feel  the  sun. 

5  Great  Sun  of  righteousness,  arise, 

Bless  the  dark  world  with  heavenly  light ; 
Thy  gospel  makes  the  simple  wise, 

Thy  laws  are  pure,  thy  judgments  right. 

6  Thy  noblest  wonders  here  we  view, 
In  souls  renewed,  and  sins  forgiven : 

Lord,  cleanse  my  sins,  my  soul  renew, 
And  make  thy  word  my  guide  to  heaven. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title  :  The  Books  of  Nature  and  of  Scripture 
Compared;  or,  The  Glory  and  Success  of  the  Gospel. 

It  is  founded  on  Psalm  xix,  especially  on  the  first 
part : 

"  The  heavens  declare  the  glory  of  God ;  and  the 
firmament  showeth  his  handy  work. '  Day  unto  day 
uttereth  speech,  and  night  unto  night  showeth 
knowledge.  There  is  no  speech  nor  language, 
where  their  voice  is  not  heard.  Their  line  is  gone 
out  through  all  the  earth,  and  their  words  to  the 
end  of  the  world.  In  them  hath  he  set  a  taber- 
nacle for  the  sun,  which  is  as  a  bridegroom  coming 
out  of  his  chamber,  and  rejoiceth  as  a  strong  man 
to  run  a  race." 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire.  Date  of  publication, 
1719. 


293  The  everlasting  word.  L.  M. 

THE  starry  firmament  on  high, 
And  all  the  glories  of  the  sky, 
Yet  shine  not  to  thy  praise,  O  Lord, 
So  brightly  as  thy  written  word. 

2  The  hopes  that  holy  word  supplies, 
Its  truths  divine  and  precepts  wise, 
In  each  a  heavenly  beam  I  see, 

And  every  beam  conducts  to  thee. 

3  Almighty  Lord,  the  sun  shall  fail, 
The  moon  forget  her  nightly  tale, 
And  deepest  silence  hush  on  high 
The  radiant  chorus  of  the  sky ; 

4  But,  fixed  for  everlasting  years, 
Unmoved  amid  the  wreck  of  spheres, 
Thy  word  shall  shine  in  cloudless  day, 
When  heaven  and  earth  have  passed  away. 

SIR  ROBERT  GRANT. 

Founded  on  Psalm  xix.  It  is  intended  as  a 
sequel  or  counterpart  to  Addison's  well-known 
hymn,  "  The  Spacious  Firmament  on  High,"  (No. 
138,)  and  it  is  in  no  wise  inferior  to  that  wonderful 
hymn.    It  has  not  been  altered. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


119 


From  Sacred  Poems,  1839.  The  original  contains 
four  double  stanzas.  This  hymn  is  made  up  of  the 
first  and  last,  verbatim.  The  omitted  verses  are 
good,  but  they  are  not  equal  to  these. 

See  No.  140. 


294  l.m. 

The  Saviour  seen  in  the  Scriptures. 

NOW  let  my  soul,  eternal  King, 
To  thee  its  grateful  tribute  bring; 
My  knee  with  humble  homage  bow ; 
My  tongue  perform  its  solemn  vow. 

2  All  nature  sings  thy  boundless  love, 
In  worlds  below  and  worlds  above ; 
But  in  thy  blessed  word  I  trace 
Diviner  wonders  of  thy  grace. 

3  There,  what  delightful  truths  I  read ! 
There,  I  behold  the  Saviour  bleed : 
His  name  salutes  my  listening  ear, 
Revives  my  heart,  and  checks  my  fear. 

4  There  Jesus  bids  my  sorrows  cease, 
And  gives  my  laboring  conscience  peace ; 
He  lifts  my  grateful  thoughts  on  high, 
And  points  to  mansions  in  the  sky. 

5  For  love  like  this,  O  let  my  song, 
Through  endless  years,  thy  praise  prolong ; 
Let  distant  climes  thy  name  adore, 

Till  time  and  nature  are  no  more. 

OTTIWELL  HEGLNBOTHAM. 

Title:  The  Glorious  Gospel. 

The  second  verse  of  the  hymn  is  omitted  : 

2  "  The  spangled  heavens  thy  power  proclaim, 

Earth  echoes  back  thy  mighty  name  : 

Thy  glory  gilds  returning  days, 

And  nights  in  silence  speak  thy  praise." 

Verse  four,  line  three,  the  author  wrote : 
"  liaises  my  grateful  passions  high." 

All  of  this  author's  hymns — about  twenty-five  in 
number — are  found  in  A  Collection  of  Hymns  from 
Various  Authors  /  Intended  as  a  Supplement  to 
Dr.  Watts' s  Psalms  and  Hymns,  1799. 

The  Rev.  Ottiwell  Heginbotham  was  born  in 
1744,  and  was  ordained  as  a  Congregational  cler- 
gyman at  Sudbury,  England,  in  1765.  He  was  a 
man  of  decided  talent,  but  died  in  1768,  when  only 
twenty-four  years  of  age. 


295         Riches  of  God's  word.  C.  M. 

THE  counsels  of  redeeming  grace 
The  sacred  leaves  unfold ; 
And  here  the  Saviour's  lovely  face 
Our  raptured  eyes  behold. 


2  Here  light  descending  from  above 
Directs  our  doubtful  feet ; 

Here  promises  of  heavenly  love 
Our  ardent  wishes  meet. 

3  Our  numerous  griefs  are  here  redressed, 
And  all  our  wants  supplied  : 

Naught  we  can  ask  to  make  us  blest 
Is  in  this  book  denied. 

4  For  these  inestimable  gains, 
That  so  enrich  the  mind, 

O  may  we  search  with  eager  pains, 
Assured  that  we  shall  find. 

SAMUEL  STENNETT. 

As  an  exception  to  the  rule,  this  hymn  retains 
its  early  title.  It  was  contributed  to  Bippon's 
Selection,  1787.  It  has  been  decapitated.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  first  two  stanzas  : 

1  "  Let  avarice,  from  shore  to  shore, 
Her  favorite  God  pursue ; 

Thy  word,  O  Lord,  we  value  more 
Than  India  or  Peru. 

2  "  Here  mines  of  knowledge,  love,  and  joy, 
Are  opened  to  our  sight ; 

The  purest  gold  without  alloy, 
And  gems  divinely  bright." 

These  stanzas  contain  allusions  to  mining  and 
speculation.  A  century  ago,  as  to-day,  men  were 
running  a  mad  race  for  gold  that  perishes,  and 
neglected  real  and  substantial  riches. 

The  author  wrote  verse  one,  line  two : 

"  These  sacred  leaves  unfold." 


/3  9  6      Glory  of  the  Scriptures.         C.  M. 

WHAT  glory  gilds  the  sacred  page ! 
Majestic,  like  the  sun, 
It  gives  a  light  to  every  age ; 
It  gives,  but  borrows  none. 

2  The  power  that  gave  it  still  supplies 
The  gracious  light  and  heat ; 

Its  truths  upon  the  nations  rise : 
They  rise,  but  never  set. 

3  Lord,  everlasting  thanks  be  thine 
For  such  a  bright  display, 

As  makes  a  world  of  darkness  shine 
With  beams  of  heavenly  day. 

4  My  soul  rejoices  to  pursue 
The  steps  of  him  I  love, 

Till  glory  breaks  upon  my  view 
In  brighter  worlds  above. 

WILLIAM  COWPER. 


120 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


Title :  The  Light  and  Glory  of  the  Word.  From  01- 
ney  Hymns,  1779.  The  first  stanza  has  been  left  out 

1  "  The  Spirit  breathes  upon  the  word, 
And  brings  the  truth  to  sight ; 

Precepts  and  promises  afford 
A  sanctifying  light." 

The  next  verse  began  : 

"  A  glory  gilds,"  etc. 

And  the  third : 

"  The  hand  that  gave  it,"  etc. 


297  Bible  precious.  C.  M. 

HOW  precious  is  the  book  divine, 
By  inspiration  given ! 
Bright  as  a  lamp  its  doctrines  shine, 
To  guide  our  souls  to  heaven. 

2  It  sweetly  cheers  our  drooping  hearts, 
In  this  dark  vale  of  tears ; 

Life,  light,  and  joy  it  still  imparts, 
And  quells  our  rising  fears. 

3  This  lamp  through  all  the  tedious  night 
Of  life,  shall  guide  our  way; 

Till  we  behold  the  clearer  light 
Of  an  eternal  day. 

JOHN  FAWCETT. 

"Thy  word  is  a  lamp  unto  my  feet,  and  a  light 
unto  my  'path.'1''  Psa.  cxix,  105. 

The  original  has  six  stanzas.  These  are  verses 
one,  five,  and  six,  unaltered. 

Prom  Hymns  Adapted  to  the  Circumstances  of 
Public  Worship  and  Private  Devotion,  by  John 
Fawcett,  1782. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  31. 


298        Revelation  disseminated.  CM. 

HAIL,  sacred  truth,  whose  piercing  rays 
Dispel  the  shades  of  night ; 
Diffusing  o'er  a  ruined  world 
The  healing  beams  of  light. 

2  Jesus,  thy  word,  with  friendly  aid, 
Restores  our  wandering  feet ; 

Converts  the  sorrows  of  the  mind 
To  joys  divinely  sweet. 

3  O  send  thy  light  and  truth  abroad, 
In  all  their  radiant  blaze ; 

And  bid  the  admiring  world  adore 
The  glories  of  thy  grace. 

JOHN  BUTTRESS,  ALT. 

In  the  Gospel  Magazine,  1778,  appeared  a  poem 
on  Truth,  beginning: 

"Hail,  sacred  truth,  thou  source  of  peace." 


It  Avas  signed  John  Buttress.  That  poem  is  prob- 
ably the  origin  of  this  hymn.  I  am  indebted  to 
Mr.  David  Creamer,  the  author  of  Methodist  Hym- 
nology.  1848,  for  this  information. 

299       Excellence  and  sufficiency.      C.  M. 

FATHER  of  mercies,  in  thy  word 
What  endless  glory  shines ! 
Forever  be  thy  name  adored 
For  these  celestial  lines. 

2  Here  may  the  wretched  sons  of  want 
Exhaustless  riches  find ; 

Riches  above  what  earth  can  grant, 
And  lasting  as  the  mind. 

3  Here  the  fair  tree  of  knowledge  grows, 
And  yields  a  free  repast ; 

Sublimer  sweets  than  nature  knows 
Invite  the  longing  taste. 

4  Here  the  Redeemer's  welcome  voice 
Spreads  heavenly  peace  around ; 

And  life,  and  everlasting  joys, 
Attend  the  blissful  sound. 

5  O  may  these  heavenly  pages  be 
Our  ever  dear  delight ; 

And  still  new  beauties  may  we  see, 
And  still  increasing  light. 

6  Divine  Instructor,  gracious  Lord, 
Be  thou  forever  near; 

Teach  us  to  love  thy  sacred  word, 
And  view  the  Saviour  there. 

ANNE  STEELE. 

Title:  The  Excellency  of  the  Holy  Scriptures ; 
containing  twelve  stanzas,  from  the  author's  Poems 
on  Subjects  Chiefly  Devotional.    London,  1760. 

This  is  made  up  of  verses  one,  three,  four,  nine, 
eleven,  and  twelve,  verbatim. 

See  No.  63. 


300  Light  from  heaven.  C.  M. 

BRIGHT  was  the  guiding  star  that  led, 
With  mild,  benignant  ray, 
The  Gentiles  to  the  lowly  bed 
Where  the  Redeemer  lay. 

2  But  lo !  a  brighter,  clearer  light 
Now  points  to  his  abode; 

It  shines  through  sin  and  sorrow's  night, 
To  guide  us  to  our  God. 

3  O  gladly  tread  the  narrow  path, 
While  light  and  grace  are  given ; 

Who  meekly  follow  Christ  on  earth 
Shall  reign  with  him  in  heaven. 

HARRIET  AUBER. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


121 


Author's  title  :  Epiphany. 

One  stanza,  the  third,  has  been  omitted : 

"  0  haste  to  follow  where  it  leads, 
The  gracious  call  obey  ; 

Be  rugged  wilds  or  flowery  meads, 
The  Christian's  destined  way." 

The  three  stanzas  given  are  unaltered. 
From  The  Spirit  of  the  Psalms,  1829. 
For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  33. 


301   God  giveth  the  increase.  1  Cor.  iii,  7.  CM. 

ALMIGHTY  God,  thy  word  is  cast 
Like  seed  upon  the  ground ; 
O  let  the  dew  of  heaven  descend, 
And  shed  its  influence  round. 

2  Let  not  the  foe  of  Christ  and  man 
This  holy  seed  remove ; 

May  it  take  root  in  every  heart, 
And  grow  in  faith  and  love. 

3  Let  not  this  life's  deceitful  cares, 
Nor  worldly  wealth  and  joy, 

Nor  scorching  beam,  nor  stormy  blast, 
The  rising  plant  destroy. 

4  Where'er  the  word  of  life  is  sown, 
A  large  increase  bestow ; 

That  all  who  hear  thy  message,  Lord, 
Its  saving  power  may  know. 

JOHN  CAWOOD.  ALT.  BY  W.  J.  HALL. 

Author's  title :  Hymn  after  Sermon. 
Lyra  Britannica  gives  the  original : 

1  "Almighty  God  !  Thy  word  is  cast 
'  Like  seed  into  the  ground ; 

Oh  may  it  avow  in  humble  hearts, 
And  righteous  fruits  abound. 

2  "  Let  not  the  foe  of  Christ  and  man, 
This  holy  seed  remove  ; 

But  give  it  root  in  praying  souls, 
To  bring  forth  fruits  of  love. 

3  "Let  not  the  world's  deceitful  cares 
The  rising  plant  destroy, 

But  may  it  in  converted  minds 
Produce  the  fruits  of  joy. 

4  "Let  not  Thy  word  so  kindly  sent, 
To  raise  us  to  Thy  Throne, 

Eeturn  to  Thee  and  sadly  tell 
That  we  reject  Thy  Son. 

5  "  Great  God  !  come  down  and  on  Thy  word 
Thy  mighty  power  bestow  ; 

That  all  who  hear  the  joyf  ul  sound, 
Thy  saving  grace  may  know." 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  188. 
Eev.  W.  J.  Hall  edited  a  Collection  of  Hymns. 
London,  1836. 


302       Lord,  help  my  unbelief.  C.  M. 

HOW  sad  our  state  by  nature  is ! 
Our  sin,  how  deep  its  stains ! 
And  Satan  binds  our  captive  souls 
Fast  in  his  slavish  chains. 

2  But  there's  a  voice  of  sovereign  grace 
Sounds  from  the  sacred  word : 

"Ho!  ye  despairing  sinners,  come, 
And  trust  a  faithful  Lord." 

3  My  soul  obeys  the  gracious  call, 
And  runs  to  this  relief ; 

I  would  believe  thy  promise,  Lord ; 
O  help  my  unbelief ! 

4  To  the  blest  fountain  of  thy  blood, 
Incarnate  God,  I  fly ; 

Here  let  me  wash  my  guilty  soul 
From  crimes  of  deepest  dye. 

5  A  guilty,  weak,  and  helpless  worm, 
Into  thine  arms  I  fall ; 

Be  thou  my  strength  and  righteousness, 
My  Jesus,  and  my  all. 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT. 

Title  :  Faith  in  Clirist  for  Pardon  and  Sanctijica- 
tion.  From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii, 
1707. 

It  was  altered  by  John  Wesley,  who  edited  it  for 
the  fourth  edition  of  Psalms  and  Hymns,VlAS). 

Watts  wrote  "captive  minds,"  in  the  first  stanza; 
"  trust  upon  the  Lord,"  in  the  second;  " almighty 
call,"  in  the  third  :  "  dear  fountain  "  and  "  spotted 
soul,"  in  the  fourth  ;  and  "  On  thy  kind  arms,"  in 
the  last  verse.  One  stanza,  the  fifth,  is  omitted ;  it 
is  plain  and  vigorous,  showing  clearly  the  theology 
of  the  author : 

5  "  Stretch  out  thine  arm,  victorious  King, 

My  reigning  sins  subdue, 
Drive  the  old  Dragon  from  his  seat, 

With  all  his  hellish  crew." 


303      Without  God  in  the  world.        C.  M. 

GOD  is  in  this  and  every  place ; 
But  O,  how  dark  and  void 
To  me ! — 'tis  one  great  wilderness, 
This  earth  without  my  God. 

2  Empty  of  him  who  all  things  fills, 
Till  he  his  light  impart, 

Till  he  his  glorious  self  reveals, 
The  veil  is  on  my  heart. 

3  O  Thou  who  seest  and  know'st  my  grief, 
Thyself  unseen,  unknown, 

Pity  my  helpless  unbelief, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 


122 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


4  Regard  me  with  a  gracious  eye ; 

The  long-sought  blessing  give ; 
And  bid  me,  at  the  point  to  die, 

Behold  thy  face  and  live. 

CHABLES  WESLEY. 

Composed  of  verses,  eleven  to  fourteen  inclusive, 
of  a  hymn  of  sixteen  stanzas,  entitled  For  One 
Convinced  of  Unbelief.  One  line  has  been  altered  ; 
the  last  in  the  third  stanza,  W esley  wrote : 

"  And  take  away  the  stone." 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


304  His  pitying  love.  CM. 

PLUNGED  in  a  gulf  of  dark  despair, 
We  wretched  sinners  lay, 
Without  one  cheering  beam  of  hope, 
Or  spark  of  glimmering  day. 

2  With  pitying  eyes  the  Prince  of  grace 
Beheld  our  heljDless  grief : 

He  saw,  and,  O  amazing  love ! 
He  ran  to  our  relief. 

3  Down  from  the  shining  seats  above, 
With  joyful  haste  he  sped, 

Entered  the  grave  in  mortal  flesh, 
And  dwelt  among  the  dead. 

4  O  for  this  love  let  rocks  and  hills 
Their  lasting  silence  break ; 

And  all  harmonious  human  tongues, 
The  Saviour's  praises  speak. 

5  Angels,  assist  our  mighty  joys; 
Strike  all  your  harps  of  gold ; 

But  when  you  raise  your  highest  notes, 
His  love  can  ne'er  be  told. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  title :  Praise  to  the  Eedeemer. 

Three  stanzas  have  been  left  out,  and  the  hymn 
is  improved  by  their  omission. 

Of  this  and  a  number  of  other  hymns,  the  author 
says  :  "  I  hope  the  reader  will  forgive  the  neglect 
of  rhymes  in  the  first  and  third  lines  of  the  stanzas." 
This  hymn  is  sufficient  to  prove  that  such  rhyme 
is  not  necessary  to  the  loftiest  poetical  composition. 

There  are  very  few  lines  of  sacred  poetry  so  sub- 
lime as  the  last  part  of  this  hymn. 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs, 
book  ii,  1707. 


305  Original  corruption  and  actual  sin.  L.  M. 

LORD,  we  are  vile,  conceived  in  sin, 
And  born  unholy  and  unclean ; 
Sprung  from  the  man  whose  guilty  fall 
Corrupts  his  race,  and  taints  us  all. 


2  Soon  as  we  draw  our  infant  breath 
The  seeds  of  sin  grow  up  for  death; 
Thy  law  demands  a  perfect  heart, 
But  we're  defiled  in  every  part. 

3  Behold,  we  fall  before  thy  face ; 
Our  only  refuge  is  thy  grace: 

No  outward  forms  can  make  us  clean; 
The  leprosy  lies  deep  within. 

4  Nor  bleeding  bird,  nor  bleeding  beast, 
Nor  hyssop  branch,  nor  sprinkling  priest, 
Nor  running  brook,  nor  flood,  nor  sea, 
Can  wash  the  dismal  stain  away. 

5  Jesus,  thy  blood,  thy  blood  alone, 
Hath  power  sufficient  to  atone; 

Thy  blood  can  make  us  white  as  snow ; 
No  Jewish  types  could  cleanse  us  so. 

6  While  guilt  disturbs  and  breaks  our  peace, 
Nor  flesh  nor  soul  hath  rest  or  ease ; 
Lord,  let  us  hear  thy  pardoning  voice, 
And  make  these  broken  hearts  rejoice. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 


Title  :  Original  and  Actual  Sin  Confessed. 
An  imitation  of  verses  five  to  eight,  inclusive,  of 
Psalm  li : 

Behold,  1  was  shapen  in  iniquity ;  and  in  sin 
did  my  mother  conceive  me.  Behold,  thou  desir- 
est  truth  in  the  inward  parts :  and  in  the  hidden 
part  thou  shalt  make  me  to  know  wisdom.  Purge 
me  with  hyssop,  and  I  shall  be  clean :  wash  me, 
and  I  shall  be  whiter  than  snow.  Make  me  to  hear 
joy  and  gladness  ;  that  the  bones  which  thou  hast 
broken  may  rejoice." 

Watts  wrote  in  the  first  person,  "Lord,  7,"  etc. 
The  author  wrote  in  the  fifth  verse : 

"  Jesus,  my  God,  thy  blood  alone," 

and  "  broken  bones,"  in  imitation  of  the  psalmist, 
in  the  last  stanza. 

One  worthy  stanza  has  been  omitted: 

3  "  Great  God  !  create  my  heart  anew, 
And  form  my  spirit  pure  and  true; 
O  make  me  wise  betimes  to  spy 
My  danger  and  my  remedy." 

Date  of  publication,  1719. 


306  The  great  Physician.  L.  M. 

DEEP  are  the  wounds  which  sin  has  made ; 
Where  shall  the  sinner  find  a  cure  ? 
In  vain,  alas!  is  nature's  aid; 

The  work  exceeds  her  utmost  power. 


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2  But  can  no  sovereign  balm  be  found, 
And  is  no  kind  physician  nigh, 

To  ease  the  pain  and  heal  the  wound, 
Ere  life  and  hope  forever  fly? 

3  There  is  a  great  Physician  near; 
Look  up,  O  fainting  soul,  and  live ; 

See,  in  his  heavenly  smiles,  appear 
Such  help  as  nature  cannot  give. 

4  See,  in  the  Saviour's  dying  blood, 
Life,  health,  and  bliss,  abundant  flow ; 

And  in  that  sacrificial  flood 

A  balm  for  all  thy  grief  and  woe. 

ANNE  STEELE,  ALT. 

Title  :  Christ  the  Physician  of  Souls. 

Text:  "Is  there  no  balm  in  Gilead?  is  there 
no  physician  there  ?  why  then  is  not  the  health 
of  the  daughter  of  my  people  recovered  ?"  Jer. 
viii,  22. 

Three  lines  have  been  altered : 
Verse  one,  line  four  : 

"The  work  exceeds  all  nature's  power." 

Verse  four,  line  three  : 

"  '  Tis  only  this  dear  sacred  flood." 

Verse  four,  line  four  : 

"Can  ease  thy  pain  and  heal  thy  woe." 

Two  stanzas,  the  second  and  sixth,  are  omitted : 

2  "  Sin,  like  a  raging  fever,  reigns 
With  fatal  strength  in  every  part ; 

The  dire  contagion  fills  the  veins, 
And  spreads  its  poison  to  the  heart." 

6  ' '  Sin  throws  in  vain  its  pointed  dart, 
For  here  a  sovereign  cure  is  found ; 

A  cordial  for  the  fainting  heart, 
A  balm  for  every  painful  wound." 

From  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly  Devotional,  by 
Theodosia.    London,  1760. 
For  biography,  see  No.  63. 


dU7  Inbred  leprosy.  L.  M. 

JESUS,  a  word,  a  look  from  thee, 
Can  turn  my  heart  and  make  it  clean ; 
Purge  out  the  inbred  leprosy, 

And  save  me  from  my  bosom  sin. 

2  Lord,  if  thou  wilt,  I  do  believe 
Thou  canst  the  saving  grace  impart ; 

Thou  canst  this  instant  now  forgive, 
And  stamp  thine  image  on  my  heart. 


3  My  heart,  which  now  to  thee  I  raise, 

I  know  thou  canst  this  moment  cleanse ; 
The  deepest  stains  of  sin  efface, 
And  drive  the  evil  spirit  hence. 

4  Be  it  according  to  thy  word ; 
Accomplish  now  thy  work  in  me; 

And  let  my  soul,  to  health  restored, 
Devote  its  deathless  powers  to  thee. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  last  half  of  a  hymn  of  eight  stanzas,  from 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 

Title  :  Jesus  Christ,  the  Same  Yesterday,  To-day, 
and  Forever.  Heb.  xiii,  8. 

It  has  been  altered  and  improved  since  it  was 
first  published. 

The  last  line  of  the  second  stanza  read  originally: 

"  And  write  my  pardon  on  my  heart." 

The  change  was  probably  made  by  John  "Wes- 
ley, as  it  appears  in  his  Collection  of  Hymns  for  the 
use  of  the  people  called  Methodists,  1779. 

The  last  line,  the  author  wrote : 

"Devote  its  little  all  to  Thee." 

This  change,  and  a  few  others,  were  made  by  the 
editors  of  the  hymn  book,  appointed  in  1848. 


308-^  trespasses  and  sins.       S.  M. 

MY  former  hopes  are  fled ; 
My  terror  now  begins : 

1  feel,  alas !  that  I  am  dead 
In  trespasses  and  sins. 

2  When  I  review  my  ways, 
I  dread  impending  doom : 

But  hark !  a  friendly  whisper  says, 
"Flee  from  the  wrath  to  come." 

3  With  trembling  hope  I  see 
A  glimmering  from  afar; 

A  beam  of  day  that  shines  for  me, 
To  save  me  from  despair. 

4  Forerunner  of  the  sun, 

It  marks  the  pilgrim's  way ; 
I'll  gaze  upon  it  while  I  run, 
And  watch  the  rising  day. 

WILLIAM  COWPER,  ALT. 

Title  :  The  Shining  Light. 

The  second  verse,  omitted,  is  as  follows : 

2  "Ah,  whither  shall  1  fly  ? 

I  hear  the  thunder  roar ; 
The  law  proclaims  destruction  nigh, 

And  vengeance  at  the  door." 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


Cowper  began  the  third  line  of  the  second  stanza : 
"  But  suref1  etc. 

And  the  first  part  of  the  tliird  stanza  with  these 
lines : 

"  I  see,  or  think  I  see 
A  glimmering  from  afar." 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 

For  biographical  notes,  see  No.  4L 


309  Dependence  on  the  Spirit.   S.  M. 

HOW  helpless  nature  lies. 
Unconscious  of  her  load ! 
The  heart  unchanged  can  never  rise 
To  happiness  and  God. 

2  Can  aught  but  power  divine 
The  stubborn  will  subdue? 

'Tis  thine,  eternal  Spirit,  thine 
To  form  the  heart  anew; 

3  The  passions  to  recall, 
And  upward  bid  them  rise ; 

To  make  the  scales  of  error  fall 
From  reason's  darkened  eyes. 

4  O  change  these  hearts  of  ours, 
And  give  them  life  divine ; 

Then  shall  our  passions  and  out  powers, 
Almighty  Lord,  be  thine. 

ANXE  STEELE,  ALT. 

Title  :  The  Xecessity  of  Renewing  Grace. 

Two  stanzas  have  been  omitted,  and  the  meter 
changed  from  common  to  short.  As  this  hymn 
came  into  our  book:  in  18-iD,  we  infer  that  these 
changes  were  made  by  the  editors  of  that  edition. 

From  Miscellaneous  Pieces  in  Verse  and  Prose. 
By  Theodosia.    Bristol,  1780. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  63. 


310      Helpless  and  guilty.      S.  M. 

AH,  how  shall  fallen  man 
Be  just  before  his  God? 
If  he  contend  in  righteousness, 
We  sink  beneath  his  rod. 

2  If  he  our  ways  should  mark 
With  strict  inquiring  eyes, 

Could  we  for  one  of  thousand  faults 
A  just  excuse  devise? 

3  The  mountains,  in  thy  wTath, 
Their  ancient  seats  forsake; 

The  trembling  earth  deserts  her  place, 
Her  rooted  pjillars  shake. 


4  Ah,  how  shall  guilty  man 

Contend  with  such  a  God? 
None — none  can  meet  him,  and  escape, 

But  through  the  Saviour's  blood. 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT. 

This  hymn  has  been  so  transformed  that  only  by 
long  and  diligent  search  was  the  original  discovered. 
By  comparison  it  will  be  seen  that  only  one  line  re- 
mains as  written  by  the  author. 

Authob's  Text. 
Title :  God  Holy,  Just,  and  Sovereign. 

1  "  How  should  the  sons  of  Adam's  race 
Be  pure  before  their  God  ? 

If  he  contend  in  righteousness, 
We  fall  beneath  his  rod. 

2  "To  vindicate  my  words  and  thoughts 
I'll  make  no  more  pretence ; 

Not  one  of  all  my  thousand  faults 
Can  bear  a  just  defence. 

3  "  Strong  is  his  arm,  his  heart  is  wise ; 
What  vain  presumers  dare 

Against  their  Maker's  hand  to  rise, 
Or  tempt  the  unequal  war  ? 

4  "  Mountains,  by  his  almighty  wrath, 
From  their  old  seats  are  torn, 

He  shakes  the  earth  from  South  to  North, 
And  all  her  pillars  mourn." 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  i,  1707. 

Part  of  these  changes  were  made  for  the  Scotch 
Paraphrases  about  1770,  and  others  for  the  Hymns 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  1826. 


oil         Obduracy  bemoaned.  S.  M. 

OTHAT  I  could  repent! 
O  that  I  could  believe ! 
Thou,  by  thy  voice,  the  marble  rend, 

The  rock  in  sunder  cleave : 
Thou,  by  the  two-edged  sword, 

My  soul  and  spirit  part ; 
Strike  with  the  hammer  of  thy  word, 
And  break  my  stubborn  heart. 

2  Saviour,  and  Prince  of  peace, 

The  double  grace  bestow : 
Unloose  the  bands  of  wickedness, 

And  let  the  captive  go : 
Grant  me  my  sins  to  feel, 

And  then  the  load  remove : 
Wound ,  and  pour  in,  my  wounds  to  heal, 

The  balm  of  pardoning  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems  (1749)  contained 
thirty-seven  hymns  with  this  title  :  For  One  Fallen 
from  Grace. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


12r, 


One  receives  the  impression  in  reading  the  poet- 
ical works  of  the  Wesley s  that  there  was  a  great 
deal  of  backsliding  in  those  days  ;  and  no  doubt 
this  was  the  fact.  Great  revivals  are  usually  fol- 
lowed by  more  or  less  apostasy.  The  original 
hymn  contains  six  stanzas.  These  are  the  first 
two,  unaltered. 


312     Christ  our  ransom.         S.  M. 

OUR  sins  on  Christ  were  laid; 
He  bore  the  mighty  load ; 
Our  ransom-price  he  fully  paid 
In  groans,  and  tears,  and  blood. 

2  To  save  a  world,  he  dies ; 
Sinners,  behold  the  Lamb ! 

To  him  lift  up  your  longing  eyes ; 
Seek  mercy  in  his  name. 

3  Pardon  and  peace  abound ; 
He  will  your  sins  forgive ; 

Salvation  in  his  name  is  found, — 
He  bids  the  sinner  live. 

4  Jesus,  we  look  to  thee ; 
Where  else  can  sinners  go? 

Thy  boundless  love  shall  set  us  free 
From  wretchedness  and  woe. 

JOHN  PAWCETT,  ALT. 

"  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God,  which  taketh  aivay  the 
sin  of  the  world!'1''  John  i,  29. 

The  original  contains  seven  stanzas.  These  are 
verses  three,  four,  five,  and  seven,  altered.  Only 
three  lines  remain  unchanged.  The  object  was 
evidently  to  change  the  meter,  which  is  long  in 
the  original. 

From  Hymns  Adapted  to  the  Circumstances  of 
Public  Worship  and  Private  Devotion,  by  John 
Fawcett.    Leeds,  1782. 

See  No.  31. 


313       The  only  name.  S.  M. 

JESUS,  thou  Source  divine, 
Whence  hope  and  comfort  flow ! 
Jesus,  no  other  name  than  thine 
Can  save  from  endless  woe. 

2  None  else  will  Heaven  approve: 
Thou  art  the  only  way, 

Ordained  by  everlasting  love, 
To  realms  of  endless  day. 

3  Here  let  our  feet  abide, 
Nor  from  thy  path  depart : 

Direct  our  steps,  thou  gracious  Guide ! 
And  cheer  the  fainting  heart. 


4  Safe  through  this  world  of  night, 
Lead  to  the  blissful  plains, 

The  regions  of  unclouded  light, 
Where  joy  forever  reigns. 

ANNE  STEELE,  ALT. 

Title  :  Christ  the  Way  to  Heaven. 
The  second  stanza  is  omitted : 

2  "  In  vain  would  boasting  reason  find 
The  way  to  happiness  and  God  ; 

Her  weak  directions  leave  the  mind 
Bewilder'd  in  a  dubious  road." 

The  meter  has  been  changed  from  long  to  short, 
and  only  two  lines  remain  as  written  by  the  author. 

From  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly  Devotional,  by 
Theodosia.    London,  1760. 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  63. 


314        The  precious  blood. 
OD'S  holy  law  transgressed, 


C.  M. 


Speaks  nothing  but  despair ; 
Convinced  of  guilt,  with  grief  oppressed, 
We  find  no  comfort  there. 

2  Not  all  our  groans  and  tears, 
Nor  works  which  we  have  done, 

Nor  vows,  nor  promises,  nor  prayers 
Can  e'er  for  sin  atone. 

3  Relief  alone  is  found 

In  Jesus'  precious  blood . 
'Tis  this  that  heals  the  mortal  wound, 
And  reconciles  to  God. 

4  High  lifted  on  the  cross, 
The  spotless  Victim  dies; 

This  is  salvation's  only  source ; 
Hence  all  our  hopes  arise. 

BENJAMIN  BEDDOME. 

Title :  Hope  Alone  from  the  Gospel. 
Two  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original  Form. 

Verse  one,  line  three  : 

"  Burdened  with  guilt,  with  grief  oppressed." 

Verse  four,  line  four : 
"  And  hence  our  hopes  arise." 

The  design  of  this  hymn  is  to  show  that  sinners 
cannot  find  comfort  in  G-od's  justice,  nor  in  their 
own  works,  but  only  in  the  atonement  of  Christ. 

From  Hymns  Adapted  to  Public  Worship  or 
Family  Devotion.    London,  1818. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  285. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


315        Wonders  of  redemption.  C.  M. 

HOW  great  the  wisdom,  power,  and  grace, 
Which  in  redemption  shine ! 
The  heavenly  host  with  joy  confess 
The  work  is  all  divine. 

2  Before  His  feet  they  cast  their  crowns,  — 
Those  crowns  which  Jesus  gave, — 

And,  with  ten  thousand  thousand  tongues, 
Proclaim  his  power  to  save. 

3  They  tell  the  triumphs  o.f  his  cross, 
The  sufferings  which  he  bore ; 

How  low  he  stooped,  how  high  he  rose, 
And  rose  to  stoop  no  more. 

4  With  them  let  us  our  voices  raise, 
And  still  the  song  renew : 

Salvation  well  deserves  the  praise 
Of  men  and  angels  too. 

BENJAMIN  BEDDOME. 

Title :  Wonders  of  Redemption. 
Four  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  one,  line  three : 

"Angels  and  men  with  joy  confess." 

Verse  two,  line  one : 

"  Beneath  his  feet  they  cast  their  crowns." 

Verse  four,  line  one : 

"  Oh  let  them  still  their  voices  raise." 

Verse  four,  line  two : 

"  And  still  their  song  renew." 

Two  stanzas,  the  second  and  third,  are  omitted. 
They  are  not  of  great  value.  From  Hymns 
Adapted  to  Public  Worship  or  Family  Devotion. 
1818. 

See  No.  285. 


316  The  dearest  name.  CM. 

HOW  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds 
In  a  believer's  ear ! 
It  soothes  his  sorrows,  heals  his  wounds, 
And  drives  away  his  fear. 

2  It  makes  the  wounded  spirit  whole, 
And  calms  the  troubled  breast ; 

'Tis  manna  to  the  hungry  soul, 
And  to  the  weary,  rest. 

3  Dear  name !  the  rock  on  which  I  build 
My  shield  and  hiding-place ; 

My  never-failing  treasure,  filled 
With  boundless  stores  of  grace ! 


4  Jesus,  my  Shepherd,  Saviour,  Friend, 
My  Prophet,  Priest,  and  King, 

My  Lord,  my  Life,  my  Way,  my  End, 
Accept  the  praise  I  bring ! 

5  I  would  thy  boundless  love  proclaim 
With  every  fleeting  breath; 

So  shall  the  music  of  thy  name 
Refresh  my  soul  in  death. 

JOHN  NEWTON. 

Title  :  The  Name  of  Jesvs. 

Text:  "  Thy  name  is  as  ointment  poured  forth." 
Song  of  Sol.  i,  3. 

Two  stanzas  are  omitted.  They  are  not  neces- 
sary to  the  hymn. 

The  author  wrote  "Husband"  instead  of  "Sav- 
iour" in  the  first  line  of  the  fourth  stanza.  New- 
ton published  the  last  stanza  in  this  form : 

"  Till  then  I  would  thy  love  proclaim, 

With  every  fleeting  breath ; 
And  may  the  music  of  thy  name 

Refresh  my  soul  in  death." 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 
For  biography,  see  No.  23. 


Ol7         Ceaseless  goodness.  C.  M. 

THY  ceaseless,  unexhausted  love, 
Unmerited  and  free, 
Delights  our  evil  to  remove, 
And  help  our  misery. 

2  Thou  vvaitest  to  be  gracious  still; 
Thou  dost  with  sinners  bear ; 

That,  saved,  we  may  thy  goodness  feel, 
And  all  thy  grace  declare. 

3  Thy  goodness  and  thy  truth  to  me, 
To  every  soul,  abound ; 

A  vast,  unfathomable  sea, 

Where  all  our  thoughts  are  drowned. 

4  Its  streams  the  whole  creation  reach, 
So  plenteous  is  the  store ; 

Enough  for  all,  enough  for  each, 
Enough  for  evermore. 

5  Faithful,  O  Lord,  thy  mercies  are, 
A  rock  that  cannot  move : 

A  thousand  promises  declare 
Thy  constancy  of  love. 

6  Throughout  the  universe  it  reigns, 
Unalterably  sure; 

And  while  the  truth  of  God  remains, 
His  goodness  must  endure. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


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4  E'er  since,  by  faith,  I  saw  the  stream 
Thy  flowing  wounds  supply, 

Redeeming  love  has  been  my  theme, 
And  shall  be  till  I  die. 

5  Then  in  a  nobler,  sweeter  song, 
I'll  sing  thy  power  to  save, 

When  this  poor  lisping,  stammering  tongue 
Lies  silent  in  the  grave. 

6  Lord,  I  believe  thou  hast  prepared, 
Unworthy  though  I  be, 

For  me  a  blood-bought,  free  reward, 
A  golden  harp  for  me ! 

7  'Tis  strung  and  tuned  for  endless  years, 
And  formed  by  power  divine, 

To  sound  in  God  the  Fathers  ears, 
No  other  name  but  thine. 

WILLIAM  COWPER. 


From  Short  Hymns  on,  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 

It  is  founded  on  Exodus  xxxiv,  6 : 

"  The  Lord  God,  merciful  and  gracious,  long- 
suffering,  and  abundant  in  goodness  and  truth." 

Wesley  wrote  "The"  instead  of  "His"  in  the 
last  line. 


3  1 8  7ft*  Way,  the  Truth,  and  the  Life.  CM. 

THOU  art  the  Way: — to  thee  alone 
From  sin  and  death  we  flee ; 
And  he  who  would  the  Father  seek, 
Must  seek  him,  Lord,  by  thee. 

2  Thou  art  the  Truth : — thy  word  alone 
True  wisdom  can  impart ; 

Thou  only  canst  inform  the  mind, 
And  purify  the  heart. 

3  Thou  art  the  Life : — the  rending  tomb 
Proclaims  thy  conquering  arm ; 

And  those  who  put  their  trust  in  thee 
Nor  death  nor  hell  shall  harm. 

4  Thou  art  the  Way,  the  Truth,  the  Life- 
Grant  us  that  Way  to  know, 

That  Truth  to  keep,  that  Life  to  win, 
Whose  joys  eternal  flow. 

GEORGE  W.  DOANE. 

The  Scripture  text  of  this  hymn  is  John  xiv,  6  : 

"I  am  the  way,  the  truth,  and  the  life  :  no  man 
cometh  unto  the  Father,  but  by  me." 

The  hymn  itself  is  a  very  happy  and  successful 
metrical  exposition  of  the  text.  Only  two  of  Bishop 
Doane's  hymns  are  found  in  this  collection.  They 
are  both  excellent.  The  other  is  No.  117,  which 
see.  Verbatim,  from  Songsbythe  Way.  1875  edition. 

The  first  edition  was  published  in  1824. 


310        The  cleansing  fountain.  C.  M 

THERE  is  a  fountain  filled  with  blood, 
Drawn  from  Immanuel's  veins ; 
And  sinners,  plunged  beneath  that  flood, 
Lose  all  their  guilty  stains. 

2  The  dying  thief  rejoiced  to  see 
That  fountain  in  his  day; 

And  there  may  I,  though  vile  as  he, 
Wash  all  my  sins  away. 

3  Thou  dying  Lamb !  thy  precious  blood 
Shall  never  lose  its  power, 

Till  all  the  ransomed  Church  of  God 
Are  saved,  to  sin  no  more. 


The  author's  title  is  :  Praise  for  the  Fountain 
Opened.    The  text  is  Zech,  xiii,  1 : 

"  In  that  day  there  shall  be  a  fountain  opened  to 
the  house  of  David  and  to  the  inhabitants  of  Jeru- 
salem for  sin  and  for  uncleanness." 

It  is  a  little  strange  that  this  hymn,  and  some 
other  great  favorites,  found  no  place  in  the  Method- 
ist hymn  book  till  1849 — after  they  had  been  in 
common  use  fox  fifty  or  sixty  years,  but  such  is  the 
fact.  We  are  glad  that  the  Committee  of  fifteen 
found  room  for  the  whole  of  this  grand  old  hymn. 
It  is  none  too  long. 

A  great  change  has  been  made  in  the  last  part  of 
the  second  stanza.    The  author  wrote : 

"  And  there  have  I,  as  vile  as  he, 
Washed  all  my  sins  away." 

There  is  no  doubt  but  that  Cowper  gave  his  per- 
sonal experience  and  testimony  in  this  hymn. 
These  two  lines  are  the  only  ones  that  have  been 
changed.    They  are  found  in  various  forms. 

In  Rippoii's  Selection,  1787,  they  are  found  in 
the  form  of  prayer: 

"  0  may  I  there,  though  vile  as  he, 
Wash  all  my  sins  away." 

In  the  Hartford  Selection,  1799  : 

"  And  there  may  I,  as  vile  as  he, 
Wash  all  my  sins  away." 

In  DobelVs  Selection,  1806,  we  find  it  given  in  its 
original  form,  as  above. 

Of  course  the  great  question  with  hymnal  editors 
is,  "Which  form  will  be  the  most  useful?"  and 
there  seems  to  be  a  difference  of  opinion.  There  is 
no  doubt,  however,  as  to  what  the  author  intended. 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see'No.  44. 


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320  The  pierced  hand.  CM. 

WHEN  wounded  sore,  the  stricken  soul 
Lies  bleeding  and  unbound, 
One  only  hand,  a  pierced  hand, 
Can  heal  the  sinner's  wound. 

2  When  sorrow  swells  the  laden  breast, 
And  tears  of  anguish  flow, 

One  only  heart,  a  broken  heart, 
Can  feel  the  sinner's  woe. 

3  When  penitence  has  wept  in  vain 
Over  some  foul,  dark  spot, 

One  only  stream,  a  stream  of  blood, 
Can  wash  away  the  blot. 

4  'Tis  Jesus'  blood  that  washes  white, 
His  hand  that  brings  relief ; 

His  heart  that's  touched  with  all  our  joys, 
And  feeleth  for  our  grief. 

5  Lift  up  thy  bleeding  hand,  O  Lord ! 
Unseal  that  cleansing  tide : 

We  have  no  shelter  from  our  sin 
But  in  thy  wounded  side. 

MRS.  CECIL  F.  ALEXANDER. 

Title  :  Touched  with  the  feeling  of  our  Infirmi- 
ties. 

Cecil  Frances  Alexander  is  the  author  of  a  num- 
ber of  hymns  and  poems.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Major  Humphreys,  of  Strabane,  Ireland,  and  was 
born  i'n  1823.  In  1850  she  married  the  Rev.  Will- 
iam Alexander,  now  Bishop  of  Deny.  Mrs.  Alex- 
ander wrote  Hymns  for  little  Children,  which  has 
had  a  wide  circulation  in  England  and  in  this  coun- 
try, and  she  edited  The  Sunday  Booh  of  Poetry, 
1865.  This  piece  first  appeared  in  her  Hymns  De- 
scriptive aiid  Devotional,  1858. 

The  original  has  u  salve"  instead  of  "heal"  in 
verse  one,  line  four. 


321 


Grace. 


S.  M. 


GRACE!  'tis  a  charming  sound, 
Harmonious  to  the  ear ; 
Heaven  with  the  echo  shall  resound. 
And  all  the  earth  shall  hear. 

2  Grace  first  contrived  a  way 
To  save  rebellious  man ; 

And  all  the  steps  that  grace  display, 
Which  drew  the  wondrous  plan. 

3  Grace  taught  my  roving  feet 
To  tread  the  heavenly  road ; 

And  new  supplies  each  hour  I  meet, 
While  pressing  on  to  God. 


4  Grace  all  the  work  shall  crown 

Through  everlasting  days; 
It  lays  in  heaven  the  topmost  stone, 

And  well  deserves  our  praise. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 


Salvation  by  Grace.  Eph.  ii, 
are  saved." 


5  :  "By  grace  ye 


This  hymn  is  given  verbatim,  except  one  word. 
The  author  wrote  "wandering  feet"  instead  of 
"roving,"  in  the  third  stanza. 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  tlm 
Holy  Scriptures.    London,  1755. 

For  biography,  see  No.  78. 


322  Our  debt  paid  upon  the  cross. 
HAT  majesty  and  grace 


S.  M. 


w 


Through  all  the  gospel  shine ! 
'Tis  God  that  speaks,  and  we  confess 
The  doctrine  most  divine. 

2  Down  from  his  throne  on  high, 
The  mighty  Saviour  comes  ; 

Lays  his  bright  robes  of  glory  by, 
And  feeble  flesh  assumes. 

3  The  debt  that  sinners  owed, 
Upon  the  cross  he  pays  : 

Then  through  the  clouds  ascends  to  God, 
'Midst  shouts  of  loftiest  praise. 

4  There  our  High  Priest  appears 
Before  his  Father's  throne ; 

Mingles  his  merits  with  our  tears, 
And  pours  salvation  down. 

5  Great  Sovereign,  we  adore 
Thy  justice  and  thy  grace, 

And  on  thy  faithfulness  and  power 
Our  firm  dependence  place. 

SAMUEL  STENNETT,  ALT. 

"T7ie  Glorious  Gospel  of  thellessed  God."  1  Tim. 
i.  11. 

This  hymn  has  been  changed  from  a  common  to 
a  short  meter  by  the  omission  of  two  syllables  from 
the  first  line  of  each  stanza. 

From  Bipports  Selection,  1787. 

The  first  lines  were  originally  as  follows : 

"  What  wisdom,  majesty,  and  grace." 
"  Down  from  his  starry  throne  on  high." 
"  The  mighty  debt  that  sinners  owed." 
"  There  he  our  great  High  Priest  appears." 
"  Great  God  with  reverence  we  adore." 

For  biography,  see  No.  218. 


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323  Fall  and  free.  CM. 

OWHAT  amazing  words  of  grace 
Are  in  the  gospel  found ! 
Suited  to  every  sinner's  case. 
Who  knows  the  joyful  sound. 

2  Poor,  sinful,  thirsty,  fainting  souls 
Are  freely  welcome  here ; 

Salvation,  like  a  river,  rolls 
Abundant,  free,  and  clear. 

3  Come,  then,  with  all  your  wants  and 

wounds ; 
Your  every  burden  bring : 
Here  love,  unchanging  love,  abounds, 
A  deep,  celestial  spring. 

4  Whoever  will — O  gracious  word ! 
May  of  this  stream  partake ; 

Come,  thirsty  souls,  and  bless  the  Lord 
And  drink  for  Jesus'  sake. 

5  Millions  of  sinners,  vile  as  you, 
Have  here  found  life  and  peace ; 

Come,  then,  and  prove  its  virtues  too, 
And  drink,  adore,  and  bless. 

SAMUEL  MEDLEY,  ALT. 

"  I  am  Alpha  and  Omega,  the  beginning  and  the 
end.  1  will  give  unto  him  that  is  athirst  of  the 
fountain  of  the  water  of  life  freely."  Rev.  xxi,  6. 

The  second  stanza  is  not  Medley's. 

The  author  wrote : 

2  "  Here  Jesus  calls,  and  he's  a  true, 

A  kind,  a  faithful  friend  ; 
He's  '  Alpha  and  Omega,'  too, 

'Beginning  and  the  end.'  " 

One  other  stanza,  the  fifth,  of  the  original  has 
been  omitted  : 

5  "  This  spring  with  living  waters  flows, 

And  living  joy  imparts  : 
Come,  thirsty  souls,  your  wants  disclose, 

And  drink  with  thankful  hearts." 

The  first  two  lines  of  the  fourth  verse  the  author 
wrote : 

"  Whoever  thirsts — O,  gracious  "Word  ! 
Shall  of  this  stream  partake." 

The  author's  last  stanza  has  been  almost  entirely 
changed : 

"To  sinners  poor,  like  me  and  you, 

He  saith,  he'll  '  freely  give  ; ' 
Come,  thirsty  souls,  and  prove  it  true, 

Drink,  and  forever  live." 

It  appeared  in  the  first  edition  of  the  author's 
Hymns,  1789.    It  is  also  found  in  Toplady's  Col- 
lection, 1776.   For  I  iographical  sketch,  see  No.  1 93 
9 


324;  The  joyful  sound.  CM. 

SALVATION !  O  the  joyful  sound ! 
What  pleasure  to  our  ears ! 
A  sovereign  balm  for  every  wound, 
A  cordial  for  our  fears. 

2  Salvation !  let  the  echo  fly 
The  spacious  earth  around, 

While  all  the  armies  of  the  sky 
Conspire  to  raise  the  sound. 

3  Salvation !  O  thou  bleeding  Lamb ! 
To  thee  the  praise  belongs : 

Salvation  shall  inspire  our  hearts, 
And  dwell  upon  our  tongues. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  title :  Salvation. 

One  stanza,  the  second,  has  been  omitted : 

2  "  Buried  in  sorrow  and  in  sin, 

At  hell's  dark  door  we  lay, 
But  we  arise,  by  grace  divine, 

To  see  a  heavenly  day." 

The  last  stanza  was  not  written  by  Dr.  Watts. 
It  was  appended  by  some  unknown  author.  It  is, 
in  every  way,  worthy  of  its  place,  and  caps  the 
climax  of  this  grand  hymn.  This  additional  stanza 
is  not  modern  ;  it  is  found  in  the  early  editions  of 
Lady  Huntingdon's  Collection,  and  was  possibly 
written  by  the  editor  of  that  book,  the  Rev.  Walter 
Shirley. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


325     The  all-sufficient  Saviour.      C.  M. 

THE  Saviour !  O  what  endless  charms 
Dwell  in  that  blissful  sound! 
Its  influence  every  fear  disarms, 
And  spreads  delight  around. 

2  Here  pardon,  life,  and  joy  divine, 
In  rich  effusion  flow, 

For  guilty  rebels,  lost  in  sin, 
And  doomed  to  endless  woe. 

3  The  almighty  Former  of  the  skies 
Stoops  to  our  vile  abode; 

While  angels  view  with  wondering  eyes, 
And  hail  the  incarnate  God. 

4  How  rich  the  depths  of  love  divine ! 
Of  bliss  a  boundless  store ! 

Redeemer,  let  me  call  thee  mine, 
Thy  fullness  I  implore. 

5  On  thee  alone  my  hope  relies; 
Beneath  thy  cross  I  fall ; 

My  Lord,  my  Life,  my  Sacrifice, 
My  Saviour,  and  my  All ! 

ANNE  STEELE. 


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Part  of  a  hymn  of  thirty-nine  stanzas,  entitled 
Bedeeming  Love.  This  is  made  up,  with  slight 
alterations,  of  verses  two,  three,  eight,  thirty-seven, 
and  thirty-nine. 

From  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly  Devotional,  by 
Theodosia.  London,  1760. 

For  biography  of  author,  see  No.  63. 


326  The  gospel  feast.  C.  M. 

LET  every  mortal  ear  attend, 
And  every  heart  rejoice ; 
The  trumpet  of  the  Gospel  sounds 
With  an  inviting  voice. 

2  Ho !  all  ye  hungry,  starving  souls, 
That  feed  upon  the  wind, 

And  vainly  strive  with  earthly  toys 
To  fill  an  empty  mind ; 

3  Eternal  Wisdom  hath  prepared 
A  soul-reviving  feast, 

And  bids  your  longing  appetites 
The  rich  provision  taste. 

4  Ho !  ye  that  pant  for  living  streams, 
And  pine  away  and  die, 

Here  you  may  quench  your  raging  thirst 
With  springs  that  never  dry. 

5  Rivers  of  love  and  mercy  here 
In  a  rich  ocean  join ; 

Salvation  in  abundance  flows, 
Like  floods  of  milk  and  wine. 

6  The  happy  gates  of  gospel  grace 
Stand  open  night  and  day : 

Lord,  we  are  come  to  seek  supplies, 
And  drive  our  wants  away. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Watts  gave  this  hymn  a  long  title:  Tt<e  In- 
vitation of  the  Gospel :  or,  Spiritual  Food  and 
Clothing.  It  is  founded  on  the  first  few  verses  of 
Isaiah  lv,  "  Ho,  every  one  that  thirsteth,"  etc. 

Throe  stanzas  are  omitted.  One  of  them  is  very 
striking  and  poetic : 

"  Dear  God  !  the  treasures  of  thy  love 

Are  everlasting  mines, 
Deep  as  our  helpless  miseries  are, 

And  boundless  as  our  sins." 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs, 
book  i,  1707. 


327     I°ve  which passeth  knowledge.     L.  M. 

OF  Him  who  did  salvation  bring, 
I  could  forever  think  and  sing; 
Arise,  ye  needy, — he'll  relieve; 
Arise,  ye  guilty, — he'll  forgive. 


2  Ask  but  his  grace,  and  lo,  'tis  given ; 
Ask,  and  he  turns  your  hell  to  heaven ; 
Though  sin  and  sorrow  wound  my  soul, 
Jesus,  thy  balm  will  make  it  whole. 

3  To  shame  our  sins  he  blushed  in  blood; 
He  closed  his  eyes  to  show  us  God: 

Let  all  the  world  fall  down  and  know 
That  none  but  God  such  love  can  show. 


4  'Tis  thee  I  love,  for  thee  alone 
I  shed  my  tears  and  make  my  moan ; 
Where'er  I  am,  where'er  I  move, 
I  meet  the  object  of  my  love. 


5  Insatiate  to  this  spring  I  fly ; 
I  drink,  and  yet  am  ever  dry: 
Ah!  who  against  thy  charms  is  proof? 
Ah!  who  that  loves,  can  love  enough? 

BERNARD  OF  CLAIRVAUX. 
TR.  BV  A.  W.  BOBHM. 

Another  stanza  of  this  hymn  is  found  in  Madan's 
Collection,  1760.  It  follows  the  first,  and  is  very 
unique : 

"  Eternal  Lord,  Almighty  King, 
All  Heav'n  doth  with  thy  Triumphs  ring ! 
Thou  conquer'st  all  beneath,  above, 
Devils  with  Force,  and  Men  with  Love." 

It  was  formerly  accredited  to  Charles  Wesley, 
but  was  found  in  a  book  of  translations,  before  the 
time  of  the  Wesleys,  by  Anthony  Wilhelm  Boehm, " 
(1673-1722,)  of  whom  nothing  more  is  known. 

Bernard  of  Clairvaux  (1091-1153)  was  born  at 
Fontaine,  in  Burgundy,  and  was  educated  at  the 
University  of  Paris.  At  the  age  of  twenty-two  he 
entered  the  Cistercian  Monastery  of  Citeaux.  His 
austerity  made  him  famous,  and  at  the  age  of 
twenty -five  he  was  appointed  abbot  of  a  new  mon- 
astery at  Clairvaux.  Here  he  remained  for  many 
years,  declining  all  further  proferment.  He  was 
the  author  of  several  famous  Latin  hymns. 


328  The  divine  Teacher.  L.  M. 

HOW  sweetly  flowed  the  gospel's  sound 
From  lips  of  gentleness  and  grace, 
While  listening  thousands  gathered  round, 
And  joy  and  reverence  filled  the  place! 

2  From  heaven  He  came,  of  heaven  he  spoke, 
To  heaven  he  led  his  followers'  way; 

Dark  clouds  of  gloomy  night  he  broke ; 
Unveiling  an  immortal  day. 

3  ' '  Come,  wanderers,  to  my  Father's  home ; 
Come,  all  ye  weary  ones,  and  rest." 

Yes,  sacred  Teacher,  we  wull  come, 
Obey,  and  be  forever  blest. 


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4  Decay,  then,  tenements  of  dust ! 

Pillars  of  earthly  pride,  decay ! 
A  nobler  mansion  waits  the  just, 

And  Jesus  has  prepared  the  way. 

SIK  JOHN  BO  WRING. 

Title :  Jesus  Teaching  the  People. 

The  last  line  of  the  third  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"  Obey  thee,  love  thee,  and  be  blest." 

From  Matins  and  Vespers,  London,  1823. 

In  his  preface  the  author  says:  "Should  any 
fragment  of  this  little  book,  remembered  and  dwelt 
upon  in  moments  of  gloom  and  anxiety,  tend  to  re- 
store peace,  to  awaken  fortitude,  to  create,  to  renew, 
or  to  strengthen  confidence  in  Heaven,  I  shall  have 
obtained  the  boon  for  which  I  pray,  the  end  to 
which  1  aspire." 

See  No.  150. 


329   •       TJie  gift  unspeakable.  L.  M. 

HAPPY  the  man  who  finds  the  grace, 
The  blessing  of  God's  chosen  race, 
The  wisdom  coming  from  above, 
The  faith  that  sweetly  works  by  love. 

2  Wisdom  divine !  who  tells  the  price 
Of  wisdom's  costly  merchandise? 
Wisdom  to  silver  we  prefer, 

And  gold  is  dross  compared  to  her. 

3  Her  hands  are  filled  with  length  of  days, 
True  riches,  and  immortal  praise : 

Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasantness, 
And  all  her  flowery  paths  are  peace. 

4  Happy  the  man  who  wisdom  gains ; 
Thrice  happy,  who  his  guest  retains ; 
He  owns,  and  shall  forever  own, 
Wisdom,  and  Christ,  and  heaven,  are  one. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  a  successful  paraphrase  of  Prov.  iii,  13-18 : 

"  Happy  is  the  man  that  findeth  wisdom,  and  the 
man  that  getteth  understanding :  For  the  merchan- 
dise of  it  is  better  than  the  merchandise  of  silver, 
and  the  gain  thereof  than  fine  gold.  She  is  more 
precious  than  rubies  :  and  all  the  things  thou  canst 
desire  are  not  to  be  compared  unto  her.  Length  of 
days  is  in  her  right  hand  ;  and  in  her  left  hand 
riches  and  honor.  Her  ways  are  ways  of  pleasant- 
ness, and  all  her  paths  are  peace.  She  is  a  tree  of 
life  to  them  that  lay  hold  upon  her :  and  happy  is 
every  one  that  retaineth  her." 

The  original  contains  nine  stanzas.  These  are  not 
altered. 

Prom  Hymns  for  Those  that  Seek  and  Those  that 
Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ.  Lon- 
don, 1747. 


330  The  voice  of  f  ree  grace.  1 2. 

THE  voice  of  free  grace  cries,  ' '  Escape  to 
the  mountain ; 
For  Adam's  lost  race  Christ  hath  opened  a 
fountain ; 

For  sin  and  uncleanness,  and  every  trans- 
gression, 

His  blood  flows  most  freely,  in  streams  of 
salvation." 

Hallelujah  to  the  Lamb,  who  has  pur- 
chased our  pardon ! 

We  will  praise  him  again  when  we  pass 
over  Jordan. 

2  Now  glory  to  God  in  the  highest  is  given ; 
Now  glory  to  God  is  re-echoed  in  heaven; 
Around  the  whole  earth  let  us  tell  the  glad 

story,  # 

And  sing  of  his  love,  his  salvation  and  glory. 

3  O  Jesus,  ride  on, — thy  kingdom  is  glorious ; 
O'er  sin,  death,  and  hell,  thou  wilt  make  us 

victorious ; 

Thy  name  shall  be  praised  in  the  great  con- 
gregation, 

And  saints  shall  ascribe  unto  thee  their 
salvation. 

4  When  on  Zion  we  stand,  having  gained 

the  blest  shore, 
With  our  harps  in  our  hands,  we  will  praise 
evermore : 

We'll  range  the  blest  fields  on  the  banks  of 
the  river, 

And  sing  of  redemption  for  ever  and  ever, 

RICHARD  BURDSALL. 

I  have  good  reason  to  believe  that  this  hymn  has 
been  abbreviated  and  altered.  I  have  never  seen 
the  original. 

Mr.  Eichard  Burdsall  (1735-1824)  was  a  local 
Wesleyan  preacher  for  about  sixty  years. 


331    The  year  of  jubilee.         H.  M. 

BLOW  ye  the  trumpet,  blow, 
The  gladly-solemn  sound ! 
Let  all  the  nations  know, 
To  earth's  remotest  bound, 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come ! 
Return,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home. 

2  Jesus,  our  great  High  Priest, 

Hath  full  atonement  made : 
Ye  weary  spirits,  rest; 

Ye  mournful  souls,  be  glad: 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come ! 
Return,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home, 


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3  Extol  the  Lamb  of  God, 
The  all-atoning  Lamb ; 

Redemption  in  his  blood 

Throughout  the  world  proclaim : 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come ! 
Return,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home. 

4  Ye  slaves  of  sin  and  hell, 
Your  liberty  receive, 

And  safe  in  Jesus  dwell, 
And  blest  in  Jesus  live : 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come! 
Return,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home. 

5  Ye  who  have  sold  for  naught 
Your  heritage  above, 

Shall  have  it  back  unbought, 
The  gift  of  Jesus'  love : 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come ! 
Return,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home. 

6  The  gospel  trumpet  hear, 
The  news  of  heavenly  grace; 

And,  saved  from  earth,  appear 
Before  your  Saviour's  face : 
The  year  of  jubilee  is  come! 
Return,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  home. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  wonderful  hymn  has  been  ascribed  in  some 
hymn  books  to  Toplady,  the  author  of  Rock  of  Ages. 
It  was  first  published  by  Charles  Wesley  in'a  pam- 
phlet containing  only  seven  pieces,  entitled  Hymns 
for  New-Year 's  Day,  1750.  Toplady  was  then 
only  ten  years  of  age.    It  is  unaltered  and  complete. 

The  scriptural  basis  of  the  hymn  is  Lev.  xxv, 
9,  10 : 

"  Then  shalt  thou  cause  the  trumpet  of  the  jubi- 
lee to  sound  on  the  tenth  clay  of  the  seventh 
month,  in  the  day  of  atonement  shall  ye  make  the 
trumpet  sound  throughout  all  your  land.  And  ye 
shall  hallow  the  fiftieth  year,  and  proclaim  liberty 
throughout  all  the  land  unto  all  the  inhabitants 
thereof:  it  shall  be  a  jubilee  unto  you;  and  ye 
shall  return  every  man  unto  his  possession,  and  ye 
shall  return  every  man  unto  his  family." 


332  Jesus,  the  all-atoning  Lamb.  H.  M. 

LET  earth  and  heaven  agree, 
Angels  and  men  be  joined, 
To  celebrate  with  me 

The  Saviour  of  mankind : 
To  adore  the  all-atoning  Lamb, 
And  bless  the  sound  of  Jesus'  name. 

2  Jesus !  transporting  sound ! 

The  joy  of  earth  and  heaven ; 
No  other  help  is  found, 
No  other  name  is  given, 
By  which  we  can  salvation  have ; 
But  Jesus  came  the  world  to  save. 


3  Jesus!  harmonious  name! 
It  charms  the  hosts  above ; 

They  evermore  proclaim 
And  wonder  at  his  love : 
'Tis  all  their  happiness  to  gaze, — 
'Tis  heaven  to  see  our  Jesus'  face. 

4  His  name  the  sinner  hears, 
And  is  from  sin  set  free ; 

'Tis  music  in  his  ears ; 
'Tis  life  and  victory; 
New  songs  do  now  his  lips  employ, 
And  dances  his  glad  heart  for  joy. 

5  O  unexampled  love ! 

O  all-redeeming  grace! 
How  swiftly  didst  thou  move 

To  save  a  fallen  race ! 
What  shall  I  do  to  make  it  known, 
What  thou  for  all  mankind  hast  done? 

6  O  for  a  trumpet  voice, 
On  all  the  world  to  call, 

To  bid  their  hearts  rejoice 
In  him  who  died  for  all ! 
For  all  my  Lord  was  crucified ; 
For  all,  for  all,  my  Saviour  died. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  a  poem  of  ten  stanzas,  from  Hymns  on 
God's  Everlasting  Love,  1741.  The  hymn  is  made 
up  of  the  first  four,  the  seventh,  and  ninth  stanzas. 
Charles  Wesley  was  never  weary  of  insisting  upon 
the  truth  of  the  last  two  lines  of  this  hymn.  He 
had  a  most  intense  aversion  to  the  opposite  doc- 
trine of  unconditional  election.  In  another  hymn, 
published  in  the  above  book,  he  exclaims:  "Take 
back  my  interest  in  Thy  blood  unless  it  streamed 
for  all  the  race."  In  holy  audacity,  this  reminds 
us  of  the  prayer  of  Moses  for  Israel "  Now,  if  thou 
wilt  forgive  their  sin — ;  and  if  not,  blot  me,  I  pray 
thee,  out  of  thy  book." 

One  word  only  has  been  changed.  Wesley  wrote 
"freely"  instead  of  "swiftly"  in  verse  five,  line 
three. 


333  He  died  for  me.  L.  M.  6  L 

WHEN  time  seems  short  and  death  is 
near, 

And  I  am  pressed  by  doubt  and  fear, 
And  sins,  an  overflowing  tide, 
Assail  my  peace  on  every  side, 
This  thought  my  refuge  still  shall  be, 

1  know  the  Saviour  died  for  me. 

2  His  name  is  Jesus,  and  he  died, 
For  guilty  sinners  crucified ; 
Content  to  die  that  he  might  win 
Their  ransom  from  the  death  of  sin: 
No  sinner  worse  than  I  can  be, 
Therefore  I  know  he  died  for  me. 


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3  If  grace  were  bought,  I  could  not  buy ; 
If  grace  were  coined,  no  wealth  have  I; 
By  grace  alone  1  draw  my  breath, 
Held  up  from  everlasting  death ; 
Yet,  since  I  know  his  grace  is  free, 
I  know  the  Saviour  died  for  me. 

GEORGE  W.  BETHUNE. 

This  beautiful  and  pathetic  hymn  was  written 
by  the  author  on  the  day  previous  to  his  death, 
which  occurred  on  the  Sabbath,  April  27,  1862,  at 
Florence,  Italy.  His  death  was  very  sudden,  as 
he  had  preached  the  same  day  from  the  text :  "  Be 
of  good  cheer  ;  thy  sins  be  lorgiven  thee."  It  is 
not  altered. 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas  : 

4  "  I  read  God's  holy  Word,  and  find 
Great  truths  which  far  transcend  my  mind ; 
And  little  do  I  know  beside 

Of  thoughts  so  high,  so  deep,  so  wide: 

This  is  my  best  theology, 

I  know  the  Saviour  died  for  me. 

5  "  My  faith  is  weak,  but  'tis  Thy  gift ; 
Thou  canst  my  helpless  soul  uplift, 
And  say,  '  Thy  bonds  of  death  are  riven, 
Thy  sins  by  Me  are  all  forgiven ; 

And  thou  shalt  live  from  guilt  set  free, 
Fori,  Thy  Saviour,  died  for  thee.'  " 

The  Eev.  George  Washington  Bethune,  D.D., 
was  born  in  New  York  in  1805 ;  was  graduated  at 
Dickinson  College  in  1822,  and  studied  theology  at 
Princeton,  N.  J.  He  was  pastor  of  Reformed 
Dutch  churches  in  New  York  and  Philadelphia. 


334     The  Desire  of  nations.      8,  7. 

COME,  thou  long-expected  Jesus, 
Born  to  set  thy  people  free : 
From  our  fears  and  sins  release  us, 
Let  us  find  our  rest  in  thee. 

2  Israel's  Strength  and  Consolation, 
Hope  of  all  the  earth  thou  art : 

Dear  Desire  of  every  nation, 
Joy  of  every  longing  heart. 

3  Born  thy  people  to  deliver, 
Born  a  child,  and  yet  a  King, 

Born  to  reign  in  us  forever, 

Now  thy  gracious  kingdom  bring. 

4  By  thine  own  eternal  Spirit, 
Rule  in  all  our  hearts  alone ; 

By  thine  all-sufficient  merit, 
Raise  us  to  thy  glorious  throne. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

A  new  and  valuable  hymn,  full  of  praise  and 
prayer.  Its  meter  and  rhyme  are  faultless.  It  is 
poetic  and  scriptural.     The  hymn  mender  has 


found  no  excuse  for  alteration.  The  first  part  of 
the  hymn  contains  an  evident  reference  to 
Ilaggai  ii,  7 : 

"  The  Desire  of  all  nations  shall  come." 
From  Hymns  for  the  Nativity  of  our  Lord,  1744. 


330  Turn  ye.  11. 

TURN  ye,  O  turn  ye,  for  why  will  ye 


0 


die, 


When  God  in  great  mercy  is  coming  so  nigh? 
Now  Jesus  invites  you,  the   Spirit  says, 
•  "Come," 

And  angels  are  waiting  to  welcome  you 
home. 

2  And  now  Christ  is  ready  your  souls  to 

receive, 

O  how  can  you  question,  if  you  will  believe? 
If  sin  is  your  burden,  why  will  you  not  come? 
'Tis  you  he  bids  welcome ;  he  bids  you  come 
home. 

3  In  riches,  in  pleasures,  what  can  you  ob- 

tain, 

To  soothe  your  affliction,  or  banish  your  pain? 
To  bear  up  your  spirit  when  summoned  to 
.die, 

Or  waft  you  to  mansions  of  glory  on  high? 

4  "Why  will  you  be  starving,  and  feeding 

on  air? 

There's  mercy  in  Jesus,  enough  and  to  spare ; 
If  still  you  are  doubting,  make  trial  and  see, 
And  prove  that  his  mercy  is  boundless  and 
free 

JOSIAH  HOPKINS.  (?) 

The  first  line  is  a  quotation  from  Ezek.  xxxiii,  11. 
The  hymn,  six  stanzas,  is  found  in  the  Christian 
Lyre,  New  York,  1830. 

The  Rev.  Josiah  Hopkins  (1786-1862)  was  or- 
dained pastor  of  a  Congregational  church  in  Ver- 
mont in  1809,  and  was  subsequently  pastor  of  a 
Presbyterian  church  in  northern  New  York.  He 
contributed  several  pieces  to  the  Christian  Lyre, 
which  have  his  name  attached.  This  does  not.  I 
am  inclined  to  think  it  is  older  than  1830. 


336  Delay  not  11. 

ELAY  not,  delay  not,  O  sinner,  draw 


D1 


near, 


The  waters  of  life  are  now  flowing  for 
thee; 

No  price  is  demanded,  the  Saviour  is  here, 
Redemption  is  purchased,  salvation  is 
free. 


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2  Delay  not,  delay  not,  why  longer  abuse 
The  love  and  compassion  of  Jesus,  thy 

God? 

A  fountain  is  open,  how  canst  thou  refuse 
To  wash  and  be  cleansed  in  his  pardon- 
ing blood  ? 

3  Delay  not,  delay  not,  O  sinner,  to  come, 
For  Mercy  still  lingers  and  calls  thee  to- 
day^ 

Her  voice  is  not  heard  in  the  vale  of  the 
tomb; 

Her  message,  unheeded,  will  soon  pass 
away. 

4  Delay  not,  delay  not,  the  Spirit  of  grace 
Long  grieved  and  resisted,  may  take  his 

sad  flight, 

And  leave  thee  in  darkness  to  finish  thy  race, 
To  sink  in  the  gloom  of  eternity's  night. 

5  Delay  not,  delay  not,  the  hour  is  at  hand, 
The  earth  shall  dissolve,  and  the  heavens 

shall  fade, 

The  dead,  small  and  great,  in  the  judgment 
shall  stand ; 
What  power  then,  O  sinner,  will  lend 
thee  its  aid ! 

THOMAS  HASTINGS. 

This  hymn  appeared,  first  in  Spiritual  Songs  for 
Social  Worship,  by  Thomas  Hastings  and  Lowell 
Mason.    Copyrighted  in  1831.    It  is  not  altered. 

For  biography  of  author,  see  No  177. 


337  Fly  to  Jesus.  7,6  1. 

WEARY  souls,  that  wander  wide 
From  the  central  point  of  bliss, 
Turn  to  Jesus  crucified; 

Fly  to  those  dear  wounds  of  his : 
Sink  into  the  purple  flood; 
Rise  into  the  life  of  God. 

2  Find  in  Christ  the  way  of  peace, 
Peace  unspeakable,  unknown; 

By  his  pain  he  gives  you  ease, 
Life  by  his  expiring  groan : 
Rise  exalted  by  his  fall ; 
Find  in  Christ  your  all  in  all. 

3  O  believe  the  record  true, 

God  to  you  his  Son  hath  given ; 
Ye  may  now  be  happy  too, 

Find  on  earth  the  life  of  heaven : 
Live  the  life  of  heaven  above, 
All  the  life  of  glorious  love. 


4  This  the  universal  bliss, 

Bliss  for  every  soul  designed ; 

God's  original  promise  this, 

God's  great  gift  to  all  mankind : 

Blest  in  Christ  this  moment  be, 

Blest  to  all  eternity. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Author's  title  :  The  Invitation.  Verbatim,  from 
Hymns  for  those  that  Seek  and  those  that  Have  Re- 
demption in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  1747.  It  is 
found  in  every  edition  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Hymn  Book. 


GOO         Come  and  ivelcome.  7,  6 1. 

FROM  the  cross  uplifted  high, 
Where  the  Saviour  deigns  to  die, 
What  melodious  sounds  we  hear 
Bursting  on  the  ravished  ear ! 
"  Love's  redeeming  work  is  done, 
Come  and  welcome,  sinner,  come! 

2  ' '  Sprinkled  now  with  blood  the  throne, 
Why  beneath  thy  burdens  groan? 

On  his  pierced  body  laid, 
Justice  owns  the  ransom  paid ; 
Bow  the  knee,  embrace  the  Son, 
Come  and  welcome,  sinner,  come! 

3  ' '  Spread  for  thee,  the  festal  board 
See  with  richest  bounty  stored ; 

To  thy  Father's  bosom  pressed, 
Thou  shalt  be  a  child  confessed, 
Never  from  his  house  to  roam ; 
Come  and  welcome,  sinner,  come !  " 

THOMAS  HAWEIS. 

The  Scripture  basis  for  this  charming  gospel  hymn 
is  John  vii,  37  : 

"  If  any  man  thirst,  let  him  come  unto  me,  and 
drink." 

Some  slight  changes  have  been  made  since  it  was 
first  published  in  1792. 
Verse  one,  line  three : 

"  What  melodious  sounds  /hear." 
Verse  one,  line  four : 

"Bursting  on  my  ravish'd  ear." 
Verse  two,  line  three : 

"  On  my  pierced  body  laid." 
Verse  two,  line  five : 

"  Bow  the  knee  and  kiss  the  son." 
Verse  three,  line  two : 

"  See  with  richest  dainties  stor'd." 
Verse  three,  line  four : 

"  Yet  again  a  child  confest." 


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There  is  one  more  stanza  : 

4  "  Soon  the  days  of  life  shall  end, 
Lo,  I  come,  your  Saviour,  Friend, 
Sate  your  spirits  to  convey 
To  the  realms  of  endless  day, 
Up  to  my  eternal  home,"  etc. 

See  No.  270. 


339  The  work  of  sin.  7.  6  1. 

HEARTS  of  stone,  relent,  relent ! 
Break,  by  Jesus'  cross  subdued ; 
See  his  body  mangled,  rent, 

Covered  with  his  flowing  blood ! 
Sinful  soul,  what  hast  thou  done? 
Crucified  the  Eternal  Son  ! 

2  Yes,  thy  sins  have  done  the  deed, 
Driven  the  nails  that  fixed  him  there, 

Crowned  with  thorns  his  sacred  head, 

Pierced  him  with  a  soldier's  spear, 
Made  his  soul  a  sacrifice; 
For  a  sinful  world  he  dies. 

3  Wilt  thou  let  him  die  in  vain? 
Still  to  death  pursue  our  God? 

Open  all  his  wounds  again? 

Trample  on  his  precious  blood? 
No ;  with  all  my  sins  I'll  part ; 
Saviour,  take  my  broken  heart. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymns  on  the  Lord's  Supper,  by  John  and 
Charles  Wesley,  Presbyters  of  the  Church  of  En- 
gland.   Bristol,  1745. 

A  few  verbal  changes  have  been  made.  The 
original  has  '•'•murdered  "  instead  of  "  crucified  "  in 
the  first  stanza ;  "  our"  sins  instead  of  "  thy  "  sins 
in  the  second.  The  first  line  of  the  third  stanza 
began,  "  Shall  we  let,"  etc.    The  third  line  was : 

"  Open,  tear  his  wounds  again." 


o4(J  Invitation  hymn.  8,  7,  4. 

COME,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy, 
Weak  and  wounded,  sick  and  sore ; 
Jesus  ready  stands  to  save  you, 
Full  of  pity,  love,  and  power: 

He  is  able, 
He  is  willing :  doubt  no  more. 

2  Now,  ye  needy,  come  and  welcome ; 

God's  free  bounty  glorify ; 
True  belief  and  true  repentance, 

Every  grace  that  brings  you  nigh, 
Without  money, 

Come  to  Jesus  Christ  and  buy. 


3  Let  not  conscience  make  you  linger, 
Nor  of  fitness  fondly  dream ; 

All  the  fitness  he  requireth 
Is  to  feel  your  need  of  him : 

This  he  gives  you ; 
'Tis  the  Spirit's  glimmering  beam. 

4  Come,  ye  weary,  heavy-laden, 
Bruised  and  mangled  by  the  fall; 

If  you  tarry  till  you're  better, 
You  will  never  come  at  all ; 

Not  the  righteous, — 
Sinners  Jesus  came  to  call. 

5  Agonizing  in  the  garden, 
Your  Redeemer  prostrate  lies ; 

On  the  bloody  tree  behold  him ! 
Hear  him  cry,  before  he  dies, 

"It  is  finished!  " 
Sinners,  will  not  this  suffice? 

6  Lo !  the  incarnate  God,  ascending, 
Pleads  the  merit  of  his  blood : 

Venture  on  him,  venture  freely ; 
Let  no  other  trust  intrude : 

None  but  Jesus 
Can  do  helpless  sinners  good. 

7  Saints  and  angels,  joined  in  concert, 
Sing  the  praises  of  the  Lamb ; 

While  the  blissful  seats  of  heaven 
Sweetly  echo  with  his  name : 

Hallelujah ! 
Sinners  here  may  do  the  same. 

JOSEPH  HART. 

Author's  title :  Comeand  Welcome  to  Jesus  Clirist. 
From  Hymns,  Composed  on  Various  Subjects,  by  J. 
Hart.    Date  of  preface,  1759. 

A  few  lines  have  been  changed.  Hart  published 
the  first  line : 

"  Come,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  ivr  etched." 

And  the  fourth : 

"  Full  of  pity  joined  with  power." 

The  first  two  lines  of  the  fifth  verse  have  also 
been  changed.    The  author  wrote  : 

"  View  Mm  grovHing  in  the  garden  ; 
Lo  !  your  Maker  prostrate  lies." 

For  more  than  sixty  years  this  hymn  stood  No.  2 
in  the  Methodist  collection.  It  is  a  favorite  invita- 
tion hymn,  and  thousands  have  decided  to  accept 
Christ  while  it  was  being  sung. 


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HYMJST  STUDIES. 


341       The  healing  fountain.  8,7,7. 

COME  to  Calvary's  holy  mountain, 
Sinners  ruined  by  the  fall ; 
Here  a  pure  and  healing  fountain 

Flows  to  you,  to  me,  to  all, 
In  a  full  perpetual  tide, 

Opened  when  our  Saviour  died. 

2  Come,  in  sorrow  and  contrition, 
Wounded,  impotent,  and  blind ; 

Here  the  guilty,  free  remission, 

Here  the  lost  a  refuge  find. 
Health  this  fountain  will  restore ; 
He  that  drinks  need  thirst  no  more. 

3  Come,  ye  dying,  live  forever; 
'Tis  a  soul-reviving  flood ; 

God  is  faithful ;  he  wTill  never 

Break  his  covenant  sealed  in  blood ; 
Signed  when  our  Redeemer  died, 
Sealed  when  he  was  glorified. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title  :  A  Fountain  Opened  for  Sin  and  Unclean- 
ness. 

Three  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original. 
Verse  two,  line  four : 

"  Here  the  troubled  peace  may  find." 
Verse  three,  line  one : 

"  He  that  drinks  shall  live  forever." 

Verse  three,  line  two : 

"  'Tis  a  sov\-renewing  flood  ; 

One  unique  stanza,  the  second,  has  been  omitted : 

"  Come  in  poverty  and  meanness, 

Come  defiled,  without,  within  ; 
From  infection  and  uncleanness, 

From  the  leprosy  of  sin,' 
Wash  your  robes  and  make  them  white  ; 
Ye  shall  walk  with  God  in  light." 

From  the  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 


342       Hear,  and  live.  8,  7,  4. 

SINNERS,  will  you  scorn  the  message 
Sent  in  mercy  from  above? 
Every  sentence,  O  how  tender! 
Every  line  is  full  of  love : 

Listen  to  it ; 
Every  line  is  full  of  love. 


2  Hear  the  heralds  of  the  gospel 
News  from  Zion's  King  proclaim : 

4 '  Pardon  to  each  rebel  sinner, 
Free  forgiveness  in  his  name:  " 

How  important! 
"  Free  forgiveness  in  his  name." 

3  Tempted  souls,  they  bring  you  succor ; 
Fearful  hearts,  they  quell  your  fears, 

And,  with  news  of  consolation, 
Chase  aw^ay  the  falling  tears : 

Tender  heralds ! 
Chase  away  the  falling  tears. 

4  O  ye  angels,  hovering  round  us, 
Waiting  spirits,  sj>eed  your  way ; 

Haste  ye  to  the  court  of  heaven, 
Tidings  bear  without  delay, 

Rebel  sinners 
Glad  the  message  will  obey. 

allen's  col. 

This  favorite  old  hymn  appeared  in  John  Dobell's 
New  Selection,  1806,  where  it  was  marked  Allen's 
Collection. 

Nothing  more  is  positively  known  concerning 
its  authorship. 

In  Dobell's  selection  the  hymn  has  six  stanzas. 
Verses  four  and  five  have  been  omitted. 


343  The  last  call.  8,  7,  4. 

HEAR,  O  sinner,  mercy  hails  you, 
Now  with  sweetest  voice  she  calls ; 
Bids  you  haste  to  seek  the  Saviour, 
Ere  the  hand  of  justice  falls ; 

Hear,  O  sinner! 
'Tis  the  voice  of  mercy  calls. 

2  Haste,  O  sinner,  to  the  Saviour ! 

Seek  his  mercy  while  you  may; 
Soon  the  day  of  grace  is  over ; 

Soon  your  life  will  pass  away : 
Haste,  O  sinner! 

You  must  perish  if  you  stay. 

ANDREW  REED,  ALT. 
Title  :  The  Sinner  invited. 

Three  stanzas ;  these  are  the  first  and  third  altered. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  one,  line  one : 

"  Listen,  sinner !  mercy  hails  you. 

Verse  one,  line  two : 

"  With  her  sweetest  voice  she  calls." 

Verse  one,  line  three  : 

"  Bids  you  hasten  to  the  Saviour." 


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Verse  one,  line  five : 
"  Listen,  sinner." 

Verse  two,  line  one : 

"Haste!  ah,  hasten!  to  the  Saviour." 

Verse  two,  line  two : 

"  Sue  his  mercy  while  you  may." 

Verse  two,  line  five : 
"Hasten,  sinner." 

Omitted  stanza : 

"  See !  the  storm  of  vengeance  gath'ring 
O'er  the  path  you  dare  to  tread : 

Hark !  the  awful  thunders  rolling 
Loud  and  louder  o'er  your  head ; 

Tarry,  sinner! 
Lest  the  lightnings  strike  your  head." 

From  the  author's  Collection,  1817. 
See  No.  267. 


344 


The  gracious  call. 


COME,  said  Jesus'  sacred  voice, 
Come,  and  make  my  path  your  choice ; 

1  will  guide  you  to  your  home ; 
Weary  pilgrim,  hither  come. 

2  Thou  who,  houseless,  sole,  forlorn. 
Long  hast  borne  the  proud  world's  scorn, 
Long  hast  roamed  the  barren  waste, 
Weary  pilgrim,  hither  haste. 

3  Ye  who,  tossed  on  beds  of  pain, 
Seek  for  ease,  but  seek  in  vain ; 
Ye,  by  fiercer  anguish  torn, 

In  remorse  for  guilt  who  mourn ; 

4  Hither  come,  for  here  is  found 
Balm  that  flows  for  every  wound, 
Peace  that  ever  shall  endure, 
Rest  eternal,  sacred,  sure. 

MRS.  ANNA  L.  BARBATJLD. 

"  Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy 
laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest.''''    Matt,  xi,  28. 

The  third  stanza  is  made  up  of  the  first  half  of 
the  third  and  fourth  of  the  original.  The  last  coup- 
lets of  these  stanzas  are  as  follows  : 

"  Ye  whose  swollen  and  sleepless  eyes 
Watch  to  see  the  morning  rise." 

"  Here  repose  your  heavy  care : 
Who  the  stings  of  guilt  can  bear  ? " 

The  last  stanza  the  author  began  with,  "  Sinner, 
come,"  etc. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  77- 


345         Delay  dangerous.  7. 

HASTEN,  sinner,  to  be  wise ! 
Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun : 
Wisdom  if  you  still  despise, 
Harder  is  it  to  be  won. 

2  Hasten,  mercy  to  implore ! 
Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun, 

Lest  thy  season  should  be  o'er 
Ere  this  evening's  stage  be  run. 

3  Hasten,  sinner,  to  return ! 
Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun, 

Lest  thy  lamp  should  fail  to  burn 
Ere  salvation's  work  is  done. 

4  Hasten,  sinner,  to  be  blest ! 
Stay  not  for  the  morrow's  sun, 

Lest  perdition  thee  arrest 
Ere  the  morrow  is  begun. 

THOMAS  SCOTT. 

Author's  title :  Delay. 
Two  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  one,  line  three : 

"  Longer  wisdom  you  despise." 

Verse  one,  line  four: 

"  Harder  is  she  to  be  won." 

This  valuable  hymn  is  from  a  volume  contain- 
ing one  hundred  ,  and  four  pieces,  entitled  Lyric 
Poems,  Devotional  and  Moral,  by  Thomas  Scott. 
London,  1773. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Scott  was  a  native  of  Nor- 
wich, England  ;  and  was  the  son  of  a  Dissenting 
minister,  and  himself  a  school-teacher  and  a  min- 
ister among  the  Presbyterians.    He  died  in  1776. 


346  At  Zion's  gate.  7. 

PILGRIM,  burdened  with  thy  sin, 
Come  the  way  to  Zion's  gate : 
There,  till  mercy  lets  thee  in, 

Knock,  and  weep,  and  watch,  and  wait. 
Knock — He  knows  the  sinner's  cry ; 

Weep — he  loves  the  mourner's  tears; 
Watch,  for  saving  grace  is  nigh; 
Wait,  till  heavenly  light  appears. 

2  Hark,  it  is  the  Bridegroom's  voice : 

"Welcome,  pilgrim,  to  thy  rest!  " 
Now  within  the  gate  rejoice, 

Safe,  and  sealed,  and  bought,  and  blest : 
Safe,  from  all  the  lures  of  vice ; 

Sealed,  by  signs  the  chosen  know; 
Bought  by  love,  and  life  the  price; 

Blest,  the  mighty  debt  to  owe 


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3  Holy  pilgrim,  what  for  thee 

In  a  world  like  this  remain? 
From  thy  guarded  breast  shall  flee 

Fear,  and  shame,  and  doubt,  and  pain : 
Fear,  the  hope  of  heaven  shall  fly ; 

Shame,  from  glory's  view  retire ; 
Doubt,  in  certain  rapture  die ; 

Pain,  in  endless  bliss  expire. 

GEORGE  CRABBE. 

This  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

The  careful  reader  will  see  that  the  hymn  is  a 
literary  curiosity.  The  fourth  line  of  each  stanza 
contains  four  words  which  begin  the  four  follow- 
ing lines. 

It  is  found  in  the  author's  poem,  Sir  Eustace 
Grey,  first  published  in  1785.  Sir  Eustace  is  a 
worldly,  prosperous  man,  who  meets  with  great 
affliction,  loss  of  family  and  estate,  and  becomes 
insane.  While  a  patient  in  a  mad-house  he  tells 
to  his  physician  and  a  visitor  the  story  of  his  sor- 
rows, and  at  length,  of  the  rest  he  had  found,  he 
says : 

"  I  heard  a  heavenly  Teacher  speak, 
And  felt  the  Sun  of  Mercy  shine ; 
I  hailed  the  light,  the  birth  divine  ! 
And  then  was  sealed  among  the  few. 

*  *         '  *  *  # 

"  Come  hear  how  thus  the  charmers  cry 

To  wandering  sheep  the  strays  of  sin, 
While  some  the  wicket-gate  pass  by, 

And  some  will  knock  and  enter  in  ; 
Full  joyful  'tis  a  soul  to  win, 

For  he  that  winneth  souls  is  wise  ; 
Now  hark  !  the  holy  strains  begin, 

And  thus  the  sainted  preacher  cries  : 

"  Pilgrim,  burthened  with  thy  sin,"  etc. 

The  Eev.  George  Crabbe  was  born  in  England 
in  1754,  and  early  studied  medicine ;  but  gave  up 
this  profession  and  applied  himself  to  literature. 
He  sought  the  acquaintance  of  Edmund  Burke, 
who  became  his  friend  and  aided  him  in  various 
ways.  In  1781  he  was  ordained  pi'iest  of  the  Es- 
tablished Church.  His  most  successful  poems 
were  The  Parish  Register,  1809,  and  The  Borough, 
1810.  He  died  in' 1832.  A  complete  edition  of 
his  writings  was  published  in  1835. 


FIRST  PART. 


347         Why  will  ye  die  ?  7. 

SINNERS,  turn;  why  will  ye  die? 
God,  your  Maker,  asks  you  why ; 
God,  who  did  your  being  give, 
Made  you  with  himself  to  live ; 
He  the  fatal  cause  demands ; 
Asks  the  work  of  his  own  hands, 
Why,  ye  thankless  creatures,  why 
Will  ye  cross  his  love,  and  die? 


2  Sinners,  turn;  why  will  ye  die? 
God,  your  Saviour,  asks  you  why ; 
He,  who  did  your  souls  retrieve, 
Died  himself,  that  ye  might  live. 
Will  ye  let  him  die  in  vain? 
Crucify  your  Lord  again? 

Why,  ye  ransomed  sinners,  why 
Will  ye  slight  his  grace  and  die? 

3  Sinners,  turn;  why  will  ye  die? 
God,  the  Spirit,  asks  you  why ; 
He,  who  all  your  lives  hath  strove, 
Wooed  you  to  embrace  his  love. 
Will  ye  not  his  grace  receive? 
Will  ye  still  refuse  to  live? 

Why,  ye  long-sought  sinners,  why 
Will  ye  grieve  your  God,  and  die? 

4  Dead,  already  dead  within, — 
Spiritually  dead  in  sin ; 

Dead  to  God  while  here  you  breathe, 
Pant  ye  after  second  death? 
Will  ye  still  in  sin  remain, 
Greedy  of  eternal  pain? 
O  ye  dying  sinners,  why, 
Why  will  ye  forever  die? 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


"  Why  will  ye  die?  O  house  of  Israel."  Ezek. 
xviii,  31. 

This  hymn  and  the  one  following  are  parts  of  a 
poem  of  sixteen  stanzas,  first  published  in  Hymns 
on  God's  Everlasting  Love,  1741. 

This  part  is  the  first  four  stanzas,  verbatim,  ex- 
cept that  it  has  "ye"  for  11  you"  in  some  half- 
dozen  lines.    All  the  stanzas  are  valuable : 

5  "  Let  the  beasts  their  breath  resign, 
Strangers  to  the  life  divine ; 

Who  their  God  can  never  know, 
Let  their  spirit  downward  go. 
Ye  for  higher  ends  were  born ; 
Ye  may  all  to  God  return, 
Live  with  Him  above  the  sky ; 
Why  will  you  forever  die  ? 

6  "  You,  on  whom  He  favors  showers, 
You,  possest  of  nobler  powers ; 

You,  of  reason's  powers  possest, 
You,  with  will  and  memory  blest, 
You,  with  finer  sense  endued. 
Creatures  capable  of  God, 
Noblest  of  His  creatures,  why, 
Why  will  you  forever  die  ? 

7  "  You,  whom  He  ordained  to  be 
Transcript  of  the  Trinity  ; 

You,  whom  He  in  life  doth  hold, 
You,  for  whom  Himself  was  sold  ; 
You,  on  whom  He  still  doth  wait, 
Whom  He  would  again  create, 
Made  by  Him,  and  purchased,  why, 
Why  will  you  forever  die? 


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8  "  You,  who  own  His  record  true, 
You,  His  chosen  people,  you, 
You,  who  call  the  Saviour  Lord, 
You,  who  read  His  written  Word, 
You,  who  see  the  gospel  light, 
Claim  a  crown  in  Jesus'  right, 
Why  will  you,  ye  Christians,  why 
Will  the  house  of  Israel  die  ? 

9  "  You,  His  own  peculiar  race, 
Sharers  of  His  special  grace ; 
All  His  grace  to  you  is  given, 
You,  the  favorites  of  heaven : 
And  will  you  unfaithful  prove, 
Trample  on  His  richest  Love? 
Jesus  asks  the  reason,  why, 
Why  will  you  resolve  to  die?" 


SECOND  PART. 

348       Tender  expostulation.  7. 

WHAT  could  your  Redeemer  do, 
More  than  he  hath  done  for  you? 
To  procure  your  peace  with  God, 
Could  he  more  than  shed  his  blood? 
After  all  his  flow  of  love, 
All  his  drawings  from  above, 
Why  will  ye  your  Lord  deny? 
Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die  ? 

2  "Turn,"  he  cries,  "ye  sinners,  turn:" 
By  his  life,  your  God  hath  sworn, 

He  would  have  you  turn  and  live ; 
He  would  all  the  world  receive. 
If  your  death  were  his  delight, 
Would  he  you  to  life  invite? 
Would  he  ask,  beseech,  and  cry, 
"  Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die?  " 

3  Sinners,  turn,  while  God  is  near; 
Dare  not  think  him  insincere : 
Now,  e'en  now,  your  Saviour  stands ; 
All  day  long  he  spreads  his  hands ; 
Cries,  ' '  Ye  will  not  happy  be ; 

No,  ye  will  not  come  to  me — 
Me,  who  life  to  none  deny : 
Why  will  ye  resolve  to  die?" 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  second  is  made  up  of  stanzas  ten,  thirteen, 
and  fifteen. 
The  changes  are  as  follows : 

Verse  one,  line  five  : 

"  After  all  His  waste  of  love." 

Verse  two,  lines  five,  six,  and  seven  were  taken 
from  verse  fourteen,  which  see.  . 
Verse  two,  line  five  : 

u  He  hath  brought  to  all  the  race,11 


Verse  two,  line  six  : 

"  Full  salvation  by  His  {/race." 

Verse  two,  line  seven  : 

"  He  hath  no  one  soul  passed  by." 

11  "  Will  you  die  because  His  grace 
Cannot  reach  to  all  the  race  ? 

Life  because  you  cannot  have? 
You  because  He  will  not  save? 
Dare  you  say  He  doth  not  call, 
Doth  not  offer  life  to  all, 
Doth  not  ask  His  creatures,  why, 
Why  will  you  resolve  to  die  ? 

12  u  Saith  He  what  He  never  meant, 
Calls  on  all  men  to  repent, 

Calls,  while  His  decree  withstands. 
Mocks  the  work  of  His  own  hands? 
Will  you  die  because  you  must? 
Dare  you  make  your  God  unjust? 
He  would  have  you  live  ;  0  why, 
Why  will  you  resolve  to  die? 

14  "  Hath  he  pleasure  in  your  pain? 
Did  He  you  to  death  ordain, 
Vow  you  never  should  return, 
Damn,  or  ever  you  were  born  ? 
If  your  death  were  His  delight, 
Would  He  you  to  life  invite? 
Would  He  ask,  obtest,  and  cry, 
Why  will  you  resolve  to  die? 

16  "  Can  ye  doubt,  if  God  is  Love, 
If  to  all  His  bowels  move  ? 
Will  ye  not  His  Word  receive  ? 
Will  ye  not  His  oath  believe? 
See,  the  suffering  God  appears ! 
Jesus  weeps  !  believe  His  tears ; 
Mingled  with  His  Blood,  they  cry, 
Why  will  you  resolve  to  die?" 


349  The  accepted  time.  L.  M, 

"VV7HILE  ^e  Pr°l°ngs  its  precious  light, 
VV    Mercy  is  found,  and  peace  is  given; 
But  soon,  ah,  soon,  approaching  night 
Shall  blot  out  every  hope  of  heaven. 

2  While  God  invites,  how  blest  the  day ! 
How  sweet  the  gospel's  charming  sound ! 

Come,  sinners,  haste,  O  haste  away, 
While  yet  a  pardoning  God  is  found. 

3  Soon,  borne  on  time's  most  rapid  wing, 
Shall  death  command  you  to  the  grave, 

Before  his  bar  your  spirits  bring, 
And  none  be  found  to  hear  or  save. 

4  In  that  lone  land  of  deep  despair, 

No  Sabbath's  heavenly  light  shall  rise, 
Nor  God  regard  your  bitter  prayer, 
No  Saviour  call  you  to  the  skies. 


140  HYMN  STUDIES. 


5  Now  God  invites ;  how  blest  the  day ! 

How  sweet  the  gospel's  charming  sound ! 
Come,  sinners,  haste,  O  haste  away, 

While  yet  a  pardoning  God  is  found. 

TIMOTHY  DWIGHT. 

Title:  Life,  the  Only  Accepted  Time. 

This  solemn  and  valuable  hymn  is  found  in  the 
author's  edition  of  Watts' s  Psalms,  preface-date, 
1800.  It  is  given  as  the  third  part  of  Psalm  lxxxviii. 
It  will  be  seen  that  the  hymn  here  closes  with  a 
repetition  of  the  second  stanza.  This  is  the  work 
of  some  editor.  The  author  closed  with  these 
omitted  stanzas : 

5  "  No  wonders  to  the  dead  are  shown, 
(The  wonders  of  redeeming  love;) 

No  voice  his  glorious  truth  makes  known, 
Nor  sings  the  bliss  of  climes  above. 

6  "  Silence,  and  solitude,  and  gloom, 
In  these  forgetful  realms  appear ; 
Deep  sorrows  All  the  dismal  tomb, 
And  hope  shall  never  enter  there." 

It  has  not  been  otherwise  altered. 

The  Rev.  Timothy  Dwight,  D.D.,  was  born  in 
Northampton,  Mass.,  in  1752  ;  and  entered  Yale 
College  when  only  thirteen  years  old.  In  the  war 
of  the  Revolution  he  was  a  patriot  and  a  chaplain. 
In  1795  he  was  elected  President  of  Yale  College,  a 
position  that  he  held  to  the  time  of  his  death,  in 
1817.  Dr.  Dwight  was  the  author  of  several  theo- 
logical works,  and  of  a  number  of  poems ;  among 
others,  the  patriotic  song : 

"Columbia!  Columbia!  to  glory  arise, 

The  queen  of  the  world,  and  the  child  of  the  skies." 


FIRST  PART. 

350       All  things  are  ready.  L.  M. 

SINNERS,  obey  the  gospel  word ; 
Haste  to  the  supper  of  my  Lord ; 
Be  wise  to  know  your  gracious  day ; 
All  things  are  ready, — come  away. 

2  Ready  the  Father  is  to  own 
And  kiss  his  late-returning  son ; 
Ready  your  loving  Saviour  stands, 
And  spreads  for  you  his  bleeding  hands. 

3  Ready  the  Spirit  of  his  love, 
Just  now  the  stony  to  remove ; 

To  apply  and  witness  with  the  blood, 
And  wash  and  seal  the  sons  of  God. 

4  Ready  for  you  the  angels  wait, 
To  triumph  in  your  blest  estate ; 
Tuning  their  harps,  they  long  to  praise 
The  wonders  of  redeeming  grace. 


5  The  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Are  readjr,  with  their  shining  host ; 
All  heaven  is  ready  to  resound, 
' '  The  dead's  alive !  the  lost  is  found ! " 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Text :  "  Come ;  for  all  things  are  now  ready." 
Luke  xiv,  17. 

The  first  part  of  a  poem  of  ten  stanzas,  from 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 

The  reader  will  readily  recognize  the  allusions  to 
the  prodigal  son  in  verses  two  and  five. 

The  original  of  verse  five,  line  two,  is,  "  Is  ready," 
etc. 

No.  351  is  the  last  part  of  the  same  hymn. 


SECOND  PART. 

351  The  bliss  of  penitence.  L.  M. 

COME,  O  ye  sinners,  to  the  Lord, 
In  Christ  to  paradise  restored : 
His  proffered  benefits  embrace, 
The  plenitude  of  gospel  grace. 

2  A  pardon  written  with  his  blood ; 
The  favor  and  the  peace  of  God ; 
The  seeing  eye,  the  feeling  sense, 
The  mystic  joys  of  penitence: 

3  The  godly  fear,  the  pleasing  smart, 
The  meltings  of  a  broken  heart ; 
The  tears  that  tell  your  sins  forgiven ; 
The  sighs  that  waft  your  souls  to  heaven : 

4  The  guiltless  shame,  the  sweet  distress, 
The  unutterable  tenderness, 

The  genuine,  meek  humility ; 

The  wonder,  "Why  such  love  to  me? " 

5  The  o'erwhelming  power  of  saving  grace, 
The  sight  that  veils  the  seraph's  face ; 
The  speechless  awe  that  dares  not  move, 
And  all  the  silent  heaven  of  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  first  line  of  this  hymn  has  been  slightly 
changed.  It  is  the  sixth  stanza  of  the  poem,  and 
begins  :  "  Come,  then,  ye  sinners  to  your  Lord." 


35/3  God  calling  yet.  L.  M. 

GOD  calling  yet!  shall  I  not  hear? 
Earth's  pleasures  shall  I  still  hold  dear  ? 
Shall  life's  swift  passing  years  all  fly, 
And  still  my  soul  in  slumber  lie? 

2  God  calling  yet!  shall  I  not  rise? 
Can  I  his  loving  voice  despise? 
And  basely  his  kind  care  repay? 
He  calls  me  still;  can  I  delay? 


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3  God  calling  yet !  and  shall  he  knock, 
And  I  my  heart  the  closer  lock? 

He  still  is  waiting  to  receive* 
And  shall  I  dare  his  Spirit  grieve? 

4  God  calling  yet !  and  shall  I  give 
No  heed,  but  still  in  bondage  live? 
I  wait,  but  he  does  not  forsake ; 
He  calls  me  still ;  my  heart,  awake ! 

5  God  calling  yet !  I  cannot  stay ; 
My  heart  I  yield  without  delay : 

Vain  world,  farewell,  from  thee  I  part; 
The  voice  of  God  hath  reached  my  heart. 

GERHARD  TERSTEEGEJST. 
TR.  BY  MISS  J.  BORTHWICK. 

"  Unto  you,  0  men,  I  call ;  and  my  voice  is  to 
the  sons  of  man.1''    Prov.  viii,  4. 

The  translation  is  found  in  Hymns  from  the  Land 
of  Luther,  1853. 

It  has  been  changed  considerably.  The  following 
verse,  the  fifth,  is  omitted : 

"  Ah  !  yield  Him  all — all  to  His  care  confiding: 
Where  but  with  him,  are  rest  and  peace  abiding? 
Unloose,  unloose,  break  earthly  bonds  asunder, 
And  let  this  spirit  rise  in  soaring  wonder." 

Miss  Jane  Borthwick  (born  in  1825)  was  one  of  the 
editors  of  Hymns  from  the  Land  of  Luther,  1853, 
and  the  author  of  a  small  volume  of  poems,  entitled 
Thoughts  for  the  Thoughtful,  1859. 

For  biography  of  Tersteegen,  see  No.  47. 


M. 


353  l. 

Quench  not  the  Spirit.  1  Thess.  v,  18. 

SAY,  sinner,  hath  a  voice  within 
Oft  whispered  to  thy  secret  soul, 
Urged  thee  to  leave  the  ways  of  sin, 
And  yield  thy  heart  to  God's  control? 

2  Sinner,  it  was  a  heavenly  voice, 
It  was  the  Spirit's  gracious  call ; 

It  bade  thee  make  the  better  choice, 
And  haste  to  seek  in  Christ  thine  all. 

3  Spurn  not  the  call  to  life  and  light ; 
Regard  in  time  the  warning  kind ; 

That  call  thou  mayst  not  always  slight 
And  yet  the  gate  of  mercy  find. 

4  God's  Spirit  will  not  always  strive 
With  hardened,  self-destroying  man ; 

Ye,  who  persist  his  love  to  grieve, 
May  never  hear  his  voice  again. 

5  Sinner,  perhaps  this  very  day 
Thy  last  accepted  time  may  be ; 

O  shouldst  thou  grieve  him  now  away, 
Then  hope  may  never  beam  on  thee. 

MRS.  ABBY  B.  HYDE. 


A  solemn  hymn  written  upon  Genesis  vi,  3 : 
"  My  Spirit  shall  not  always  strive  with  man.''''  It 
was  contributed  to  Dr.  Nettleton's  Village  Hymns, 
1824.    The  second  verse  is  omitted : 

"  Hath  something  met  thee  in  the  path 

Of  worldliness  and  vanity, 
And  pointed  to  the  coming  wrath, 

And  warn'd  thee  from  that  wrath  to  flee?  " 

It  has  not  been  altered. 

The  author's  name  was  not  Ann,  but  Abby 
Bradley  Hyde.  She  was  the  wife  of  the  Eev. 
Lavius  Hyde,  a  Congregational  minister,  who  was 
pastor  of  several  churches  in  Massachusetts  and 
Connecticut. 

Mrs.  Hyde  lived  from  1799  to  1872. 


354     Haste,  traveler,  haste. 
ASTE,  traveler,  haste! 


H 


the 


L.  M. 

night 


comes  on 


And  many  a  shining  hour  is  gone ; 
The  storm  is  gathering  in  the  west, 
And  thou  art  far  from  home  and  rest. 

2  O  far  from  home  thy  footsteps  stray ; 
Christ  is  the  Life,  and  Christ  the  Way, 
And  Christ  the  Light ;  thy  setting  sun 
Sinks  ere  thy  morning  is  begun. 

3  The  rising  tempest  sweeps  the  sky ; 
The  rains  descend,  the  winds  are  high; 
The  waters  swell,  and  death  and  fear 
Beset  thy  path,  nor  refuge  near. 

4  Then  linger  not  in  all  the  plain, 
Flee  for  thy  life,  the  mountain  gain ; 
Look  not  behind,  make  no  delay, 

O  speed  thee,  speed  thee  on  thy  way. 

WILLIAM  B.  COLLYER. 

This  is  not  in  Dr.  Collyer's  Collection,  1812.  It 
was  probably  written  after  that  book  was  published. 
It  is  found  in  Rippon's  Selection — the  twenty-ninth 
edition — published  in  1829,  where  each  stanza  closes 
with  this  burden : 

"  Haste,  traveller,  haste  !  " 

Verses  three,  five,  and  seven  are  omitted ; 

3  "  Awake,  awake  !  pursue  thy  way 
With  steady  course,  while  yet  'tis  day  ; 
While  thou  art  sleeping  on  the  ground, 
Danger  and  darkness  gather  round. 
Haste,  traveller,  haste  !  " 

5  "  0  yes !  a  shelter  you  may  gain, 
A  covert  from  the  wind  and  rain, 
A  hiding-place,  a  rest,  a  home, 
A  refuge  from  the  wrath  to  come. 
Haste,  traveller,  haste  !  " 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


7  "  Poor,  lost,  benighted  soul !  art  thou 
Willing  to  find  salvation  now  ? 
There  yet  is  hope ;  hear  mercy's  call : 
Truth  !  Life  !  Light !  Way  !  in  Christ  is  all ! 
Haste  to  Him,  haste  !  " 

The  Eev.  William  Bengo  Collyer,  D.D.,  was 
born  in  1782,  and  was  pastor  ot  a  Congregational 
church  in  Peckham,  London,  from  1811  to  the  time 
of  his  death,  in  1854.  He  published  several  prose 
works  and  compiled  a  hymn  book,  entitled  Hymns, 
Partly  Collected  and  Partly  Original.  London, 
1812.  In  this  book  were  published  fifty-eight 
hymns  6i  his  own  composition. 


355      Whosoever  will.  Eev.  xxii,  17.       S.  M. 

THE  Spirit,  in  our  hearts, 
Is  whispering,  "  Sinner,  come:  " 
The  bride,  the  Church  of  Christ,  proclaims 
To  all  his  children,  ' '  Come !  " 

2  Let  him  that  heareth  say 
To  all  about  him,  "  Come !  " 

Let  him  that  thirsts  for  righteousness, 
To  Christ,  the  fountain,  come ! 

3  Yea,  whosoever  will, 
O  let  him  freely  come, 

And  freely  drink  the  stream  of  life ; 
'Tis  Jesus  bids  him  come. 

4  Lo !  Jesus,  who  invites, 
Declares,  ' '  I  quickly  come ; " 

Lord,  even  so!  we  wait  thine  hour; 
O  blest  Redeemer,  come ! 

H.  U.  ONDERDONK. 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  first  three  verses  are 
founded  on  Eev.  xxii,  17 : 

"  And  the  Spirit  and  the  bride  say,  Come.  And 
let  him  that  heareth  say,  Come.  And  let  him  that 
is  athirst  come.  And  whosever  will,  let  him  take 
the  water  of  life  freely." 

The  last  stanza  is  based  upon  verse  20 : 

"  He  which  testifieth  these  things  saith,  Surely  I 
come  quickly :  Amen.  Even  so,  come,  Lord  Jesus." 

The  last  line  has  been  altered.  The  author 
wrote : 

"Jesus,  my  Saviour,  come." 

Contributed  to  the  Hymns  in  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Prayer  Book,  1826. 

The  Eev.  Henry  Ustic  Onderdonk,  D.D.,  was 
born  in  New  York  in  1789  ;  was  graduated  at  Colum- 
bia College  in  1805,  and  then  studied  medicine. 
After  practicing  for  several  years  he  decided  to  enter 
the  ministry.    He  rose  rapidly  to  distinction  as  a 


preacher,  and  in  1827  was  elected  to  the  episcopacy 
in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  On  account 
of  some  dissatisfaction  he  resigned  his  office  of 
Bishop  in  1844.  He  lived  till  1858.  Several  of  his 
hymns  are  found  in  the  Hymnal  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church. 


356  The  guardianship  of  angels.     S.  M. 

YE  simple  souls  that  stray 
Far  from  the  path  of  peace, 
That  lonely,  unfrequented  way 

To  life  and  happiness, 
Why  will  ye  folly  love, 

And  throng  the  downward  road, 
And  hate  the  wisdom  from  above, 
And  mock  the  sons  of  God? 

2  So  wretched  and  obscure, 
The  men  whom  ye  despise, 

So  foolish,  impotent,  and  poor,— 

Above  your  scorn  we  rise : 
We,  through  the  Holy  Ghost, 

Can  witness  better  things ; 
For  he  whose  blood  is  all  our  boast, 

Hath  made  us  priests  and  kings. 

3  Riches  unsearchable 

In  Jesus'  love  we  know; 
And  pleasures  springing  from  the  well 

Of  life,  our  souls  o'erflow : 
The  Spirit  we  receive 

Of  wisdom,  grace,  and  power; 
And  always  sorrowful  we  live, 

Rejoicing  evermore. 

4  Angels  our  servants  are, 
And  keep  in  all  our  ways, 

And  in  their  watchful  hands  they  bear 

The  sacred  sons  of  grace : 
Unto  that  heavenly  bliss 

They  all  our  steps  attend; 
And  God  himself  our  Father  is, 

And  Jesus  is  our  friend. 

JOHN  WESLEY. 

Published,  without  title,  in  Hymns  for  Those  that 
Seek  and  Those  that  Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood 
of  Jesus  Christ.    London,  1747. 

This  pamphlet,  containing  fifty-two  pieces,  and 
sold  for  sixpence,  was  published  without  name. 
Mr.  Henry  Moore,  one  of  the  biographers  of  John 
Wesley,  claims  the  authorship  of  this  hymn  for 
John,  rather  than  for  Charles,  Wesley. 

Stanzas  two,  three,  and  seven  have  been  omitted, 
and  the  meter  has  been  changed  from  particular  to 
short.  This  change  was  made  by  the  author  for 
his  Collection  of  Hymns  for  the  use  of  the  people 
called  Methodists,  1780. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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357  All  things  are  read//.  Matt,  xxii,  4.     S.  M. 

^  A  LL  things  are  ready,"  come, 
XX  Come  to  the  supper  spread ; 

Come,  rich  and  poor,  come,  old  and  young, 
Come,  and  be  richly  fed. 

2  "All  things  are  ready,"  come, 
The  invitation's  given, 

Through  Him  who  now  in  glory  sits 
At  God's  right  hand  in  heaven. 

3  "  All  things  are  ready,"  come, 
The  door  is  open  wide; 

O  feast  upon  the  love  of  God, 
For  Christ,  his  Son,  has  died. 

4  "  All  things  are  ready,"  come, 
To-morrow  may  not  be ; 

O  sinner,  come,  the  Saviour  waits 
This  hour  to  welcome  thee. 

ALBERT  MIDLANE. 


From  Gospel  Echoes;  or,  Help  to  the  Heralds  of 
Salvation,  by  Albert  Midlane.    London,  1865. 

This  little  book  contains  one  hundred  and  ninety- 
one  hymns. 

The  hymn  is  not  altered.  One  verse,  the  fourth, 
has  been  omitted : 

"  '  All  things  are  ready,'  come, 

All  hind'rance  is  removed ; 
And  God,  in  Christ,  His  precious  love 

To  fallen  man  has  proved." 

Albert  Midlane,  a  layman  of  the  Church  of  En- 
gland, was  born  in  1825.  Besides  the  above-men- 
tioned book,  he  published  Leaves  from  Olivet, 
1865.- 


The  second  death. 


S.  M. 


358 

0 WHERE  shall  rest  be  found, 
Rest  for  the  weary  soul? 
'Twere  vain  the  ocean's  depths  to  sound, 
Or  pierce  to  either  pole. 

2  The  world  can  never  give 
The  bliss  for  which  we  sigh; 

'Tis  not  the  whole  of  life  to  live, 
Nor  all  of  death  to  die. 

3  Beyond  this  vale  of  tears 
There  is  a  life  above, 

Unmeasured  by  the  flight  of  years ; 
And  all  that  life  is  love. 

4  There  is  a  death,  whose  pang 
Outlasts  the  fleeting  breath : 

O  what  eternal  horrors  hang 
Around  the  second  death  I 


5  Thou  God  of  truth  and  grace, 
Teach  us  that  death  to  shun ; 

Lest  we  be  banished  from  thy  face, 
For  evermore  undone. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Author's  title  :  The  Issues  of  Life  and  Death. 

The  testimony  of  Montgomery',  in  the  first  part 
of  this  hymn,  should  have  great  weight.  He  wrote 
from  sad  experience. 

The  original  has  four  additional  lines  : 

"Here  would  we  end  our  quest ; 

Alone  are  found  in  Thee 
The  life  of  perfect  love,  the  rest 

Of  immortality." 

Unaltered  from  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 
See  No.  5. 


359     Accepting  the  invitation,.        IS.  M. 

COME,  weary  sinners,  come, 
Groaning  beneath  your  load ; 
The  Saviour  calls  his  wanderers  home ; 
Haste  to  your  pardoning  God. 

2  Come,  all  by  guilt  oppressed, 
Answer  the  Saviour's  call, 

' '  O  come,  and  I  will  give  you  rest, 
And  I  will  save  you  all." 

3  Redeemer,  full  of  love. 
We  would  thy  word  obey, 

And  all  thy  faithful  mercies  prove: 
O  take  our  guilt  away. 

4  We  would  on  thee  rely, 

On  thee  would  cast  our  care ; 
Now  to  thine  arms  of  mercy  fly, 
And  find  salvation  there. 

CHARLES  WESLEY,  ALT. 

The  original  contains  four  double  stanzas.  This 
hymn  is  made  up  of  the  first,  the  first  part  of  the 
second,  and  the  last  part  of  the  third  ;  but  there  is 
not  a  single  line  that  remains  as  it  was  published  by 
the  Wesleys.  The  changes  were  made  by  the  edit- 
ing committee  of  1848.  Common  honesty  demands 
that  it  should  be  marked  altered. 

From  Hymns  for  those  that  Seeh  and  those  that 
Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ, 
1747. 


360  Seeh  Him  while  he  may  be  found.  S.  M. 

MY  son,  know  thou  the  Lord, 
Thy  father's  God  obey; 
Seek  his  protecting  care  by  night, 
His  guardian  hand  by  day. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


2  Call,  while  lie  may  be  found ; 
Seek  him  while  he  is  near ; 

Serve  him  with  all  thy  heart  and  mind, 
And  worship  him  with  fear. 

3  If  thou  wilt  seek  his  face, 
His  ear  will  hear  thy  cry ; 

Then  shall  thou  find  his  mercy  sure, 
His  grace  forever  nigh. 

4  But  if  thou  leave  thy  God, 
Nor  choose  the  path  to  heaven, 

Then  shalt  thou  perish  in  thy  sins, 
And  never  be  forgiven. 

UNKNOWN. 

This  is  hardly  a  hymn,  but  it  is  a  fine  exhorta- 
tion. It  was  written  upon  the  words  of  David  to 
Solomon,  found  in  1  Chron.  xxviii,  9  : 

"  And  thou,  Solomon,  my  son,  know  thou  the 
God  ot  thy  father,  and  serve  him  with  a  perfect 
heart,  and  with  a  willing  mind:  for  the  Lord 
searcheth  all  hearts,  and  understandeth  all  the  im- 
aginations of  the  thoughts:  if  thou  seek  him,  he 
will  be  found  of  thee  ;  but  if  thou  forsake  him,  he 
will  cast  thee  off  forever." 

The  Hymnal  gives  the  authorship  to  Eobert  Carr 
Brackenbury,  who  was  a  local  Wesleyan  preacher, 
and  a  wealthy  and  gifted  friend  of  John  Wesley  for 
many  years ;  but  this  is  certainly  a  mistake.  The 
hymn  is  found  in  a  neat  little  book,  entitled  Se?'- 
mons  to  Children.  To  which  are  added  Short 
Hymns  suited  to  the  Subject.  "  By  a  Lady."  There 
were  in  this  book  seventeen  little  sermons,  and  fif- 
teen hymns.  This  hymn  follows  Sermon  xvi.  The 
text  of  the  sermon,  as  well  as  the  basis  of  the  hymn, 
is  the  above-quoted  passage. 

The  note  above  stands  as  in  previous  editions, 
but  farther  study  has  convinced  the  writer  that 
after  all  Brackenbury  is  the  probable  author  of  this 
hymn.  Rev.  Joseph  Benson,  in  his  Hymns  for 
Children,  1814,  attributes  it  to  him. 


361      The  day  of  qrace. 
OW  is  the  accepted  time, 


S.  M. 


N 


Now  is  the  day  of  grace : 
Now,  sinners,  come  without  delay, 
And  seek  the  Saviour's  face. 

2  Now  is  the  accepted  time, 
The  Saviour  calls  to-day ; 

To-morrow  it  may  be  too  late — 
Then  why  should  you  delay? 

3  Now  is  the  accepted  time, 
The  gospel  bids  you  come; 

And  every  promise  in  his  word 
Declares  there  yet  is  room. 

JOHN  DOBELL. 


"  Behold,  now  is  the  accepted  time?"1  2  Cor.  vi,  2. 
It  is  unaltered. 

The  original  has  two  additional  stanzas  : 

4  "  Lord,  draw  reluctant  souls, 
And  feast  them  with  thy  love ; 

Then  will  the  angels  clap  their  wings, 
And  bear  the  news  above. 

5  "At  length  around  thy  throne 
They  shall  thy  face  behold ; 

While  thro'  eternity  they'll  strive 
Their  raptures  to  unfold." 

From  A  JVeio  Selection  of  Seven  Hundred  Evan- 
gelical Hymns,  For  Private,  Family,  and  Public 
Worship.  (Many  original.)  From  more  than  two 
hundred  of  the  best  authors  in  England,  Scotland, 
Ireland,  and  America.  Intended  as  A  Supplement 
to  Dr.  Watts's  Psalms  and  Hymns,  by  John  Dobell, 
1806.  Dobell  was  a  pious  man,  and  his  hymn 
book  a  good  one  for  those  times.  He  lived  from 
1757  to  1840. 


362       The  abundance  of  His  grace.      L.  M. 

HO !  every  one  that  thirsts  draw  nigh : 
'Tis  God  invites  the  fallen  race : 
Mercy  and  free  salvation  buy; 

Buy  wine,  and  milk,  and  gospel  grace. 

2  Come  to  the  living  waters,  come ! 
Sinners,  obey  your  Maker's  call ; 

Return,  ye  weary  wanderers,  home, 
And  find  his  grace  is  free  for  all. 

3  See  from  the  Rock  a  fountain  rise ; 
For  you  in  healing  streams  it  rolls ; 

Money  ye  need  not  bring,  nor  price, 
Ye  laboring,  burdened,  sin-sick  souls. 

4  Nothing  ye  in  exchange  shall  give ; 
Leave  all  you  have  and  are  behind ; 

Frankly  the  gift  of  God  receive ; 
Pardon  and  peace  in  Jesus  find. 

JOHN  WESLEY. 

Isa.  lv.  The  first  four  verses  of  a  paraphrase  of 
the  entire  chapter,  containing  thirty-one  stanzas.  I 
know  of  no  reason  for  attributing  this  to  John 
rather  than  Charles  Wesley. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems}  Published  by 
John  Wesley,  M.A.,  Fellow  of  Lincoln  College, 
Oxford;  and  Charles  Wesley,  M.A.,  Student  of 
Christ  Church,  Oxford.    London,  1740. 

The  author  wrote  verse  two,  line  four : 

"  And  find  my  grace,"  etc. 


363  Come  to  Me.  L.  M. 

WITH  tearful  eyes  I  look  around; 
Life  seems  a  dark  and  stormy  sea; 
Yet  'midst  the  gloom  I  hear  a  sound, 
A  heavenly  whisper,  ' '  Come  to  me !  " 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


145 


2  It  tells  me  of  a  place  of  rest, 

It  tells  me  where  my  soul  may  flee : 
0  to  the  weary,  faint,  oppressed, 

How  sweet  the  bidding,  ' '  Come  to  me !  " 

3  When  against  sin  I  strive  in  vain, 
And  cannot  from  its  yoke  get  free, 

Sinking  beneath  the  heavy  chain, 

The  words  arrest  me,  "  Come  to  me!  " 

4  When  nature  shudders,  loath  to  part 
From  all  I  love,  enjoy,  and  see ; 

When  a  faint  chill  steals  o'er  my  heart, 
A  sweet  voice  utters,  ' '  Come  to  me !  t 

5  11  Come,  for  all  else  must  fail  and  die; 
Earth  is  no  resting-place  for  thee; 

Heavenward  direct  thy  weeping  eye ; 
I  am  thy  portion :  come  to  me !  " 

CHARLOTTE  ELLIOTT. 

Founded  upon  the  precious  words  of  Jesus : 

"  Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy 
laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest."  Matt,  xi,  28. 

Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  seventh,  are  omitted  : 

3  "  When  the  poor  heart  with  anguish  learns, 
That  earthly  props  resigned  must  be, 

And  from  each  broken  cistern  turns, 
It  hears  the  accents,  '  Come  to  me.' 

7  "  0  voice  of  mercy !  voice  of  love ! 

In  conflict,  grief,  and  agony  ; 
Support  me,  cheer  me  from  above ! 

And  gently  whisper,  '.Come  to  me.'  " 

This  fine  hymn  is  from  the  Invalid's  Hymn 
Book,  1835.  For  many  years  it  was  anonymous,  but 
The  Booh  of  Praise,  edited  by  Sir  Eoundell  Palmer, 
(Lord  Selborne,)  attributes  it  to  Miss  Elliott. 

Charlotte  Elliott  was  born  in  England  in  1789, 
and  lived  till  1871.  She  was  highly  accomplished 
and  fond  of  society.  A  serious  sickness  led  her  to 
feel  the  need  of  personal  religion.  Something  of 
the  conflict  in  her  soul  is  evidently  recorded  in  this 
hymn.  Hymn  No.  393,  "  Just  as  I  am,"  seems  to 
be  the  counterpart  of  this. 

Miss  Elliott  was  an  invalid  for  many  years,  yet 
she  was  a  devoted  Christian  and  anxious  to  do 
good.  Her  desire  was  granted  through  her  hymns, 
which  have  been  a  blessing  to  multitudes. 


364  The  gospel  feast.  L.  M. 

COME,  sinners,  to  the  gospel  feast ; 
Let  every  soul  be  Jesus'  guest : 
Ye  need  not  one  be  left  behind, 
For  God  hath  bidden  all  mankind. 

2  Sent  by  my  Lord,  on  you  I  call ; 
The  invitation  is  to  all : 
Come  all  the  world !  come,  sinner,  thou ! 
All  things  in  Christ  are  ready  now. 
10 


3  Come,  all  ye  souls  by  sin  oppressed, 
Ye  restless  wanderers  after  rest; 

Ye  poor,  and  maimed,  and  halt,  and  blind, 
In  Christ  a  hearty  welcome  find. 

4  My  message  as  from  God  receive ; 
Ye  all  may  come  to  Christ  and  live: 
O  let  his  love  your  hearts  constrain, 
Nor  suffer  him  to  die  in  vain. 

5  See  him  set  forth  before  your  eyes, 
That  precious,  bleeding  sacrifice : 
His  offered  benefits  embrace, 

And  freely  now  be  saved  by  grace. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  The  Oreat  Supper. 

Founded  on  Luke  xiv,  16-24. 

It  is  a  very  interesting  paraphrase  of  the  story, 
in  twenty  four  stanzas.  The  hymn  is  made  up  of 
verses  one,  two,  twelve,  twenty,  and  twenty -two. 
A  few  slight  changes  were  made  for  the  Collection, 
1780.  In  some  of  the  omitted  stanzas  the  author 
uses  great  plainness  of  speech,  for  example,  we  give 
the  following  verse,  the  thirteenth  of  the  original : 

"  Sinners  my  gracious  Lord  receives, 
Harlots,  and  publicans,  and  thieves ; 
Drunkards,  and  all  ye  hellish  crew, 
I  have  a  message  now  to  you." 

It  is  said  that  when  Jesse  Lee  preached  under  the 
Old  Elm,  on  Boston  Common,  in  1790,  he  sang  this 
radical  Methodist  hymn  to  collect  his  congregation. 

From  Redemption  Hymns,  1747. 


Sin  kills  beyond  the  tomb.       C.  M. 

VAIN  man,  thy  fond  pursuits  forbear; 
Repent,  thine  end  is  nigh; 
Death,  at  the  farthest,  can't  be  far : 
O  think  before  thou  die. 

2  Reflect,  thou  hast  a  soul  to  save ; 
Thy  sins,  how  high  they  mount ! 

What  are  thy  hopes  beyond  the  grave? 
How  stands  that  dark  account? 

3  Death  enters,  and  there's  no  defense; 
His  time  there's  none  can  tell ; 

He'll  in  a  moment  call  thee  hence, 
To  heaven,  or  down  to  hell. 

4  Thy  flesh,  perhaps  thy  greatest  care, 
Shall  into  dust  consume ; 

But,  ah !  destruction  stops  not  there ; 
Sin  kills  beyond  the  tomb. 

JOSEPH  HART. 

Author's  title :  Death. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


The  second  line  of  the  fourth  stanza,  the  writer 
published : 

"  Shall  crawling  worms  consume," 

which,  by  the  way,  is  neither  true  nor  poetic. 
There  are  two  additional  and  comparatively  feeble 
Lanzas : 

"  To-day  the  gospel  calls,  to-day, 

Sinners,  it  speaks  to  you ; 
Let  every  one  forsake  his  way, 

And  mercy  will  ensue  : 

"  Eich  mercy,  dearly  bought  with  blood, 

How  vile  soe'er  he  be ; 
Abundant  pardon,  peace  with  God, 

All  given  entirely  free." 

From  the  Supplement  of  Hart's  Hymns,  1762. 


366  cm. 

Boast  not  thyself  of  to-morrow.  Prov.  xxvii,  1. 

WHY  should  we  boast  of  time  to  come, 
Though  but  a  single  day, 
This  hour  may  fix  our  final  doom, 
Though  strong,  and  young,  and  gay. 

2  The  present  we  should  now  redeem- 
This  only  is  our  own ; 

The  past,  alas !  is  all  a  dream ; 
The  future  is  unknown. 

3  O  think  what  vast  concerns  depend 
Upon  a  moment's  space, 

When  life  and  all  its  cares  shall  end 
In  vengeance  or  in  grace. 

4  O  for  that  power  which  melts  the  heart, 
And  lifts  the  soul  on  high ! 

Where  sin  and  grief  and  death  depart, 
And  pleasures  never  die. 

M.  WILKS. 

This  appeared  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Hymn 
Book  in  1849. 

The  Rev.  Matthew  Wilks,  (1746-1829,)  one  of 
Lady  Huntingdon's  ministers,  wrote  hymns,  but 
this  is  not  found  among  those  attributed  to  him.  I 
can  vouch  neither  for  the  authorship  nor  for  the 
text. 


367    The  Justifier  of  the  ungodly.      C.  M. 

LOVERS  of  pleasure  more  than  God, 
For  you  he  suffered  pain ; 
For  you  the  Saviour  spilt  his  blood : 
And  shall  he  bleed  in  vain? 

2  Sinners,  his  life  for  you  he  paid ; 

Your  basest  crimes  he  bore ; 
Your  sins  were  all  on  Jesus  laid, 

That  you  might  sin  no  more. 


3  To  earth  the  great  Redeemer  came, 
That  you  might  come  to  heaven ; 

Believe,  believe  in  Jesus'  name, 
And  all  your  sin's  forgiven. 

4  Believe  in  him  who  died  for  thee, 
And,  sure  as  \e  hath  died, 

Thy  debt  is  paid,  thy  soul  is  free, 
And  thou  art  justified. 

CHARLES  WESLEY,  ALT. 

Title :  Before  Preaching  to  the  Colliers  in  Leices- 
tershire. 

It  is  from  the  last  part  of  a  long  hymn  of  eighteen 
stanzas.  JSTo.  32  is  from  the  first  part.  This  is 
composed  of  verses  eleven,  twelve,  seventeen,  and 
eighteen.  All,  except  the  last,  were  altered  for  the 
hymn  book  of  1849.  The  third  line  of  the  first 
verse,  Wesley  wrote: 

"  Bailers,  for  you  He  spilt  His  blood." 

The  second  ver»e  was : 

"  Misers,  His  life  for  you  He  paid, 

Your  basest  crime  He  bore  ; 
Drunkards,  your  sins  on.  Him  tvere  laid, 

That  ye  might  sin  no  more." 

The  third  verse  began : 
"  The  God  of  love  to  earth  He  came." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  by  Charles 
Wesley,  1749. 


368    The  hammer  of  His  tvord.      C.  M. 

COME,  O  thou  all- victorious  Lord, 
Thy  power  to  us  make  known ; 
Strike  with  the  hammer  of  thy  word, 
And  break  these  hearts  of  stone. 

2  O  that  we  all  might  now  begin 
Our  foolishness  to  mourn ; 

And  turn  at  once  from  every  sin, 
And  to  the  Saviour  turn. 

3  Give  us  ourselves  and  thee  to  know 
In  this  our  gracious  day ; 

Repentance  unto  life  bestow, 
And  take  our  sins  away. 

4  Convince  us  first  of  unbelief, 
And  freely  then  release ; 

Fill  ever  soul  with  sacred  grief, 
And  then  with  sacred  peace. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  Written  Before  Preaching  at  Portland. 

The  fact  that  many  of  the  people  worked  in  stone 
quarries  probably  suggested  to  Wesley  this 
Scripture : 

"  Is  not  my  word  .  .  .  like  a  hammer  that  break- 
eth  the  rock  in  pieces?  "  Jer.  xxiii,  29. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


147 


The  author  wrote,  verse  four,  line  one : 
"  Conclude  us  first  in  unbelief." 

There  are  three  additional  stanzas. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  by  Charles 
Wesley,  1749. 


369  Desperate  resolution.  C.  M. 

C^OME,  humble  sinner,  in  whose  breast 
J  A  thousand  thoughts  revolve, 
Come,  with  your  guilt  and  fear  oppressed, 
And  make  this  last  resolve: — 

2  I'll  go  to  Jesus,  though  my  sin 
Like  mountains  round  me  close ; 

I  know  his  courts,  I'll  enter  in, 
Whatever  may  oppose. 

3  Prostrate  I'll  lie  before  his  throne, 
And  there  my  guilt  confess ; 

I'll  tell  him,  I'm  a  wretch  undone 
Without  his  sovereign  grace. 

4  Perhaps  he  will  admit  my  plea, 
Perhaps  will  hear  my  prayer; 

But,  if  I  perish,  I  will  pray, 
And  perish  only  there. 

5  I  can  but  perish  if  I  go, 
I  am  resolved  to  try ; 

For  if  I  stay  away,  I  know 
I  must  forever  die. 

EDMUND  JONES. 

Title :  The  Successful  Resolve. 

Text :  "  And  so  will  I  go  in  unto  the  king,  which 
is  not  according  to  the  law:  and  if  I  perish,  I 
perish."  Esther  iv,  16. 

The  oldest  copy  of  this  hymn  now  known  is  in 
Rippon's  Selection,  1787.  In  that  book,  verse  two, 
line  two,  is : 

"  Hath  like  a  mountain  rose." 

One  verse,  the  fourth,  is  omitted : 

4  "  I'll  to  the  gracious  King  approach, 

Whose  scepter  pardon  gives, 
Perhaps  he  may  command  my  touch, 

And  then  the  suppliant  lives." 

The  Rev.  Edmund  Jones  (1722-1765)  was  a  wor- 
thy man,  and  the  pastor  of  a  Baptist  church  at 
Exeter,  England. 


370       The  wanderer  recalled.  CM. 

RETURN,  O  wanderer,  return, 
And  seek  thy  Father's  face ; 
Those  new  desires  which  in  thee  burn 
Were  kindled  by  his  grace. 


2  Return,  O  wanderer,  return ; 
He  hears  thy  humble  sigh : 

He  sees  thy  softened  spirit  mourn, 
When  no  one  else  is  nigh. 

3  Return,  O  wanderer,  return ; 
Thy  Saviour  bids  thee  live : 

Come  to  his  cross,  and,  grateful,  learn 
How  freely  he'll  forgive. 

4  Return,  O  wanderer,  return, 
And  wipe  the  falling  tear : 

Thy  Father  calls,  — no  longer  mourn ; 
'Tis  love  invites  thee  near. 

5  Return,  O  wanderer,  return; 
Regain  thy  long-sought  rest: 

The  Saviour's  melting  mercies  yearn 
To  clasp  thee  to  his  breast. 

WILLIAM  B.  COLLYER,  ALT. 

Author's  title  :  The  Backslider. 

It  was  written  in  long  meter  and  contained  six 
stanzas.    Only  the  first  lines  remain  unaltered. 

From  Hymns  Partly  Collected  and  Partly  Orig- 
inal. Designed  as  a  Supplement  to  Dr.  Watts's 
Psalms  and  Hymns,  by  William  Bengo  Collyer, 
D.D.    London,  1812. 

See  No.  354. 


371     Ao  peace  to  the  wicked.         C.  M. 

SINNERS,  the  voice  of  God  regard; 
'Tis  mercy  speaks  to-day ; 
He  calls  you  by  his  sacred  word 
From  sin's  destructive  way. 

2  Like  the  rough  sea,  that  cannot  rest, 
You  live,  devoid  of  peace ; 

A  thousand  stings  within  your  breast 
Deprive  your  souls  of  ease. 

3  Your  way  is  dark,  and  leads  to  hell : 
Why  will  you  persevere? 

Can  you  in  endless  torments  dwell, 
Shut  up  in  black  despair? 

4  Why  will  you  in  the  crooked  ways 
Of  sin  and  folly  go? 

In  pain  you  travel  all  your  days, 
To  reach  eternal  woe. 

5  But  he  that  turns  to  God  shall  live, 
Through  his  abounding  grace : 

His  mercy  will  the  guilt  forgive 
Of  those  that  seek  his  face. 

6  Bow  to  the  scepter  of  his  word, 
Renouncing  every  sin ; 

Submit  to  him,  your  sovereign  Lord, 
And  learn  his  will  divine. 

JOHN  FAWCETT. 


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HTMN  STUDIES. 


Text:  "Let  the  wicked  forsake  his  way,  and 
che  unrighteous  man  his  thoughts  :  and  let  him  re- 
tarn  unto  the  Lord,  and  he  will  have  mercy  upon 
him ;  and  to  our  God,  for  he  will  abundantly  par- 
don." lsa.  lv,  7. 

The  author  wrote  "immortal"  instead  of  "eter- 
nal "  in  verse  four,  line  four. 

There  is  one  additional  stanza,  which  is  a  good 
illustration  of  the  anticlimax.  The  first  part  is 
grand,  the  last  part  weak : 

"His  love  exceeds  your  highest  thoughts, 

He  pardons  like  a  God  ; 
He  wid  forgive  your  numerous  faults, 

Through  a  Eedeemer's  blood." 

From  Hymns  Adapted  to  the  Circumstances  of 
Public  Worship  and  Private  Devotion,  1782. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  31. 


37/3      The  voice  that  wakes  the  dead.  CM. 

THOU  Son  of  God,  whose  flaming  eyes 
Our  inmost  thoughts  perceive, 
Accept  the  grateful  sacrifice 
Which  now  to  thee  we  give. 

2  We  bow  before  thy  gracious  throne, 
And  think  ourselves  sincere : 

But  show  us,  Lord,  is  every  one 
Thy  real  worshiper? 

3  Is  here  a  soul  that  knows  thee  not, 
Nor  feels  his  need  of  thee, — 

A  stranger  to  the  blood  which  bought 
His  pardon  on  the  tree! 

4  Convince  him  now  of  unbelief ; 
His  desperate  state  explain  ; 

And  fill  his  heart  with  sacred  grief, 
And  penitential  pain. 

5  Speak  with  that  voice  that  wakes  the  dead, 
And  bid  the  sleeper  rise; 

And  bid  his  guilty  conscience  dread 
The  death  that  never  dies. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymns  for  the  Use  of  Families,  bv  Charles 
Wesley,  1767. 
There  are  three  valuable  additional  stanza: 

"  Extort  the  cry,  What  must  be  done 

To  save  a  wretch  like  me  ? 
How  shall  a  trembling  sinner  shun 

That  endless  misery  ? 

"  I  must  this  instant  now  begin, 

Out  of  my  sleep  to  wake, 
And  turn  to  God,  and  every  sin 

Continually  forsake. 


"  I  must  for  faith  incessant  cry, 
And  wrestle,  Lord,  with  Thee, 

I  must  be  born  again,  or  die 
To  all  eternity." 

Two  lines  have  been  changed. 
Verse  one,  line  three : 

"  Accept  our  evening  sacrifice." 

Verse  four,  line  three : 

"  And  fill  his  careless  heart  with  grief." 

This  last  change  was  made  for  the  Collection 
of  1780. 


373      Warnings  multiplied.  CM. 

BENEATH  our  feet,  and  o'er  our  head, 
Is  equal  warning  given ; 
Beneath  us  lie  the  countless  dead, 
Above  us  is  the  heaven. 

2  Death  rides  on  every  passing  breeze, 
And  lurks  in  every  flower; 

Each  season  has  its  own  disease, 
Its  peril,  every  hour. 

3  Our  eyes  have  seen  the  rosy  light 
Of  youth's  soft  cheek  decay, 

And  fate  descend  in  sudden  night 
On  manhood's  middle  day. 

4  Our  eyes  have  seen  the  steps  of  age 
Halt  feebly  to  the  tomb ; 

And  shall  earth  still  our  hearts  engage, 
And  dreams  of  days  to  come? 

5  Turn,  mortal,  turn ;  thy  danger  know : 
Where'er  thy  foot  can  tread, 

The  earth  rings  hollow  from  below, 
And  warns  thee  by  her  dead. 

6  Turn,  mortal,  turn ;  thy  soul  apply 
To  truths  divinely  given : 

The  dead,  who  underneath  thee  lie, 
Shall  live  for  hell  or  heaven. 

REGINALD  HEBER. 

Title :  At  a  Funeral. 
Second  stanza  omitted : 

"  Their  names  are  graven  on  the  stone, 

Their  bones  are  in  the  clay  ; 
And  ere  another  day  is  done, 

Ourselves  may  be  as  they." 

In  the  last  stanza  the  author  wrote  "  Christian" 
instead  of  "mortal"  in  the  first  line;  and  "The 
bones  "  instead  of  "  The  dead  "  in  the  third  line. 

From  Hymns  Written  and  Adapted  to  the  Weekly 
Church  Service  of  the  Year,  1827. 

For  biography,  see  No.  No.  62. 


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3  74:        Waiting  to  be  gracious.         C.  M. 

JESUS,  Redeemer  of  mankind, 
Display  thy  saving  power ; 
Thy  mercy  let  the  sinner  find, 
And  know  his  gracious  hour. 

2  Who  thee  beneath  their  feet  have  trod, 
And  crucified  afresh, 

Touch  with  thine  all- victorious  blood, 
And  turn  the  stone  to  flesh. 

3  Open  their  eyes  thy  cross  to  see, 
Their  ears;  to  hear  thy  cries ; 

Sinner,  thy  Saviour  weeps  for  thee ; 
For  thee  he  weeps  and  dies. 

4  All  the  day  long  he  meekly  stands, 
His  rebels  to  receive ; 

And  shows  his  wounds  and  spreads  his 
hands, 

And  bids  you  turn  and  live. 

5  Turn,  and  your  sins  of  deepest  dye, 
He  will  with  blood  efface ; 

E'eu  now  he  waits  the  blood  to  apply ; 
Be  saved,  be  saved  by  grace. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  a  hymn  of  twelve  stanzas.  This  is  made 
up  of  verses  five,  and  eight  to  eleven,  inclusive. 

From  Hymns  for  Times  of  Trouble  and  Persecu- 
tion, by  John  and  Charles  Wesley,  Presbyters  of 
the  Church  of  England.    London,  17M. 

Three  lines  have  been  altered. 

Oeiginal. 
Verse  one,  lines  three  and  four : 

"  Thy  mercy  let  these  outcasts  find, 
And  know  their  gracious  hour." 

Verse  three,  lines  one  and  two  : 

"  Open  their  eyes  and  ears,  to  see 
Thy  cross,  to  hear  Thy  cries." 

At  this  time  England  was  at  war  with  France, 
and  was  threatened  with  invasion.  The  Wesleys 
and  their  fellow-laborers  were  subjected  to  se- 
vere persecution.  The  "  outcasts  "  for  whom  they 
prayed  were  the  fanatical  leaders  of  riot  and  out- 
rage. 


375  Too  late!  10. 

LATE,  late,  so  late !  and  dark  the  night, 
and  chill ! 

Late,  late,  so  late !   But  we  can  enter  still. 
"Too  late,  too  late!   ye  cannot  enter 


now.' 


2  No  light  had  we; — for  that  we  do  re- 

pent, 

And  learning  this,  the  Bridegroom  will  re- 
lent. 

u  Too  late,  too  late!   ye  cannot  enter 
now." 

3  No  light !  so  late !  and  dark  and  chill  the 

night — 

O  let  us  in,  that  we  may  find  the  light. 
' '  Too   late,  to  late !   ye  cannot  enter 
now !  " 

4  Have  we  not  heard  the  Bridegroom  is  so 

sweet! 

O  let  us  in,  though  late,  to  kiss  his  feet. 
' '  No !  no !  too  late !  ye  cannot  enter  now !" 

ALFRED  TENNYSON. 

This  plaintive  song  is  found  in  Idyls  of  the 
King,  imbedded  in  Guinevere.  The  unhappy 
queen  had  fled  from  King  Arthur's  court  to  the 
convent  at  Almesbury.  Here,  unknown  to  all,  she 
found  sanctuary  among  the  nuns.  She  was  at- 
tended by  a  little  maid,  a  novice,  who  one  day  was 
humming  snatches  of  a  song.  To  her  Queen  Guin- 
evere said : 

"  0  maiden,  if  indeed  you  list  to  sing, 
Sing,  and  unbind  my  heart  that  I  may  weep. 
Whereat  full  willingly  sang  the  little  maid, 
'  Late,  late,  so  late  !  and  dark  the  night,  and  chill,' 
etc. 

"  So  sang  the  novice,  while  full  passionately, 
Her  head  upon  her  hands  remembering 
Her  thought  when  first  she  came,  wept  the  sad 
queen." 

Alfred  Tennyson  was  born  in  Lincolnshire  in 
1810 ;  and  is  the  son  of  a  clergyman.  While  yet 
an  under-graduate  at  Cambridge,  he  published  a 
small  volume  of  poems,  which,  of  course,  the  critics 
condemned  unread,  and  almost  unseen.  His  third 
volume,  containing  Locksly  Hall,  Ulysses,  and  some 
of  the  first  tales  of  King  Arthur,  gave  him  a  repu- 
tation as  the  coming  poet  of  the  age.  Upon  the 
death  of  Wordsworth,  in  1850,  he  was  made  Poet- 
Laureate.  He  has  easily  held  his  place,  and  added 
to  his  fame.  In  January,  1884,  the  poet  was  made 
a  peer  of  the  realm,  with  the  title  of  Baron  Tenny- 
son d'Eyncourt.    He  died  October  6,  1892. 


376        Mercy,  death,  doom.  8,  5. 

IN  the  silent  midnight  watches, 
List,  — thy  bosom  door ! 
How  it  knocketh,  knocketh,  knocketh; 

Knocketh  evermore ! 
Say  not  'tis  thy  pulse  is  beating : 

'Tis  thy  heart  of  sin; 
'Tis  thy  Saviour  knocks,  and  crieth 
Rise,  and  let  me  in! 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


2  Death  comes  down  with  reckless  footstep, 
To  the  hall  and  hut : 

Think  you  death  will  stand  a-knocking 

Where  the  door  is  shut? 
J esus  waiteth,  waiteth,  waiteth ; 

But  thy  door  is  fast ! 
Grieved,  away  the  Saviour  goeth : 

Death  breaks  in  at  last. 

3  Then  'tis  thine  to  stand  entreating 
Christ  to  let  thee  in ; 

At  the  gate  of  heaven  beating, 

Wailing  for  thy  sin. 
Nay,  alas !  thou  foolish  virgin, 

Hast  thou  then  forgot? 
Jesus  waited  long  to  know  thee, 

But  he  knows  thee  not. 

A.  CLEVELAND  COXE. 

Title  :  The  Heart's  Song. 
■  From  Athanasian  and  Miscellaneous  Poems,  New 
York,  1842. 

The  Scripture  basis  of  the  hymn  is  :  "  Behold,  1 
stand  at  the  door,  and  knock."  Rev.  iii,  20. 

A  few  changes  have  been  made  since  it  was  first 
published.  In  the  seventh  line  of  the  first  stanza 
the  author  wrote: 

"  'Tis  thy  Saviour  stands  entreating." 

The  first  line  of  the  second  stanza  is  : 

"  Death  comes  down  with  equal  footstep," 

and  in  the  seventh  line : 

"  Grieved  at  length  away  he  turneth." 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  202. 


377  The  gift  of  faith.  C.  P.  M. 

AUTHOR  of  faith,  to  thee  I  cry, 
To  thee,  whowoulclst  not  have  me  die, 
But  know  the  truth  and  live : 
Open  mine  eyes  to  see  thy  face ; 
Work  in  my  heart  the  saving  grace ; 
The  life  eternal  give. 

2  Shut  up  in  unbelief,  I  groan, 
And  blindly  serve  a  God  unknown, 

Till  thou  the  vail  remove ; 
The  gift  unspeakable  impart, 
And  write  thy  name  upon  my  heart, 

And  manifest  thy  love. 

3  I  know  the  work  is  only  thine, 
The  gift  of  faith  is  all  divine ; 

But,  if  on  thee  we  call, 
Thou  wilt  that  gracious  gift  bestow, 
And  cause  our  hearts  to  feel  and  know 

That  thou  hast  died  for  all. 


4  Thou  bidd'st  us  knock  and  enter  in, 
Come  unto  thee,  and  rest  from  sin, 

The  blessing  seek  and  find : 
Thou  bidd'st  us  ask  thy  grace,  and  have ; 
Thou  canst,  thou  wouldst,  this  moment  save 

Both  me  and  all  mankind. 

5  Be  it  according  to  thy  word ; 
Now  let  me  find  my  pardoning  Lord ; 

Let  what  I  ask  be  given : 
The  bar  of  unbelief  remove ; 
Open  the  door  of  faith  and  love, 

And  take  me  into  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  For  One  Convinced  of  Unbelief. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  in  two  volumes, 
by  Charles  Wesley,  M.A.,  Student  of  Christ 
Church,  Oxford.    Bristol,  1749. 

Two  lines  have  been  changed.  Verse  three,  line 
four : 

"  Thou  wouldst  the  benefit  bestow." 

Verse  three,  line  five : 

"  And  give  us  hearts  to  feel  and  know,"  etc. 


378    Pleading  the  sacrifice  of  Christ.  C.  P.  M. 

OLAMB  of  God,  for  sinners  slain, 
I  plead  with  thee,  my  suit  to  gain, — 
I  plead  what  thou  hast  done : 
Didst  thou  not  die  the  death  for  me? 
Jesus,  remember  Calvary, 

And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

2  Take  the  dear  purchase  of  thy  blood, 
My  Friend  and  Advocate  with  God, 

My  Ransom  and  my  Peace, 
Surety,  who  all  my  debt  hast  paid, 
For  all  my  sins  atonement  made, 

The  Lord  my  Righteousness. 

3  O  let  thy  Spirit  shed  abroad 
The  love,  the  perfect  love  of  God, 

In  this  cold  heart  of  mine ! 
O  might  he  now  descend,  and  rest, 
And  dwell  forever  in  my  breast, 

And  make  it  all  divine ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  Desiring  to  Love. 

Seven  stanzas.  These  are  respectively  the  fourth, 
fifth,  and  third  of  the  original.  The  first  couplet 
of  the  hymn  as  here  given  has  been  transposed  and 
changed.    The  author  wrote  : 

"  What  shall  I  do  my  suit  to  gain? 
O  Lamb  of  God  for  sinners  slain." 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1749. 


HYMN   STUDIES.  151 


379  Depth  of  mercy.  7. 

DEPTH  of  mercy !  can  there  be 
Mercy  still  reserved  for  me? 
Can  my  God  his  wrath  forbear, — 
Me,  the  chief  of  sinners,  spare ! 

2  I  have  long  withstood  his  grace ; 
Long  provoked  him  to  his  face ; 
Would  not  hearken  to  his  calls ; 
Grieved  him  by  a  thousand  falls. 

3  Now  incline  me  to  repent ; 
Let  me  now  my  sins  lament ; 
Now  my  foul  revolt  deplore, 
Weep,  believe,  and  sin  no  more. 

4  Kindled  his  relentings  are ; 
Me  he  now  delights  to  spare ; 
Cries,  "  How  shall  I  give  thee  up?  " 
Lets  the  lifted  thunder  drop. 

5  There  for  me  the  Saviour  stands, 
Shows  his  wounds  and  spreads  his  hands ; 
God  is  love !  I  know,  I  feel ; 

Jesus  weeps,  and  loves  me  still. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  author's  title  is  :  After  a  Relapse  into  Sin,. 

This  song,  so  full  of  poetry  and  tenderness,  is 
made  up  of  verses  one,  two,  thirteen,  seven,  and 
nine  of  the  original. 

One  word  has  been  changed.  Wesley  wrote  "fall " 
instead  of  "  sins  "  in  verse  three,  line  two. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  by  John  and 
Charles  Wesley.    London,  1740. 

A  story  is  told  of  an  English  actress,  who  was 
led  into  a  cottage  prayer- meeting  by  hearing  this 
hymn  sung  as  she  was  passing  by.  She  was  deeply 
convicted  of  sin,  and  soon  afterward  found  pardon. 
Having  given  her  heart  to  God,  she  resolved  to 
leave  the  stage ;  but  her  manager  urged  her  to  play 
once  more — representing  that  his  disappointment 
and  loss  would  be  great  unless  she  consented  to 
appear.  At  last  she  yielded  to  his  request.  Her 
part  was  introduced  by  a  song.  When  the  curtain 
rose,  the  orchestra  began  the  accompaniment,  but 
she  did  not  sing.  Supposing  that  she  was  con- 
fused, the  band  played  the  air  again.  Still  she  was 
silent.  At  length,  with  her  hands  clasped  and  her 
eyes  suffused  with  tears,  she  sang — not  the  song  of 
the  play,  but — 

"  Depth  of  mercy !  can  there  be 
Mercy  still  reserved  for  me  ? 
Can  my  God  His  wrath  forbear  ? 
Me,  the  chief  of  sinners,  spare  ? 

The  performance  suddenly  ended,  and  the  people 
scattered — some  ridiculing  her  act,  others  reflecting 
upon  the  power  of  religion. 

It  is  said  that  the  woman  became  a  consistent 
Christian,  and  afterward  was  the- wife  of  a  minister 
of  the  Gospel. 


obU  With  Thee  is  mercy.  7. 

SOVEREIGN  Ruler,  Lord  of  all, 
Prostrate  at  thy  feet  I  fall ; 
Hear,  O  hear  my  ardent  cry, 
Frown  not,  lest  I  faint  and  die. 

2  Vilest  of  the  sons  of  men, 
Worst  of  rebels  I  have  been ; 
Oft  abused  thee  to  thy  face, 
Trampled  on  thy  richest  grace. 

3  Justly  might  thy  vengeful  dart 
Pierce  this  bleeding,  broken  heart; 
Justly  might  thy  kindled  ire 
Send  me  to  eternal  fire. 

4  But  with  thee  is  mercy  found, 
Balm  to  heal  my  every  wound ; 
Soothe,  O  soothe  this  troubled  breast, 
Give  the  weary  wanderer  rest. 

THOMAS  RAFFLES. 

Title :  The  Penitent  Pardoned. 
Some  lines  of  this  hymn  differ  from  the  version 
given  in  the  author's  book. 
Verse  three,  line  three : 

"  Justly  might  thine  angry  breathy 

Verse  three,  line  four  : 

"  Doom  me  to  eternal  death.'1'' 

Verse  four,  line  one : 

"  But  with  thee  there's  mercy  found." 

Verse  four,  line  three : 

"  Soothe,  oh,  soothe  my  troubled  breast." 

From  Hymns  Selected,  and  Alphabetically 
Arranged,  for  Public  Worship  and  Private  De- 
votion, by  Thomas  Raffles,  D.D.,  LL.D.,  1852.  It 
first  appeared  in  W.  B.  Collyer's  Hymn  Book,  1812, 
where  it  has  two  additional  stanzas. 

See  No.  45. 


381       The  Man  on  Calvary.      C.  P.  M. 

OTHOU  who  hast  our  sorrows  borne, 
Help  us  to  look  on  thee  and  mourn, 
On  thee,  whom  we  have  slain, — 
Have  pierced  a  thousand,  thousand  times, 
And  by  reiterated  crimes 
Renewed  thy  sacred  pain. 

2  O  give  us  eyes  of  faith  to  see 
The  Man  transfixed  on  Calvary, — 

To  know  thee  who  thou  art, 
The  one  eternal  God  and  true : 
And  let  the  sight  affect,  subdue, 

And  break  my  stubborn  heart. 


152  HYMN  STUDIES. 


3  Lover  of  souls !  to  rescue  mine, 
Reveal  the  charity  divine, 

That  suffered  in  my  stead ; 
That  made  thy  soul  a  sacrifice, 
And  quenched  in  death  those  flaming  eyes, 

And  bowed  that  sacred  head. 

4  The  veil  of  unbelief  remove, 
And  by  thy  manifested  love, 

And  by  thy  sprinkled  blood, 
Destroy  the  love  of  sin  in  me, 
And  get  thyself  the  victory, 

And  bring  me  back  to  God. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Wesley  wrote  verse  two,  line  one  : 

"  Vouchsafe  us  eyes  of  faith  to  see." 

And  verse  four,  line  one : 

"  The  unbelieving  veil  remove." 

Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  sixth,  have  been 
omitted : 

3  "  My  heart  all  other  means  defies, 
It  dares  against  Thy  threatening^  rise, 

Thy  righteous  laws  disdains  • 
More  hardened  than  the  fiends  below, 
With  unconcern  to  hell  I  go, 

And  laugh  at  hellish  pains. 

6  "  Now  by  Thy  dying  love  constrain 
My  heart  to  love  its  God  again, 

Its  God  to  glorify  ; 
And  lo  I  come  Thy  cross  to  share, 
Echo  Thy  sacrificial  prayer, 

And  with  my  Saviour  die." 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  for  Families, 
1767. 


o  O  a         Looking  unto  Jesus.         7,  6,  8. 

LAMB  of  God,  for  sinners  slain, 
To  thee  I  humbly  pray ; 
Heal  me  of  my  grief  and  pain, 

O  take  my  sins  away. 
From  this  bondage,  Lord,  release, 
No  longer  let  me  be  oppressed: 
Jesus,  Master,  seal  my  peace, 
And  take  me  to  thy  breast. 

2  Wilt  thou  cast  a  sinner  out 

Who  humbly  comes  to  thee  ? 
No,  my  God,  I  cannot  doubt 

Thy  mercy  is  for  me : 
Let  me  then  obtain  the  grace, 

And  be  of  paradise  possessed : 
Jesus,  Master,  seal  my  peace, 

And  take  me  to  thy  breast. 


3  Worldly  good  I  do  not  want  ; 

Be  that  to  others  given : 
Only  for  thy  love  I  pant, 

My  all  in  earth  and  heaven : 
This  the  crown  I  fain  would  seize, 

The  good  wherewith  I  would  be  blest: 
Jesus,  Master,  seal  my  peace, 

And  take  me  to  thy  breast. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  Looking  unto  Jesus. 
Wesley  wrote  "  feebly  "  instead  of  "  humbly  "  in 
verse  one,  line  two. 
Three  stanzas  have  been  omitted : 

2  "  Hast  Thou  not  invited  all 
Who  groan  beneath  their  sin  ? 

Weary  fobey  Thy  call, 
And  come  to  be  made  clean : 

Give  my  burdened  conscience  ease ; 

0  grant  me  now  the  promised  rest : 
Jesus,  Master,  etc. 

4  "  Full  of  pain  and  sin  am  I. 

1  ever  bear  my  shame, 
Waiting  till  my  Lord  pass  by, 

And  call  me  by  my  name ; 
Surely  now  my  pain  He  sees, 

And  I  shall  quickly  be  released  ! 
Jesus,  Master,  etc. 

6  "  This  delight  I  fain  would  prove, 

And  then  resign  my  breath ; 
Join  the  happy  few,  whose  love 

Was  mightier  than  death ; 
Let  it  not  my  Lord  displease, 

That  I  would  die  to  be  Thy  guest : 
Jesus,  Master,"  etc. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


383      Remember  Calvary.      7, 6, 8. 

LAMB  of  God,  whose  dying  love 
We  now  recall  to  mind, 
Send  the  answer  from  above, 

And  let  us  mercy  find : 
Think  on  us  who  think  on  thee, 

And  every  struggling  soul  release; 
O  remember  Calvary, 
And  bid  us  go  in  peace ! 

2  By  thine  agonizing  pain, 

And  bloody  sweat,  we  pray, 
By  thy  dying  love  to  man, 

Take  all  our  sins  away : 
Burst  our  bonds,  and  set  us  free; 

From  all  iniquity  release; 
O  remember  Calvary, 

And  bid  us  go  in  peace ! 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


153 


3  Let  thy  blood,  by  faith  applied, 

The  sinner's  pardon  seal ; 
Speak  us  freely  justified, 

And  all  our  sickness  heal : 
By  thy  passion  on  the  tree, 

Let  all  our  griefs  and  troubles  cease, 
0  remember  Calvary, 

And  bid  us  go  in  peace ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymns  on  the  Lord's  Supper,  by  John  and 
Charles  Wesley,  Presbyters  of  the  Church  of  En- 
gland.   Bristol,  1745. 

Wesley  wrote  the  first  two  lines  thus  : 

"  Lamb  of  God,  whose  bleeding  love 
We  thus  recall  to  mind." 

There  is  one  additional  stanza : 

4  "  Never  will  we  hence  depart, 

Till  Thou  our  wants  relieve, 
Write  forgiveness  on  our  heart, 

And  all  thine  image  give; 
Still  our  souls  shall  cry  to  Thee, 

Till  perfected  in  holiness : 
O  remember  Calvary, 

And  bid  us  go  in  peace. 


384  Even  me.  8,  7,  3. 

LORD,  I  hear  of  showers  of  blessing 
Thou  art  scattering  full  and  free ; 
Showers,  the  thirsty  land  refreshing ; 
Let  some  drops  now  fall  on  me, 
Even  me. 

2  Pass  me  not,  O  God,  my  Father, 
Sinful  though  my  heart  may  be ; 

Thou  mightst  leave  me,  but  the  rather 
Let  thy  mercy  light  on  me, 
Even  me. 

3  Pass  me  not,  O  gracious  Saviour, 
Let  me  live  and  cling  to  thee; 

I  am  longing  for  thy  favor ; 

Whilst  thou'rt  calling,  O  call  me, 
Even  me. 

4  Pass  me  not,  O  mighty  Spirit, 
Thou  canst  make  the  blind  to  see ; 

Witnesser  of  Jesus'  merit, 

Speak  the  word  of  power  to  me, 
Even  me. 

5  Love  of  God,  so  pure  and  changeless, 
Blood  of  Christ,  so  rich,  so  free, 

Grace  of  God,  so  strong  and  boundless, 
Magnify  them  all  in  me, 
Even  me. 

MRS.  ELIZABETH  CODNER. 


Written  in  1860,  and  Jirst  published  as  a  leaflet 
in  1861. 

Mrs.  Codner  is  the  wife  of  an  English  clergy- 
man. Some  of  her  young  friends  had  been  greatly 
interested  in  an  account  of  revival  work  to  which 
they  had  listened.  She  was  anxious  that  they 
might  receive  a  personal  blessing  and  wrote  for 
them  this  hymn.  She  says:  "1  longed  to  press 
upon  them  an  earnest  individual  appeal.  Without 
effort,  words  seemed  to  be  given  me,  and  they  took 
the  form  of  a  hymn.  I  had  no  thought  of  sending 
it  beyond  the  limit  of  my  own  circle  ;  but,  passing 
it  on  to  one  and  another,  it  became  a  word  of 
power,  and  I  then  published  it  as  a  leaflet." 

In  J.  C.  Eyle's  Spiritual  Songs  are  found  two 
other  stanzas,  the  fifth  and  seventh.  They  are  too 
good  to  be  omitted : 

5  "  Have  1  long  in  sin  been  sleeping — 
Long  been  slighting,  grieving  Thee  ? 

Has  the  world  my  heart  been  keeping  2 
Oh  !  forgive,  and  rescue  me, 
Even  me. 

7  "Pass  me  not,  Thy  lost  one  bringing, 
Bind  my  heart,  O  Lord,  to  Thee ; 

Whilst  the  streams  of  life  are  springing, 
Blessing  others,  oh  !  bless  me, — 
Even  me." 


385  Saved  by  grace.  7, 8, 8. 

IET  the  world  their  virtue  boast, 
J  Their  works  of  righteousness ; 
I,  a  wretch  undone  and  lost, 
Am  freely  saved  by  grace; 
Other  title  I  disclaim, 
This,  only  this,  is  all  my  plea, 

1  the  chief  of  sinners  am, 
But  Jesus  died  for  me. 

2  Happy  they  whose  joys  abound 
Like  Jordan's  swelling  stream; 

Who  their  heaven  in  Christ  have  found, 

And  give  the  praise  to  him. 
Meanest  follower  of  the  Lamb, 

His  steps  I  at  a  distance  see ; 
I  the  chief  of  sinners  am, 

But  Jesus  died  for  me. 

3  Jesus,  thou  for  me  hast  died, 
And  thou  in  me  wilt  live ; 

I  shall  feel  thy  death  applied ; 

I  shall  thy  life  receive : 
Yet,  when  melted  in  the  flame 

Of  love,  this  shall  be  all  my  plea, 
I  the  chief  of  sinners  am, 

But  Jesus  died  for  me. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  lam  Determined  to  Know  Nothing  Sav« 
Jesus  Christ  and  Him  Crucified. 


154 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


The  original  contains  nine  stanzas.  These  are 
the  first  and  last,  with  parts  of  the  third  and  fourth , 
unaltered.  The  burden  of  this  hymn  doubtless  re- 
fers to  the  words  of  Paul,  who  called  himself  the 
"  chief"  of  sinners. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  174:2. 


386  Befuge  in  the  blood  of  the  Lamb.  7,  6,  8. 

OD  of  my  salvation,  hear, 

X  And  help  me  to  believe ; 
Simply  do  I  now  draw  near, 

Thy  blessing  to  receive. 
Full  of  guilt,  alas !  I  am, 

But  to  thy  wounds  for  refuge  flee : 
Friend  of  sinners,  spotless  Lamb, 

Thy  blood  was  shed  for  me. 

2  Standing  now  as  newly  slain, 
To  thee  I  lift  mine  eye ; 

Balm  of  all  my  grief  and  pain, 

Thy  blood  is  always  nigh. 
Now  as  yesterday  the  same 

Thou  art,  and  wilt  forever  be : 
Friend  of  sinners,  spotless  Lamb, 

Thy  blood  was  shed  for  me. 

3  No  good  word,  or  work,  or  thought, 
Bring  I  to  buy  thy  grace ; 

Pardon  I  accept  unbought, 

Thy  proffer  I  embrace, 
Coming,  as  at  first  I  came, 

To  take,  and  not  bestow  on  thee : 
Friend  of  sinners,  spotless  Lamb, 

Thy  blood  was  shed  for  me. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  A fter  a  Relapse  into  Sin. 
There  are  eight  stanzas  in  the  original.  These 
are  verses  one,  two,  and  six,  verbatim. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


ob7  Hear,  and  save.  7,  5. 

LORD  of  mercy  and  of  might, 
Of  mankind  the  life  and  light, 
Maker,  Teacher,  Infinite- 
Jesus  !  hear  and  save. 

2  Strong  Creator,  Saviour  mild, 
Humbled  to  a  little  child, 
Captive,  beaten,  bound,  reviled — 

Jesus !  hear  and  save. 

3  Borne  aloft  on  angels'  wings, 
Throned  above  celestial  things, 
Lord  of  lords,  and  King  of  kings — 

Jesus !  hear  and  save. 


4  Soon  to  come  to  earth  again, 
Judge  of  angels  and  of  men, 
Hear  us  now,  and  hear  us  then — 
Jesus !  hear  and  save. 

REGINALD  HEBER. 

Title :  Quinmrngesima. 

Oue  stanza,  the  second,  is  omitted : 

"  Who,  when  sin's  primeval  doom 
Gave  creation  to  the  tomb, 
Didst  not  scorn  a  Virgin's  womb, 
Jesus,  hear  and  save." 

The  first  couplet  of  the  third  stanza  has  been 
transposed. 

From  Hymns  Written  and  Adapted  to  the  Weekly 
Church  Service  oj  the  Year,  1827.  It  was  first  pub- 
lished in  the  Christian  Observer,  1811. 

See  No.  62. 


388       Hie  souV s  home.  S.  M. 

LIKE  Noah's  weary  dove, 
That  soared  the  earth  around, 
But  not  a  resting-place  above 
The  cheerless  waters  found; 

2  O  cease,  my  wandering  soul, 
On  restless  wing  to  roam ; 

All  the  wide  world,  to  either  pole, 
Has  not  for  thee  a  home. 

3  Behold  the  ark  of  God! 
Behold  the  open  door! 

Hasten  to  gain  that  dear  abode, 
And  rove,  my  soul,  no  more. 

4  There,  safe  thou  shalt  abide, 
There,  sweet  shall  be  thy  rest, 

And  every  longing  satisfied, 
With  full  salvation  blest. 

WILLIAM  A.  MUHLENBERG. 

This  hymn  was  written  at  Flushing,  Long  Island, 
in  1826  ;  and  published  the  same  year  in  Hymns  Ap- 
pended to  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Prayer  Booh. 

There  is  one  additional  stanza : 

5  "  And  when  the  waves  of  ire, 

Again  the  earth  shall  fill, 
The  ark  shall  ride  the  sea  of  fire ; 

Then  rest  on  Zion's  hill." 

The  Eev.  William  Augustus  Muhlenberg,  D.D., 
was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  in  1796  ;  was  graduated 
at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1814,  and  or- 
dained priest  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church  in 
1820.  Subsequently  he  established  St.  Paul's  Col- 
lege, at  Flushing,  Long  Island.  Dr.  Muhlenberg 
was  one  of  the  committee  that  edited  the  Hymns 
Suited  to  the  Feasts  and  Fasts  of  the  Church,  1826. 
He  lived  until  1877. 


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389  The  sinner'' s  only  flea.  L.  M. 

WHEREWITH,  O  Lord,  shall  I  draw 
near, 

And  bow  myself  before  thy  face? 
How  in  thy  purer  eyes  appear? 

What  shall  I  bring  to  gain  thy  grace? 

2  Will  gifts  delight  the  Lord  most  high? 
Will  multiplied  oblations  please? 

Thousands  of  rams  his  favor  buy, 
Or  slaughtered  hecatombs  appease? 

3  Can  these  avert  the  wrath  of  God? 
Can  these  wash  out  my  guilty  stain? 

Rivers  of  oil,  and  seas  of  blood, 
Alas !  they  all  must  flow  \n  vain. 

4  Who  would  himself  to  thee  approve, 
Must  take  the  path  thyself  hath  showed ; 

Justice  pursue,  and  mercy  love, 

And  humbly  walk  by  faith  with  God. 

5  But  though  my  life  henceforth  be  thine, 
Present  for  past  can  ne'er  atone : 

Though  I  to  thee  the  whole  resign, 
I  only  give  thee  back  thine  own. 

6  Guilty  I  stand  before  thy  face ; 
On  me  I  feel  thy  wrrath  abide ; 

'Tis  just  the  sentence  should  take  place ; 
'Tis  just, — but  O,  thy  Son  hath  died! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  a  hymn  of  thirteen  stanzas.    This  is  com- 
posed of  verses  one,  two,  three,  five,  six,  and  nine. 
The  scriptural  basis  of  the  hymn  is  Micah  vi,  6-8  : 

"  Wherewith  shall  I  come  before  the  Lord,  and 
bow  myself  before  the  high  God  ?  shall  I  come  be- 
fore him  with  burnt-offerings,  with  calves  of  a  year 
old  ?  Will  the  Lord  be  pleased  with  thousands  of 
rams,  or  with  ten  thousands  of  rivers  of  od  ?  shall 
I  give  my  first-born  for  my  transgression,  the  fruit 
of  my  body  for  the  sin  of  my  soul?  He  hath 
shewed  thee,  O  man,  what  is  good  ;  and  what  doth 
the  Lord  require  of  thee,  but  to  do  justly,  and  to 
love  mercy,  and  to  walk  humbly  with  thy  God  ?" 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems.    London,  1740. 
Wesley  wrote : 
Verse  one,  line  one : 

"  Wherewith,  0  God,  shall  I  draw  near." 

Verse  three,  line  one : 
"Can  these  assuage  the  wrath  of  God?" 

Verse  four,  line  one  : 

"  Whoe'er  to  Thee  themselves  approve." 

Verse  six,  line  two : 

"2  feel  on  me  Thy  wrath  abide." 


390  l.m. 

The  withdrawal  of  the  Spirit  deprecated. 

STAY,  thou  insulted  Sj^irit,  stay, 
Though  I  have  done  thee  such  despite ; 
Nor  cast  the  sinner  quite  away, 
Nor  take  thine  everlasting  flight. 

2  Though  I  have  steeled  my  stubborn  heart, 
And  shaken  off  my  guilty  fears; 

And  vexed,  and  urged  thee  to  depart, 
For  many  long  rebellious  years : 

3  Though  I  have  most  unfaithful  been, 
Of  all  who  e'er  thy  grace  received ; 

Ten  thousand  times  thy  goodness  seen ; 
Ten  thousand  times  thy  goodness  grieved. 

4  Yet,  O,  the  chief  of  sinners  spare, 
In'  honor  of  my  great  High  Priest ; 

Nor  in  thy  righteous  anger  swear 

To  exclude  me  from  thy  people's  rest. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  Penitential  Hymn.  From  Hymns  and  Sa- 
cred Poems,  by  Charles  Wesley,  two  vols,  1749. 

The  last  line  of  the  second  stanza  the  author 
wrote : 

"  For  forty  long  rebellious  years." 

Wesley  was  forty-two  years  old  when  he  pub- 
lished these  volumes.  There  are  three  additional 
stanzas : 

5  "  This  only  woe  I  deprecate, 
This  only  plague,  I  pray,  remove, 

Nor  leave  me  in  my  lost  estate, 
Nor  curse  me  with  this  want  of  love. 

6  "  If  yet  thou  canst  my  sins  forgive, 
From  now,  O  Lord,  relieve  my  woes, 

Into  Thy  rest  of  love  receive, 
And  bless  me  with  the  calm  repose. 

7  "  From  now  my  weary  soul  release, 
Upraise  me  by  Thy  gracious  hand, 

And  guide  into  Thy  perfect  peace, 
And  bring  me  to  the  promised  land." 


391  Pleading  for  pity.  L.M. 

SHOW  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord,  forgive ; 
Let  a  repenting  rebel  live : 
Are  not  thy  mercies  large  and  free? 
May  not  a  sinner  trust  in  thee? 

2  My  crimes  are  great,  but  don't  surpass 
The  power  and  glory  of  thy  grace; 
Great  God,  thy  nature  hath  no  bound, 
So  let  thy  pardoning  love  be  found. 


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3  O  wash  my  soul  from  every  sin, 
And  make  my  guilty  conscience  clean; 
Here  on  my  heart  the  burden  lies, 
And  past  offenses  pain  my  eyes. 

4  My  lips  with  shame  my  sins  confess, 
Against  thy  law,  against  thy  grace ; 
Lord,  should  thy  judgments  grow  severe, 
I  am  condemned,  but  thou  art  clear. 

5  Should  sudden  vengeance  seize  my  breath, 
I  must  pronounce  thee  just,  in  death; 
And  if  my  soul  were  sent  to  hell, 

Thy  righteous  law  approves  it  well. 

6  Yet  save  a  trembling  sinner,  Lord, 
Whose  hope,  still  hovering  round  thy  word, 
Would  light  on  some  sweet  promise  there, 
Some  sure  support  against  despair. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  A  Penitent  Pleading  for  Pardon. 
A  famous  hymn,  founded  on  the  first  part  of  a 
famous  psalm  :  (Psa.  li.) 

"  Have  mercy  upon  me,  O  God,  according  to  thy 
loving  kindness:  according  unto  the  multitude  of 
thy  tender  mercies  blot  out  my  transgressions. 
Wash  me  thoroughly  from  mine  iniquity,  and  cleanse 
me  from  my  sin.  For  I  acknowledge  my  trans- 
gressions :  and  my  sin  is  ever  before  me.  Against 
thee,  thee  only,  have  I  sinned,  and  done  this  evil 
in  thy  sight:  that  thou  mightest  be  justified  when 
thou  speakest,  and  be  clear  when  thou  judgest." 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

From  the  Psalms  of  David,  Imitated  in  the  lan- 
guage of  the  New  Testament,  1719. 


392       The  sinner's  only  hope.        L.  M. 

JESUS,  the  sinner's  Friend,  to  thee, 
Lost  and  undone,  for  aid  I  flee, 
Weary  of  earth,  myself,  and  sin : 
Open  thine  arms,  and  take  me  in. 

2  Pity  and  heal  my  sin-sick  soul ; 
'Tis  thou  alone  canst  make  me  whole; 
Dark,  till  in  me  thine  image  shine, 
And  lost,  I  am,  till  thou  art  mine. 

3  At  last  I  own  it  cannot  be 
That  I  should  fit  myself  for  thee : 
Here,  then,  to  thee  I  all  resign ; 
Thine  is  the  work,  and  only  thine. 

4  What  shall  I  say  thy  grace  to  move? 
Lord,  I  am  sin — but  thou  art  love : 

I  give  up  every  plea  beside — 
Lord,  I  am  lost — but  thou  hast  died. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


Text :  "  But  the  Scripture  hath  concluded  all  un- 
der sin,  that  the  promise  by  faith  of  Jesus  Christ 
might  be  given  to  them  that  believe."  Gal.  iii,  22. 

Composed  of  stanzas  one,  two,  ten,  and  twelve, 
of  a  hymn  of  thirteen  verses. 

In  the  third  line  of  the  second  stanza  the  author 
wrote  " FaWn^  instead  of  "Dark;"  in  the 
fourth  line,  '•''cursed  instead  of  "lost;"  and  in 
the  last  line  of  the  hy  mn,  "  Lord,  I  am  damnedf  etc. 

This  author  sometimes  used  strong  language  as 
one  of  the  omitted  stanzas,  the  fifth,  will  illustrate: 

"Awake,  the  woman's  conquering  Seed, 
Awake,  and  bruise  the  serpent's  head ! 
Tread  down  thy  foes,  with  power  control 
The  beast  and  devil  in  my  soul." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


O  y  O  Just  as  1  am.  L.  M. 

JUST  as  I  am,  without  one  plea, 
But  that  thy  blood  was  shed  for  me, 
And  that  thou  bidd'st  me  come  to  thee, 
O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come !  I  come ! 

2  Just  as  I  am,  and  waiting  not 
To  rid  my  soul  of  one  dark  blot, 

To  thee  whose  blood  can  cleanse  each  spot, 
O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come !  I  come ! 

3  Just  as  I  am,  though  tossed  about 
With  many  a  conflict,  many  a  doubt, 
Fightings  within,  and  fears  without, 
O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come !  I  come ! 

4  Just  as  I  am — poor,  wretched,  blind; 
Sight,  riches,  healing  of  the  mind, 
Yea,  all  I  need,  in  thee  to  find, 

O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come !  I  come ! 

5  Just  as  I  am — thou  wilt  receive, 
Wilt  welcome,  pardon,  cleanse,  relieve; 
Because  thy  promise  I  believe, 

O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come!  I  come! 

6  Just  as  I  am — thy  love  unknown 
Hath  broken  every  barrier  down ; 
Now,  to  be  thine,  yea,  thine  alone, 
O  Lamb  of  God,  I  come !  I  come ! 

CHAKLOTTE  ELLIOTT. 

Text :  "  Him  that  cometh  to  me  I  will  in  no 
wise  cast  out."  John  vi,  37. 

The  last  line  of  each  stanza  in  the  original  is : 

"  0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come !  " 

The  second  line  of  the  sixth  stanza  begins,  "  Has 
broken,"  etc. 

This  favorite  hymn  was  contributed  to  The  In- 
valid's Hymn  Booh.  Dublin,  second  edition,  1841. 


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Thefollowingadditional  stanza  is  frequently  found 
with  the  hymn.  It  was  doubtless  written  by  Miss 
Elliott,  but  it  was  not  a  part  of  the  hymn  as  printed 
in  the  above  edition  of  The  Invalid' 's  Hymn  Book : 

"  Just  as  I  am,  of  that  free  love, 

The  breadth,  length,  depth,  and  height  to  prove, 

Here  for  a  season,  then  above, 

0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come." 

The  Eev.  H.  V.  Elliott,  brother  of  the  authoress, 
said,  with  reference  to  this  hymn :  "  In  the  course 
of  a  long  ministry  I  hope  1  have  been  permitted  to 
see  some  fruit  of  my  labors,  but  I  feel  that  far  more 
has  been  done  by  a  single  hymn  of  my  sister's." 

The  hymn  was  written  after  Miss  Elliott  had  be- 
come a  permanent  invalid.  It  fyas  been  translated 
into  other  tongues,  and  sung  around  the  world. 

See  No.  363. 


394 


Dawning  hope. 


L.  M. 


MY  soul  before  Thee  prostrate  lies ; 
To  thee,  her  Source,  my  spirit  flies ; 
My  wants  I  mourn,  my  chains  I  see ; 
O  let  thy  presence  set  me  free. 

2  Jesus,  vouchsafe  my  heart  and  will 
With  thy  meek  lowliness  to  fill ; 

No  more  her  power  let  nature  boast, 
But  in  thy  will  may  mine  be  lost. 

3  Already  springing  hope  I  feel, 
God  will  destroy  the  power  of  hell, 
And,  from  a  land  of  wars  and  pain, 
Lead  me  where  peace  and  safety  reign. 

4  One  only  care  my  soul  shall  know, 
Father,  all  thy  commands  to  do; 

And  feel,  what  endless  years  shall  prove, 
That  thou,  my  Lord,  my  God,  art  love. 

C.  F.  RICHTER. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title:  Hoping  for  Grace.  Charles- Town  Col- 
lection, 1737. 

The  translation  from  the  German  contains  eleven 
stanzas,  and  was  published  in  Hymns  and  Sacred 
Poems,  1739. 

This  is  made  up  of  the  stanzas  one,  three,  eight, 
the  first  couplet  of  nine,  and  the  last  couplet  of 
eleven. 

The  original  of  the  last  couplet  of  verse  three 
was: 

"  God,  from  the  land  of  wars  and  pain, 
Leads  me  where  peace  and  safety  reign." 

Christian  Friedrich  Eichter,  a  doctor  of  medicine 
and  also  of  divinity,  was  born  in  1676.  After 
graduating  at  Halle,  he  was  for  many  years  medical 
attendant  at  Francke's  celebrated  Orphan-House. 
He  was  the  author  of  a  number  of  excellent  hymns, 
several  of  which  have  been  translated. 


395  Only  Je  sus.  L.  M. 

WHEN,  gracious  Lord,  when  shall  it  be 
That  I  shall  find  my  all  in  thee? 
The  fullness  of  thy  promise  prove, 
The  seal  of  thine  eternal  love? 

2  A  poor  blind  child  I  wander  here, 
If  haply  I  may  feel  thee  near : 

0  dark !  dark !  dark !  I  still  must  say, 
Amidst  the  blaze  of  gospel  day. 

3  Thee,  only  thee,  I  fain  would  find, 
And  cast  the  world  and  flesh  behind ; 
Thou,  only  thou,  to  me  be  given, 

Of  all  thou  hast  in  earth  or  heaven. 

4  When  from  the  arm  of  flesh  set  free, 
Jesus,  my  soul  shall  fly  to  thee : 
Jesus,  when  I  have  lost  my  all, 

1  shall  upon  thy  bosom  fall. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  a  poem  of  thirteen  stanzas,  entitled  "  Come, 
Lord  Jesus."  This  hymn  is  composed  of  the  first 
three  and  the  ninth  stanzas. 

The  first  line  Charles  Wesley  wrote : 

"  When,  dearest  Lord,"  etc. 

John  Wesley,  as  was  his  custom,  changed  it.  He 
would  not  allow  such  familiar  terms  in  speaking  of 
the  King  Eternal. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


L.  M. 


396  Stubbornness  of  heart. 

OFOR  a  glance  of  heavenly  day, 
To  take  this  stubborn  heart  away, 
And  thaw,  with  beams  of  love  divine, 
This  heart,  this  frozen  heart  of  mine ! 

2  The  rocks  can  rend ;  the  earth  can  quake ; 
The  seas  can  roar ;  the  mountains  shake : 
Of  feeling,  all  things  show  some  sign, 

But  this  unfeeling  heart  of  mine. 

3  To  hear  the  sorrows  thou  hast  felt, 
O  Lord,  an  adamant  would  melt: 
But  I  can  read  each  moving  line, 
And  nothing  moves  this  heart  of  mine. 

4  Thy  judgments,  too,  which  devils  fear — 
Amazing  thought ! — unmoved  I  hear ; 
Goodness  and  wrath  in  vain  combine 

To  stir  this  stupid  heart  of  mine. 

5  But  power  divine  can  do  the  deed ; 
And,  Lord,  that  power  I  greatly  need; 
Thy  Spirit  can  from  dross  refine, 

And  melt  and  change  this  heart  of  mine. 

JOSEPH  HART. 


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The  author's  title  is :  The  Stony  Heart. 
From  the  Supplement  of  Barfs  Hymns,  1762, 
This  is  a  highly  poetic  and  valuable  hymn.  The 
last  stanza  has  been  improved.    Hart  wrote : 

"But  something  yet  can  do  the  deed, 
And  that  dear  something  much  I  need ; 
Thy  Spirit  can  from  dross  refine, 
And  move  and  melt  this  heart  of  mine." 

For  biography,  see  No.  29. 

397  Only  by  faith.  L.  M. 

LORD,  I  despair  myself  to  heal ; 
I  see  my  sin,  but  cannot  feel ; 

1  cannot,  till  thy  Spirit  blow, 
And  bid  the  obedient  waters  flow. 

2  'Tis  thine  a  heart  of  flesh  to  give ; 
Thy  gifts  I  only  can  receive ; 
Here,  then,  to  thee  I  all  resign ; 

To  draw,  redeem,  and  seal,  are  thine. 

3  With  simple  faith,  on  thee  I  call, 
My  Light,  my  Life,  my  Lord,  my  All : 
I  wait  the  moving  of  the  pool ; 

I  wait  the  word  that  speaks  me  whole. 

4  Speak,  gracious  Lord,  my  sickness  cure, 
Make  my  infected  nature  pure ; 

Peace,  righteousness,  and  joy  impart, 
And  pour  thyself  into  my  heart. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Text:  "  Looking  unto  Jesus  the  author  and  fin- 
isher of  our  faith."    Heb.  xii,  2. 

The  first  two  stanzas  are  left  out : 

1  "  Weary  of  struggling  with  my  pain, 
Hopeless  to  burst  my  nature's  chain, 
Hardly  I  give  the  contest  o'er, 

1  seek  to  free  myself  no  more. 

2  "  From  my  own  works  at  last  I  cease, 
God  that  creates  must  seal  my  peace ; 
Fruitless  my  toil  and  vain  my  care, 
And  all  my  fitness  is  despair. 

The  author  wrote  "  is  "  instead  of  "  are  "  in  verse 
two,  line  four ;  and  "  to  "  instead  of  "  on  "  in  verse 
three,  line  one. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


398  The  kind  Physician.  L,  M. 

JESUS,  thy  far-extended  fame 
My  drooping  soul  exults  to  hear ; 
Thy  name,  thy  all-restoring  name, 
Is  music  in  a  sinner's  ear. 

2  Sinners  of  old  thou  didst  receive 
With  comfortable  words,  and  kind ; 

Their  sorrows  cheer,  their  wants  relieve, 
Heal  the  diseased,  and  cure  the  blind. 


3  And  art  thou  not  the  Saviour  still, 
In  every  place  and  age  the  same? 

Hast  thou  forgot  thy  gracious  skill, 
Or  lost  the  virtue  of  thy  name? 

4  Faith  in  thy  changeless  name  I  have : 
The  good,  the  kind  Physician,  thou 

Art  able  now  our  souls  to  save, 
Art  willing  to  restore  them  now. 

5  All  my  disease,  my  every  sin, 
To  thee,  O  Jesus,  I  confess : 

In  pardon,  Lord,  my  cure  begin, 
And  perfect  it  in  holiness. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Scripture  basis:  u  Jesus  Christ  the  same  yester- 
day, and  to-day,  and  forever."    Heb.  xiii,  8. 

The  original  contains  twelve  stanzas.  These  are 
verses  one,  three,  five,  six,  and  eleven. 

The  first  part  of  the  last  stanza  has  been  changed. 
Wesley  wrote : 

"My  sore  disease,  my  desperate  sin, 
To  thee  1  mournfully  confess." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  in  two  volumes, 
by  Charles  Wesley.    Bristol,  1749. 


FIRST  PART. 

399         Restore  my  peace.  L.  M. 

AND  wilt  Thou  yet  be  found, 
And  may  I  still  draw  near? 
Then  listen  to  the  plaintive  sound 
Of  a  poor  sinner's  prayer. 

2  Jesus,  thine  aid  afford, 

If  still  the  same  thou  art : 
To  thee  I  look,  to  thee,  my  Lord, 
I  lift  my  helpless  heart. 

3  Thou  seest  my  troubled  breast, 
The  struggling^  of  my  will, 

The  foes  that  interrupt  my  rest, 
The  agonies  I  feel. 

4  O  my  offended  Lord, 
Restore  my  inward  peace ; 

I  know  thou  canst :  pronounce  the  word, 
And  bid  the  tempest  cease. 

5  I  long  to  see  thy  face : 
Thy  Spirit  I  implore — 

The  living  water  of  thy  grace, 
That  I  may  thirst  no  more. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  The  Resignation. 

Twenty-two  stanzas.  These  are  the  first  three, 
the  sixth,  and  eighth,  unaltered. 


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Omitted  Stanzas. 

4  "  The  daily  death  I  prove, 
Saviour,  to  Thee  is  known : 

'Tis  worse  than  death  my  God  to  love, 
And  not  my  God  alone. 

5  u  My  peevish  passions  chide, 
Who  only  canst  control, 

Canst  turn  the  stream  of  nature's  tide, 
And  calm  my  troubled  soul. 

7  "  Abate  the  purging  fire, 
And  draw  me  to  my  good  ; 

Allay  the  fever  of  desire 
By  sprinkling  me  with  blood." 


second  part. 
400    Yearning  for  deliverance.       S.  M. 

WHEN  shall  Thy  love  constrain, 
And  force  me  to  thy  breast? 
When  shall  my  soul  return  again 
To  her  eternal  rest? 

2  Ah!  what  avails  my  strife, 
My  wandering  to  and  fro? 

Thou  hast  the  words  of  endless  life : 
Ah !  whither  should  I  go  ? 

3  Thy  condescending  grace 
To  me  did  freely  move ; 

It  calls  me  still  to  seek  thy  face, 
And  stoops  to  ask  my  love. 

4  Lord,  at  thy  feet  I  fall ; 
I  groan  to  be  set  free ; 

I  fain  would  now  obey  the  call, 
And  give  up  all  for  thee. 

CHAKLES  WESLEY. 

These  are  stanzas  nine  to  twelve  of  the  same 
hymn,  verbatim. 

13  "To  rescue  me  from  woe, 
Thou  didst  with  all  things  part ; 

Didst  lead  a  suffering  life  below, 
To  gain  my  worthless  heart." 


third  part. 
40  X  The  surrender. 

AND  can  I  yet  delay 
My  little  all  to  give? 
To  tear  my  soul  from  earth  away 
For  Jesus  to  receive. 

2  Nay,  but  I  yield,  I  yield ; 

I  can  hold  out  no  more : 
I  sink,  by  dying  love  compelled, 

And  own  thee  conqueror. 


S.  M. 


3  Though  late,  I  all  forsake ; 
My  friends,  my  all,  resign: 

Gracious  Redeemer,  take,  O  take, 
And  seal  me  ever  thine. 

4  Come,  and  possess  me  whole, 
Nor  hence  again  remove ; 

Settle  and  fix  my  wavering  soul 
With  all  thy  w  eight  of  love. 

5  My  one  desire  be  this, 
Thy  only  love  to  know; 

To  seek  and  taste  no  other  bliss,, 
No  other  good  below. 

6  My  life,  my  portion  thou; 
Thou  all-sufficient  art: 

My  hope,  my  heavenly  treasure,  now 
Enter,  and  keep  my  heart. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  following  stanza,  the  fourteenth  of  the  poem, 
throws  light  upon  the  first  verse  of  this  valuable 
hymn : 

14  "  My  worthless  heart  to  gain, 
The  God  of  all  that  breathe, 

Was  found  in  fashion  as  a  man, 
And  died  a  cursed  death. 

'"''And  can  I  yet  delay,"  etc. 

No.  401  is  composed  of  verses  fifteen  to  twenty, 
inclusive.    There  are  two  more  stanzas : 

21  "  Eather  than  let  it  burn 

For  earth,  O,  quench  its  heat ; 
Then,  when  it  would  to  earth  return, 
0,  let  it  cease  to  beat. 

22  "  Snatch  me  from  ill  to  come ; 
When  I  from  Thee  would  fly, 

O,  take  my  wandering  spirit  home, 
And  grant  me  then  to  die." 

Unaltered  from  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


S.  M. 


402     To  ivhom  shall  I  go  ? 

AH !  whither  should  I  go, 
Burdened,  and  sick,  and  faint? 
To  whom  should  I  my  trouble  show 
And  pour  out  my  complaint? 

2  My  Saviour  bids  me  come; 
Ah!  why  do  I  delay? 

He  calls  the  weary  sinner  home, 
And  yet  from  him  I  stay. 

3  What  is  it  keeps  me  back, 
From  which  I  cannot  part, 

Which  will  not  let  the  Saviour  take 
Possession  of  my  heart? 


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4  Searcher  of  hearts,  in  mine 
Thy  trying  power  display; 

Into  its  darkest  corners  shine, 
And  take  the  veil  away. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Text:  "God  will  have  all  men  to  be  saved." 
i  Tim.  ii,  4. 

The  hymn  consists  of  sixteen  double  stanzas. 
This  is  made  up  of  the  first,  the  first  half  of  the  second, 
and  the  last  half  of  the  third.  The  poet's  idea  can 
be  better  seen  by  reading  the  omitted  lines : 

"  Some  cursed  thing  unknown 

Must  surely  lurk  within, 
Some  idol  which  I  will  not  own, 

Some  secret  bosom  sin. 

"  Jesu,  the  hindrance  show, 

Which  I  have  feared  to  see ; 
Yet  let  me  now  consent  to  know, 

What  keeps  me  out  of  Thee." 

The  only  change  is  in  verse  one,  line  four.  The 
author  wrote  "  Or  pour  "  instead  of  "  And  pour." 
From  Hymns  on  God's  Everlasting  Love,  1741. 


403         Out  of  the  depths.  S.  M. 

OUT  of  the  depths  of  woe, 
To  thee,  O  Lord,  I  cry : 
Darkness  surrounds  me,  but  I  know 
That  thou  art  ever  nigh. 

2  Humbly  on  thee  I  wait, 
Confessing  all  my  sin; 

Lord,  I  am  knocking  at  the  gate ; 
Open,  and  take  me  in. 

3  O  hearken  to  my  voice, 
Give  ear  to  my  complaint; 

Thou  bidd'st  the  mourning  soul  rejoice, 
Thou  comfort  est  the  faint. 

4  Glory  to  God  above, 

The  waters  soon  will  cease! 
For,  lo !  the  swift-returning  dove 
Brings  home  the  sign  of  peace. 

5  Though  storms  his  face  obscure, 
And  dangers  threaten  loud, 

Jehovah's  covenant  is  sure, 
His  bow  is  in  the  cloud. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title :  Fervent  Supplication. 
It  is  founded  on  Psalm  cxxx : 

"Out  of  the  depths  have  I  cried  unto  thee,  0 
Lord.  Lord,  hear  my  voice  :  let  thine  ears  be  at- 
tentive to  the  voice  of  my  supplications.  If  thou, 
Lord,  shouldest  mark  iniquities,  O  Lord,  who  shall 
stand  I    But  there  is  forgiveness  with  thee,  that 


thou  mayest  be  feared.  I  wait  for  the  Lord,  my 
soul  doth  wait,  and  in  his  word  do  1  hope.  My 
soul  waiteth  for  the  Lord  more  than  they  that  watch 
for  the  morning :  I  say,  more  than  they  that  watch 
for  the  morning.  Let  Israel  hope  in  the  Lord  :  for 
with  the  Lord  there  is  mercy,  and  with  him  is 
plenteous  redemption.  And  he  shall  redeem  Israel 
from  all  his  iniquities." 

The  original  contains  eight  stanzas.  These  are  the 
first,  fourth,  second,  seventh,  and  eighth,  unaltered, 
except  verse  three,  line  one,  which  begins : 

"  Then  hearken  to  my  voice." 
From  Songs  of  Zion,  1822. 


404        For  a  broken  heart.  S.  M. 

OTHAT  I  could  repent, 
With  all  my  idols  part, 
And  to  thy  gracious  eye  present 
A  humble,  contrite  heart ! 

2  A  heart  with  grief  oppressed, 
For  having  grieved  my  God ; 

A  troubled  heart,  that  cannot  rest 
Till  sprinkled  with  thy  blood. 

3  Jesus,  on  me  bestow 
The  penitent  desire; 

"With  true  sincerity  of  woe 
My  aching  breast  inspire. 

4  With  softening  pity  look, 
And  melt  my  hardness  down : 

Strike  with  thy  love's  resistless  stroke, 
And  break  this  heart  of  stone. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  vol.  i  of  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and 
Sacred  Poems,  1749. 

There  are  thirty-seven  hymns  with  this  title: 
For  One  Fallen  from  Grace. 

Backsliding  is  no  new  thing.  This  hymn  is  the 
first  half  of  No.  28  of  these  hymns.  The  author 
wrote  " effectual^  instead  of  "resistless"  in  verse 
four,  line  three.  It  is  well  adanted  to  the  purpose 
for  which  it  was  written. 


4:05      The  Son  of  God  in  tears. 

DID  Christ  o'er  sinners  weep, 
And  shall  our  cheeks  be  dry? 
Let  floods  of  penitential  grief 
'Burst  forth  from  ever3r  eye. 

2  The  Son  of  God  in  tears 
The  wondering  angels  see ! 

Be  thou  astonished,  O  my  soul; 
He  shed  those  tears  for  thee. 


S.  M. 


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3  He  wept  that  we  might  weep; 

Each  sin  demands  a  tear: 
In  heaven  alone  no  sin  is  found, 

And  there's  no  weeping  there. 

BENJAMIN  BEDDOME. 

Title :  Before  Sermon. 

Text :  "  He  beheld  the  city,  and  wept  over  it." 
Luke  xix,  41. 

The  second  line  of  the  second  stanza,  the  author 
wrote : 

"  Angels  with  wonder  see." 

"Written  for  and  publ  ished  in  Rippon's  Selection, 
in  1787. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  285. 


Unwearied  earnestness. 


C.  M. 


406 

FATHER,  I  stretch  my  hands  to  thee ; 
No  other  help  I  know : 
If  thou  withdraw  thyself  from  me, 
Ah!  whither  shall  I  go? 

2  What  did  thine  only  Son  endure, 
Before  I  drew  my  breath ! 

What  pain,  what  labor,  to  secure 
My  soul  from  endless  death ! 

3  O  Jesus,  could  I  this  believe, 
I  now  should  feel  thy  power; 

And  all  my  wants  thou  would st  relieve, 
In  this  accepted  hour. 

4  Author  of  faith  !  to  thee  I  lift 
My  weary,  longing  eyes: 

O  let  me  now  receive  that  gift ; 
My  soul  without  it  dies. 

5  Surely  thou  canst  not  let  me  die ; 
O  speak,  and  I  shall  live ; 

And  here  I  will  unwearied  lie, 
Till  thou  thy  Spirit  give. 

6  How  would  my  fainting  soul  rejoice 
Could  I  but  see  thy  face ! 

Now  let  me  hear  thy  quickening  voice, 
And  taste  thy  pardoning  grace. 

CHARLES  WESLEY.  (?) 
Title :  A  Prayer  for  Faith. 

There  is  some  doubt  about  the  authorship  of  this 
hymn.  In  the  new  Wesley  an  Collection  it  is 
marked  "  unknown."  The  most  that  can  be  said 
is,  that  it  may  be  Wesley's.  It  is  found  in  A  Col- 
lection of  Psalms  and  Hymns,  published  by  John 
Wesley  in  1741.  It  was  evidently  modeled  after 
Psalm  cxliii,  6-11. 

A  few  lines  have  been  changed. 

11 


Original. 
Verse  three,  line  three : 

"  Now,  my  poor  soul,  Thou  wouldst  retrieve." 
Verse  three,  line  four : 

"  Nor  let  me  wait  one  hour." 

Verse  six,  lines  one,  two,  and  three : 

" The  worst-  of  sinners  would  rejoice, 

Could  they  but  see  Thy  face, 
0  let  me  hear  Thy  quickening  voice." 


407    Earnest  desire  for  pardon.       C.  M. 

OTHAT  I  could  my  Lord  receive, 
Who  did  the  world  redeem ; 
Who  gave  his  life  that  I  might  live 
A  life  concealed  in  him! 

2  O  that  I  could  the  blessing  prove, 
My  heart's  extreme  desire ; 

Live  happy  in  my  Saviour's  love, 
And  in  his  arms  expire ! 

3  Mercy  I  ask  to  seal  my  peace, 
That,  kept  by  mercy's  power, 

I  may  from  every  evil  cease, 
And  never  grieve  thee  more. 

4  Now,  if  thy  gracious  will  it  be, 
E'en  now  my  sins  remove, 

And  set  my  soul  at  liberty 
By  thy  victorious  love. 

5  In  answer  to  a  thousand  prayers, 
Thou  pardoning  God,  descend; 

Number  me  with  salvation's  heirs, 
My  sins  and  troubles  end. 

6  Nothing  I  ask  or  want  beside, 
Of  all  in  earth  or  heaven, 

But  let  me  feel  thy  blood  applied, 
And  live  and  die  forgiven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  for  the  Use  of 
Families,  1767. 

The  Eev.  Henry  Moore,  in  his  Life  of  Wesley, 
says :  "  Numberless  examples  might  be  given  of  the 
genius  and  taste  of  the  Eev.  Charles  Wesley  :  but, 
however  unfashionable  it  may  appear,  I  cannot  but 
give  the  palm  to  his  Family  Hymn  Book." 

One  double  stanza,  the  second,  has  been  omitted : 

2  "Jesus,  Thou  all-atoning  Lamb, 

How  shall  I  plead  with  Thee? 
If  graven  on  Thy  hands  I  am, 

For  good  remember  me : 
If  still  Thou  dost  my  tokens  bear, 

Thy  love  to  me  reveal, 
And  listening  to  a  sinner's  prayer, 

My  present  pardon  seal." 


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Original  Lines. 
Vei3t  "ux,  line  two : 

"  Of  all  in  earth  and  heaven," 

Verse  six,  line  four : 

"  Let  me  but  die  forgiven." 


408  Reposing  on  Christ.  CM. 

WE  sinners,  Lord,  with  earnest  heart, 
With  sighs  and  prayers  and  tears, 
To  thee  our  inmost  cares  impart. 
Our  burdens  and  our  fears. 

2  Thy  sovereign  grace  can  give  relief, 
Thou  Source  of  peace  and  light ! 

Dispel  the  gloomy  cloud  of  grief, 
And  make  our  darkness  bright. 

3  Around  thy  Father's  throne  on  high, 
All  heaven  thy  glory  sings ; 

And  earth,  for  which  thou  cam'st  to  die, 
Loud  with  thy  praises  rings. 

4  Dear  Lord,  to  thee  our  prayers  ascend ; 
Our  eyes  thy  face  would  see : 

O  let  our  weary  wanderings  end, 
Our  spirits  rest  in  thee ! 

BERNARD  OF  CLAIRVAUX. 
TR.  BY  ROBINSON  P.  DUNN. 

Title  :  Jesu  decus  angelicum. 
These  stanzas  have  not  been  altered,  but  the  first 
two  verses  of  the  translation  are  omitted  : 

1  "  Jesus,  whose  name  the  angel  hosts 
Unceasing  praise  above, 

Not  all  the  joys  our  being  boasts, 
Can  move  us  like  thy  love." 

2  "  To  thee,  our  fainting  spirits  cry, 
When  wilt  thou  show  thy  face? 

Oh,  when  our  longings  satisfy, 
And  fill  us  with  thy  grace?  " 

The  Eev.  Eobinson  Potter  Dunn  was  born  in 
Newport,  E.  I.,  in  1825  ;  he  was  converted  in  early 
life,  and  joined  the  Congregational  Church  when 
seventeen  years  of  age.  He  entered  Brown  Univer- 
sity in  1839,  and  subsequently  studied  theology  at 
Princeton,  graduating  in  1848.  In  the  same  year 
he  was  ordained  pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  church 
at  Camden,  N.  J.  In  1851  he  was  elected  Profess- 
or of  Ehetoric  and  English  Literature  at  Brown 
University,  which  position  he  held  until  his  death, 
in  1867. 

From  a  Memorial  Volume,  edited  by  the  Eev.  S. 
L.  Caldwell,  D.D.    Sabbath  Hymn  Book,  1858. 


409  I  would  be  Thine.  CM. 

I WOULD  be  thine :  O  take  my  heart 
And  fill  it  with  thy  love ; 
Thy  sacred  image,  Lord,  impart, 
And  seal  it  from  above. 


2  I  would  be  thine ;  but  while  I  strive 

To  give  myself  away, 
I  feel  rebellion  still  alive, 
And  wander  while  I  pray. 

3  I  would  be  thine ;  but,  Lord,  I  feel 
Evil  still  lurks  within : 

Do  thou  thy  majesty  reveal, 
And  banish  all  my  sin. 

4  I  would  be  thine ;  I  would  embrace 
The  Saviour,  and  adore ; 

Inspire  with  faith,  infuse  thy  grace, 
And  now  my  soul  restore. 

ELIZABETH  H.  REED,  ALT. 

Author's  title  :  Christian  Desires. 
Verses  three  and  four  have  been  changed : 

Original  Form. 

3  "  I  would  be  thine,  but  oh  !  I  feel 
Such  evil  lurk  within  : 

Do  thou  thy  majesty  reveal, 
And  overcome  my  sin. 

4  "  I  would  be  thine  :  I  would  embrace 
The  Saviour,  and  adore ; 

0  grant  me  faith,  and  larger  grace 
To  love  thee  more  and  more. 

From  The  Hymn  Book,  Prepared  from  Dr.  Wattes 
Psalms  and  Hymns  and  Other  Authors,  With  some 
Originals,  by  Andrew  Eeed,  D.D.  London,  1842. 

The  Hymnal  attributes  this  hymn  to  Andrew 
Eeed.  In  the  book  which  he  edited  it  is  marked 
"  Original."  English  hymnologists  give  it,  and 
some  twenty  others,  to  his  wife,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Holmes  Eeed,  (1794-1867.) 


4:10        Sincere  contrition.  CM. 

OFOR  that  tenderness  of  heart 
Which  bows  before  the  Lord, 
Acknowledging  how  just  thou  art, 

And  trembling  at  thy  word ! 
O  for  those  humble,  contrite  tears, 

Which  from  repentance  flow ; 
That  consciousness  of  guilt,  which  fears 
The  long-suspended  blow ! 

2  Saviour,  to  me,  in  pity,  give 

The  sensible  distress ; 
The  pledge  thou  wilt  at  last  receive 

And  bid  me  die  in  peace : 
Wilt  from  the  dreadful  day  remove, 

Before  the  evil  come ; 
My  spirit  hide  with  saints  above, 

My  body  in  the  tomb. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


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Scripture  text,  2  Kings  xxii,  19,  20  : 

"Because  thine  heart  was  tender,  and  thou  hast 
humbled  thyself  before  the  Lord,  when  thou  heard- 
est  what  I  spake  against  this  place,  and  against  the 
inhabitants  thereof,  that  they  should  become  a  des- 
olation and  a  curse,  and  hast  rent  thy  clothes,  and 
wept  before  me ;  I  also  have  heard  thee,  saith  the 
Lord.  Behold  therefore,  I  will  gather  thee  unto 
thy  fathers,  and  thou  shalt  be  gathered  into  thy 
grave  in  peace  ;  and  thine  eyes  shall  not  see  all  the 
evil  which  I  will  bring  upon  this  place.  And  they 
brought  the  king  word  again." 

The  author  .wrote  "Acknowledges"  instead  of 
"Acknowledging"  in  verse  one,  line  three;  and 
"trembles1''  instead  of  "trembling"  in  verse  one, 
line  four. 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Scripture  Hymns,  1762. 


4X1    The  Sun  of  righteousness.       C.  M. 

OSUN  of  righteousness,  arise 
With  healing  in  thy  wing ; 
To  my  diseased,  my  fainting  soul, 
Life  and  salvation  bring. 

2  These  clouds  of  pride  and  sin  dispel^ 
By  thy  all-piercing  beam ; 

Lighten  mine  eyes  with  faith ;  my  heart 
With  holy  hope  inflame. 

3  My  mind,  by  thy  all-quickening  power, 
From  low  desires  set  free ; 

Unite  my  scattered  thoughts,  and  fix 
My  love  entire  on  thee. 

4  Father,  thy  long-lost  son  receive ; 
Saviour,  thy  purchase  own; 

Blest  Comforter,  with  peace  and  joy 
Thy  new-made  creature  crown. 

5  Eternal,  undivided  Lord, 
Co-equal  One  in  Three, 

On  thee  all  faith,  all  hope  be  placed ; 
All  love  be  paid  to  thee. 

JOHN  WESLEY.  (?) 

Title :  A  Prayer  for  the  Light  of  Life. 

We  know  of  no  positive  proof  that  John  Wesley 
wrote  this  hymn.  In  the  new  Wesley  an  Collection 
it  is  marked  "unknown."  It  is  found  in  A  Collec- 
tion of  Tsalms  and  Hymns,  published  by  John 
Wesley  in  1741. 

It  has  not  been  altered. 


Timely  penitence.  CM. 

WHEN  rising  from  the  bed  of  death, 
O'erwhelmed  with  guilt  and  fear, 
I  view  my  Maker  face  to  face, 
O  how  shall  I  appear? 


2  If  yet,  while  pardon  may  be  found, 
And  mercy  may  be  sought, 

My  soul  with  inward  horror  shrinks, 
And  trembles  at  the  thought, — 

3  When  thou,  O  Lord,  shalt  stand  disclosed 
In  majesty  severe, 

And  sit  in  judgment  on  my  soul; 
O  how  shall  I  appear? 

4  O  may  my  broken,  contrite  heart, 
Timely  my  sins  lament ; 

And  early,  with  repentant  tears, 
Eternal  woe  prevent. 

5  Behold  the  sorrows  of  my  heart, 
Ere  yet  it  be  too  late ; 

And  hear  my  Saviour's  dying  groan, 
To  give  those  sorrows  weight. 

6  For  never  shall  my  soul  despair 
Her  pardon  to  secure, 

Who  knows  thine  only  Son  hath  died 
To  make  that  pardon  sure. 

JOSEPH  ADDISON,  ALT. 

This  was  first  published  in  The  Spectator,  No. 
513.  1712. 

In  the  third  line  of  the  second  stanza  the  author 
wrote  "  mind  "  instead  of  "  soul ; "  and  in  the  first 
line  of  the  fifth,  "  See  then  the  sorrows,"  etc. 

The  fourth  stanza  has  been  considerably  altered. 
It  was : 

4  "  But  Thou  hast  told  the  troubled  mind 

Who  does  her  sins  lament, 
The  timely  tribute  of  her  tears, 

Shall  endless  woe  prevent." 

In  the  Spectator  the  author  claims  that  the  very 
best  of  men  need  the  meditation  and  pardon  of 
Christ.  He  says  :  "  Let  a  man's  innocence  be  what 
it  will  ;  let  his  virtues  rise  to  the  highest  pitch  of 
perfection  attainable  in  this  life,  there  will  be  still 
in  him  so  many  secret  sins — so  many  human  frail- 
ties— so  many  offenses  of  ignorance,  passion,  and 
prejudice — so  many  unguarded  words  and  thoughts 
— and  in  short,  so  many  defects  in  his  best  actions, 
that,  without  the  advantages  of  such  an  expiation 
and  atonement  as  Christianity  has  revealed  to  us,  it 
is  impossible  that  he  should  be  cleared  before  his 
Sovereign  Judge,  or  that  he  should  be  able  to  stand 
in  his  sight." 


413        All  things  possible  to  God.  CM. 

OTHAT  Thou  wouldst  the  heavens  rend, 
In  majesty  come  down, 
Stretch  out  thine  arm  omnipotent, 
And  seize  me  for  thine  own ! 

2  Thou  my  impetuous  spirit  guide, 
And  curb  my  headstrong  will ; 

Thou  only  canst  drive  back  the  tide, 
And  bid  the  sun  stand  still. 


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3  What  though  I  cannot  break  my  chain, 
Or  e'er  throw  off  my  load? 

The  things  impossible  to  men 
Are  possible  to  God. 

4  Thou  canst  o'ercome  this  heart  of  mine, 
Thou  wilt  victorious  prove ; 

For  everlasting  strength  is  thine, 
And  everlasting  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  A  Prayer  Against  the  Power  of  Sin. 

Seventeen  stanzas.  These  are  verses  one,  three, 
four,  and  thirteen,  unaltered.  They  make  a  fine 
hymn.  The  last  two  stanzas  of  the  original  are 
somewhat  remarkable : 

16  "  Speak,  and  the  deaf  shall  hear  Thy  voice, 
The  blind  his  sight  receive, 

The  dumb  in  songs  of  praise  rejoice, 
The  heart  of  stone  believe. 

17  "  The  Ethiop  then  shall  change  his  skin, 
The  dead  shall  feel  Thy  power, 

The  loathsome  leper  shall  be  clean, 
And  1  shall  sin  no  more." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


414         The  prodigaVs  return.  CM. 

THE  prodigal,  with  streaming  eyes, 
From  folly  just  awake, 
Reviews  his  wanderings  with  surprise ; 
His  heart  begins  to  break. 

2  "I  starve,"  he  cries,  "  nor  can  I  bear 
The  famine  in  this  land, 

While  servants  of  my  Father  share 
The  bounty  of  his  hand. 

3  i  1  With  deep  repentance  I'll  return, 
And  seek  my  Father's  face  ; 

Unworthy  to  be  called  a  son, 
I'll  ask  a  servant's  place." 

4  Far  off  the  Father  saw  him  move, 
In  pensive  silence  mourn, 

And  quickly  ran,  with  arms  of  love, 
To  welcome  his  return. 

5  Through  all  the  courts  the  tidings  flew, 
And  spread  the  joy  around ; 

The  angels  tuned  their  harps  anew, — 


The  long-lost  son  is  found ! 


UNKNOWN. 


This  is  nearly  the  same  as  No.  369  in  Village 
Hymns,  1824  ;  but  that  was  based  on  No.  247,  part 
iii,  in  The  Hartford  Selection,  1799. 

In  many  editions  of  the  Hymnal  it  has  been  at- 
tributed to  Mrs.  Sigourney,  but  the  author  is  un- 
known. 


415  Rock  of  ages.  7,6  1. 

ROCK  of  ages,  cleft  for  me, 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee ; 
Let  the  water  and  the  blood, 
From  thy  wounded  side  which  flowed, 
Be  of  sin  the  double  cure, 
Save  from  wrath  and  make  me  pure. 

2  Could  my  tears  forever  flow, 
Could  my  zeal  no  languor  know, 
These  for  sin  could  not  atone; 
Thou  must  save,  and  thou  alone : 
In  my  hand  no  price  I  bring; 
Simply  to  thy  cross  I  cling. 

3  While  I  draw  this  fleeting  breath, 
When  my  eyes  shall  close  in  death, 
When  I  rise  to  worlds  unknown, 
And  behold  thee  on  thy  throne, 
Rock  of  ages,  cleft  for  me, 

Let  me  hide  myself  in  thee. 

AUGUSTUS  M.  TOPLADY,  ALT. 

This  grand  and  favorite  hymn  cannot  be  correctly 
understood,  so  long  as  it  is  divorced  from  its  original 
title,  A  living  and  dying  Prayer,  for  the  Holiest 
Believer  in  the  World. 

The  author's  main  thought  is,  the  holiest  man 
must  say  in  his  prayer : 

"  Thou  must  save,  and  Thou  alone." 

The  purest  saint  on  earth  must  cast  himself 
wholly  on  the  merits  of  Christ's  atonement,  and 
say  : 

"  In  my  hand  no  price  I  bring ; 
Simply  to  Thy  cross  I  cling." 

This  hymn  first  appeared  in  the  Gospel  Magazine, 
in  March,  1776,  when  Toplady  was  its  editor.  In 
its  altered  and  improved  form  of  three  verses  it  is 
found  in  A  Selection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns,  edited 
by  the  Eev.  Thomas  Cotterell,  (eighth  edition, 
1819,)  and  probably  in  the  earlier  editions.  Mr. 
Cotterell  was  a  notorious  hymn-mender,  and  it 
was  probably  rewritten  by  him  for  his  Collec- 
tion. 

We  here  give  a  reprint  of  the  original : 
l 

"  Eock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me, 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  Thee  ! 
Let  the  Water  and  the  Blood, 
From  thy  riven  Side  which  fiow'd, 
Be  of  Sin  the  double  Cure, 
Cleanse  me  from  its  Guilt  and  Pow'r. 
2 

"  Not  the  Labours  of  my  Hands 
Can  fulfill  thy  Law's  demands : 
Could  my  Zeal  no  respite  know, 
Could  my  Tears  forever  flow, 
All  for  Sin  could  not  atone : 
Thou  must  save,  and  Thou  alone ! 


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3 

"  Nothing  in  my  Hand  I  bring  ; 
Simply  to  thy  Cross  I  cling  ; 
Naked,  come  to  Thee  for  Dress ; 
Helpless,  look  to  Thee  for  Grace  ; 
Foul,  I  to  the  Fountain  fly  : 
Wash  me,  Saviour,  or  I  die  ! 

"  Whilst  I  draw  this  fleeting  Breath — 
When  my  Eye  strings  break  in  Death — 
W  hen  I  soar  through  tracts  unknown — 
See  Thee  on  thy  Judgment-  Throne — 
Book  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me, 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  Thee  !  " 

J  A.  T. 

This  hymn  is  a  universal  favorite.  The  British 
Premier,  the  Right  Hon.  W.  E.  Gladstone,  made  a 
version  of  it  in  Latin  and  another  in  Greek.  Many 
persons,  and  among  them  Prince  Albert,  of  En- 
gland, have  used  it  as  a  dying  prayer. 

The  steam-ship  London  was  lost  in  the  Bay  of  Bis- 
cay in  1866.  The  last  man  that  escaped  said  that 
when  he  left  the  ship  the  passengers  were  singing  : 

"  Eock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me, 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  Thee." 

The  Rev.  Augustus  Montague  Toplady  was  a 
Church  of  England  clergyman,  born  in  1740.  He 
was  educated  at  Westminster  School,  and  Trinity 
College,  Dublin,  and  was  awakened  and  converted, 
when  about  sixteen  years  of  age,  by  hearing  an  il- 
literate layman  preach  in  a  barn  in  Ireland.  He 
received  orders  in  1762.  In  1775  he  settled  in  Lon- 
don. Toplady  was  a  High  Calvinist,  a  fierce  and 
bitter  controversalist,  and  opposed  the  Wesleys 
with  all  his  might.  He  died  in  1778,  hiding  in  the 
"  Rock  of  Ages." 


4:1  6  The  true  Light.  7,  6  1. 

CHRIST,  whose  glory  fills  the  skies, 
Christ,  the  true,  the  only  Light, 
Sun  of  righteousness,  arise, 

Triumph  o'er  the  shades  of  night  : 
Dayspring  from  on  high,  be  near, 
Day-star,  in  my  heart  appear. 

2  Dark  and  cheerless  is  the  morn. 
Unaccompanied  by  thee ; 

Joyless  is  the  day's  return, 

Till  thy  mercy's  beams  I  see : 
Till  thou  inward  life  impart, 
Glad  my  eyes,  and  warm  my  heart. 

3  Visit  then  this  soul  of  mine ; 
Pierce  the  gloom  of  sin  and  grief ; 

Fill  me,  Radiancy  divine ; 

Scatter  all  my  unbelief : 
More  and  more  thyself  display, 
Shining  to  the  perfect  day. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 
Title :  A  Morning  Hymn. 

Montgomery,  in  the  preface  of  the  Christian 


Psalmist,  calls  this  hymn  "  one  of  Charles  Wes- 
ley's loveliest  progeny." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems.  1740. 

Wesley  wrote  "  they  "  instead  of  "  thou  "  in  verse 
two,  line  five. 


417  The  Utany.  7,61. 

BY  thy  birth,  and  by  thy  tears ; 
By  thy  human  griefs  and  fears; 
By  thy  conflict  in  the  hour 
Of  the  subtle  tempter's  power, — 
Saviour,  look  with  pitying  eye ; 
Saviour,  help  me,  or  I  die. 

2  By  the  tenderness  that  wept 

O'er  the  grave  where  Lazarus  slept; 
By  the  bitter  tears  that  flowed 
Over  Salem's  lost  abode, — 
Saviour,  look  with  pitying  eye ; 
Saviour,  help  me,  or  I  die. 

3  By  thy  lonely  hour  of  prayer ; 
By  the  fearful  conflict  there ; 
By  thy  cross  and  dying  cries ; 
By  thy  one  great  sacrifice, — 
Saviour,  look  with  pitying  eye; 
Saviour,  help  me,  or  I  die. 

4  By  thy  triumph  o'er  the  grave ; 
By  thy  power  the  lost  to  save ; 
By  thy  high,  majestic  throne ; 
By  the  empire  all  thine  own, — 
Saviour,  look  with  pitying  eye ; 
Saviour,  help  me,  or  I  die. 

SIR  ROBERT  GRANT,  ALT. 

The  original  of  this  hymn  is  No.  723  in  this 
Hymnal.  The  first  three  verses  are  founded  on 
verses  two,  three,  and  four  of  that  hymn.  It  is 
hardly  fair  to  put  Robert  Grant's  name  to  it,  al- 
though it  belongs  to  him  more  than  to  any  one  else. 

It  was  altered  largely  in  Dr.  Thomas  Cotterell's 
Collection,  1819 — no  doubt  by  the  editor  himself. 
It  was  still  further  changed  when  it  appeared  in  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  Hymn  Booh,  1849,  probably  by 
Dr.  James  Hoy,  one  of  the  editors  of  that  book. 


418    Peace  and  hope  of  the  righteous.      L.  M. 

LORD,  how  secure  and  blest  are  they 
Who  feel  the  joys  of  pardoned  sin! 
Should  storms  of  wrath  shake  earth  and  sea, 
Their  minds  have  heaven   and  peace 
within. 

2  The  day  glides  sweetly  o'er  their  heads, 
Made  up  of  innocence  and  love ; 

And  soft  and  silent  as  the  shades, 
Their  nightly  minutes  gently  move. 


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3  Quick  as  their  thoughts  their  joys  come 

on, 

But  fly  not  half  so  swift  away: 
Their  souls  are  ever  bright  as  noon, 
And  cairn  as  summer  evenings  be. 

4  How  oft  they  look  to  the  heavenly  hills, 
"Where  groves  of  living  pleasure  grow ; 

And  longing  hopes,  and  cheerful  smiles, 
Sit  undisturbed  upon  their  brow ! 

5  They  scorn  to  seek  earth's  golden  toys, 
But  srjend  the  day,  and  share  the  night, 

In  numbering  o'er  the  richer  joys 

That  Heaven  prepares  for  their  delight. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  title :  The  Pleasures  of  a  Good  Con- 
science. 

The  first  line  of  the  fifth  stanza  Watts  wrote : 

"  They  scorn  to  seek  out  golden  toys." 

The  following  additional  stanza  is  not  necessary 
to  the  hymn : 

6  ;'  While  wretched  we,  like  worms  and  moles, 

Lie  groveling  in  the  dust  below, 
Almighty  grace  renew  our  souls, 

And  we'll  aspire  to  glory  too." 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


4:1  9         Filial  love  and  longing.        L.  M. 

GREAT  God,  indulge  my  humble  claim ; 
Be  thou  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  rest; 
The  glories  that  compose  thy  name 
Stand  all  engaged  to  make  me  blest. 

2  Thou  great  and  good,  thou  just  and  wise, 
Thou  art  my  Father  and  my  God ; 

And  I  am  thine  by  sacred  ties, 

Thy  son,  thy  servant  bought  Avith  blood. 

3  With  heart  and  eyes,  and  lifted  hands, 
For  thee  I  long,  to  thee  I  look, 

As  travelers  in  thirsty  lands 

Pant  for  the  cooling  water-brook. 

4  E'en  life  itself,  without  thy  love, 
No  lasting  pleasure  can  afford ; 

Yea,  'twould  a  tiresome  burden  prove, 
If  I  were  banished  from  thee,  Lord. 

5  I'll  lift  my  hands,  I'll  raise  my  voice, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray  or  praise: 

This  work  shall  make  my  heart  rejoice, 
And  fill  the  remnant  of  my  days. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 


Title:  Longing  after  God;  or,  The  Love  of  God 
Better  than  Life. 

An  imitation  of  Psalm  lxiii. 

Three  stanzas  are  omitted.  The  fourth  stanza 
has  been  slightly  changed  from  this  form : 

"  My  life  itself  without  thy  love 
No  taste  of  pleasure  could  afford 

'  Twould  but  a  tiresome  burden  prove 
If  I  were  banished  from  tlie  Lord." 

It  was  ffrst  published  in  1719. 


420        Tlie  souVs  anchorage.        L.  M.  6  1. 

NOW  I  have  found  the  ground  wherein 
Sure  my  soul's  anchor  may  remain ; 
The  wounds  of  Jesus,  for  my  sin 

Before  the  world's  foundation  slain ; 
Whose  mercy  shall  unshaken  stay, 
When  heaven  and  earth  are  fled  away. 

2  Father,  thine  everlasting  grace 
Our  scanty  thought  surpasses  far : 

Thy  heart  still  melts  with  tenderness ; 

Thine  arms  of  love  still  open  are, 
Returning  sinners  to  receive, 
That  mercy  they  may  taste,  and  live. 

3  O  Love,  thou  bottomless  abyss, 
My  sins  are  swallowed  up  in  thee ! 

Covered  is  my  unrighteousness, 

Nor  spot  of  guilt  remains  on  me, 
While  Jesus'  blood,  through  earth  and 
skies, 

Mercy,  free,  boundless  mercy,  cries. 

4  By  faith  I  plunge  me  in  this  sea ; 
Here  is  my  hope,  my  joy,  my  rest ; 

Hither,  when  hell  assails,  I  flee; 

I  look  into  my  Saviour's  breast : 
Away,  sad  doubt  and  anxious  fear ! 
Mercy  is  all  that's  written  there. 

JOHAJSTN  A.  ROTHE. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title:  Redemption  found. 

The  last  two  stanzas  are  especially  grand.  There 
are  two  others  in  the  translation.  They  constitute 
No.  649  in  this  collection.  From  Hymns  and 
Sacred  Poems,  1740. 

Wesley  began  the  last  verse,  "  With  faith,"  etc. 

The  Rev.  Johann  Andreas  Eothe  was  a  Mora- 
vian, and  for  some  years  pastor  at  Herrnhut.  He 
was  born  in  1688,  studied  theology  at  Loipsic,  re- 
signed his  pastorate  at  Herrnhut  in  1737,  and  be- 
came a  Lutheran  minister.    He  died  in  1758. 

This  hymn,  in  the  German,  contained  ten  stan- 
zas, and  was  dedicated  by  the  author  to  his  friend, 
Count  Zinzendorf,  on  his  birthday  in  1728. 


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167 


421 


Christ,  the  solid  rock. 


L.  M.  6  1. 


MY  hope  is  built  on  nothing  less 
Than  Jesus'  blood  and  righteousness; 

1  dare  not  trust  the  sweetest  frame, 
But  wholly  lean  on  Jesus'  name : 
On  Christ,  the  solid  rock,  I  stand; 
All  other  ground  is  sinking  sand. 

2  When  darkness  seems  to  veil  his  face, 
I  rest  on  his  unchanging  grace ; 

In  every  high  and  stormy  gale, 
My  anchor  holds  within  the  veil : 
On  Christ,  the  solid  rock,  I  stand ; 
All  other  ground  is  sinking  sand. 

3  His  oath,  his  covenant,  and  blood, 
Support  me  in  the  whelming  flood : 
When  all  around  my  soul  gives  way, 
He  then  is  all  my  hope  and  stay : 
On  Christ,  the  solid  rock,  I  stand ; 
All  other  ground  is  sinking  sand, 

EDWARD  MOTE,  ALT. 

Title :  The  Immutable  Basis  of  a  Sinner's  Hope. 
The  first  stanza  is  made  up  of  the  first  two  verses 
of  the  author : 

1  "  Nor  earth  nor  hell  my  soul  can  move, 
I  rest  upon  unchanging  love  ; 

1  dare  not  trust  the  sweetest  frame, 
But  wholly  lean  on  Jesus'  name : 
On  Chiist,  etc. 

2  "My  hope  is  built  on  nothing  less 
Than  Jesus'  blood  and  righteousness ; 
'Midst  all  the  hell  I  feel  within, 

On  his  completed  work  I  lean : 
On  Christ,"  etc. 

There  are  some  slight  changes  in  the  first  lines  of 
the  second  stanza. 

Original. 

"  When  darkness  veils  his  lovely  face, 

I  rest  upon  unchanging  grace ; 

In  every  rough  and  stormy  gale,"  etc. 

The  author  wrote  the  first  lines  of  the  next 
stanza : 

"  His  oath,  his  cov'nant,  and  his  blood, 
Support  me  in  the  sinking  flood." 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas : 

5  "  I  trust  his  righteous  character, 
His  council,  promise,  and  his  pow'r; 
His  honor  and  his  name's  at  stake 
To  save  me  from  the  burning  lake  : 
On  Christ,  etc. 

6  "  "When  I  shall  launch  in  worlds  unseen, 
O  may  I  then  be  found  in  him, 

Dress' d  in  his  righteousness  alone, 
Faultless  to  stand  before  the  throne; 
On  Christ,"  etc. 


These  changes  and  omissions  were  probably 
made  on  account  of  the  peculiar  doctrines  of  the 
hymn. 

From  Hymns  of  Praise,  1836. 

The  Eev.  Edward  Mote  was  an  English  Baptist 
minister,  who  lived  from  1797  to  1874.  The  above 
book  contains  ninety -five  of  his  hymns. 


422 


Alive  in  Christ. 


L.  M.  6  I 


ND  can  it  be  that  I  should  gain 


An  interest  in  the  Saviour's  blood? 
Died  he  for  me,  who  caused  his  pain? 

For  me,  who  him  to  death  pursued? 
Amazing  love !  how  can  it  be 
That  thou,  my  Lord,  shouldst  die  for  me? 

2  'Tis  mystery  all !  the  Immortal  dies ! 
Who  can  explore  his  strange  design? 

In  vain  the  first-born  seraph  tries 

To  sound  the  depths  of  love  divine ; 
'Tis  mercy  all !  let  earth  adore : 
Let  angel  minds  inquire  no  more. 

3  He  left  his  Father's  throne  above, — 
So  free,  so  infinite  his  grace ! — 

Emptied  himself  of  all  but  love, 

And  bled  for  Adam's  helpless  race ; 
'Tis  mercy  all,  immense  and  free, 
For,  O  my  God,  it  found  out  me ! 

4  Long  my  imprisoned  spirit  lay, 

Fast  bound  in  sin  and  nature's  night ; 
Thine  eye  diffused  a  quickening  ray, 

I  woke,  the  dungeon  flamed  with  light : 
My  chains  fell  off,  my  heart  was  free, 
I  rose,  went  forth,  and  followed  thee. 

5  No  condemnation  now  I  dread, 
Jesus,  with  all  in  him,  is  mine ; 

Alive  in  him,  my  living  Head, 

And  clothed  in  righteousness  divine, 

Bold  I  approach  the  eternal  throne, 

And  claim  the  crown,  through  Christ,  my 
own. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  Free  Grace. 

Wesley  wrote  this  hymn  in  1738,  the  very  year 
of  his  conversion,  and  without  any  doubt  it  con- 
tains his  personal  experience.  The  following  omit- 
ted stanza  is  a  remarkable  one.  It  is  full  of  the 
spirit  of  Methodism,  and  reveals  the  secret  of  its 
early  success : 

5  "  Still  the  small  inward  voice  I  hear, 
That  whispers  all  my  sins  forgiven; 

Still  the  atoning  blood  is  near, 
That  quenched  the  wrath  of  hostile,  Heaven : 

I  feel  the  life  His  wounds  impart ; 

1  feel  my  StivVar  in  my  heart." 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


The  author  wrote  "  God"  instead  of  "  Lord  "  in 
the  last  line  of  the  first  verse. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


C.  M. 


4/33      Convicted, — pardoned. 

IN  evil  long  I  took  delight, 
Unawed  by  shame  or  fear, 
Till  a  new  object  struck  my  sight, 
And  stopped  my  wild  career. 

2  I  saw  One  hanging  on  a  tree, 
In  agonies  and  blood, 

Who  fixed  his  languid  eyes  on  me, 
As  near  his  cross  I  stood. 

3  Sure  never  till  my  latest  breath 
Can  I  forget  that  look : 

It  seemed  to  charge  me  with  his  death, 
Though  not  a  word  he  spoke. 

4  My  conscience  felt  and  owned  the  guilt, 
And  plunged  me  in  despair ; 

I  saw  my  sins  his  blood  had  spilt, 
And  helped  to  nail  him  there. 

5  Alas !  I  knew  not  what  I  did ! 
But  now  my  tears  are  vain : 

Where  shall  my  trembling  soul  be  hid? 
For  I  the  Lord  have  slain ! 

6  A  second  look  he  gave,  which  said, 
"  I  freely  all  forgive; 

This  blood  is  for  thy  ransom  paid ; 
I  die  that  thou  mayst  live." 

7  Thus,  while  his  death  my  sin  displays 
In  all  its  blackest  hue, 

Such  is  the  mystery  of  grace, 
It  seals  my  pardon  too. 

JOHN  NEWTON. 

Title  :  Looking  at  the  Cross. 

This  hymn  is,  no  doubt,  autobiographic. 

Newton  wrote  his  own  epitaph,  which  he  re- 
quested might  be  put  up  on  a  plain  marble  tab- 
let, near  the  vestry  door  of  his  church  in  London : 

John  Newton,  Clerk. 

Once  an  Infidel  and  Libertine, 
A  servant  of  slaves  in  Africa, 
Was,  by  the  rich  mercy  of  our  Lord  and  Saviour 
Jesus  Christ, 
Preserved^  restored,  pardoned, 
And  appointed  to  preach  the  Faith 
He  had  long  labored  to  destroy, 
Near  16  years  at  Olney  in  Bucks 
And  .  .  .  years  in  this  church. 
On  Feb.  1, 1750,  he  married 
Mary, 

Daughter  of  the  late  George  Catlett 

Of  Chatham,  Kent. 
He  resigned  her  to  the  Lord  who  gave  her 
On  15th  of  December,  1790. 


There  is  one  additional  stanza : 

8  "  With  pleasing  grief,  and  mournful  joy, 

My  spirit  now  is  filled  ; 
That  I  should  such  a  life  destroy, 

Yet  live  by  him  I  killed." 

Unaltered.   From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 


424    The  earnest  of  redemption.     C.  M. 

WHY  should  the  children  of  a  King 
Go  mourning  all  their  days? 
Great  Comforter,  descend  and  bring 
The  tokens  of  thy  grace. 

2  Dost  thou  not  dwell  in  all  thy  saints, 
And  seal  the  heirs  of  heaven? 

When  wilt  thou  banish  my  complaints, 
And  show  my  sins  forgiven? 

3  Assure  my  conscience  of  her  part 
In  the  Redeemer's  blood; 

And  bear  thy  witness  with  my  heart, 
That  I  am  born  of  God. 

4  Thou  art  the  earnest  of  his  love, 
The  pledge  of  joys  to  come ; 

May  thy  blest  wings,  celestial  Dove, 
Safely  convey  me  home. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Watts's  title  was :  The  Witnessing  and  Sealing 
Spirit. 

"  For  as  many  as  are  led  by  the  Spirit  of  God, 
they  are  the  sons  of  God.  For  ye  nave  not  re- 
ceived the  spirit  of  bondage  again  to  fear  ;  but  ye 
have  received  the  Spirit  of  adoption,  whereby  we 
cry,  'Abba,  Father.'  The  Spirit  itself  beareth 
witness  with  our  spirit,  that  we  are  the  children  of 
God."  Eom.  viii,  14-16. 


"In  whom  ye  also  trusted,  after  that  ye  heard 
the  word  of  truth,  the  gospel  of  your  salvation  :  in 
whom  also,  after  that  ye  believed,  ye  were  sealed 
with  that  Holy  Spirit  of  promise,  which  is  the 
earnest  of  our  inheritance  until  the  redemption  of 
the  purchased  possession,  unto  the  praise  of  his 
glory."  Eph.  i,  13,  14. 

The  author  wrote  11  Some  tokens"  in  the  last 
line  of  the  first  stanza ;  and  the  last  two  lines  of 
the  last  stanza : 

"And  thy  soft  wings,  celestial  Dove, 
Will  safe  convey  me  home." 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  i,  1707. 


425       The  blood  of  sprinkling.  CM, 

MY  God,  my  God,  to  thee  I  cry ; 
Thee  only  would  I  know ; 
.'hy  purifying  blood  apply, 
And  wash  me  white  as  snow. 


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2  Touch  me,  and  make  the  leper  clean ; 
Purge  my  iniquity : 

Unless  thou  wash  my  soul  from  sin, 
I  have  no  part  in  thee. 

3  But  art  thou  not  already  mine? 
Answer,  if  mine  thou  art ; 

Whisper  within,  thou  Love  divine, 
And  cheer  my  drooping  heart. 

4  Behold,  for  me  the  Victim  bleeds, 
His  wounds  are  open  wide ; 

For  me  the  blood  of  sprinkling  pleads, 
And  speaks  me  justified. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  After  a  Relapse  into  Sin. 

Twelve  stanzas.  These  are  the  first  three  and 
the  sixth.  The  last  part  of  the  first  stanza  read 
originally  : 

"  One  drop  of  blood  on  me  let  fail, 
And  wash'  me  white  as  snow." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


4:26  The  voice  of  Jesus.  CM. 

I HEARD  the  voice  of  Jesus  say, 
■ '  Come  unto  me  and  rest ; 
Lay  down,  thou  weary  one,  lay  down 

Thy  head  upon  my  breast !" 
I  came  to  Jesus  as  I  was, 
Weary,  and  worn,  and  sad; 

1  found  in  him  a  resting-place, 
And  he  hath  made  me  glad. 

2  I  heard  the  voice  of  Jesus  say, 
"Behold,  I  freely  give 

The  living  water;  thirsty  one, 

Stoop  down,  and  drink,  and  live  f" 

I  came  to  Jesus,  and  I  drank 
Of  that  life-giving  stream; 

My  thirst  was  quenched,  my  soul  revived, 
And  now  I  live  in  him. 

3  I  heard  the  voice  of  Jesus  say, 

' '  I  am  this  dark  world's  Light ; 
Look  unto  me,  thy  morn  shall  rise 

And  all  thy  day  be  bright!" 
I  looked  to  Jesus,  and  I  found 

In  him  my  Star,  my  Sun ; 
And  in  that  light  of  life  I'll  walk, 

Till  all  my  journey's  done. 

HORATIUS  BONAR. 

Title :  The  Voice  from  Galilee. 


"  Of  his  fullness  have  all  we  received,  and  grace 
for  grace."  John  i,  16. 

Verbatim,  except  the  last  line,  which  the  author 
wrote : 

"  Till  traveling  days  are  done." 

The  Rev.  Horatius  Bonar,  D.D.,  was  one  of  the 
sweetest,  though  one  of  the  saddest,  singers  of  the 
Church.  He  was  born  in  Edinburgh  in  1808,  and 
was  educated  in  its  university;  was  ordained  in 
1837,  and  for  several  years  was  pastor  at  Kelso. 
Dr.  Bonar  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Free 
Church  of  Scotland  in  1843.    He  died  July  31, 1889. 

From  Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope,  (first  series,) 
1857.    Hymns  Original  and  Selected,  1850. 


4:27  Amazing  grace.  CM. 

AMAZING  grace !  how  sweet  the  sound 
That  saved  a  wretch  like  me ! 

1  once  was  lost,  but  now  am  found, 
Was  blind,  but  now  I  see. 

'Twas  grace  that  taught  my  heart  to  fear, 

And  grace  my  fears  relieved ; 
How  precious  did  that  grace  appear 

The  hour  I  first  believed ! 

2  Through  many  dangers,  toils,  and  snares, 
I  have  already  come ; 

'Tis  grace  hath  brought  me  safe  thus  far, 

And  grace  will  lead  me  home. 
The  Lord  has  promised  good  to  me, 

His  word  my  hope  secures ; 
He  will  my  shield  and  portion  be 

As  long  as  life  endures. 

3  Yes,  when  this  flesh  and  heart  shall  fail, 
And  mortal  life  shall  cease, 

I  shall  possess,  within  the  veil, 

A  life  of  joy  and  peace. 
The  earth  shall  soon  dissolve  like  snow, 

The  sun  forbear  to  shine ; 
But  God,  who  called  me  here  below, 

Will  be  forever  mine. 

JOHN  NEWTON. 

Title :  Faith's  Review  and  Expectation. 

"  Who  am  I,  O  Lord  God,  and  what  is  mine 
house,  that  thou  hast  brought  me  hitherto?  And 
yet  this  was  a  small  thing  in  thine  eyes,  O  God ; 
for  thou  hast  also  spoken  of  thy  servant's  nouse  for 
a  great  while  to  come,  and  hast  regarded  me  ac- 
cording to  the  estate  of  a  man  of  high  degree,  O 
Lord  God."  1  Chron.  xvii,  16,  17. 

The  author  in  this  hymn  plainly  refers  to  his 
own  life  and  experience. 

Unaltered  and  entire.  From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 
See  Nos.  23  and  423. 


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4/&0      Reconciliation  with,  God.  CM. 

ETERNAL  Sun  of  righteousness, 
Display  thy  beams  divine, 
And  cause  the  glories  of  thy  face 
Upon  my  heart  to  shine. 

2  Light  iu  thy  light  O  may  I  see, 
Thy  grace  and  mercy  prove ; 

Revived,  and  cheered,  and  blest  by  thee, 
The  God  of  pardoning  love. 

3  Lift  up  thy  countenance  serene, 
And  let  thy  happy  child 

Behold,  without  a  cloud  between, 
The  Godhead  reconciled. 

4  That  all-comprising  peace  bestow 
On  me,  through  grace  forgiven ; 

Then  joys  of  holiness  below, 
And  then  the  joys  of  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Composed  of  two  of  Charles  Wesley's  Short 
Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy  Scriptures. 
The  "passage"  of  Scripture  on  which  the  first  half 
is  founded  is : 

"The  Lord  make  his  face  shine  upon  thee,  and 
he  gracious  unto  thee."  Num.  vi,  25. 

The  Scripture  basis  of  the  last  part  is  the  passage 
immediately  following : 

"  The  Lord  lift  up  his  countenance  upon  thee, 
and  give  thee  peace."  Num.  vi,  26. 

It  is  not  altered. 


42  9       Delightful  assurance.  C.  M. 

SOVEREIGN  of  all  the  worlds  on  high, 
Allow  my  humble  claim; 
Nor  while,  unworthy,  I  draw  nigh, 
Disdain  a  Father's  name. 

2  My  Father,  God !  that  gracious  word 
Dispels  my  guilty  fear ; 

Not  all  the  notes  by  angels  heard 
Could  so  delight  my  ear. 

3  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  thyself  impress 
On  my  expanding  heart ; 

And  show  that  in  the  Father's  grace 
I  share  a  filial  part. 

4  Cheered  by  that  witness  from  on  high, 
Unwavering  I  believe ; 

And,  "  Abba,  Father,"  humbly  cry, 
Nor  can  the  sign  deceive. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE,  ALT. 


Title:  A  Filial  Temper  the  Work  of  the  Spirit 
and  a  Proof  of  Adoption. 

Dr.  Doddridge's  hymns  were  all  written  on 
texts  of  Scripture.  The  foundation  of  this  is 
Gal.  iv,  6  : 

"And  because  ye  are  sons,  God  hath  sent  forth 
the  Spirit  of  his  Son  into  your  hearts,  crying,  Abba, 
Father." 

The  hymn  has  been  altered  for  the  purpose  of 
making  the  first  and  third  lines  rhyme,  as  they  do 
not  in  the  original.  Nine  lines  of  the  sixteen  have 
been  changed. 

There  is  one  additional  stanza : 

4  "  On  Wings  of  everlasting  Love, 

The  Comforter  is  cotne  ; 
All  Terrors  at  his  Voice  disperse, 

And  endless  Pleasures  bloom." 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  1755. 


430         Peace  in  believing.  C.  M. 

JESUS,  to  thee  T  now  can  fly, 
On  whom  my  help  is  laid : 
Oppressed  by  sins,  I  lift  mine  eye, 
And  see  the  shadows  fade. 

2  Believing  on  my  Lord,  I  find 
A  sure  and  present  aid ; 

On  thee  alone  my  constant  mind 
Be  every  moment  stayed. 

3  Whate'er  in  me  seems  wise,  or  good, 
Or  strong,  I  here  disclaim ; 

I  wash  my  garments  in  the  blood 
Of  the  atoning  Lamb. 

4  Jesus,  my  strength,  my  life,  my  rest. 
On  thee  will  I  depend, 

Till  summoned  to  the  marriage-feast, 
When  faith  in  sight  shall  end. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  After  a  Relapse  into  Sin. 

There  are  ten  stanzas.  These  are  the  sixth, 
eighth,  ninth,  and  tenth,  unaltered. 

The  Wesley's  believed  in  backsliding,  but  they 
did  not  believe  in  living  in  a  backslidden  state. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


43 1         The  well  of  life.        C.  M. 

FOUNTAIN  of  life,  to  all  below 
Let  thy  salvation  roll ; 
Water,  replenish,  and  o'erflow 
Every  believing  soul. 


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2  Into  that  happy  number,  Lord, 
Us  weary  sinners  take ; 

Jesus,  fulfill  thy  gracious  word, 
For  thine  own  mercy's  sake. 

3  Turn  back  our  nature's  rapid  tide, 
And  we  shall  flow  to  thee, 

"While  down  the  stream  of  time  we  glide 
To  our  eternity. 

4  The  well  of  life  to  us  thou  art, 
Of  joy  the  swelling  flood ; 

Wafted  by  thee,  with  willing  heart, 
We  swift  return  to  God. 

5  We  soon  shall  reach  the  boundless  sea ; 
Into  thy  fullness  fall ; 

Be  lost  and  swallowed  up  in  thee, 
Our  God,  our  all  in  all. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  Entering  into  the  Congregation, 
A  grand  opening  hymn,  copied  verbatim  from 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


432  Victorious  faith.  CM. 

FATHER  of  Jesus  Christ,  my  Lord, 
My  Saviour,  and  my  Head, 

1  trust  in  thee,  whose  powerful  word 

Hath  raised  him  from  the  dead.  * 

2  In  hope,  against  all  human  hope, 
Self-desperate,  I  believe ; 

Thy  quickening  word  shall  raise  me  up, 
Thou  wilt  thy  Spirit  give. 

3  Faith,  mighty  faith,  the  promise  sees, 
And  looks  to  that  alone ; 

Laughs  at  impossibilities, 

And  cries,  "  It  shall  be  done!  " 

4  To  thee  the  glory  of  thy  power 
And  faithfulness  I  give ; 

I  shall  in  Christ,  at  that  glad  hour, 
And  Christ  in  me  shall  live. 

5  Obedient  faith,  that  waits  on  thee, 
Thou  never  wTilt  reprove ; 

But  thou  wilt  form  thy  Son  in  me, 
And  perfect  me  in  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  a  long  hymn  founded  on  Eom.  iv,  16-23 : 
"  Therefore  it  is  of  faith,"  etc. 

The  third  stanza  is  a  good  definition  of  faith. 
This  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  one,  nine,  four- 
teen, fifteen,  and  twenty,  unaltered. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


4:3  3        His  boundless  grace.  C.  M. 

WHAT  shall  I  do  my  God  to  love? 
My  loving  God  to  praise? 
The  length  and  breadth,  and  height  to 
prove, 

And  depth  of  sovereign  grace? 

2  Thy  sovereign  grace  to  all  extends, 
Immense  and  unconfined; 

From  age  to  age  it  never  ends ; 
It  reaches  all  mankind. 

3  Throughout  the  world  its  breadth  is 

known, 
Wide  as  infinity : 
So  wTide  it  never  passed  by  one, 
Or  it  had  passed  by  me. 

4  My  trespass  was  grown  up  to  heaven ; 
But,  far  above  the  skies, 

Through  Christ  abundantly  forgiven, 
I  see  thy  mercies  rise. 

5  The  depth  of  all-redeeming  love, 
What  angel  tongue  can  tell?  • 

O  may  I  to  the  utmost  prove 
The  gift  unspeakable ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  After  a  Recovery. 

These  are  verses  eleven  to  fifteen,  inclusive,  of  a 
long  hymn  of  eighteen  stanzas. 

The  anticalvinism  ot  the  author  is  very  prom- 
inent in  this,  as  in  many  other  of  his  hymns. 

Unaltered.  From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and 
Sacred  Poems,  two  vols.,  1749. 


434  No  more  a  wandering  sheep. 
WAS  a  wandering  sheep, 


S.M. 


I 


I  did  not  love  the  fold, 
I  did  not  love  my  Shepherd's  voice, 

I  would  not  be  controlled : 
I  was  a  wayward  child, 
I  did  not  love  my  home, 

1  did  not  love  my  Father's  voice, 
I  loved  afar  to  roam. 

2  The  Shepherd  sought  his  sheep, 
The  Father  sought  his  child ; 

He  followed  me  o'er  vale  and  hill, 
O'er  deserts  waste  and  wild : 

He  found  me  nigh  to  death, 
Famished,  and  faint,  and  lone ; 

He  bound  me  with  the  bands  of  love, 
He  saved  the  wandering  one. 


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3  Jesus  my  Shepherd  is; 
'Twas  he  that  loved  my  soul, 

'Twas  he  that  washed  me  in  his  blood, 
'Twas  he  that  made  me  whole : 

'Twas  he  that  sought  the  lost, 
That  found  the  wandering  sheep ; 

'Twas  he  that  brought  me  to  the  fold, 
'Tis  he  that  still  doth  keep. 

4  No  more  a  wandering  sheep, 
I  love  to  be  controlled, 

I  love  my  tender  Shepherd's  voice, 

I  love  the  peaceful  fold : 
No  more  a  wayward  child, 

I  seek  no  more  to  roam ; 
I  love  my  heavenly  Father's  voice, 

I  love,  I  love  his  home ! 

HORATIUS  BONAR. 

Author's  title :  Lost,  but  Found. 
One  stanza,  the  third,  of  the  original  has  been 
omitted : 

3  "  They  spoke  in  tender  love ; 

They  raised  my  drooping  head ; 
They  gently  closed  my  bleeding  wounds, 

My  fainting  soul  they  fed. 
They  washed  my  filth  away ; 

They  made  me  clean  and  fair ; 
They  brought  me  to  my  home  in  peace, — 

The  long-sought  wanderer !  " 

The  third,  fifth,  seventh,  and  eighth  lines  of  the 
second  stanza  begin  with  the  word  "  They''''  instead 
of  "He." 

The  last  stanza  has  been  changed.  In  Hymns  of 
Faith  and  Love,  (first  series,)  it  is : 

"  I  was  a  wandering  sheep. 

I  would  not  be  controlled  : 
But  now  I  love  my  Shepherd's  voice, 

I  love,  1  love  the  fold  ! 
/  was  a  wayward  child ; 

I  once  preferred  to  roam, 
But  now  t  love  my  Father's  voice, — 

I  love,  I  love  his  home." 

From  The  Bible  Hymn  Booh,  1845. 


435       The  revealing  Spirit.  S.  M. 

SPIRIT  of  faith,  come  down, 
Reveal  the  things  of  God ; 
And  make  to  us  the  Godhead  known, 

And  witness  with  the  blood : 
'Tis  thine  the  blood  to  apply, 

And  give  us  eyes  to  see, 
That  he  who  did  for  sinners  die, 
Hath  surely  died  for  me. 

2  No  man  can  truly  say 

That  Jesus  is  the  Lord, 
Unless  thou  take  the  veil  away, 

And  breathe  the  living  word : 


Then,  only  then,  we  feel 

Our  interest  in  his  blood ; 
And  cry,  with  joy  unspeakable, 

"  Thou  art  my  Lord,  my  God!  " 

3  O  that  the  world  might  know 

The  all-atoning  Lamb ! 
Spirit  of  faith,  descend  and  show 

The  virtue  of  his  name : 
The  grace  which  all  may  find, 

The  saving  power,  impart ; 
And  testify  to  all  mankind, 

And  speak  in  every  heart. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  following  stanzas,  the  third  and  the  fifth, 
are  omitted : 

3  "  I  know  my  Saviour  lives, 

He  lives,  who  died  for  me, 
My  inmost  soul  His  voice  receives 

Who  hangs  on  yonder  tree  : 
Set  forth  before  my  eyes 

Even  now  I  see  Him  bleed, 
And  hear  His  mortal  groans  and  cries, 

While  suffering  in  my  stead." 

5  "  Inspire  the  living  faith, 

Which  whosoe'er  receives, 
The  witness  in  himself  he  hath, 

And  consciously  believes ; 
The  faith  that  conquers  all, 

And  doth  the  mountain  move, 
And  saves  whoe'er  on  Jesus  call, 

And  perfects  them  in  love." 

Unaltered  from  a  pamphlet  containing  thirty-two 
pieces,  entitled  Hymns  of  Petition  and  Thanks- 
giving for  the  Promise  of  the  Father.  By  the  Kev- 
erend  Mr.  John  and  Charles  Wesley.  Bristol,  1746. 


4:3  6      God,  my  Father.  S.  M. 

HERE  I  can  firmly  rest; 
I  dare  to  boast  of  this, 
That  God,  the  highest  and  the  best, 
My  Friend  and  Father  is. 

2  Naught  have  I  of  my  own, 
Naught  in  the  life  I  lead ; 

What  Christ  hath  given,  that  alone 
I  dare  in  faith  to  plead. 

3  I  rest  upon  the  ground 
Of  Jesus  and  his  blood ; 

It  is  through  him  that  I  have  found 
My  soul's  eternal  good. 

4  At  cost  of  all  I  have, 
At  cost  of  life  and  limb, 

I  cling  to  God  who  yet  shall  save ; 
I  will  not  turn  from  him. 


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5  His  Spirit  in  me  dwells, 
O'er  all  my  mind  he  reigns ; 

My  care  and  sadness  he  dispels, 
And  soothes  away  my  pains. 

6  He  prospers  day  by  day 
His  work  within  my  heart, 

Till  I  have  strength  and  faith  to  say, 
"  Thou,  God,  my  Father  art!  " 

PAUL  GERHARDT, 
TR.  BY  MISS  C.  WINKWORTII. 

This  is  made  up  of  quatrains,  selected  here  and 
there,  from  a  translation  of  sixteen  double  stanzas, 
found  in  Lyra  Germanica,  first  series,  beginning  : 

"  If  God  be  on  my  side, 
Then  let  who  will  oppose." 

Original  of  verse  three,  line  four : 

"  The  True  Eternal  Good." 

Writing  of  Gerhardt,  Miss  Winkworth,  in  her 
Christian  Singers  of  Germany,  says  :  "His  hymns 
seem  to  be  the  spontaneous  outpouring  of  a  heart 
that  overflows  with  love,  trust,  and  praise." 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  212. 


437 

Knowledge  of  fory%veness.       S.  M. 

HOW  can  a  sinner  know 
His  sins  on  earth  forgiven? 
How  can  my  gracious  Saviour  show 
My  name  inscribed  in  heaven? 

2  What  we  have  felt  and  seen 
With  confidence  we  tell ; 

And  publish  to  the  sons  of  men 
The  signs  infallible. 

3  We  who  in  Christ  believe 
That  he  for  us  hath  died, 

We  all  his  unknown  peace  receive, 
And  feel  his  blood  applied. 

4  Exults  our  rising  soul, 
Disburdened  of  her  load, 

And  swells  unutterably  full 
Of  glory  and  of  God. 

5  His  love,  surpassing  far 
The  love  of  all  beneath, 

We  find  within  our  hearts,  and  dare 
The  pointless  darts  of  death. 

6  Stronger  than  death  or  hell 
The  sacred  power  we  prove ; 

And,  conquerers  of  the  world,  we  dweU 
In  heaven,  who  dwell  in  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY,  ALT. 


Title  :  TJie  Marks  of  Faith. 

As  published  by  Charles  Wesley  in  Hymns  and 
Sacred  Poems,  (two  vols.,)  1749,  this  hymn  has 
eight  stanzas  of  eight  lines  each.  The  first  three 
were  altered  into  this  meter  for  the  Collection  of 
Hymns  for  the  use  of  the  people  called  Methodists, 
probably  by  John  Wesley,  1779. 


4:3  8     Abba,  Father.  Rom.  viii,  15.  H.  M. 

ARISE,  my  soul,  arise ; 
Shake  off  thy  guilty  fears ; 
The  bleeding  Sacrifice 

In  my  behalf  appears : 
Before  the  throne  my  Surety  stands, 
My  name  is  written  on  his  hands. 

2  He  ever  lives  above, 
For  me  to  intercede ; 

His  all-redeeming  love, 

His  precious  blood  to  plead ; 
His  blood  atoned  for  all  our  race, 
And  sprinkles  now  the  throne  of  grace. 

3  Five  bleeding  wounds  he  bears, 
Received  on  Calvary; 

They  pour  effectual  prayers, 

They  strongly  plead  for  me : 
"Forgive  him,  O  forgive,"  they  cry, 
"Nor  let  the  ransomed  sinner  die." 

4  The  Father  hears  him  pray, 
His  dear  anointed  One : 

He  cannot  turn  away 

The  presence  of  his  Son : 
His  Spirit  answers  to  the  blood, 
And  tells  me  I  am  born  of  God. 

5  My  God  is  reconciled ; 

His  pardoning  voice  I  hear : 
He  owns  me  for  his  child ; 

I  can  no  longer  fear : 
With  confidence  I  now  draw  nigh, 
And,  "Father,  Abba,  Father,"  cry, 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  Behold  the  Man. 

A  much- used  and  blessed  hymn.  It  is  a  satis- 
faction to  know  that  it  remains,  except  the  title,  as 
it  was  published  by  the  author  in  Hymns  and  Sa- 
cred Poems,  1742. 


439      The  inward  witness.       C.  P.  M. 

THOU  great  mysterious  God  unknown. 
Whose  love  hath  gently  led  me  on 
E'en  from  my  infant  days ; 
Mine  inmost  soul  expose  to  view, 
And  tell  me  if  I  ever  knew 
Thy  justifying  grace. 


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2  If  I  have  only  known  thy  fear, 
And  followed,  with  a  heart  sincere, 

Thy  drawings  from  above; 
Now,  now  the  further  grace  bestow, 
And  let  my  sprinkled  conscience  know 

Thy  sweet  forgiving  love. 

3  Short  of  thy  love  I  would  not  stop, 
A  stranger  to  the  gospel  hope, 

The  sense  of  sin  forgiven ; 
I  would  not,  Lord,  my  soul  deceive, 
Without  the  inward  witness  live, 

That  antepast  of  heaven. 

4  If  now  the  witness  were  in  me, 
Would  he  not  testify  of  thee, 

In  Jesus  reconciled? 
And  should  I  not  with  faith  draw  nigh, 
And  boldly,  "Abba,  Father,"  cry, 

And  know  myself  thy  child? 

5  Father,  in  me  reveal  thy  Son, 
And  to  my  inmost  soul  make  known 

How  merciful  thou  art  ; 
The  secret  of  thy  love  reveal, 
And  by  thy  hallowing  Spirit  dwell 

Forever  in  my  heart. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Three  stanzas  are  omitted,  which  we  give,  as  a 
specimen  of  the  careless  and  faulty  manner  in  which 
the  author  sometimes  wrote : 

5  "  Ah  !  never  let  Thy  servant  rest, 
Till  of  my  part  in  Christ  possessed. 

I  on  thy  mercy  feed. 
Unworthy  of  the  crumbs  that  fall, 
Yet  raised  by  Him  who  died  for  all, 

To  eat  the  children's  bread. 

6  "  O  may  I  cast  my  rags  aside, 
My  filthy  rags  of  virtuous  pride, 

And  for  acceptance  groan ; 
My  works  of  righteousness  disclaim, 
With  all  I  have,  or  can,  or  am, 

And  trust  in  grace  alone. 

7  "  Whate'er  obstructs  Thy  pardoning  love, 
Or  sin,  or  righteousness  remove, 

Thy  glory  to  display  ; 
Mine  heart  of  unbelief  convince, 
And  now  absolve  me  from  my  sins, 

And  take  them  all  away." 

"Feed"  and  "  bread"  are  not  rhymes,  although 
they  come  nearer  to  it  than  "convince"  and 
"sins."  There  are  other  infelicities  that  will  be 
seen  by  every  reader. 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  for  Those  that  Seek  and 
TJtose  that  Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus 
Christ.   London,  1747. 


44:0        The  indwelling  Spirit.  7,  61. 

ABBA,  Father,  hear  thy  child, 
Late  in  Jesus  reconciled; 
Hear,  and  all  the  graces  shower, 
All  the  joy,  and  peace,  and  power; 
All  my  Saviour  asks  above, 
All  the  life  and  heaven  of  love. 

2  Lord,  I  will  not  let  thee  go 
Till  the  blessing  thou  bestow : 
Hear  my  Advocate  divine ; 
Lo!  to  his  my  suit  I  join; 
Joined  to  his,  it  cannot  fail ; 
Bless  me ;  for  I  will  prevail. 

3  Heavenly  Father,  Life  divine, 
Change  my  nature  into  thine : 

Move,  and  spread  throughout  my  soul, 
Actuate  and  fill  the  whole : 
Be  it  I  no  longer  now 
Living  in  the  flesh,  but  thou. 

4  Holy  Ghost,  no  more  delay; 
Come,  and  in  thy  temple  stay : 
Now  thine  inward  witness  bear, 
Strong,  and  permanent,  and  clear : 
Spring  of  life,  thyself  impart ; 
Rise  eternal  in  my  heart. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

"  Ash,  and  ye  shall  receive,  that  your  joy  may  be 
full.''''  John  xvi,  24. 

Twelve  stanzas,  beginning : 

"  Eise,  my  soul,  with  ardour  rise, 
Breathe  thy  wishes  to  the  skies." 

This  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  eight,  nine, 
eleven,  and  twelve. 
In  the  first  line  of  the  third  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"  Heavenly  Adam,  Life  divine. 
Late  in  Jesus  reconciled.'1'' 

"Wesley  was  then  only  a  young  convert. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


44 1  Chief  of  sinners.  7,  6  1. 

CHIEF  of  sinners  though  I  be, 
Jesus  shed  his  blood  for  me ; 
Died  that  I  might  live  on  high, 
Died  that  I  might  never  die ; 
As  the  branch  is  to  the  vine, 

1  am  his  and  he  is  mine. 

2  O  the  height  of  Jesus'  love! 
Higher  than  the  heavens  above, 
Deeper  than  the  depths  of  sea, 
Lasting  as  eternity ; 

Love  that  found  me, — wondrous  thought! — 
Found  me  when  I  sought  him  not ! 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


3  Chief  of  sinners  though  I  be, 
Christ  is  all  in  all  to  me; 
All  my  wants  to  him  are  known, 
All  my  sorrows  are  his  own ; 
Safe  with  him  from  earthly  strife, 
He  sustains  the  hidden  life. 

m'comb. 

Title  :  Christ  is  All. 

Two  stanzas, the  third  and  fifth,  are  omitted: 

3  "  Jesus  only  can  impart 
Balm,  to  heal  the  smitten  heart ; 
Peace  that  flows  from  sins  forgiven, 
Joy  that  lifts  the  soul  to  heaven, 
Faith  and  hope  to  walk  with  God, 
In  the  way  that  Enoch  trod. 

5  "  O,  my  Saviour,  help  afford, 
By  Thy  Spirit  and  Thy  Word  : 
When  my  wayward  heart  would  stray, 
Keep  me  in  the  narrow  way  ; 
Grace  in  time  of  need  supply, 
While  I  live  and  when  I  die." 

I  cannot  vouch  for  the  text  of  the  hymn,  nor  for 
the  authorship,  as  I  have  taken  both  at  second 
hand. 

William  M'Comb  was  born  in  Ireland  in  1793  ; 
and  was  a  book-seller  in  Belfast  for  many  years.  His 
complete  Poetical  Works  were  published  in  1864. 


44  a         The  joys  of  conversion.  12,  8. 

0IIOW  happy  are  they, 
Who  the  Saviour  obey, 
And  have  laid  up  their  treasure  above! 
Tougue  can  never  express 
The  sweet  comfort  and  peace 
Of  a  soul  in  its  earliest  love. 

2  That  sweet  comfort  was  mine, 
When  the  favor  divine 

I  received  through  the  blood  of  the  Lamb ; 

When  my  heart  first  believed, 

What  a  joy  I  received, 
What  a  heaven  in  Jesus's  name ! 

3  'Twas  a  heaven  below 
My  Redeemer  to  know, 

And  the  angels  could  do  nothing  more, 

Than  to  fall  at  his  feet, 

And  the  story  repeat, 
And  the  Lover  of  sinners  adore. 

4  Jesus  all  the  day  long 
Was  my  joy  and  my  song: 

O  that  all  his  salvation  might  see! 

"  He  hath  loved  me,"  I  cried, 

"  He  hath  suffered  and  died, 
To  redeem  even  rebels  like  me." 


5  O  the  rapturous  height 

Of  that  holy  delight 
Which  I  felt  in  the  life-giving  blood ! 

Of  my  Saviour  possessed, 

I  was  perfectly  blessed, 
As  if  filled  with  the  fullness  of  God. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  1  For  One  Fallen  from  Grace. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 
A  few  slight  changes  have  been  made,  and  two 
stanzas,  the  fifth  and  sixth,  omitted : 

5  "  On  the  wings  of  His  love, 
I  was  carried  above, 

All  sin,  and  temptation,  and  pain ; 

1  could  not  believe, 

That  1  ever  should  grieve, 
That  I  ever  should  suffer  again. 

6  "I  rode  on  the  sky, 
(Freely  justified  I !) 

Nor  envied  Elijah  his  seat ; 

My  soul  mounted  higher, 

In  a  chariot  of  fire, 
And  the  moon  it  was  under  my  feet." 

There  is  a  "part  second,"  that  contains  nine 
verses  more.  The  old  Pocket  Hymn  Book  contained 
the  whole  sixteen  stanzas,  wbich  were  retained  in 
all  the  editions  down  to  1849,  when  all  the  stanzas 
were  left  out,  except  these  five.  They  are  all  that 
are  worth  saving.  Some  writers,  judging  from  in- 
ternal evidence,  have  doubted  whether  Charles 
Wesley  ever  wrote  this  hymn  ;  thinking  him  inca- 
pable of  writing  such  nonsense  as  the  stanzas  quoted 
above.  The  real  wonder  is,  that  in  the  great  har- 
vest of  his  writings — some  six  thousand  pieces — 
there  should  be  so  much  good  wheat  and  so  little 
worthless  chaff. 


443   The  righteousness  of  faith.     7,  6,  7. 

OFT  I  in  my  heart  have  said, — 
Who  shall  ascend  on  high, 
Mount  to  Christ,  my  glorious  Head* 

And  bring  him  from  the  sky ! 
Borne  on  contemplation's  wing, 
Surely  I  shall  find  him  there, 
Where  the  angels  praise  their  King, 
And  gain  the  Morning  Star. 

2  Oft  I  in  my  heart  have  said, — 

Who  to  the  deep  shall  stoop, 
Sink  with  Christ  among  the  dead, 

From  thence  to  bring  him  up? 
Could  I  but  my  heart  prepare, 

By  unfeigned  humility, 
Christ  would  quickly  enter  there, 

And  ever  dwell  in  me. 


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3  But  the  righteousness  of  faith 

Hath  taught  me  better  things : 
''Inward  turn  thine  eyes,"  it  saith, 

While  Christ  to  me  it  brings : 
1 1  Christ  is  ready  to  impart 

Life  to  all,  for  life  who  sigh : 
In  thy  mouth  and  in  thy  heart 

The  word  is  ever  nigh." 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  founded  on  Rom.  x,  6,  7 : 

"  But  the  righteousness  which  is  of  faith  speak  - 
eth  on  this  wise,  Say  not  in  thine  heart,  Who  shall 
ascend  into  heaven  ?  (that  is,  to  bring  Christ  down 
from  above:)  or,  Who  shall  descend  into  the 
deep?  (that  is,  to  bring  up  Christ  again  from  the 
dead.") 

The  author  wrote  11  To  bring"  instead  of"  And 
bring  "  in  verse  one,  line  four. 

There  are  three  additional  stanzas. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  by  John  and 
Charles  Wesley,  1742. 


444  The  new  joy.  L.  M. 

mREMBLING  before  thine  awful  throne, 
JL  O  Lord,  in  dust  my  sins  I  own ; 
Justice  and  mercy  for  my  life 
Contend ;  O  smile,  and  heal  the  strife. 

2  The  Saviour  smiles ;  upon  my  soul 
New  tides  of  hope  tumultuous  roll ; 
His  voice  proclaims  my  pardon  found, 
Seraphic  transport  wings  the  sound. 

3  Earth  has  a  joy  unknown  to  heaven, 
The  newborn  peace  of  sins  forgiven; 
Tears  of  such  pure  and  deep  delight, 
Ye  angels,  never  dimmed  your  sight. 

4  Bright  heralds  of  the  eternal  Will, 
Abroad  his  errands  ye  fulfill ; 

Or,  throned  in  floods  of  beamy  day, 
Symphonious  in  his  presence  play. 

5  Loud  is  the  song,  the  heavenly  plain 
Is  shaken  with  the  choral  strain; 
And  dying  echoes,  floating  far, 

Draw  music  from  each  chiming  star. 

6  But  I  amid  your  choirs  shall  shine, 
And  all  your  knowledge  shall  be  mine : 
Ye  on  your  harps  must  learn  to  hear 

A  secret  cord  that  mine  will  bear. 

AUGUSTUS  L.  HILLHOUSE. 

Dr.  Leonard  Bacon  said  that  this  hymn  was  "  as 
near  perfection  as  an  uninspired  composition  could 


be."  It  is  said  to  have  been  the  only  poem  the 
author  ever  wrote. 

One  stanza,  the  fourth,  has  been  omitted.  It  is 
hardly  suitable  for  singing,  and  yet  it  is  too  bad  to 
dismember  such  a  piece  of  work.  It  is : 

4  "Ye  saw  of  old  on  chaos  rise 
The  beauteous  pillars  of  the  skies ; 
Ye  know  where  morn  exulting  springs, 
And  evening  folds  her  drooping  wings." 

The  thought  of  the  last  couplet  of  the  hymn  is 
not  new,  but  it  is  expressed  in  an  original  and  ad- 
mirable manner. 

Augustus  Lucas  Hillhouse  was  a  brother  of  the 
poet,  James  A.  Hillhouse,  and  was  born  at  New 
Haven,  Conn.,  in  1792.    He  died  in  1859. 

This  poem  was  first  published  in  the  Christian 
Spectator.  New  Haven,  1822. 


445     The  realizing  light  of  faith.      L.  M. 

AUTHOR  of  faith,  eternal  Wore', 
Whose  Spirit  breathes  the  active  flame, 
Faith,  like  its  finisher  and  Lord, 
To-day  as  yesterday  the  same. 

2  To  thee  our  humble  hearts  aspire, 
And  ask  the  gift  unspeakable ; 

Increase  in  us  the  kindled  fire, 
In  us  the  work  of  faith  fulfill. 

3  By  faith  we  know  thee  strong  to  save; 
Save  us,  a  present  Saviour  thou : 

Whate'er  we  hope,  by  faith  we  have ; 
Future  and  past  subsisting  now. 

4  To  him  that  in  thy  name  believes, 
Eternal  life  with  thee  is  given; 

Into  himself  he  all  receives, 

Pardon,  and  holiness,  and  heaven. 

5  The  things  unknown  to  feeble  sense, 
Unseen  by  reason's  glimmering  ray, 

With  strong,  commanding  evidence, 
Their  heavenly  origin  disjDlay. 

6  Faith  lends  its  realizing  light ; 

The  clouds  disperse,  the  shadows  fly; 
The  Invisible  appears  in  sight, 
And  God  is  seen  by  mortal  eye. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  Life  of  Faith,  Exemplified  in  the  Eleventh 
Chapter  of  St.  PauVs  Epistle  to  the  Hebrews. 

The  author  wrote  eighty-five  stanzas  of  paraphrase 
upon  this  chapter.  This  hymn  is  founded  on  the 
first  verse  : 

"  Now  faith  is  the  substance  of  things  hoped  for, 
the  evidence  of  things  not  seen." 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  by 
John  and  Charles  Wesley,  1740. 


HYMN  STUDIES.  17? 


4:46  Salvation  by  grace.  L.  M. 

WE  have  no  outward  righteousness, 
No  merits  or  good  works  to  plead ; 
We  only  can  be  saved  by  grace ; 
Thy  grace,  O  Lord,  is  free  indeed. 

2  Save  us  by  grace,  through  faith  alone, 
A  faith  thou  must  thyself  impart ; 

A  faith  that  would  by  works  be  shown, 
A  faith  that  purifies  the  heart : 

3  A  faith  that  doth  the  mountains  move, 
A  faith  that  shows  our  sins  forgiven, 

A  faith  that  sweetly  works  by  love, 
And  ascertains  our  claim  to  heaven. 

4  This  is  the  faith  we  humbly  seek, 
The  faith  in  thy  all-cleansing  blood, 

That  blood  which  doth  for  sinners  speak; 
O  let  it  speak  us  up  to  God ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  For  Condemned  Malefactors. 

"Let  the  sighing  of  the  prisoner  come  before 
thee ;  according  to  the  greatness  of  thy  power 
preserve  thou  those  that  are  appointed  to  die."  Psa. 
Ixxix,  12. 

The  whole  hymn  contains  fourteen  stanzas.  These 
are  the  fourth,  fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh,  unaltered. 
It  must  be  remembered  that  Wesley  ministered  to 
condemned  prisoners,  and  sought  to  prepare  them 
for  death.  This  hymn,  with  others,  was  written 
for  their  special  use.  It  will  be  better  understood 
by  reading  the  first  three  stanzas  of  the  hymn  : 

1  "  0  Thou  that  hangedst  on  the  tree, 
Our  curse  and  sufferings  to  remove, 

Pity  the  souls  that  look  to  Thee, 
And  save  us  by  Thy  dying  love. 

2  "  Outcasts  of  men,  to  Thee  we  fly, 
To  Thee  who  wilt  the  worst  receive ; 

Forgive,  and  make  us  fit  to  die ; 
Alas  !  we  are  not  fit  to  live. 

3  "  We  own  our  punishment  is  just, 
We  suffer  for  our  evil  here, 

But  in  Thy  sufferings,  Lord,  we  trust, 
Thine,  only  Thine,  our  souls  can  clear." 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymn*  and  Sacred  Po- 
ems, 1749. 


447  0  happy  day  !  L.  M. 

0 HAPPY  day  that  fixed  my  choice 
On  thee,  my  Saviour  and  my  God ! 
Well  may  this  glowing  heart  rejoice, 
And  tell  its  raptures  all  abroad. 
12 


2  O  happy  bond,  that  seals  my  vows 
To  him  who  merits  all  my  love ! 

Let  cheerful  anthems  fill  his  house, 
While  to  that  sacred  shrine  I  move. 

3  'Tis  done,  the  great  transaction's  done ; 
I  am  my  Lord's,  and  he  is  mine ; 

He  drew  me,  and  I  followed  on, 

Charmed  to  confess  the  voice  divine. 

4  Now  rest,  my  long-divided  heart ; 
Fixed  on  this  blissful  center,  rest ; 

Nor  ever  from  thy  Lord  depart, 
With  him  of  every  good  possessed. 

5  High  Heaven,  that  heard  the  solemn  vow, 
That  vow  renewed  shall  daily  hear, 

Till  in  life's  latest  hour  I  bow, 

And  bless  in  death  a  bond  so  dear. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title :  Rejoicing  in  Our  Covenant  Engagements 
to  God. 

"  And  all  Judah  rejoiced  at  the  oath :  for  they 
had  sworn  with  all  their  heart,  and  sought  him  with 
their  whole  desire;  and  he  was  found  of  them  :  and 
the  Lord  gave  them  rest  round  about."  2  Chron. 
xv,  15. 

The  hymn  is  a  verbatim  copy  of  the  original,  ex- 
cepting the  last  couplet  of  the  fourth  stanza.  Dod- 
dridge wrote : 

"  With  Ashes  who  -would  grudge  to  part, 
When  called  on  Angels'  Bread  to  feast." 

"Blessed  is  the  man,"  says  Montgomery,  "  who 
can  take  the  words  of  this  hymn,  and  make  them 
his  own  from  similar  experience." 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  1755. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  78. 


448  Salvation  by  faith.  L.  M. 

INTO  thy  gracious  hands  I  fall, 
And  with  the  arms  of  faith  embrace ; 

0  King  of  glory,  hear  my  call ; 

O  raise  me,  heal  me  by  thy  grace. 
Now  righteous  through  thy  grace  I  am ; 
No  condemnation  now  I  dread; 

1  taste  salvation  in  thy  name, 
Alive  in  thee,  my  living  Head. 

2  Still  let  thy  wisdom  be  my  guide, 
Nor  take  thy  flight  from  me  away ; 

Still  with  me  let  thy  grace  abide, 
That  I  from  thee  may  never  stray: 

Let  thy  word  richly  in  me  dwell, 
Thy  peace  and  love  my  portion  be ; 

My  joy  to  endure  and  do  thy  will, 
Till  perfect  I  am  found  in  thee. 


178  HYMN  STUDIES. 


3  Arm  me  with  thy  whole  armor,  Lord, 

Support  my  weakness  with  thy  might; 
Gird  on  my  thigh  thy  conquering  sword, 

And  shield  me  in  the  threatening  fight; 
From  faith  to  faith,  from  grace  to  grace, 

So  in  thy  strength  shall  I  go  on, 
Till  heaven  and  earth  flee  from  thy  face, 

And  glory  end  what  grace  begun. 

WOLFGANG  C.  DESSLER. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title :  T?ie  Change. 

The  last  half  of  a  hymn  of  six  stanzas.  Wesley 
wrote  "wounds"  instead  of  "grace"  in  verse  one, 
line  live. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 

Wolfgang  Christopher  Dessler  was  born  at 
Nuremberg  in  1660.  His  father  was  a  jeweler, 
and  wished  his  son  to  follow  the  same  trade.  But 
the  son  was  devoted  to  study,  and  at  length  entered 
the  University  of  Altdorf  as  a  student  of  divinity. 
On  account  of  ill  health,  he  was  obliged  to  give  up 
his  course ;  but  he  continued  his  literary  wTork  as 
he  was  able.  He  was  head  master  of  a  school  at 
Nuremberg  some  fifteen  years.  Dessler  was  the 
author  of  fifty-six  hymns  ;  an  accurate  scholar,  and 
a  devout  Christian.    He  died  in  1722. 


449 


Forgiving  love. 


L.  M. 


MY  soul,  with  humble  fervor  raise 
To  God  the  voice  of  grateful  praise, 
And  all  my  ransomed  powers  combine, 
To  bless  his  attributes  divine. 

2  Deep  on  my  heart  let  memory  trace 
His  acts  of  mercy  and  of  grace, 
Who,  with  a  Father's  tender  care, 
Saved  me  when  sinking  in  despair; 

3  Gave  my  repentant  soul  to  prove 
The  joy  of  his  forgiving  love; 
Poured  balm  into  my  bleeding  breast, 
And  led  my  weary  feet  to  rest. 

LIVINGSTONE. 

The  three  stanzas  of  this  hymn  are  founded  on 
the  first  four  verses  of  Psalm  ciii.  It  was  contrib- 
uted, with  twelve  other  pieces,  by  the  same  author 
to  Dr.  William  B.  Collyer's  Collection  of  Hymns, 
1812. 

The  author  was  not  the  Rev.  John  Henry  Liv- 
ingsta^ as  the  editors  of  our  Hymnal  supposed, 
but ft  Livingstone  not  otherwise  known. 


450        The  highway  of  holiness.       L.  M. 

JESUS,  my  all,  to  heaven  is  gone, 
He  whom  I  fix  my  hopes  upon ; 
His  track  I  see,  and  I'll  pursue 
The  narrow  way,  till  him  I  view. 


2  The  way  the  holy  prophets  went, 
The  road  that  leads  from  banishment, 
The  King's  highway  of  holiness, 

I'll  go,  for  all  his  paths  are  peace. 

3  This  is  the  way  I  long  have  sought, 
And  mourned  because  I  found  it  not; 
My  grief  a  burden  long  has  been, 
Because  I  was  not  saved  from  sin. 

4  The  more  I  strove  against  its  power, 
I  felt  its  weight  and  guilt  the  more; 
Till  late  I  heard  my  Saviour  say, 

"  Come  hither,  soul,  I  am  the  w^ay." 

5  Lo !  glad  I  come ;  and  thou,  blest  Lamb, 
Shalt  take  me  to  thee,  as  I  am ; 
Nothing  but  sin  have  I  to  give ; 
Nothing  but  love  shall  I  receive. 

6  Then  will  I  tell  to  sinners  round, 
What  a  dear  Saviour  I  have  found ; 
I'll  point  to  thy  redeeming  blood, 
And  say,  "  Behold  the  wTay  to  God." 

JOHN  CENNICK,  ALT. 

The  author's  title  was:  Following  Christ  the 
Sinner's  Way  to  God. 
Several  lines  have  been  altered. 

Verse  one,  line  two : 

"  He  that  I  fix  my  hopes  upon." 

Verse  threo,  line  three : 

"My  grief  my  burden  long  has  been." 

Verse  three,  line  four : 

"  Because  I  could  not  cease  from  sin." 

Verse  four,  line  two : 

"  1  sinned  and  stumbled  but  the  more." 

Verse  four,  line  four  : 

' '  Come  hither,  soul,  for  Pm  the  way." 

Verse  five,  line  one : 

"  Lo  !  glad  1  come ;  and  thou,  dear  Lamb.'' 

Verse  five,  line  three : 

"  Nothing  but  sin  I  Thee  can  give." 

Verse  five,  line  four: 

"  Yet  help  me  and  Thy  Praise  Til  live. 

Verse  six,  line  one : 

"  Pll  tell  to  all  poor  sinners  round." 

Omitted  Stanzas. 

3  "  No  Stranger  may  proceed  therein, 
No  Lover  of  the  World  and  Sin; 
No  Lion,  no  devouring  Care, 
No  ravenous  Tyger  shall  be  there. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


179 


4  "  No  Nothing  may  go  up  thereon 
But  traveling  Souls,  and  1  am  one : 
Wayfaring  Men  to  Canaan  hound, 
Shall  only  in  the  Way  be  found. 

5  "  Nor  Fools,  by  carnal  men  esteem'd, 
Shall  err  therein ;  but  they  redeem' d 
In  Jesus'  Blood,  shall  shew  their  Eight 
To  travel  there,  till  Heav'n's  in  Sight." 

From  Sacred  Hymns,  For  the  Use  of  Religious  So- 
cieties. Generally  Composed  in  Dialogues.  By 
John  Cennick.    Part  ii.    Bristol,  1743. 

The  author  was  born  in  England  in  1717.  In 
early  life  he  was  fond  of  sinful  amusements  and 
ungodly  companions ;  but  at  length  the  Spirit  thor- 
oughly awakened  him,  and,  after  a  long  struggle, 
he  found  the  way  of  "  faith."  He  refers  to  this 
struggle  in  verses  three  and  four.  Cennick  was  a 
Methodist  preacher.  When  Whitefield  withdrew 
from  the  Wesley s,  Cennick  followed  him.  He  aft- 
erward became  a  Moravian  preacher.  He  died  at 
London  in  1755,  and  was  buried  in  the  Moravian 
Cemetery. 


4bl  His  sovereign  grace.  L.  M- 

GLORY  to  God,  whose  sovereign  grace 
Hath  animated  senseless  stones, 
Called  us  to  stand  before  his  face, 
And  raised  us  unto  Abraham's  sons. 

2  The  people  that  in  darkness  lay 
In  sin  and  error's  deadly  shade, 

Have  seen  a  glorious  gospel-day 
In  Jesus'  lovely  face  displayed. 

3  Thou  only,  Lord,  the  work  hast  done, 
And  bared  thine  arm  in  all  our  sight ; 

Hast  made  the  reprobates  thine  own, 
And  claimed  the  outcasts  as  thy  right. 

4  Thy  single  arm,  almighty  Lord, 
To  us  the  great  salvation  brought; 

Thy  Word,  thy  all-creating  Word, 

That  spake  at  first  the  world  from  naught. 

5  For  this  the  saints  lift  up  their  voice, 
And  ceaseless  praise  to  thee  is  given ; 

For  this  the  hosts  above  rejoice, 

And  praise  thee  in  the  highest  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  Hymn  for  the  Kingswood  Colliers. 

They  were  an  ignorant  and  desperately  wicked 
class  of  men  who  worked  in  the  coal  mines  near 
the  city  of  Bristol.  The  Wesleys  labored  among 
them,  and  this  hymn  celebrates  a  glorious  revival 
that  followed. 

The  last  line  of  the  hymn  the  author  wrote  : 

"  We  raise  the  happiness  of  heaven." 


There  are  three  additional  stanzas,  which  show 
plainly  the  original  design  of  the  author : 

G  "  For  this,  no  longer  sons  of  night, 
To  Thee  our  thanks  and  hearts  we  give  ; 

To  Thee  who  called  us  into  light, 
To  Thee  we  die,  to  Thee  we  live. 

7  "  Suffice  that  for  the  season  past 
Hell's  horrid  language  filled  our  tongues, 

We  all  Thy  words  behind  us  cast, 
And  loudly  sang  the  drunkard's  songs. 

8  "  But,  0  the  power  of  grace  Divine  ! 
In  hymns  we  now  our  voices  raise, 

Loudly  in  strange  hosannas  join, 
And  blasphemies  are  turned  to  praise." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


4:53        The  Lord  our  righteousness.      L.  M. 

LET  not  the  wise  their  wisdom  boast, 
The  mighty  glory  in  their  might, 
The  rich  in  flattering  riches  trust, 
Which  take  their  everlasting  flight. 

2  The  rush  of  numerous  years  bears  down 
The  most  gigantic  strength  of  man; 

And  where  is  all  his  wisdom  gone, 
When,  dust,  he  turns  to  dust  again? 

3  One  only  gift  can  justify 

The  boasting  soul  that  knows  his  God; 
When  Jesus  doth  his  blood  apply, 
I  glory  in  his  sprinkled  blood. 

4  The  Lord  my  righteousness  I  praise, 
I  triumph  in  the  love  divine ; 

The  wisdom,  wealth,  and  strength  of  grace, 
In  Christ  to  endless  ages  mine. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures.  The  passage  "  on  which  thia 
hymn  is  founded  is  Jer.  ix,  23,  24 : 

"Thus  saith  the  Lord,  Let  not  the  wise  man 
glory  in  his  wisdom,  neither  let  the  mighty  man 
glory  in  his  might,  let  not  the  rich  man  glory  in 
his  riches:  but  let  him  that  glorieth,  glory  iirthis, 
that  he  understandeth  and  knoweth  me,  that  I  am 
the  Lord  which  exercise  loving-kindness,  judgment, 
and  righteousness,  in  the  earth  :  for  in  these  things 
I  delight,  saith  the  Lord." 

One  word  has  been  changed.  In  the  last  line 
the  author  wrote : 

"  In  Christ  through  endless  ages  mine." 


180  HYMN  STUDIES. 


400  His  plenteous  grace.  10,11. 

OWHAT  shall  I  do  my  Saviour  to  praise, 
So  faithful  and  true,  so  plenteous  in 
grace, 

So  strong  to  deliver,  so  good  to  redeem 
The  weakest  believer  that  hangs  upon  him ! 

2  How  happy  the  man  whose  heart  is  set 

free; 

The  people  that  can  be  joyful  in  thee ! 
Their  joy  is  to  walk  in  the  light  of  thy  face, 
And  still  they  are  talking  of  Jesus' s  grace : 

3  For  thou  art  their  boast,  their  glory,  and 

power, 

And  I  also  trust  to  see  the  glad  hour, 

My  soul's  new  creation,  a  life  from  the  dead, 

The  day  of  salvation  that  lifts  up  my  head. 

4  For  Jesus,  my  Lord,  is  now  my  defense ; 
I  trust  in  his  word ;  none  plucks  me  from 

thence ; 

Since  I  have  found  favor,  he  all  things  will 
do ; 

My  King  and  my  Saviour  shall  make  me 
anew. 

5  Yes,  Lord,  I  shall  see  the  bliss  of  thine  own : 
Thy  secret  to  me  shall  soon  be  made  known ; 
For  sorrow  and  sadness  I  joy  shall  receive, 
And  share  in  the  gladness  of  all  that  believe. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  A  Thanksgiving. 

One  stanza,  the  third,  is  omitted  : 

3  "Their  daily  delight  shall  be  in  Thy  name, 
They  shall,  as  their  right,  Thy  righteousness  claim ; 
Thy  righteousness  wearing,  and  cleansed  by  Thy 
blood, 

Bold  shall  they  appear  in  the  presence  of  God." 

It  has  not  been  altered. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


454        Accepted  in  tlie  Beloved.         10,  11. 

ALL  praise  to  the  Lamb !  accepted  I  am, 
Through  faith  in  the  Saviour's  ador- 
able name : 
In  him  I  confide,  his  blood  is  applied ; 
For  me  he  hath  suffered,  for  me  he  hath  died. 

2  Not  a  cloud  doth  arise,  to  darken  my  skies, 
Or  hide  for  a  moment  my  Lord  from  mine 

eyes: 

In  him  I  am  blest,  I  lean  on  his  breast, 
And  lo !  in  his  wounds  I  continue  to  rest. 

CHARLES  WESLEY,  ALT. 


From  Hymns  and  Sacred,  Poems,  by  Charles 
Wesley,  1749. 

It  is  part  of  one  of  the  Hymns  for  Believers. 
The  original  contains  eighteen  stanzas.  This  is  made 
up  of  verses  one,  three,  five,  and  six,  altered.  Only 
three  lines  remain  as  they  were  first  published. 
The  hymn  first  appeared  in  this  collection  in  the 
1849  edition. 


455  Tears  of  joy.  7,  6,  8. 

LORD,  and  is  thine  anger  gone, 
And  art  thou  pacified? 
After  all  that  I  have  done, 

Dost  thou  no  longer  chide? 
Let  thy  love  my  heart  constrain, 

And  all  my  restless  passions  sway : 
Keep  me,  lest  I  turn  again 
Out  of  the  narrow  way. 

2  See  my  utter  helplessness, 
And  leave  me  not  alone ; 

O  preserve  in  perfect  peace, 
And  seal  me  for  thine  own : 

More  and  more  thyself  reveal, 
Thy  presence  let  me  always  find ; 

Comfort,  and  confirm,  and  heal 
My  feeble,  sin-sick  mind. 

3  As  the  apple  of  thine  eye, 
Thy  weakest  servant  keep ; 

Help  me  at  thy  feet  to  lie, 

And  there  forever  weep : 
Tears  of  joy  mine  eyes  o'erflow, 

That  I  have  any  hope  of  heaven ; 
Much  of  love  I  ought  to  know, 

For  I  have  much  forgiven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  After  a  Recovery. 

The  whole  hymn  consists  of  eight  eight-line 
stanzas.  This  is  made  up  of  the  first  half  of  the 
first,  the  first  half  of  the  second  slightly  altered, 
the  fifth  and  sixth. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  published  by 
John  and  Charles  Wesley,  1742. 


CONSECRATION. 

456  Nothing  but  Christ  crucified.  7,  6, 8. 

VAIN,  delusive  world,  adieu, 
With  all  of  creature  good ! 
Only  Jesus  I  pursue, 

Who  bought  me  with  his  blood : 
All  thy  pleasures  I  forego ; 

I  trample  on  thy  wealth  and  pride ; 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 
And  Jesus  crucified. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


181 


2  Other  knowledge  I  disdain ; 
'Tis  all  but  vanity : 

Christ,  the  Lamb  of  God,  was  slain, 

He  tasted  death  for  me. 
Me  to  save  from  endless  woe 

The  sin-  atoning  Victim  died : 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified. 

3  Here  will  I  set  up  my  rest ; 
My  fluctuating  heart 

From  the  haven  of  his  breast 

Shall  never  more  depart : 
Whither  should  a  sinner  go? 

His  wounds  for  me  stand  open  wide ; 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified. 

4  Him  to  know  is  life  and  peace, 
And  pleasure  without  end ; 

This  is  all  my  happiness, 

On  Jesus  to  depend ; 
Daily  in  his  grace  to  grow, 

And  ever  in  his  faith  abide; 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified. 

5  O  that  I  could  all  invite, 
This  saving  truth  to  prove ; 

Show  the  length,  the  breadth,  the  height, 

And  depth  of  Jesus'  love ! 
Fain  I  would  to  sinners  show 

The  blood  by  faith  alone  ajoplied ; 
Only  Jesus  will  I  know, 

And  Jesus  crucified. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  /  am  Determined  to  Know  Nothing  save 
Jesus  Christ,  and  Him  Crucified. 

The  original  has  nine  stanzas.  This  hymn  is 
composed  of  verses  one,  two,  four,  seven,  and 
eight,  'verbatim. 

In  one  of  the  omitted  stanzas  the  author  alludes 
to  the  opposition  that  he  sometimes  encoun- 
tered : 

6  "  What  though  earth  and  hell  engage 

To  shake  my  soul  with  fear ; 
Calmly  I  defy  the  rage 

Of  persecution  near ; 
Suffering  faith  shall  brighter  glow, 

As  gold  wheu  in  the  furnace  tried ; 
Only  Jesus,"  etc. 


From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  published  by 
John  Wesley,  M.A.,  Fellow  of  Lincoln  College, 
Oxford,  and  Charles  Wesley,  M.A.,  Student  of 
Christ  Church,  Oxford,  1742. 


457     Renouncing  alt  for  Christ.     L.  M. 

COME,  Saviour,  Jesus,  from  above, 
Assist  me  with  thy  heavenly  grace ; 
Empty  my  heart  of  earthly  love. 
And  for  thyself  prepare  the  place. 

2  O  let  thy  sacred  presence  fill, 
And  set  my  longing  spirit  free ; 

Which  pants  to  have  no  other  will, 
But  night  and  day  to  feast  on  thee. 

3  While  in  this  region  here  below, 
No  other  good  will  I  pursue : 

I'll  bid  this  world  of  noise  and  .show, 
With  all  its  glittering  snares,  adieu. 

4  That  path  with  humble  speed  I'll  seek, 
In  which  my  Saviour's  footsteps  shine, 

Nor  will  I  hear,  nor  will  I  speak, 
Of  any  other  love  but  thine. 

5  Henceforth  may  no  profane  delight 
Divide  this  consecrated  soul ; 

Possess  it  thou,  who  hast  the  right, 
As  Lord  and  Master  of  the  whole. 

6  Nothing  on  earth  do  I  desire, 

But  thy  pure  love  within  my  breast ; 
This,  only  this,  will  I  require, 
And  freely  give  up  all  the  rest, 

MAD.  A.  BOURIGNON. 
TR.  BY  J.  BYROM. 

The  translation,  ten  stanzas,  is  found  in  Hymns 
and  Sacred  Poems,  1739,  and  in  Miscellaneous 
Poems,  by  John  Byrom,  1773.  Hymnologists  are 
not  agreed  whether  it  was  translated  by  John  Wes- 
ley or  by  John  Byrom.  In  the  first  edition  of 
Hymn  Studies  I  gave  it  to  Byrom,  further  research 
seems  to  be  in  favor  of  Wesley.  I  know  of  no  evi- 
dence that  is  conclusive. 

Madame  Antoinette  Bourignon,  a  truly  pious 
but  somewhat  visionary  French  woman,  was  born 
in  1616.  She  aspired  to  be  a  great  religious  leader, 
but  did  not  meet  with  very  marked  success.  Her 
disciples,  since  her  death,  in  1680,  have  dwindled 
and  been  almost  forgotten.  She  wrote  much,  and 
her  works  were  published  at  Amsterdam,  in  1786, 
in  nineteen  volumes.  Some  of  them  have  been 
translated  into  English,  but  they  are  regarded  as 
of  little  worth  ;  as  largely  "  wood,  hay,  and  stub- 
ble." This  hymn  is  one  of  the  "precious  stones," 
— a  gem  that  survives  because  it  is  worthy.  As  a 
hymn  of  consecration  it  has  no  superior. 


4o  O       Personal  consecration.  L.  M. 

GOD  of  my  life,  what  just  return 
Can  sinful  dust  and  ashes  give? 
I  only  live  my  sin  to  mourn : 
To  love  my  God  I  only  live. 


m  HYMN  STUDIES. 


2  To  thee,  benign  and  saving  Power, 
I  consecrate  my  lengthened  day's; 

While,  marked  with  blessings,  every  hour 
Shall  speak  thy  co-extended  praise. 

3  Be  all  my  added  life  employed 
Thine  image  in  my  soul  to  see : 

Fill  with  thyself  the  mighty  void ; 
Enlarge  my  heart  to  compass  thee. 

4  The  blessing  of  thy  love  bestow ; 
For  this  my  cries  shall  never  fail ; 

Wrestling,  I  will  not  let  thee  go,  — 
I  will  not,  till  my  suit  prevail. 

5  Come,  then,  my  Hope,  my  Life,  my  Lord, 
And  fix  in  me  thy  lasting  home ; 

Be  mindful  of  thy  gracious  word, — 
Thou,  with  thy  jn'omised  Father,  come. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  After  a  Recovery  from  Sickness. 

Part  of  a  long  hymn  of  seventeen  stanzas. 
These  are  verses  eight,  nine,  eleven,  thirteen, 
and  sixteen,  unaltered.  The  hymn  was  written 
after  recovering  from  a  severe  sickness,  which  he 
did  not  expect  to  survive.  The  author  describes 
his  recovery  very  poetically  in  the  sixth  and 
seventh  stanzas  that  immediately  preceded  this 
hymn : 

6  "Jesus  to  my  deliverance  flew, 
When  sunk  in  mortal  pangs  I  lay  : 

Pale  Death  his  ancient  Conqueror  knew, 
And  trembled,  and  ungrasped  his  prey. 

7  "The  fever  turned  its  backward  course, 
Arrested  by  Almighty  power; 

Sudden  expired  its  fiery  force, 
And  anguish  gnawed  my  side  no  more." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


459  Living  to  God.  L.  M. 

OTHOU,  who  hast  at  thy  command 
The  hearts  of  all  men  in  thy  hand, 
Our  wayward,  erring  hearts  incline 
To  have  no  other  will  but  thine. 

2  Our  wishes,  our  desires,  control ; 
Mold  every  purpose  of  the  soul ; 
O'er  all  may  we  victorious  prove 
That  stands  between  us  and  thy  love. 

3  Thrice  blest  will  all  our  blessings  be, 
When  we  can  look  through  them  to  thee ; 
When  each  glad  heart  its  tribute  pays 
Of  love,  and  gratitude,  and  praise. 


4  And  while  we  to  thy  glory  live, 
May  we  to  thee  all  glory  give, 
Until  the  final  summons  come, 
That  calls  thy  willing  servants  home. 

MRS.  JANE  COTTERILL. 

Title:  For  Entire  Subjection  to  the  Will  of  God. 

The  original  has  six  stanzas.  These  are  verses 
one,  two,  three,  and  six. 

One  couplet  has  been  changed.  The  author 
wrote  the  last  part  of  verse  two : 

"  O'er  all  may  we  victorious  be 

That  stands  between  ourselves  and  Thee." 

Omitted  Stanzas. 

4  "  Still  make  us  when  temptation's  near 
As  our  worst  foes  ourselves  to  fear  ; 
And,  each  vain-glorious  thought  to  quell, 
Teach  us  how  Peter  vow'd  and  fell. 

5  "  Yet  may  we,  feeble,  weak,  and  frail, 
Against  our  mightiest  foes  prevail ; 
Thy  word,  our  safety  from  alarm, 

Our  strength,  thine  everlasting  arm." 

The  author  wrote,  verse  four,  line  three : 
"  Until  the  joyful  summons  come." 

It  appeared  in  one  of  the  editions  of  Thomas 
Cotterill's  Psalms  and  Hymns,  1810  to  1819. 


4LuO         The  vow  sealed  at  the  cross        L.  M. 

IORD,  I  am  thine,  entirely  thine, 
J  Purchased  and  saved  by  blood  divine ; 
With  full  consent  thine  I  would  be, 
And  own  thy  sovereign  right  in  me. 

2  Grant  one  poor  sinner  more  a  place 
Among  the  children  of  thy  grace ; 

A  wretched  sinner,  lost  to  God, 
But  ransomed  by  Immanuel's  blood. 

3  Thine  would  I  live,  thine  would  I  die, 
Be  thine  through  all  eternity ; 

The  vow  is  past  beyond  repeal, 
And  now  I  set  the  solemn  seal. 

4  Here,  at  that  cross  where  flows  the  blood 
That  bought  my  guilty  soul  for  God, 
Thee,  my  new  Master,  now  I  call, 

And  consecrate  to  thee  my  all. 

5  Do  thou  assist  a  feeble  worm 
The  great  engagement  to  perform ; 
Thy  grace  can  fall  assistance  lend, 
And  on  that  grace  I  dare  depend. 

SAMUEL  DAVIES. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


183 


This  hymn  is  a  rich  legacy  to  the  Christian 
Church.  It  was  published  from  the  writer's  man- 
uscripts, with  a  few  others  by  the  same  author,  in 
Dr.  Thomas  Gibbon's  Hymns  Adapted  to  Divine 
Worship,  London,  1769,  where  it  has  this  head- 
ing : 

"  Self  Dedication  at  the  Table  of  the  Lord,  by 
the  Reverend  Samuel  Davies,  A.M.  A  Sacramental 
Hymn." 

One  line  has  been  altered.  Verse  three,  line 
four,  is : 

"  Now  will  I  set  the  solemn  seal." 

Verses  two  and  five  are  omitted.  Many  will  be 
glad  to  see  them  : 

2  "  Here,  Lord,  my  Flesh,  my  Soul,  my  All, 
-  I  yield  to  Thee  beyond  Recall ; 
Accept  thine  own,  so  long  withheld, 
Accept  what  I  so  freely  yield ! " 

5  "  Be  thou  the  Witness  of  my  Vow, 
Angels  and  Men  attest  it  too, 
That  to  thy  Board  [  now  repair, 
And  seal  the  sacred  Contract  there." 

The  Rev.  Samuel  Davies  was  a  Presbyterian 
minister,  born  in  Delaware  in  1723,  and  ordained 
in  1747.  He  subsequently  labored  for  several 
years  as  missionary  and  evangelist  in  the  State  of 
Virginia.  In  1759  he  was  elected  President  of  New 
Jersey  College,  Princeton,  where  he  died  in  1761. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  piety,  activity,  and  useful- 
ness. His  sermons  have  been  frequently  reprinted, 
and  are  still  read  with  profit. 


46  1        Thirsting  for  perfect  love.      L.  M. 

I THIRST,  thou  wounded  Lamb  of  God, 
To  wash  me  in  thy  cleansing  blood ; 
To  dwell  within  thy  wounds;  then  pain 
Is  sweet,  and  life  or  death  is  gain. 

2  Take  my  poor  heart,  and  let  it  be 
Forever  closed  to  all  but  thee : 

Seal  thou  my  breast,  and  let  me  wear 
That  pledge  of  love  forever  there. 

3  How  blest  are  they  who  still  abide 
Close  sheltered  in  thy  bleeding  side ! 
Who  thence  their  life  and  strength  derive, 
And  by  thee  move,  and  in  thee  live. 

4  What  are  our  works  but  sin  and  death, 
Till  thou  thy  quickening  Spirit  breathe? 
Thou  giv'st  the  power  thy  grace  to  move ; 
O  wondrous  grace !  O  boundless  love ! 

5  How  can  it  be,  thou  heavenly  King, 
That  thou  shouldst  us  to  glory  bring? 
Make  slaves  the  partners  of  thy  throne, 
Decked  with  a  never-fading  crown? 


6  Hence  our  hearts  melt,  our  eyes  o'erflow ! 
Our  words  are  lost,  nor  will  we  know, 
Nor  will  we  think  of  aught  beside, 
' '  My  Lord,  my  Love  is  crucified. " 

NICOLATJS  L.  ZINZENDORP. 

Tit.  BY  J.WESLEY. 

This  translation  was  first  published  in  Hymns 
and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 
The  original  of  verse  three,  line  three,  is  : 

"  Who  life  and  strength  from  thence  derive." 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas,  which  we  give, 
though  the  hymn  is  complete  without  them. 

7  "  Ah,  Lord  !  enlarge  our  scanty  thought 
To  know  the  wonders  Thou  hast  wrought ; 
Unloose  our  stammering  tongue  to  tell 
Thy  love  immense,  unsearchable ! 

8  "  First  born  of  many  brethren  Thou  ! 
To  Thee,  lo  !  all  our  souls  we  bow  ; 

To  Thee  our  hearts  and  hands  we  give  : 
Thine  may  we  die ;  Thine  may  we  live." 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Count  Zinzendorf,  see 
No.  123. 


462  The  Lord  is  my  portion.  Lam.  iii,24.  L.  M. 

OLOVE,  thy  sovereign  aid  impart, 
And  guard  the  gift  thyself  hast  given: 
My  portion  thou,  my  treasure  art, 
My  life,  and  happiness,  and  heaven. 

2  Would  aught  on  earth  my  wishes  share? 
Though  dear  as  life  the  idol  be, 

The  idol  from  my  breast  I'd  tear, 
Resolved  to  seek  my  all  in  thee. 

3  Whate'er  I  fondly  counted  mine, 
To  thee,  my  Lord,  I  here  restore ; 

Gladly  I  all  for  thee  resign ; 
Give  me  thyself,  I  ask  no  more. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  In  Desertion,  or  Temptation. 
These  are  the  last  three  stanzas  of  a  hymn  con- 
taining fourteen  verses. 

Verse  two,  line  one,  Wesley  wrote : 

"  Would  aught  with  Thee  my  wishes  share." 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


4:63  Perfect  peace.  7. 

PRINCE  of  peace,  control  my  will ; 
Bid  this  struggling  heart  be  still ; 
Bid  my  fears  and  doubtings  cease, 
Hush  my  spirit  into  peace. 


184  HYMN  STUDIES. 


2  Thou  hast  bought  me  with  thy  blood, 
Opened  wide  the  gate  to  God : 

Peace  I  ask — but  peace  must  be, 
Lord,  in  being  one  with  thee. 

3  May  thy  will,  not  mine,  be  done ; 
May  thy  will  and  mine  be  one: 
Chase  these  doubtings  from  my  heart ; 
Now  thy  perfect  peace  impart. 

4  Saviour,  at  thy  feet  I  fall ; 
Thou  my  Life,  my  God,  my  All ! 
Let  thy  happy  servant  be 

One  for  evermore  with  thee ! 

MARY  A.  S.  BARBER. 

The  original  appeared  in  the  Church  of  England 
Magazine,  March  3,  1858.  It  contained  thirty-two 
lines.  The  writer  of  this  genuine  prayer-song  is 
Baid  to  be  as  given  above. 


464      The  mind  of  Jems.  7. 

FATHER  of  eternal  grace, 
Glorify  thyself  in  me ; 
Sweetly  beaming  in  my  face 
May  the  world  thine  image  see. 

2  Happy  only  in  thy  love, 
Poor,  unfriended,  or  unknown : 

Fix  my  thoughts  on  things  above, 
Stay  my  heart  on  thee  alone. 

3  To  thy  gracious  will  resigned, 
All  thy  will  by  me  be  done ; 

Give  me,  Lord,  the  perfect  mind 
Of  thy  well-belovgd  Son. 

4  Counting  gain  and  glory  loss, 
May  I  tread  the  path  he  trod ; 

Die  with  Jesus  on  the  cross, 
Rise  with  him  to  live  with  God. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

The  author's  title  was :  The  Image  of  God.  The 
first  t  wo  lines  of  the  third  stanza  have  been  changed. 
Montgomery  wrote : 

"Humble,  holy,  all-resigned 
To  Thy  will,— Thy  will  be  done." 

It  was  contributed  to  the  Eev.  William  B.  Coll- 
ier's Collection,  1812. 


465  Thine  forever.  1. 

THINE  forever!— God  of  love, 
Hear  us  from  thy  throne  above ; 
Thine  forever  may  we  be, 
Here  and  in  eternity. 


2  Thine  forever ! — Lord  of  life, 
Shield  us  through  our  earthly  strife ; 
Thou,  the  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way, 
Guide  us  to  the  realms  of  day. 

3  Thine  forever ! — Saviour,  keep 
These  thy  frail  and  trembling  sheep ; 
Safe  alone  beneath  thy  care, 

Let  us  all  thy  goodness  share. 

4  Thine  forever! — thou  our  Guide, 
All  our  wants  by  thee  supplied, 
All  our  sins  by  thee  forgiven, 

Lead  us,  Lord,  from  earth  to  heaven. 

MRS.  MARY  F.  MAUDE. 

Title :  We  are  Thine.    Isaiah  lxiii,  19. 

This  hymn  is  unaltered,  and  is  found  in  the  col- 
lection edited  by  Morrell  and  How.  Second  edi- 
tion, 1864.    It  was  written  in  1848. 

One  stanza,  the  third,  is  omitted: 

3  "  Thine  forever ! — O  how  blest 
They  who  find  in  Thee  their  rest ! 
Saviour,  Guardian,  heavenly  Friend, 
O  defend  us  to  the  end." 

Mrs.  Mary  Fawler  Maude  is  the  wife  of  the  Eev. 
Joseph  Maude,  an  English  clergyman. 


Tfie  solemn  vow.  C.  M. 

WITNESS,  ye  men  and  angels,  now, 
Before  the  Lord  we  speak ; 
To  him  we  make  our  solemn  vow, 
A  vow  we  dare  not  break : 

2  That  long  as  life  itself  shall  last, 
Ourselves  to  Christ  we  yield ; 

Nor  from  his  cause  will  we  de]3art, 
Or  ever  quit  the  field. 

3  We  trust  not  in  our  native  strength, 
But  on  his  grace  rely, 

That,  with  returning  wants,  the  Lord 
Will  all  our  need  supply. 

4  Lord,  guide  our  doubtful  feet  aright, 
And  keep  us  in  thy  ways ; 

And,  while  we  turn  our  vows  to  prayers, 
Turn  thou  our  prayers  to  praise. 

BENJAMIN  BEDDOME. 

Title  :  Joining  the  Church. 
One  word  has  been  changed.    The  author  wrote 
verse  four,  line  one : 

"  0,  guide  our  doubtful  feet  aright." 

From  Hymns  Adapted  to  Public  Worship  or  Fams 
ily  Devotion,  1818. 
See  No.  285. 


HYMN   STUDIES.  185 


467  cm. 

1  will  take  the  cup  of  salvation.  Psa.  cxvi,  13. 

WHAT  shall  I  render  to  my  God 
For  all  his  mercy's  store? 
I'll  take  the  gifts  he  hath  bestowed. 
And  humbly  ask  for  more. 

2  My  vows  I  will  to  his  great  name 
Before  his  people  pay, 

And  all  I  have,  and  all  I  am, 
Upon  his  altar  lay. 

3  Thy  lawful  servant,  Lord,  I  owe 
To  thee,  whate'er  is  mine, 

Born  in  thy  family  below, 
And  by  redemption  thine. 

4  The  God  of  all-redeeming  grace 
My  God  I  will  proclaim, 

Offer  the  sacrifice  of  praise, 
And  call  upon  his  name. 

5  Praise  him,  ye  saints,  the  God  of  love, 
Who  hath  my  sins  forgiven, 

Till,  gathered  to  the  Church  above, 
We  sing  the  songs  of  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  hymn  is  part  of  a  paraphrase  of  Psalm 
cxvi.  There  are  eleven  eight-lined  stanzas  in  the 
piece.  These  are  the  first  half  of  verses  seven, 
eight,  nine,  and  ten,  and  the  last  half  of  verse 
eleven,  unaltered. 

Hymn  No.  157  is  from  a  part  of  the  same  par- 
aphrase. _  Samuel  Wesley,  Sr.,  wrote  the  first 
part  of  it,  and  Charles  Wesley  the  latter  part. 
Charles  Wesley's  name  should  be  appended  to  this 
hymn.    The  Hymnal  says  Samuel  Wesley. 


468        Accept  my  heart.  C.  M. 

MY  God,  accept  my  heart  this  day, 
And  make  it  always  thine : 
That  I  from  thee  no  more  may  stray, 
No  more  from  thee  decline. 


2  Before  the  cross  of  him  who  died, 
Behold,  I  prostrate  fall; 

Let  every  sin  be  crucified, 
Let  Christ  be  all  in  all. 

3  Let  every  thought,  and  work,  and  word, 
To  thee  be  ever  given ; 

Then  life  shall  be  thy  service,  Lord, 
And  death  the  gate  of  heaven ! 

MATTHEW  BRIDGES. 

Author's  title :  Confirmation. 

Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  fourth,  of  the  origi- 
nal, have  been  omitted.  Unaltered  from  Hymns 
of  the  Heart,  1848 ; 


3  "  Anoint  me  with  Thy  heavenly  grace, 
Adopt  me  for  Thine  own, — 

That  I  may  see  Thy  glorious  face, 
And  worship  at  Thy  throne. 

4  "  May  the  dear  blood  once  shed  for  wi 
My  blest  atonement  prove, — 

That  I  from  first  to  last  may  be 
The  purchase  of  Thy  love  !  " 

See  No.  229. 


469  cm. 

Soul  and  body  dedicated  to  the  Lord. 

LET  Him  to  whom  we  now  belong, 
His  sovereign  right  assert; 
And  take  up  every  thankful  song, 
And  every  loving  heart. 

2  He  justly  claims  us  for  his  own, 
Who  bought  us' with  a  price: 

The  Christian  lives  to  Christ  alone ; 
To  Christ  alone  he  dies. 

3  Jesus,  thine  own  at  last  receive ; 
Fulfill  our  heart's  desire ; 

And  let  us  to  thy  glory  live, 
And  in  thy  cause  expire. 

4  Our  souls  and  bodies  we  resign ; 
With  joy  we  render  thee 

Our  all, — no  longer  ours,  but  thine 
To  all  eternity. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  last  line  the  author  wrote : 

"  Through  all  eternity." 

From  Hymns  on  the  Lord's  Supper,  1745.  This 
volume  contained  one  hundred  and  sixty-six  pieces, 
and  was  prefaced  by  a  thesis  upon  The  Christian 
Sacrament  and  Sacrifice,  by  Dr.  Brevint,  a  French 
Protestant. 


470 


Entire  consecration. 


7,  61. 


FATHER,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, 
As  by  the  celestial  host, 

Let  thy  will  on  earth  be  done ; 
Praise  by  all  to  thee  be  given, 
Glorious  Lord  of  earth  and  heaven. 

2  If  so  poor  a  worm  as  I 
May  to  thy  great  glory  live, 

All  my  actions  sanctify, 

All  my  words  and  thoughts  receive ; 

Claim  me  for  thy  service,  claim 

All  I  have,  and  all  I  am, 


186  HYMN  STUDIES. 


3  Take  my  soul  and  body's  powers ; 
Take  my  memory,  mind,  and  will; 

All  my  goods,  and  all  my  hours ; 

All  I  know,  and  all  I  feel ; 
All  I  think,  or  speak,  or  do ; 
Take  my  heart,  but  make  it  new. 

4  Now,  O  God,  thine  own  I  am, 
Now  I  give  thee  back  thine  own ; 

Freedom,  friends,  and  health,  and  fame, 

Consecrate  to  thee  alone : 
Thine  I  live,  thrice  happy  I ; 
Happier  still  if  thine  I  die. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  second  stanza  has  been  omitted.  It  is  as 
follows : 

2  "  Vilest  of  the  fallen  race, 

Lo,  I  answer  to  Thy  call ; 
Meanest  vessel  of  Thy  grace, 

(Grace  divinely  free  for  all,) 
Lo,  I  come  to  do  Thy  will, 

All  Thy  counsel  to  fulfill." 

Such  language  is  of  doubtful  utility  in  a  hymn  to 
be  sung. 

The  hymn  closes  by  a  repetition  of  the  first 
stanza. 

The  original  has  u  and"  instead  of  "  or"  twice 
in  verse  three,  line  five,  and  ufor  "  instead  of  "  if" 
in  verse  four,  line  six. 

From  Hymns  on  the  Lord's  Supper,  1745. 


471      The  trial  of  Abraham.        L.  M. 

ABRAHAM,  when  severely  tried, 
His  faith  by  his  obedience  showed ; 
He  with  the  harsh  command  complied, 
And  gave  his  Isaac  back  to  God. 

2  His  son  the  father  offered  up, — 
Son  of  his  age,  his  only  son ; 

Object  of  all  his  joy  and  hope, 
And  less  beloved  than  God  alone. 

3  O  for  a  faith  like  his,  that  we 
The  bright  example  may  pursue ! 

May  gladly  give  up  all  to  thee, 
To  whom  our  more  than  all  is  due. 

4  Is  there  a  thing  than  life  more  dear?  ' 
A  thing  from  which  we  cannot  part? 

We  can ;  we  now  rejoice  to  tear 
The  idol  from  our  bleeding  heart. 

5  Jesus,  accept  our  sacrifice ; 

All  things  for  thee  we  count  but  loss ; 
Lo !  at  thy  word  oui  idol  dies,  — 
Dies  on  the  altar  of  thy  cross. 


6  For  what  to  thee,  O  Lord,  we  give, 
A  hundred-fold  we  here  obtain ; 

And  soon  with  thee  shall  all  receive, 
And  loss  shall  be  eternal  gain. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  a  long  paraphrase  of  Heb.  xL  This  hymn 
is  founded  on  the  seventeenth  verse  : 

"By  faith  Abraham,  when  he  was  tried,  offered 
up  Isaac :  and  he  that  had  received  the  promises 
offered  up  his  only  begotten  son." 

One  word  has  been  changed.  In  the  third  line 
of  the  fifth  stanza  Wesley  wrote : 

"Lo!  at  Thy  word  our  Isaac  dies." 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


Dedication  to  God.  H.  M. 

MY  soul  and  all  its  powers 
Thine,  wholly  thine,  shall  be ; 
All,  all  my  happy  hours 
I  consecrate  to  thee : 
Me  to  thine  image  now  restore, 
And  I  shall  praise  thee  evermore. 

2  Long  as  I  live  beneath, 
To  thee  O  let  me  live; 

To  thee  my  every  breath 
In  thanks  and  praises  give : 
Whate'er  I  have,  whatever  I  am, 
Shall  magnify  my  Maker's  name. 

3  I  wait  thy  will  to  do, 
As  angels  do  in  heaven : 

In  Christ  a  creature  new, 
Most  graciously  forgiven ; 
I  wait  thy  perfect  will  to  prove, 
All  sanctified  by  spotless  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  On,  his  -Birthday. 

The  original  contains  eight  stanzas.  These  are 
verses  three,  four,  and  six. 

Original  Lines. 
Verse  three,  line  four : 

"  Eternally  forgiven." 

Verse  three,  line  six : 

"  When  sanctified  by  spotless  love." 

The  last  stanza  of  the  original  hymn  contains  a 
singular  conceit : 

"  Then,  when  the  work  is  done, 
The  work  of  faith  with  power, 
Call  home  Thy  favored  son 
At  death's  triumphant  hour, 
Like  Moses  to  Thyself  convey, 
And  kiss  my  raptured  soul  away.''1 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


187 


Dr.  Watts  uses  a  similar  expression.  The  idea  is 
that  God  took  the  life  of  Moses  with  a  kiss.  The 
thought  did  not  originate  with  W esley  nor  Watts. 
It  is  an  old  Jewish  tradition.  Such  a  fanciful  in- 
terpretation of  the  Scripture  will  do  for  the  poet, 
but  it  can  hardly  be  sustained  by  the  sober  Hebraist. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  by  Charles  Wes- 
ley, 1749. 


473  Self-consecration.  S.  M. 

LORD,  in  the  strength  of  grace. 
With  a  glad  heart  and  free, 
Myself,  my  residue  of  days, 
I  consecrate  to  thee. 

2  Thy  ransomed  servant,  I 

Restore  to  thee  thine  own; 
And  from  this  moment  live  or  die 

To  serve  my  God  alone. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Unaltered  from  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  1762. 
This  is  founded  on  1  Chron.  xxix,  5  : 

"  Who  is  willing  to  consecrate  his  service  this 
day  unto  the  Lord  ?  " 


474  A  living  sacrifice.        L.  M.  6  1. 

OGOD,  what  offering  shall  I  give. 
To  thee,  the  Lord  of  earth  and  skies? 
My  spirit,  soul,  and  flesh  receive, 

A  holy,  living  sacrifice : 
Small  as  it  is,  'tis  all  my  store ; 
More  shouldst  thou  have,  if  I  had  more. 

2  Now  then,  my  God,  thou  hast  my  soul : 
No  longer  mine,  but  thine  I  am : 

Guard  thou  thine  own,  possess  it  whole ; 

Cheer  it  with  hope,  with  love  inflame. 
Thou  hast  my  spirit ;  there  display 
Thy  glory  to  the  perfect  day. 

3  Thou  hast  my  flesh,  thy  hallowed  shrine, 
Devoted  solely  to  thy  will : 

Here  let  thy  light  forever  shine : 

This  house  still  let  thy  presence  fill : 
O  Source  of  life !  live,  dwell,  and  move 
In  me,  till  all  my  life  be  love. 

JOACHIM  LANGE. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title :  A  Morning  Dedication  of  Ourselves  to 
Christ. 

Seven  stanzas.  These  are  verses  two,  three,  and 
four. 

The  original  has,  verse  one,  line  one  : 
"  But  O,  what,"  etc. 


And  verse  two,  line  four: 

"  Cheer  it  by  hope,"  etc. 
Among  the  omitted  stanzas  are  two  upon  dress  : 

5  "  O,  never  in  these  veils  of  shame, 
Sad  fruits  of  sin,  my  glorying  be ! 

Clothe  with  salvation  through  Thy  name 

My  soul,  and  may  I  put  on  Thee  \ 
Be  living  faith  my  costly  dress, 
And  my  best  robe  Thy  righteousness. 

6  "Send  down  Thy  likeness  irom  above, 
And  let  this  my  adorning  be  : 

Clothe  me  with  wisdom,  patience,  love, 

With  lowliness  and  purity, 
Than  gold  and  pearls  more  precious  far 
And  brighter  than  the  morning  star." 

These  are  in  harmony  with  the  "  rules  concerning 
dress,"  which  were  found  in  the  Methodist  Dis- 
cipline down  to  the  year  1856.  Two  of  them  were 
as  follows :  "  Receive  none  into  the  Church  till 
they  have  left  off  superfluous  ornaments."  "  Give 
no  tickets  (of  admission  to  love-feasts)  to  any  that 
wear  high  heads,  enormous  bonnets,  rufiies,  or 
rings." 

The  Eev.  Joachim  Lange,  D.D.,  the  German 
author  of  this  hymn,  was  born  in  1670,  and  was  an 
associate  of  Franke,  and  other  Pietists  of  his  day. 
He  gained  a  great  reputation,  while  professor  at. 
Halle,  as  a  theologian  and  commentator,  and  espe- 
cially as  an  opponent  of  Christian  Wolf  and  his 
philosophy.    He  died  in  1744. 

Wesley's  translation  was  first  published  in 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


475  The  single  eye.  L.  M.  6  1. 

BEHOLD  the  servant  of  the  Lord! 
I  wait  thy  guiding  hand  to  feel ; 
To  hear  and  keep  thy  every  word, 

To  prove  and  do  thy  perfect  will : 
Joyful  from  my  own  works  to  cease, 
Glad  to  fulfill  all  righteousness. 

2  My  every  weak,  though  good  design, 
O'errule  or  change,  as  seems  thee  meet ; 

Jesus,  let  all  my  work  be  thine! 

Thy  work,  O  Lord,  is  all  complete, 
And  pleasing  in  thy  Father's  sight ; 
Thou  only  hast  done  all  things  right. 

3  Here,  then,  to  thee  thine  own  I  leave ; 
Mold  as  thou  wilt  thy  passive  clay ; 

But  let  me  all  thy  stamp  receive, 
But  let  me  all  thy  words  obey ; 
Serve  with  a  single  heart  and  eye, 
And  to  thy  glory  live  and  die. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  An  Act  of  Devotion. 
It  was  first  published  in  1744. 


188  HYMN  STUDIES. 


One  stanza  is  omitted  : 

2  "  Me,  if  Thy  cjrace  vouchsafe  to  use, 
Meanest  of  all  Thy  creatures  me. 

The  deed,  the  time,  the  manner  choose; 
Let  all  my  fruit  be  found  of  Thee, 

Let  all  my  works  in  Thee  be  wrought, 

By  Thee  to  full  perfection  brought." 

Verbatim,  as  found  in  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
by  Charles  Wesley,  1749. 


47  6    The  prize  of  our  high  calling.  L.  M.  6  1. 

JESUS,  thy  boundless  love  to  me 
No  thought  can  reach,  no  tongue  declare ; 
O  knit  my  thankful  heart  to  thee, 

And  reign  without  a  rival  there: 
Thine  wholly,  thine  alone,  I  am ; 
Be  thou  alone  my  constant  flame. 

2  O  grant  that  nothing  in  my  soul 
May  dwell,  but  thy  pure  love  alone : 

O  may  thy  love  possess  me  whole, 

My  joy,  my  treasure,  and  my  crown : 
Strange  flames  far  from  my  heart  remove ; 
My  every  act,  word,  thought,  be  love. 

3  Unwearied  may  I  this  pursue ; 
Dauntless  to  the  high  prize  aspire ; 

Hourly  within  my  soul  renew 

This  holy  flame,  this  heavenly  fire : 

And  day  and  night,  be  all  my  care 
To  guard  the  sacred  treasure  there. 

4  In  suffering  be  thy  love  my  peace ; 
In  weakness  be  thy  love  my  power; 

And  when  the  storms  of  life  shall  cease, 

Jesus,  in  that  important  hour, 
In  death  as  life  be  thou  my  guide, 

And  save  me,  who  for  me  hast  died. 

PAUL  GERHARDT,  TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 
Title:  Living  by  Christ. 

The  translation  has  sixteen  stanzas ;  these  are  the 
first  two,  the  fourth,  and  last,  verbatim. 

The  German  text  is  found  in  the  Herrnhuth  Col- 
lection. 

The  translation  is  found  in  Hymns  and  Sacred 
Poems,  1739. 
For  biographical  sketch  of  Gerhardt,  see  No.  212. 


47  7  Christ  in  you,  the  hope  of  glory.  L.  M.  6 1. 

THOU  hidden  love  of  God,  whose  height, 
Whose  depth    unfathomed,    no  man 
knows ! 

I  see  from  far  thy  beauteous  light, 

Inly  I  sigh  for  thy  repose : 
My  heart  is  pained,  nor  can  it  be 
At  rest,  till  it  finds  rest  in  thee. 


2  Is  there  a  thing  beneath  the  sun, 

That  strives  with  thee  my  heart  to  share? 
Ah,  tear  it  thence,  and  reign  alone, 

The  Lord  of  every  motion  there ; 
Then  shall  my  heart  from  earth  be  free, 
When  it  hath  found  repose  in  thee. 

3  O  hide  this  self  from  me,  that  I 

No  more,  but  Christ  in  me,  may  live ; 
My  vile  affections  crucify, 

Nor  let  one  darling  lust  survive ! 
In  all  things  nothing  may  I  see, 
Nothing  desire  or  seek,  but  thee. 

4  O  Love,  thy  sovereign  aid  impart, 
To  save  me  from  low-thoughted  care ; 

Chase  this  self-will  through  all  my  heart, 

Through  all  its  latent  mazes  there ; 
Make  me  thy  duteous  child,  that  I 
Ceaseless  may,  "Abba,  Father,"  cry. 

5  Each  moment  draw  from  earth  away 
My  heart,  that  lowly  waits  thy  call ; 

Speak  to  my  inmost  soul,  and  say, 

"I  am  thy  Love,  thy  God,  thy  All!  " 
To  feel  thy  power,  to  hear  thy  voice, 
To  taste  thy  love,  be  all  my  choice. 

GERHARD  TERSTEEGEN. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title :  Divine  Love. 

This  translation  was  made  by  Mr.  Wesley, 
while  he  was  at  Savannah,  Georgia,  in  1736.  It 
was  published  in  Psalms  and  Hymns,  1738. 

Three  stanzas  are  omitted. 

The  last  line  as  first  published  was : 

"  To  taste  Thy  love  is  all  my  choice." 

Wesley  gave  it  the  precatory  form,  as  in  the 
hymn,  in  his  Collection,  1780. 

For  biography  of  Tersteegen,  see  No.  47. 


478      Pressing  toward  the  mark.       L.  M.  6  1 

I THANK  thee,  uncreated  Sun, 
That   thy  bright  beams  on  me  have 
shined ; 

I  thank  thee,  who  hast  overthrown 

My  foes,  and  healed  my  wounded  mind ; 

1  thank  thee,  whose  enlivening  voice 
Bids  my  freed  heart  in  thee  rejoice. 

2  Uphold  me  in  the  doubtful  race, 
Nor  suffer  me  again  to  stray ; 

Strengthen  my  feet,  with  steady  pace 

Still  to  press  forward  in  thy  way ; 
My  soul  and  flesh,  O  Lord  of  might, 
Fill,  satiate,  with  thy  heavenly  light. 


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3  Give  to  mine  eyes  refreshing  tears ; 
Give  to  my  heart  chaste,  hallowed  fires ; 

Give  to  my  soul  with  filial  fears, 

The  love  that  all  heaven's  host  inspires, 
That  all  my  powers,  with  all  their  might, 
In  thy  sole  glory  may  unite. 

4  Thee  will  I  love,  my  joy,  my  crown ; 
Thee  will  I  love,  my  Lord,  my  God ; 

Thee  will  I  love,  beneath  thy  frown 

Or  smile,  thy  scepter  or  thy  rod. 
What  though  my  flesh  and  heart  decay? 
Thee  shall  I  love  in  endless  day ! 

JOHANN  A_  SCHEFFLER. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title :  Gratitude  for  our  Conversion. 

The  German  text  may  be  found  in  the  Herrn- 
huth  Collection.  The  translation  consists  of  seven 
stanzas  ;  the  last  four,  unaltered. 

The  first  three  are  as  follows  : 

1  "  Thee  will  I  love,  my  strength,  my  tower ; 
Thee  will  1  love,  my  joy,  my  crown  ; 

Thee  will  I  love  with  all  my  power, 
In  all  my  works,  and  Thee  alone  ! 
Thee  will  I  love,  till  the  pure  fire 
Fill  my  whole  soul  with  chaste  desire. 

2  "  Ah  !  why  did  I  so  late  Thee  know, 
Thee,  lovelier  than  the  sons  of  men ! 

Ah  !  why  did  I  no  sooner  go 

To  Thee,  the  only  ease  in  pain ! 
Ashamed  I  sigh,  and  inly  mourn 
That  I  so  late  to  Thee  did  turn. 

3  "  In  darkness  willingly  I  strayed  ; 

I  sought  Thee,  yet  from  Thee  I  roved : 
For  wide  my  wandering  thoughts  were  spread, 

Thy  creatures  more  than  Thee  I  loved. 
And  now,  if  more  at  length  I  see, 
'Tis  through  Thy  light  and  comes  from  Thee." 

Translation  in  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 
For  biography  of  Scheffler,  see  No.  119. 


479  His  blood  cleanseth  from  all  sin.  L.  M.  6 1. 

PRISONERS  of  hope,  lift  up  your  heads, 
The  day  of  liberty  draws  near! 
Jesus,  who  on  the  serpent  treads, 

Shall  soon  in  your  behalf  appear : 
The  Lord  will  to  his  temple  come; 
Prepare  your  hearts  to  make  him  room. 

2  Ye  all  shall  find,  whom  in  his  word 
Himself  hath  caused  to  put  your  trust, 

The  Father  of  our  dying  Lord 
Is  ever  to  his  promise  just ; 

Faithful,  if  we  our  sins  confess, 

To  cleanse  from  all  unrighteousness. 


3  O  ye  of  fearful  hearts,  be  strong! 

Your  downcast  eyes  and  hands  lift  up ! 
Ye  shall  not  be  forgotten  long; 

Hope  to  the  end,  in  Jesus  hope ! 
Tell  him  ye  wait  his  grace  to  prove ; 
And  cannot  fail,  if  God  is  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  a  hymn  of  thirteen  stanzas,  entitled  "The 
word  of  our  God  shall  stand  forever."  Isa.  xl,  8. 

This  hymn  is  made  up  of  verses  one,  two,  and 
eight.  One  word  is  changed  in  the  first  line  of  the 
second  stanza,  "  We  "  for  "  Ye." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 

480  l.p.m. 

TJie  sealing  and  sanctifying  Spirit. 

FATHER  of  everlasting  grace, 
Thy  goodness  and  thy  truth  we  praise, 
Thy  goodness  and  thy  truth  we  prove ; 
Thou  hast,  in  honor  of  thy  Son, 
The  gift  unspeakable  sent  down, — 
Spirit  of  life,  and  power,  and  love. 

2  Send  us  the  Spirit  of  thy  Son, 

To  make  the  depths  of  Godhead  known, 
To  make  us  share  the  life  divine : 

Send  him  the  sprinkled  blood  to  apply ; 

Send  him  our  souls  to  sanctify, 
And  show  and  seal  us  ever  thine. 

3  So  shall  we  pray,  and  never  cease; 
So  shall  we  thankfully  confess 

Thy  wisdom,  truth,  and  power,  and  love ; 
With  joy  unspeakable  adore, 
And  bless  and  praise  thee  evermore, 

And  serve  thee  as  thy  hosts  above : 

4  Till,  added  to  that  heavenly  choir, 
We  raise  our  songs  of  triumph  higher, 

And  praise  thee  in  a  bolder  strain ; 
Outsoar  the  first-born  seraph's  flight, 
And  sing,  with  all  the  saints  in  light, 

Thy  everlasting  love  to  man. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

In  1746  the  Wesleys  published  a  pamphlet  con- 
taining thirty-two  pieces.  It  was  entitled  Hymns 
of  Petition  and  Thanksgiving  for  the  Promise  of 
the  Father. 

This  is  part  of  the  first  hymn  of  eight  stanzas — 
verses  one,  six,  seven,  and  eight,  'verbatim,. 


481       Crucified  with  Christ.      L.  P.  M. 

COME,  Holy  Ghost,  all-quickening  fire, 
My  consecrated  heart  inspire, 
Sprinkled  with  the  atoning  blood : 
Still  to  my  soul  thyself  reveal : 
Thy  mighty  working  may  I  feel, 
And  know  that  I  am  one  with  God. 


190  HYMN  STUDIES. 


2  Humble,  and  teachable,  and  mild, 
O  may  I,  as  a  little  child, 

My  lowly  Master's  steps  pursue ! 
Be  anger  to  my  soul  unknown ; 
Hate,  envy,  jealousy,  be  gone; 

In  love  create  thou  all  things  new. 

3  Let  earth  no  more  my  heart  divide; 
With  Christ  may  I  be  crucified ; 

To  thee  with  my  whole  heart  aspire : 
Dead  to  the  world  and  all  its  toys, 
Its  idle  pomp,  and  fading  joys, 

Be  thou  alone  my  one  desire. 

4  My  will  be  swallowed  up  in  thee; 
Light  in  thy  light  still  may  I  see, 

Beholding  thee  with  open  face ; 
Called  the  full  powei  of  faith  to  prove, 
Let  all  my  hallowed  heart  be  love, 

And  all  my  spotless  life  be  praise. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  Hymn  to  God  the  Sanctifier. 

The  original  contains  eight  stanzas.  These  are  a 
copy  of  verses  eight,  four,  five,  and  seven,  un- 
altered. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  published  by 
John  Wesley,  M.A.,  Fellow  of  Lincoln  College, 
Oxford,  and  Charles  Wesley,  M.A.,  Student  of 
Christ  Church,  Oxford.    London,  1740. 


482  The  law  of  love.  S.  M. 

THE  thing  my  God  doth  hate 
That  I  no  more  may  do, 
Thy  creature,  Lord,  again  create, 
And  all  my  soul  renew: 

2  My  soul  shall  then,  like  thine, 
Abhor  the  thing  unclean, 

And,  sanctified  by  love  divine, 
Forever  cease  from  sin. 

3  That  blessed  law  of  thine, 
Jesus,  to  me  impart ; 

The  Spirit's  law  of  life  divine, 
O  write  it  on  myT  heart ! 

4  Implant  it  deep  within, 
Whence  it  may  ne'er  remove, 

The  law  of  liberty  from  sin, 
The  perfect  law  of  love. 

5  Thy  nature  be  my  law, 
Thy  spotless  sanctity ; 

And  sweetly  every  moment  draw 
My  happy  soul  to  thee. 


6  Soul  of  my  soul,  remain ! 

Who  did'st  for  all  fulfill, 
In  me,  O  Lord,  fulfill  again 

Thy  heavenly  Father's  will 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  1762. 

The  first  two  stanzas  are  founded  upon  Jer. 
xliv,  4 : 

"  Oh,  do  not  this  abominable  thing  that  I  hate." 

The  rest  of  the  hymn  is  based  upon  Jer.  xxxi,  33  : 

"I  will  put  my  law  in  their  inward  parts,  and 
write  it  in  their  hearts." 

This  hymn  has  not  been  altered. 


483  The  Guide  and  Counselor.     S.  M. 

JESUS,  my  Truth,  my  Way, 
My  sure,  unerring  Light, 
On  thee  my  feeble  steps  I  stay, 
Which  thou  wilt  guide  aright. 

2  My  Wisdom  and  my  Guide, 
My  Counselor  thou  art : 

O  never  let  me  leave  thy  side, 
Or  from  thy  paths  depart. 

3  I  lift  mine  eyes  to  thee, 

Thou  gracious,  bleeding  Lamb, 
That  I  may  now  enlightened  be, 
And  never  put  to  shame. 

4  Never  w ill  I  remove 

Out  of  thy  hands  my  cause ; 
But  rest  in  thy  redeeming  love, 
And  hang  upon  thy  cross. 

5  O  make  me  all  like  thee, 
Before  I  hence  remove ; 

Settle,  confirm,  and  'stablish  me, 
And  build  me  up  in  love. 

6  Let  me  thy  witness  live, 
When  sin  is  all  destroyed ; 

And  then  my  spotless  soul  receive, 
And  take  me  home  to  God. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  For  Believers. 

The  original  contains  seven  eight-lined  stanzas. 
This  hymn  is  made  up  of  the  first  two,  and  the  last. 
The  only  change  is  a  slight  transposition  in  the 
fourth  stanza.    Wesley's  order  was : 

"  I  never  will  remove." 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1749. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


191 


484:       Christian  aspiration.  S.  M. 

OD  of  almighty  love, 
VJT  By  whose  sufficient  grace 

1  lift  my  heart  to  things  above, 
And  humbly  seek  thy  face ; 

2  Through  Jesus  Christ  the  Just, 
My  faint  desires  receive, 

And  let  me  in  thy  goodness  trust, 
And  to  thy  glory  live. 

3  What'er  I  say  or  do, 
Thy  glory  be  my  aim ; 

My  offerings  all  be  offered  through 
The  ever-blessed  name. 

4  Jesus,  my  single  eye 
Be  fixed  on  thee  alone : 

Thy  name  be  praised  on  earth,  on  high ; 
Thy  will  by  all  be  done. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  For  Believers.  An  Hourly  Act  of  Oblation. 
One  word  is  altered.  Verse  three,  line  one,  Wes- 
ley wrote : 

"  Whate'er  I  speak  or  do." 

There  is  one  additional  double  stanza : 

3  "  Spirit  of  grace,  inspire 

My  consecrated  heart, 
Fill  me  with  pure  celestial  tire, 

With  all  Thou  hast,  or  art : 
My  feeble  mind  transform, 

And  perfectly  renewed 
Into  a  saint  exalt  a  worm, 

A  worm  exalt  to  God." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  by  Charles 
Wesley,  1749. 


485         Loyalty  to  Christ.  7. 

KING  of  kings,  and  wilt  thou  deign 
O'er  this  wayward  heart  to  reign? 
Henceforth  take  it  for  thy  throne 
Rule  here,  Lord,  and  rule  alone*. 

2  Then,  like  heaven's  angelic  bands, 
Waiting  for  thine  high  commands, 
All  my  powers  shall  wait  on  thee, 
Captive,  yet  divinely  free. 

3  At  thy  word  my  will  shall  bow, 
Judgment,  reason,  bending  low ; 
Hope,  desire,  and  every  thought, 
Into  glad  obedience  brought. 

4  Zeal  shall  haste  on  eager  wing, 
Hourly  some  new  gift  to  bring; 
Wisdom,  humbly  casting  down 
At  thy  feet  her  golden  crown. 


5  Tuned  by  thee  in  sweet  accord, 
All  shall  sing  their  gracious  Lord; 
Love,  the  leader  of  the  choir, 
Breathing  round  her  seraph  fire. 

WILLIAM  A.  MUHLENBERG. 

Title:  Thy  Kingdom  Come. 

There  is  one  additional  stanza  to  this  fine  hymn  : 

6  "  Be  it  so :  my  heart's  Thy  throne, 
All  my  powers  Thy  scepter  own, 
And,  with  them  on  Thine  own  hill, 
Live  rejoicing  in  Thy  will." 

It  is  found  in  Dr.  Muhlenberg's  little  book,  "  1 
Would  not  Live  Always  and  Other  Pieces  in 
Verse,  by  the  same  Author.  New  York,  1859.  It 
contains  twenty  pieces.  It  has  not  been  altered, 
except  in  one  line,  which  was  changed  by  the  author. 

See  No.  388. 


4:86  Cut  short  the  work  in  righteousness.  7. 

SAVIOUR  of  the  sin-sick  soul, 
Give  me  faith  to  make  me  whole ; 
Finish  thy  great  work  of  grace; 
Cut  it  short  in  righteousness. 

2  Speak  the  second  time,  "  Be  clean!  " 
Take  away  my  inbred  sin ; 
Every  stumbling-block  remove ; 
Cast  it  out  by  perfect  love. 


3  Nothing  less  will  I  require ; 
Nothing  more  can  I  desire : 
None  but  Christ  to  me  be  given ; 
None  but  Christ  in  earth  or  heaven. 


4  O  that  I  might  now  decrease ! 
O  that  all  I  am  might  cease ! 
Let  me  into  nothing  fall ; 
Let  my  Lord  be  all  in  all ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  the  last  half  of  one  of  several  Hymns  for 
Those  that  Wait  for  Full  Redemption.  Here  is  the 
first  part : 

1  "  Jesu.  cast  a  pitying  eye, 
Humbled  at  Thy  feet  1  lie, 

Fain  within  Thy  arms  would  rest, 
Fain  would  lean  upon  Thy  breast ; 
Thrust  my  hand  into  Thy  side. 
Always  in  the  cleft  abide, 
Never  from  Thy  wounds  depart, 
Never  leave  Thy  bleeding  heart. - 

2  "  Surely  I  have  pardon  found, 
Grace  doth  more  than  sin  abound, 
God,  I  know,  is  pacified, 

Thou  for  me,  for  me,  hast  died  ; 
But  I  cannot  rest  herein, 
All  my  nature  still  is  sin, 
Comforted  I  will  not  be, 
Till  my  soul  is  all  like  Thee." 


192 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


The  next  stanza  began  : 

"See  my  burdened  sin-sick  soul." 

It  was  changed  by  John  Wesley  for  his  Collection, 
1780. 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1749. 


487      Christ  comforting  mourners.  7,61. 

GRACIOUS  soul,  to  whom  are  given 
Holy  hungerings  after  heaven, 
Restless  breathings,  earnest  moans, 
Deep,  unutterable  groans, 
Agonies  of  strong  desire, 
Love's  suppressed,  unconscious  fire ; 

2  Turn  again  to  God,  thy  rest, 
Jesus  hath  pronounced  thee  blest: 
Humbly  to  thy  Jesus  turn, 
Comforter  of  all  that  mourn : 
Happy  mourner,  hear,  and  see, 
Claim  the  promise  made  to  thee. 

3  Gently  will  he  lead  the  weak, 
Bruised  reeds  he  ne'er  will  break ; 
Touched  with  sympathizing  care, 
Thee  he  in  his  arms  shall  bear, 
Blessed  with  late  but  lasting  peace, 
Fill  with  all  his  righteousness. 

4  Lift  to  him  thy  weeping  eye, 
Heaven  behind  the  cloud  descry : 
If  with  Christ  thou  suffer  here, 
When  his  glory  shall  appear, 
Christ  his  suffering  son  shall  own; 
Thine  the  cross,  and  thine  the  crown. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  "  Blessed  are  they  that  Mourn."  Matt,  v,  4. 

There  are  eleven  stanzas  in  all ;  these  are  verses 
one,  two,  seven,  and  three,  unaltered.  The  hymn 
is  new  to  this  collection,  and  was  inserted  by  the 
revisers  of  1878. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  by  John  and 
Charles  Wesley,  1740. 


488  Ineffable  -love. 

JESUS,  full  of  love  divine, 
I  am  thine  and  thou  art  mine: 
Let  me  live  and  die  to  prove 
Thine  unutterable  love. 
More  and  more  of  love  I  claim, 
Glowing  still  with  quenchless  flame ; 
All  my  heart  to  thee  aspires, 
Yearns  with  infinite  desires. 


2  Every  thought,  design,  and  word, 
Burns  with  love  to  thee,  my  Lord ; 
Body,  soul,  and  spirit  joined, 

All  in  love  to  thee  combined. 
Ever  since  I  saw  thy  face, 
Proved  thy  plenitude  of  grace, 
Chose  thee  as  the  better  part — 
Love  has  filled  and  fired  my  heart. 

3  Jesus,  Saviour,  thou  art  mine : 
Jesus,  all  I  have  is  thine ; 
Never  shall  the  altar-fire, 
Kindled  on  my  heart,  expire. 
Love  my  darkness  shall  illume, 
Love  shall  all  my  sins  consume : 
Sweetly  then  I  die  to  prove 

An  eternity  of  love ! 

BENJAMIN  GOUGH. 

Mr.  Benjamin  Gough,  lately  deceased,  was  born 
in  1805.  For  many  years  he  was  a  London  mer- 
chant, but  at  length  retired  from  active  business. 
In  1865  lie  published  a  volume  of  hymns  and  poems, 
entitled  Lyra  Sabbatica. 

He  was  also  the  author  of  several  other  volumes 
of  poetry  which  have  been  examined  to  find  this 
hymn,  but  without  success.  I  can  vouch  neither  for 
the  alleged  authorship  nor  for  the  text.  Died  1884. 


489 

For  reviving  grace.  7. 

LIGHT  of  life,  seraphic  fire, 
Love  divine,  thyself  impart : 
Every  fainting  soul  inspire, 

Shine  in  every  drooping  heart ; 
Every  mournful  sinner  cheer, 

Scatter  all  our  guilty  gloom ; 
Son  of  God,  appear,  appear! 
To  thy  human  temples  come. 

2  Come  in  this  accepted  hour; 

Bring  thy  heavenly  kingdom  in; 
Fill  us  with  thy  glorious  power, 
Rooting  out  the  seeds  of  sin : 
Nothing  more  can  we  require, 
We  will  covet  nothing  less ; 
Be  thou  all  our  heart's  desire, 
All  our  joy,  and  all  our  peace. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  one  of  the  Hymns  for  Those  that  Wait  for 
Full  Redemption. 

The  only  change  is  in  the  seventh  line  of  the 
second  stanza.    The  author  wrote : 

"  Thou  art  all  our  heart's  desire." 

John  Wesley  made  the  change  for  his  Collection 
of  Hymns  for  the  use  of  the  people  called  Methodists, 
1780. 


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There  is  one  additional  stanza  : 

3  "  Whom  but  Thee  have  we  in  heaven, 

Whom  have  we  on  earth  but  Thee  ? 
Only  Thou  to  us  be  given, 

All  besides  is  vanity ; 
Grant  us  love,  we  ask  no  more, 

Every  other  gift  remove  ; 
Pleasure,  fame,  and  wealth,  and  power, 

Still  we  all  enjoy  in  love." 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred 
Poems,  1749. 


4:90        Panting  for  purity.  7. 

HOLY  Lamb,  who  thee  receive, 
Who  in  thee  begin  to  live, 
Day  and  night  they  cry  to  thee, 
"  As  thou  art,  so  let  us  be !  " 

2  Jesus,  see  my  panting  breast ; 
See,  I  pant  in  thee  to  rest ; 
Gladly  would  I  now  be  clean ; 
Cleanse  me  now  from  every  sin. 

3  Fix,  O  fix  my  wavering  mind; 
To  thy  cross  my  spirit  bind : 
Earthly  passions  far  remove ; 
Swallow  up  my  soul  in  love. 

4  Dust  and  ashes  though  we  be, 
Full  of  sin  and  misery, 

Thine  we  are,  thou  Son  of  God ; 
Take  the  purchase  of  thy  blood ! 

MRS.  ANNA  S.  DOBER. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title :  Redemption  Found. 

A  translation  from  the  German  of  Anna  Schind- 
ler  Dober,  (1713-1739.)  The  original  is  found  in 
the  Herrnhutk  Collection.  Only  the  first  half  of 
the  translation  is  here  given. 

Unaltered  from  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


491 


Hie  new  creation. 


8,  7. 


LOVE  divine,  all  love  excelling, 
Joy  of  heaven,  to  earth  come  down ! 
Fix  in  us  thy  humble  dwelling; 

All  thy  faithful  mercies  crown. 
Jesus,  thou  art  all  compassion, 

Pure  unbounded  love  thou  art; 
Visit  us  with  thy  salvation ; 
Enter  every  trembling  heart. 

2  Breathe,  O  breathe  thy  loving  Spirit 

Into  every  troubled  breast ! 
Let  us  all  in  thee  inherit, 

Let  us  find  that  second  rest. 
13 


Take  away  our  bent  to  sinning ; 

Alpha  and  Omega  be ; 
End  of  faith,  as  its  beginning, 

Set  our  hearts  at  liberty. 

3  Come,  almighty  to  deliver, 
Let  us  all  thy  life  receive ; 

Suddenly  return,  and  never, 
Never  more  thy  temples  leave : 

Thee  we  would  be  always  blessing, 
Serve  thee  as  thy  hosts  above, 

Pray,  and  praise  thee  without  ceasing, 
Glory  in  thy  perfect  love. 

4  Finish  then  thy  new  creation ; 
Pure  and  spotless  let  us  be; 

Let  us  see  thy  great  salvation, 

Perfectly  restored  in  thee : 
Changed  from  glory  into  glory, 

Till  in  heaven  we  take  our  place, 
Till  we  cast  our  crowns  before  thee, 

Lost  in  wonder,  love,  and  praise. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymns  for  Those  that  Seek  and  Those  that 
Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ, 
1747. 

This  hymn,  one  of  the  most  valuable  the  author 
ever  wrote,  was  evidently  intended  for  "  those  that 
seek." 

Only  two  words  have  been  changed.  In  the  first 
line  Wesley  wrote : 

"Love  divine,  all  loves  excelling." 

In  the  fifth  line,  second  stanza,  he  wrote : 
"  Take  away  our  power  of  sinning." 

This  line,  literally  interpreted,  would  be  a  prayer 
to  take  away  our  free  moral  agency,  which,  of  course, 
the  author  did  not  intend. 

John  Wesley  evidently  had  some  objection  to  the 
stanza,  as  he  omitted  it  from  at  least  two  books  that 
he  edited.  In  this  collection,  from  the  first,  it  has 
been : 

"  Take  away  our  bent  to  sinning," 
which  is  good  theology  and  an  appropriate  petition. 


492         The  one  thing  needful.  8,  7. 

WELL  for  him  who  all  things  losing, 
E'en  himself  doth  count  as  naught, 
Still  the  one  thing  needful  choosing, 
That  with  all  true  bliss  is  fraught ! 

2  Well  for  him  who  nothing  knoweth 
But  his  God,  whose  boundless  love 

Makes  the  heart  wherein  it  gloweth 
Calm  and  pure  as  saints  above ! 


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3  Well  for  him  who  all  forsaking, 
Walketh  not  in  shadows  vain, 

But  the  path  of  peace  is  taking 

Through  this  vale  of  tears  and  pain ! 

4  O  that  we  our  hearts  might  sever 
From  earth's  tempting  vanities, 

Fixing  them  on  him  forever 
In  whom  all  our  fullness  lies ! 

5  Thou,  abyss  of  love  and  goodness, 
Draw  us  by  thy  cross  to  thee, 

That  our  senses,  soul,  and  spirit, 
Ever  one  with  Christ  may  be ! 

GOTTFRIED  ARNOLD. 
BY  MISS  C.  WINKWORTH. 


TR. 


In  Lyra 


Anon. ; " 


Germanica  this  hymn  is  marked 
but  Theodore  Kubler,  in  Historical 
Notes  to  the  Lyra  Germanica,  ascribes  it  to  Arnold. 
His  hymns  appeared  in  1697,  under  the  title,  Sparks 
of  Divine  Love.    The  translation  is  unaltered. 

Two  stanzas,  the  fifth  and  sixth,  have  been 
omitted : 

5  "  Oh  that  we  might  Him  discover 
Whom  with  longing  love  we've  sought, 

Join  ourselves  to  Him  forever, 
For  without  Him  all  is  nought ! 

6  "  Oh  that  ne'er  our  eyes  might  wander 
From  our  God,  so  might  we  cease 

Ever  o'er  our  sins  to  ponder, 
And  our  conscience  be  at  peace ! " 

The  Rev.  Gottfried  Arnold  was  a  German  Pietist, 
born  in  1666,  and  educated  at  Wittenberg.  In  1689 
he  was  engaged  as  tutor  in  a  noble  family  jit  Dres- 
den. Here  he  became  acquainted  with  Spener,  and 
was  one  of  his  most  ardent  disciples.  In  1707,  after 
various  experiences,  he  became  pastor  at  Perleberg, 
remaining  there  until  his  death,  in  1714.  Arnold 
is  represented  as  being  full  of  prejudices  and  fanati- 
cisms, yet,  withal,  a  pious  man  and  a  laithful 
preacher. 


493  Rejoicing  in  hope. 

YE  ransomed  sinners,  hear, 
The  prisoners  of  the  Lord ; 
And  wait  till  Christ  appear, 
According  to  his  word  : 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me, 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 


2  In  God  we  put  our  trust ; 

If  we  our  sins  confess, 
Faithful  is  he  and  just. 
From  all  unrighteousness 
To  cleanse  us  all,  both  you  and  me  : 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 


H.  M. 


3  Who  Jesus'  sufferings  share, 
My  fellow-prisoners  now, 

Ye  soon  the  crown  shall  wear 
On  your  triumphant  brow : 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me, 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 

4  The  word  of  God  is  sure, 
And  never  can  remove ; 

We  shall  in  heart  be  pure, 
And  perfected  in  love : 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me, 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 

5  Then  let  us  gladly  bring 
Our  sacrifice  of  praise : 

Let  us  give  thanks  and  sing, 
And  glory  in  his  grace : 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me, 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  hymn  retains  its  original  title,  which  is  an 
exception  to  the  rule. 
The  first  line  Wesley  wrote: 

"  Ye  happy  sinners,  hear." 

The  following  stanzas,  the  second,  third,  and  fifth, 
are  omitted: 

2  "  The  Lord  our  Eighteousness 
We  have  long  since  received, 

Salvation  nearer  is 
Than  when  we  first  believed ; 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me, 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free. 

3  "  Let  others  hug  their  chains, 
For  sin  and  Satan  plead, 

And  say  from  sin's  remains 
They  never  can  be  freed  ; 
Rejoice  in  hope,  rejoice  with  me, 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free." 

5  "  Surely  in  us  the  hope 
Of  glory  shall  appear ; 
Sinners,  your  heads  lift  up, 
And  see  redemption  near ; 
Again  I  say,  rejoice  with  me, 
We  shall  from  all  our  sins  be  free." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


494  Speak  the  word. 

EVER  fainting  with  desire, 
For  thee,  O  Christ,  I  call; 
Thee  I  restlessly  require ; 

I  want  my  God,  my  all. 
Jesus,  dear  redeeming  Lord, 

I  wait  thy  coming  from  above; 
Help  me,  Saviour,  speak  the  word, 
And  perfect  me  in  love. 


7,  6,  8. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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2  Thou  my  life,  my  treasure  be, 
My  portion  here  below ; 

Nothing  would  I  seek  but  thee, 

Thee  only  would  I  know ; 
My  exceeding  great  reward, 

My  heaven  on  earth,  my  heaven  above : 
Help  me,  Saviour,  speak  the  word, 

And  perfect  me  in  love. 

3  Grant  me  now  the  bliss  to  feel 
Of  those  that  are  in  thee : 

Son  of  God,  thyself  reveal ; 
-  Engrave  thy  name  on  me. 
As  in  heaven,  be  here  adored, 

And  let  me  now  the  promise  prove ; 
Help  ine,  Saviour,  speak  the  word, 

And  perfect  me  in  love, 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  A  Prayer  for  Holiness. 

Ten  stanzas,  of  which  these  are  the  first  and  the 
last  two,  unaltered. 

One  of  the  omitted  stanzas,  the  fourth,  was  as 
follows : 

4  "  Gifts,  alas  !  cannot  suffice, 

And  comforts  all  are  vain  ; 
While  one  evil  thought  can  rise 

I  am  not  horn  again  ; 
Still  I  am  not  as  my  Lord, 

Thy  holy  will  I  do  not  prove. 
Help  me,  Saviour,"  etc. 

Wesley  italicized  the  third  and  fourth  lines  of 
this  stanza ;  but,  subsequently,  both  of  the  Wesleys 
were  obliged  to  modify  some  expressions  in  poetry 
and  in  prose,  because  they  were  indefensible. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


495  The  yoke  easy  and  the  b  urden  light.   L .  M. 

OTHAT  my  load  of  sin  were  gone ! 
O  that  I  could  at  last  submit 
At  Jesus'  feet  to  lay  it  down — 
To  lay  my  soul  at  Jesus'  feet ! 

2  Rest  for  my  soul  I  long  to  find : 
Saviour  of  all,  if  mine  thou  art, 

Give  me  thy  meek  and  lowly  mind, 
And  stamp  thine  image  on  my  heart. 

3  Break  off  the  yoke  of  inbred  sin, 
And  fully  set  my  spirit  free ; 

I  cannot  rest  till  pure  within, 
Till  I  am  wholly  lost  in  thee. 

4  Fain  would  I  learn  of  thee,  my  God, 
Thy  light  and  easy  burden  prove, 

The  cross  all  stained  with  hallowed  blood, 
The  labor  of  thy  dying  love. 


5  I  would,  but  thou  must  give  the  power ; 

My  heart  from  every  sin  release ; 
Bring  near,  bring  near  the  joyful  hour, 

And  fill  me  with  thy  perfect  peace. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

"  Come  unto  mel  all  ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy 
laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest."  Matt.  xi.  28. 

Fourteen  stanzas  in  all ;  these  are  verses  one, 
four,  five,  six,  and  eight,  verbatim. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


4rc7  D     Following  the  Saviour.         L.  M. 

OTHOU,  to  whose  all-searching  sight 
The  darkness  shineth  as  the  light, 
Search,  prove  my  heart,  it  pants  for  thee; 
O  burst  these  bonds,  and  set  it  free. 

2  Wash  out  its  stains,  refine  its  dross, 
Nail  my  affections  to  the  cross ; 
Hallow  each  thought ;  let  all  within 
Be  clean,  as  thou,  my  Lord,  art  clean. 

3  If  in  this  darksome  wild  I  stray, 
Be  thou  my  light,  be  thou  my  way : 
No  foes,  no  violence  I  fear, 

No  fraud,  while  thou,  my  God,  art  near. 

4  When  rising  floods  my  soul  o'erflow, 
When  sinks  my  heart  in  waves  of  woe, 
Jesus,  thy  timely  aid  impart, 

And  raise  my  head,  and  cheer  my  heart. 

5  Saviour,  where'er  thy  steps  I  see, 
Dauntless,  nntired,  I  follow  thee; 
O  let  thy  hand  support  me  still, 
And  lead  me  to  thy  holy  hill. 

6  If  rough  and  thorny  be  the  way, 
My  strength  proportion  to  my  day; 
Till  toil,  and  grief,  and  pain  shall  cease, 
Where  all  is  calm,  and  joy,  and  peace. 

GERHARD  TERSTEEGEN. 
TR.  BY  JOHN  WESLEY. 

Title :  The  Believer's  Support. 

This  translation  was  printed  in  Psalms  and 
Hymns,  1738,  and  again  in  Hymns  and  Sacred 
Poems,  1739.  The  German  original  is  found  in 
the  Herrp.huth  Collection. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Tersteegen,  see  No.  47. 


497   For  constant  devotedness.        L.  M. 

LORD,  fill  me  with  a  humble  fear ; 
My  utter  helplessness  reveal ; 
Satan  and  sin  are  always  near, 
Thee  may  I  always  nearer  feel. 


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2  O  that  to  thee  my  constant  mind 
Might  with  an  even  flame  aspire, 

Pride  in  its  earliest  motions  find, 
And  mark  the  risings  of  desire ! 

3  O  that  my  tender  soul  might  fly 
The  first  abhorred  approach  of  ill, 

Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 

The  slightest  touch  of  sin  to  feel ! 

4  Till  thou  anew  my  soul  create, 

Still  may  I  strive,  and  watch,  and  pray; 
Humbly  and  confidently  wait, 
And  long  to  see  the  perfect  day. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Verses  eight  to  eleven  inclusive  of  a  hymn  of 
fifteen  stanzas.  No.  686  iu  this  collection  is  the 
first  part  of  the  same  poem.. 

The  title  is :  Watch  in  all  Things.  2  Tim.  iv,  5. 

The  first  word  of  the  hymn  has  been  changed.  It 
was : 

"  Pierce,  fill  me  with  a  humble  fear." 

This  change  was  made  by  the  editors  of  the  edi- 
Uod  of  "1849. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


49  8       The  throne  of  grace.  S.  M. 

BEHOLD  the  throne  of  grace; 
The  promise  calls  us  near; 
There  Jesus  shows  a  smiling  face, 
And  waits  to  answer  prayer. 

2  My  soul,  ask  what  thou  wilt, 
Thou  canst  not  be  too  bold ; 

Since  his  own  blood  for  thee  he  spilt, 
What  else  can  he  withhold  ? 

3  Thine  image,  Lord,  bestow, 
Thy  presence  and  thy  love, 

That  we  may  serve  thee  here  below, 
And  reign  with  thee  above. 

4  Teach  us  to  live  by  faith, 
Conform  our  wills  to  thine ; 

Let  us  victorious  be  in  death, 
And  then  in  glory  shine. 

JOHN  NEWTON. 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 

Eight  stanzas  in  all.  These  are  verses  one,  three, 
six,  and  seven.  Some  slight  changes  have  been 
made  to  make  it  read  in  the  plural,  inasmuch  as  it 
was  written  in  the  singular  number. 

The  passage  of  Scripture  upon  which  it  is  founded 
is  the  word  of  God  to  Solomon  : 

"  Ask  what  I  shall  give  thee."  1  Kings  iii.  5. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  23. 


499      Living  temples.  S.  M- 

AND  will  the  mighty  God, 
Whom  heaven  cannot  contain, 
Make  me  his  temple  and  abode, 
And  in  me  live  and  reign? 

2  Come,  Spirit  of  the  Lord, 
Teacher  and  heavenly  Guide !  • 

Be  it  according  to  thy  word, 
And  in  my  heart  reside. 

3  O  Holy,  Holy  Ghost ! 
Pervade  this  soul  of  mine : 

In  me  renew  thy  Pentecost, 
Reveal  thy  power  divine ! 

4  Make  it  my  highest  bliss 
Thy  blessed  fruits  to  know ; 

Thy  joy,  and  peace,  and  gentleness, 
Goodness  and  faith  to  show. 

5  Be  it  my  greatest  fear 
Thy  holiness  to  grieve; 

Walk  in  the  Spirit  even  here, 
And  in  the  Spirit  live. 

GEORGE  RAWSON. 

Title:  He  dwelleth  with  you.  John  xiv,  17. 

This  hymn  is  verbatim  as  found  in  The  Sunday- 
School  Hymn  Book,  Leeds,  1859,  except  that  in  the 
Leeds  book  there  is  one  additional  stanza. 

In  an  earlier  edition  of  the  same  book  (1838) 
the  hymn  is  quite  different.  It  was  probably 
altered  by  the  author. 

Rawson  was  an  English  Baptist  layman,  who 
published  Hymns,  Verses,  and  Chants,  in  1879.  He 
was  born  in  1S07.    Died  1889. 


S.  M. 


500  Thine,  1%  ving  or  dying. 

JESUS,  I  live  to  thee, 
The  loveliest  and  best; 
My  life  in  thee,  thy  life  in  me, 
In  thy  blest  love  I  rest. 

2  Jesus,  I  die  to  thee, 
Whenever  death  shall  come; 

To  die  in  thee  is  life  to  me, 
In  my  eternal  home. 

3  Whether  to  live  or  die, 

I  know  not  which  is  best ; 
To  live  in  thee  is  bliss  to  me, 
To  die  is  endless  rest. 


4  Living  or  dying,  Lord, 

I  ask  but  to  be  thine ; 
My  life  in  thee,  thy  life  in  me, 

Makes  heaven  forever  mine. 

HENRY  HARBAUGH. 


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The  leading  thought  of  this  excellent  hymn  is 
evidently  found  in  the  words  of  Paul,  Eom.  xiv,  8  : 

"  For  whether  we  live,  we  live  unto  the  Lord ;  and 
whether  we  die,  we  die  unto  the  Lord :  whether 
we  live  therefore,  or  die,  we  are  the  Lord's. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire  as  published  in  Hymns 
and  Chants,  1861. 

The  Eev.  Henry  Harbaugh  was  a  prominent 
minister  and  writer  in  the  German  Eeformed 
Church,  and  the  son  of  a  clergyman.  Born  in 
Pennsylvania  in  1817,  in  1840  he  entered  Mar- 
shall College,  where  he  remained  three  years,  but 
did  not  graduate.  From  1843  to  1863  he  served  as 
pastor  of  three  churches.  In  1863  he  was  elected 
Professor  of  Theology  in  the  Seminary  of  Mercers- 
burg,  Pa.,  where  he  remained  until  his  death,  in 
1867.  He  was  the  author  of  several  prose  works, 
and  of  one  volume  of  Poems. 


501         Purity  of  heart.  S.  M. 

BLEST  are  the  pure  in  heart, 
For  they  shall  see  our  God ; 
The  secret  of  the  Lord  is  theirs; 
Their  soul  is  his  abode. 

2  Still  to  the  lowly  soul 
He  doth  himself  impart, 

And  for  his  temple  and  his  throne 
Selects  the  pure  in  heart. 

3  Lord,  we  thy  presence  seek, 
May  ours  this  blessing  be ; 

O  give  the  pure  and  lowly  heart, — 
A  temple  meet  for  thee. 

JOHN  KEBLE. 

"Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart :  for  they  shall  see 
God."  Matt,  v,  8. 

Verses  one  and  two  are  the  first  and  last  stanzas 
of  a  poem  of  seventeen  verses  on  the  festival  of 
"  The  Purification."  The  last  stanza  was  written 
by  Edward  Osier,  M.  D.,  1798-1863. 

Keble  wrote,  verse  one,  line  four : 

"  Their  soul  is  Christ's  abode." 

and  verse  two,  lines  three  and  four : 

"  And  for  His  cradle  and  His  throne, 
Chooseth  the  pure  in  heart." 

From  The  Christian  Year,  1827. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  102. 


502       Glorious  liberty.  S.  M. 

OCOME,  and  dwell  in  me, 
Spirit  of  power  within, 
And  bring  the  glorious  liberty 
From  sorrow,  fear,  and  sin ! 


2  The  seed  of  sin's  disease, 
Spirit  of  health,  remove, 

Spirit  of  finished  holiness, 
Spirit  of  perfect  love. 

3  Hasten  the  joyful  day 
Which  shall  my  sins  consume ; 

When  old  things  shall  be  done  away, 
And  all  things  new  become. 

4  1  want  the  witness,  Lord, 
That  all  I  do  is  right, 

According  to  thy  will  and  word, 
Well  pleasing  in  thy  sight. 

5  I  ask  no  higher  state ; 
Indulge  me  but  in  this, 

And  soon  or  later  then  translate 
To  my  eternal  bliss. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 
The  first  two  stanzas  are  founded  on  2  Cor.  iii,  17 : 

"  Where  the  Spirit  of  the  Lord  is,  there  is  liberty." 
The  third  stanza  is  based  upon  2  Cor.  v,  17  : 

"  Old  things  are  passed  away  ;  behold,  all  things 
are  become  new." 

The  text  of  the  last  two  stanzas  is  Heb.  xi,  5 : 

"Before  his  translation  he  had  this  testimony, 
that  he  pleased  God." 

One  word  has  been  changed.  The  original  has 
"  mind  "  instead  of"  will "  in  verse  four,  line  three. 


503    Waiting  at  the  cross.  S.  M. 

FATHER,  I  dare  believe 
Thee  merciful  and  true : 
Thou  wilt  my  guilty  soul  forgive. 
My  fallen  soul  renew. 

2  Come,  then,  for  Jesus'  sake, 
And  bid  my  heart  be  clean ; 

An  end  of  all  my  troubles  make, 
An  end  of  all  my  sin. 

3  I  cannot  wash  my  heart, 
But  by  believing  thee, 

And  waiting  for  thy  blood  to  impart 
The  spotless  purity. 

4  While  at  thy  cross  I  lie, 
Jesus,  the  grace  bestow ; 

Now  thy  all- cleansing  blood  apply, 
And  I  am  white  as  snow. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


198  HYMN  STUDIES. 


This  is  composed  of  two  Short  Hymns  on  Select 
Passages  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  1762. 

The  first  part  is  founded  on  Psa.  cxxx,  8  : 

"  He  shall  redeem  Israel  from  all  his  sins." — 
Prayer  Book  version. 

The  Scripture  "passage"  of  the  last  part  is 
Jer.  iv,  14 : 

"  O,  Jerusalem,  wash  thine  heart  from  wicked- 
ness, that  thou  may  est  be  saved." 

They  are  not  altered. 

Among  these  Short  Hymns  are  found  some 
of  the  most  valuable  stanzas  of  Charles  Wesley's 
poetical  composition. . 


504:        Charity  supreme.  S.  M. 

HAD  I  the  gift  of  tongues, 
Great  God,  without  thy  grace, 
My  loudest  words,  ray  loftiest  songs, 
Would  be  but  sounding  brass. 

2  Though  thou  shouldst  give  me  skill 
Each  mystery  to  explain, 

Without  a  heart  to  do  thy  will, 
My  knowledge  would  be  vain. 

3  Had  I  such  faith  in  God 
As  mountains  to  remove, 

No  faith  could  work  effectual  good, 
That  did  not  work  by  love. 

4  Grant,  then,  this  one  request, 
Whatever  be  denied, — 

That  love  divine  may  rule  my  breast, 
And  all  my  actions  guide. 

SAMUEL  STENNETT,  ALT. 

Title  :  All  Attainments  Vain  without  Love. 
It  will  be  seen  at  a  glance  that  this  hymn  is 
founded  upon  the  first  part  of  1  Cor.  xiii : 

"  Though  I  speak  with  the  tongues  of  men  and 
of  angels,  and  have  not  charity,  I  am  become  as 
sounding  brass,  or  a  tinkling  cymbal.  And  though 
I  have  the  gift  of  prophecy,  and  understand  all 
mysteries,  and  all  knowledge ;  and  though  I  have 
all  faith,  so  that  I  could  remove  mountains,  and 
have  not  charity,  I  am  nothing.  And  though  I  be- 
stow all  my  goods  to  feed  the  poor,  and  though  I  give 
my  body  to  be  burned,  and  have  not  charity,  it 
profiteth  me  nothing." 

In  Dr.  Stennetfs  Works,  vol.  iii,  we  find  the  orig- 
inal hymn  in  nine  stanzas.  It  is  quaint  and  good. 
This  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  three,  four,  five, 
and  nine,  altered  so  as  to  change  the  meter  from  com- 
mon to  short.  Eiffht  lines  have  been  more  or  less 
changed.    The  other  eight  remain  as  written. 


FIRST  PART. 

505  For  entire  consecration.         S.  M. 

JESUS,  my  strength  my  hope, 
On  thee  I  cast  my  care ; 
With  humble  confidence  look  up, 

And  know  thou  hear'st  my  prayer, 
Give  me  on  thee  to  wait, 

Till  I  can  all  things  do ; 
On  thee,  almighty  to  create, 
Almighty  to  renew. 

2  I  want  a  sober  mind, 
A  self -renouncing  will, 

That  tramples  down,  and  casts  behind, 

The  baits  of  pleasing  ill : 
A  soul  inured  to  pain, 

To  hardship,  grief,  and  loss ; 
Bold  to  take  up,  firm  to  sustain, 

The  consecrated  cross. 

3  I  want  a  godly  fear, 

A  quick  discerning  eye, 
That  looks  to  thee  when  sin  is  near, 

And  sees  the  tempter  fly: 
A  spirit  still  prepared, 

And  armed  with  jealous  care; 
Forever  standing  on  its  guard, 

And  watching  unto  prayer. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  author's  title  is  :  A  Poor  Sinner. 
There  are  seven  stanzas  in  all.    The  first  part  is 
made  up  of  verses  one,  three,  and  four,  verbatim. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


SECOND  PART. 
506  For  perfect  submission.  S.  M. 

I WANT  a  heart  to  pray, 
To  pray,  and  never  cease ; 
Never  to  murmur  at  thy  stay, 
Or  wish  my  sufferings  less. 
This  blessing,  above  all, 

Always  to  pray,  I  want ; 
Out  of  the  deep  on  thee  to  call, 
And  never,  never  faint. 

2  I  wrant  a  true  regard, 

A  single,  steady  aim, 
Unmoved  by  threatening  or  reward, 

To  thee  and  thy  great  name ; 
A  jealous,  just  concern 

For  thine  immortal  praise ; 
A  pure  desire  that  all  may  learn 

And  glorify  thy  grace. 


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3  I  rest  upon  thy  word ; 

The  promise  is  for  me ; 
My  succor  and  salvation,  Lord, 

Shall  surely  come  from  thee : 
But  let  me  still  abide, 

Nor  from  my  hope  remove, 
Till  thou  my  patient  spirit  guide 

Into  thy  perfect  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  part  is  made  up  of  stanzas  five,  six,  and  two, 
unaltered  ;  thus  including  the  whole  of  the  original, 
except  the  last  verse,  which  is  peculiar : 

7  "I  want  with  all  my  heart 

Thy  pleasure  to  fulfill, 
To  know  myself,  and  what  Thou  art, 

And  what  Thy  perfect  will. 
1  want  I  know  not  what, 

I  want  my  wants  to  see, 
I  want,  alas  !  what  want  1  not, 

When  Thou  art  not  in  me." 


507  Walk  in  the  light.  C.  M. 

WALK  in  the  light !  so  shalt  thou  know 
That  fellowship  of  love, 
His  Spirit  only  can  bestow 
Who  reigns  in  light  above. 

2  Walk  in  the  light !  and  thou  shalt  find 
Thy  heart  made  truly  his, 

Who  dwells  in  cloudless  light  enshrined, 
In  whom  no  darkness  is. 

3  Walk  in  the  light !  and  thou  shalt  own 
Thy  darkness  passed  away, 

Because  that  light  hath  on  thee  shone 
In  which  is  perfect  day. 

4  Walk  in  the  light !  and  e'en  the  tomb 
No  fearful  shade  shall  wear; 

Glory  shall  chase  away  its  gloom, 
For  Christ  hath  conquered  there. 

5  Walk  in  the  light !  thy  path  shall  be 
Peaceful,  serene,  and  bright: 

For  God,  by  grace,  shall  dwell  in  thee, 
And  God  himself  is  light. 

BERNARD  BARTON. 


Title :  Walking  in  the  Light. 

This  familiar  hymn  is  founded  on  1  John  i,  7 : 

"  But  if  we  walk  in  the  light,  as  he  is  in  the  light, 
we  have  fellowship  one  with  another,  and  the  blood 
of  Jesus  Christ  his  Son  cleanseth  us  from  all  sin." 

The  second  stanza  of  the  original  is  omitted  : 


2  "  Walk  in  the  light !  and  sin  abhorr'd 

Shall  ne'er  defile  again  ; 
The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ,  thy  Lord, 

Shall  cleanse  from  every  stain." 

Two  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original. 

Verse  five,  lines  one  and  two : 

"  Walk  in  the  light !  and  thine  shalt  be 
A  path,  though  thorny,  bright." 

From  the  author's  Devotional  Verses.  London, 
1826. 

Bernard  Barton,  the  Quaker  poet,  (as  he  was  com- 
monly called,)  was  born  in  1784,  and  lived  until 
1849.  He  was  the  author  of  no  less  than  eight  vol- 
umes of  verse,  between  the  years  1812  and  1845. 


508      The  fullness  of  God.  C.  M. 

BEING  of  beings,  God  of  love, 
To  thee  our  hearts  we  raise ; 
Thy  all-sustaining  power  we  prove, 
And  gladly  sing  thy  praise. 

2  Thine,  wholly  thine,  we  pant  to  be ; 
Our  sacrifice  receive: 

Made,  and  preserved,  and  saved  by  thee ; 
To  thee  ourselves  we  give. 

3  Heavenward  our  every  wish  aspires, 
For  all  thy  mercy's  store ; 

The  sole  return  thy  love  requires, 
Is  that  we  ask  for  more. 

4  For  more  we  ask ;  we  open  then 
Our  hearts  to  embrace  thy  will ; 

Turn,  and  revive  us,  Lord,  again; 
With  all  thy  fullness  fill. 

5  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  the  Saviour's  love 
Shed  in  our  hearts  abroad; 

So  shall  we  ever  live,  and  move, 
And  be,  with  Christ  in  God. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  author's  title  is :  Grace  After  Meat. 
One  word  has  been  altered.    The  author  wrote, 
verse  four,  line  three: 

"  Turn,  and  beget  us,  Lord,  again." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  published  by 
John  Wesley,  M.A.,  Fellow  of  Lincoln  College, 
Oxford,  and  Charles  Wesley,  M.A.,  Student  of 
Christ  Church,  Oxford.    London,  1739. 

This  was  the  first  hymn  book  published  by  the 
Wesley s  to  which  they  put  their  names. 

In  1738  A  Collection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns  was 
published  in  London,  with  no  name  of  editor  or 
printer.  Becently,  we  understand,  there  has  been 
found  in  London  A  Collection  of  Psalms  and 


200  HYMN  STUDIES. 


Hymns.  Charles-Town.  Printed  by  Lewis  Tim- 
othy, 1737.  The  1738  book  has  long  been  con- 
sidered to  be  the  first  Wesleyan  hymn  book,  but 
this  is  still  earlier,  and  was  published  in  America. 


509       The  thought  of  God.  C.  M. 

OHOW  the  thought  of  God  attracts 
And  draws  the  heart  from  earth, 
And  sickens  it  of  passing  shows 
And  dissipating  mirth ! 

2  'Tis  not  enough  to  save  our  souls, 
To  shun  the  eternal  fires ; 

The  thought  of  God  will  rouse  the  heart 
To  more  sublime  desires. 

3  God  only  is  the  creature's  home, 
Though  rough  and  straight  the  road ; 

Yet  nothing  less  can  satisfy 
The  love  that  longs  for  God. 

4  O  utter  but  the  name  of  God 
Down  in  your  heart  of  hearts, 

And  see  how  from  the  world  at  once 
All  tempting  light  departs ! 

5  A  trusting  heart,  a  yearning  eye, 
Can  win  their  way  above ; 

If  mountains  can  be  moved  by  faith, 
Is  there  less  power  in  love? 

FREDERICK  W.  FABER. 

Title :  Perfection. 

These  are  a  verbatim  copy  of  the  first  five  verses 
of  a  hymn  of  eleven  stanzas  from  the  author's 
Hymns.    London,  1861. 

The  old  thought,  that  the  soul  without  God  is 
homesick,  is  weil  expressed  in  the  third  stanza. 

The  following  are  the  closing  stanzas  of  this 
hymn : 

"  Then  keep  thy  conscience  sensitive ; 

No  inward  token  miss : 
And  go  where  grace  entices  thee ; — 

Perfection  lies  in  this. 

"  Be  docile  to  thine  unseen  Guide, 

Love  Him  as  He  loves  thee ; 
Time  and  obedience  are  enough, 

And  thou  a  saint  shall  be." 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Faber,  see  No.  125. 


510       For  full  redemption.  C.  M. 

MY  Saviour,  on  the  word  of  truth 
In  earnest  hope  I  live ; 
I  ask  for  all  the  precious  things 
Thy  boundless  love  can  give. 
I  look  for  many  a  lesser  light 

About  my  path  to  shine : 
But  chiefly  long  to  walk  wuth  thee, 
And  only  trust  in  thine. 


2  Thou  knowest  that  I  am  not  blest 
As  thou  wouldst  have  me  be, 

Till  all  the  peace  and  joy  of  faith 

Possess  my  soul  in  thee ; 
And  still  I  seek  'mid  many  fears, 

With  yearnings  unexpressed, 
The  comfort  of  thy  strengthening  love, 

Thy  soothing,  settling  rest. 

3  It  is  not  as  thou  wilt  with  me, 
Till,  humbled  in  the  dust, 

I  know  no  place  in  all  my  heart 

Wherein  to  put  my  trust: 
Until  I  find,  O  Lord,  in  thee, 

The  Lowly  and  the  Meek, 
The  fullness  which  thy  own  redeemed 

Go  nowhere  else  to  seek. 

ANNA  L.  WARING. 

"  I  wait  for  the  Lord,  my  soul  doth  wait,  and  in 
his  word  do  I  hope."    Psa.  cxxx,  5. 

Two  stanzas  are  omitted ;  they  are  the  second 
and  fifth : 

2  "  In  holy  expectation  held, 

Thy  strength  my  heart  shall  stay, 
For  Thy  right  hand  will  never  let 

My  trust  be  cast  away. 
Yea,  Thou  hast  kept  me  near  Thy  feet, 

In  many  a  deadly  strife, 
By  the  stronghold  of  hope  in  Thee; 

The  hope  of  endless  life." 

5  "  Then,  O  my  Saviour,  on  my  soul, 

Cast  down,  but  not  dismayed, 
Still  be  Thy  chastening,  healing  hand 

In  tender  mercy  laid. 
And  while  I  wait  for  all  Thy  joys, 

My  yearning  heart  to  fill, 
Teach  me  to  walk  and  work  with  Thee, 

And  at  Thy  feet  sit  still." 

The  hymn  has  not  been  altered. 

Miss  Anna  Lsetitia  Waring  was  a  native  of  South 
Wales.  Her  Hymns  and  Meditations,  from  which 
this  was  taken,  was  first  published  in  London  in 
1850,  and  was  reprinted  at  Boston  in  1863,  with  an 
Introduction  by  the  Kev.  F.  D.  Huntington,  D.D. 


511     For  a  tender  conscience.         C.  M, 

I WANT  a  principle  within, 
Of  jealous,  godly  fear; 
A  sensibility  of  sin, 

A  pain  to  feel  it  near : 
I  want  the  first  approach  to  feel 

Of  pride,  or  fond  desire; 
To  catch  the  wandering  of  my  will, 
And  quench  the  kindling  fire. 


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2  From  Thee  that  I  no  more  may  part, 
No  more  thy  goodness  grieve, 

The  filial  awe,  the  fleshly  heart, 

The  tender  conscience  give. 
Quick  as  the  apple  of  an  eye, 

O  God,  my  conscience  make ; 
Awake  my  soul  when  sin  is  nigh, 

And  keep  it  still  awake. 

3  If  to  the  right  or  left  I  stray, 
That  moment,  Lord,  reprove ; 

And  let  me  weep  my  life  away, 
For  having  grieved  thy  love. 

O  may  the  least  omission  pain 
My  well-instructed  soul, 

And  drive  me  to  the  blood  again, 
Which  makes  the  wounded  whole. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  author's  title  is  retained,  a  circumstance  so 
rare  as  to  be  well  worth  recording. 

There  are  live  stanzas ;  the  first  is  omitted,  and 
also  half  of  each  of  the  last  two  : 

1  "  Almighty  God  of  truth  and  love, 

In  me  Thy  power  exert, 
The  mountain  from  my  soul  remove, 

The  hardness  trom  my  heart : 
My  most  obdurate  heart  subdue, 

In  honor  of  Thy  Son, 
And  now  the  gracious  wonder  show, 

And  take  away  the  stone." 

"  Give  me  to  feel  an  idle  thought 

As  actual  wickedness, 
And  mourn  for  the  minutest  fault 

In  exquisite  distress." 

More  of  this  tender  spirit,  more 
Of  this  affliction  send, 
And  spread  the  moral  sense  all  o'er 
Till  pain  with  life  shall  end." 

One  can  hardly  help  feeling  that  there  is  some- 
thing morbid  about  these  last  lines. 

Unaltered.  From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and 
Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


512     The  counsel  of  His  grace.      C.  M. 

I KNOW  that  my  Redeemer  lives, 
And  ever  prays  for  me : 
A  token  of  his  love  he  gives, 
A  pledge  of  liberty. 

2  I  find  him  lifting  up  my  head ; 
He  brings  salvation  near ; 

His  presence  makes  me  free  indeed, 
And  he  will  soon  appear. 

3  He  wills  that  I  should  holy  be ; 
What  can  withstand  his  will? 

The  counsel  of  his  grace  in  me 
He  surely  shall  fulfill. 


4  Jesus,  I  hang  upon  thy  word ; 
I  steadfastly  believe 

Thou  wilt  return,  and  claim  me,  Lord, 
And  to  thyself  receive. 

5  When  God  is  mine,  and  I  am  his, 
Of  paradise  possessed, 

I  taste  unutterable  bliss, 
And  everlasting  rest. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

"  Eejoicing  in  hope."  Eom.  xii,  12. 

Twenty-three  stanzas.  This  hymn  is  composed 
of  verses  one,  two,  ten,  fifteen,  and  nineteen,  ver- 
batim.   One  of  the  omitted  stanzas  is  as  follows : 

"  Thy  love  I  soon  expect  to  find 

In  all  its  depth  and  height, 
To  comprehend  the  eternal  Mind, 

And  grasp  the  Infinite." 

It  is  not  strange  that  the  verse  has  been  omitted. 
It  is  strange  that  Wesley  ever  wrote  it. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


513         The  rest  of faith.  C.  M. 

LORD,  I  believe  a  rest  remains 
To  all  thy  people  known ; 
A  rest  where  pure  enjoyment  reigns, 
And  thou  art  loved  alone : 

2  A  rest  where  all  our  soul's  desire 
Is  fixed  on  things  above ; 

Where  fear,  and  sin,  and  grief  expire, 
Cast  out  by  perfect  love. 

3  O  that  I  now  the  rest  might  know, 
Believe,  and  enter  in ! 

Now,  Saviour,  now  the  power  bestow, 
And  let  me  cease  from  sin. 

4  Remove  this  hardness  from  my  heart ; 
This  unbelief  remove : 

To  me  the  rest  of  faith  impart, 
The  Sabbath  of  thy  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

"  There  remaineth  therefore  a  rest  to  the  people 
of  God.  Heb.  iv,  9. 

The  original  hymn  contains  seventeen  stanzas. 
These  are  the  first,  second,  tenth,  and  eleventh, 
unchanged,  except  in  the  third  line  of  the  second 
stanza.    This  was  first  published  : 

"  Where  doubt  and  pain  and  fear  expire." 

It  was  altered  by  John  Wesley  for  his  Collection 
in  1780. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


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514         Come.  Lord  Jesus.  C.  M. 

0 JESUS,  at  thy  feet  we  wait, 
Till  thou  shaft  bid  us  rise ; 
Kestored  to  our  unsinning  state. 
To  love's  sweet  paradise. 

2  Saviour  from  sin,  we  thee  receive. 
From  all  indwelling  sin ; 

Thy  blood,  we  steadfastly  believe, 
Shall  make  us  throughly  clean. 

3  Since  thou  wouldst  have  us  free  from  sin, 
And  pure  as  those  above, 

Make  haste  to  bring  thy  nature  in, 
And  perfect  us  in  love. 

4  The  counsel  of  thy  love  fulfill : 
Come  quickly,  gracious  Lord ! 

Be  it  according  to  thy  will, 
According  to  thy  word. 

5  O  that  the  perfect  grace  were  given. 
Thy  love  diffused  abroad ! 

O  that  our  hearts  were  all  a  heaven, 
Forever  filled  with  God ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


One  of  a  number  of  Hymn*  for  Those  That  Wait 
for  Full  Redemption. 

Nine  stums ;  these  are  the  first,  second,  sixth, 
seventh,  and  ninth. 

In  the  last  verse  the  author  -wrote  "  gift ,y  instead 
of  u  srraee"  in  line  one :  "  The ,?  instead  of  "  Thv  " 


md 


an 


instead  of  ••a"  in  line 


in  line  two  ;  a 
three. 

From  Charles  Weslev's  H/mn*  and  Sacreii  R>ems. 
1749.  "  J 


515       A  present  paradise.  C.  M. 

0. JOYFUL  sound  of  gospel  grace ! 
Christ  shall  in  me  appear- 
I.  even  I,  shall  see  his  face, 
I  shall  be  holy  here. 

2  The  glorious  crown  of  righteousness 
To  me  reached  out  I  view : 

Conqueror  through  him.  I  soon  shall  seize. 
And  wear  it  as  my  due. 

3  The  promised  land,  from  Pisgah's  top. 
I  now  exult  to  see : 

My  hope  is  full.  O  glorious  hope ! 
Of  immortality. 

4  With  me.  I  know.  I  feel,  thou  art; 
But  this  cannot  sutfice. 

Unless  thou  plantest  in  my  heart 
A  constant  paradise. 


5  Come.  O  my  God,  thyself  reveal, 

Fill  all  this  mighty  void : 
Thou  only  canst  my  spirit  fill; 

Come,  O  my  God.  my  God ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  a  long  hymn  of  twenty-two  stanzas,  en- 
titled "The  Spirit  and  the  bride  say,  ComeJ1  Eev. 
xxii,  17. 

^  This  hymn  is  eonipo>ed  of  verses  ten.  fourteen, 
fifteen,  nineteen,  and  twenty-one.  They  contain 
the  eream  of  the  whole  poem". 

One  word  has  been  changed.  Wesley  wrote 
••  blessed  "  hope  in  verse  three,  line  three. 

From  Hymn*  and  Sacred  li-em*.  1742. 


516         TJie  icorld  orercome.  CM. 

LET  worldly  minds  the  world  pursue ; 
I    It  has  no  charms  for  me : 
Once  I  admired  its  trifles  too, 
But  grace  hath  set  me  free. 

2  Its  pleasures  can  no  longer  please. 
Xor  happiness  afford: 

Far  from  my  heart  be  joys  like  these. 
Xow  I  have  seen  the  Lord. 

3  As  by  the  light  of  opening  day 
The  stars  are  all  concealed. 

So  earthly  pleasures  fade  away, 
When  Jesus  is  revealed. 

4  Creatures  no  more  divide  my  choice; 
I  bid  them  all  depart: 

His  name,  his  love,  his  gracious  voice. 
Have  fixed  my  roving  heart. 

JOILX  >"EWTO>~. 

Title:  Old 'Things  are  passed  Air  ay. 
The  first  two  lines  of  the  second  stanza  have 
been  slightly  altered.    Newton  wrote: 

"  Its  pleasures  note  no  longer  please, 
So  more  content  afford."*" 

Ti  e  third  stanza  is  very  tx?autiful. 
There  are  two  additional  verses  that  are  charac- 
teristie  of  the  author : 

5  "  Now.  Lord,  I  would  be  thine  alone, 
And  holy  live  to  thee ; 

But  may  I  "hope  that  thou  wilt  own 
A  worthless  worm  like  me  I 

6  "  Yes !  though  of  sinners  I'm  the  worst, 
1  cannot  doubt  thy  will ; 

For  if  thou  hadst  not  loved  me  first, 
I  had  refused  thee  stilL" 

From  Olney  Hymn*.  1779. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  23. 


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517  CM. 

In  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven.    Matt.  vi.  10. 

JESUS,  the  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way, 
In  whom  I  now  believe, 
As  taught  by  thee,  in  faith  I  pray, 
Expecting  to  receive. 

2  Thy  will  by  me  on  earth  be  done, 
As  by  the  powers  above, 

Who  always  see  thee  on  thy  throne, 
And  glory  in  thy  love. 

3  I  ask  in  confidence  the  grace, 
That  I  may  do  thy  will, 

As  angels  who  behold  thy  face, 
And  all  thy  words  fulfill. 

4  Surely  I  shall,  the  sinner  I, 
Shall  serve  thee  without  fear, 

If  thou  my  nature  sanctify 
In  answer  to  my  prayer. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  first  four  verses  of  a  hymn  of  twelve  stanzas, 
written  upon  Matt,  vi,  10  : 

"  Thy  will  be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven." 

Wesley  wrote  '•'•choirs'1'1  instead  of  "powers"  in 
the  second  line  of  the  second  stanza. 

The  last  two  lines  of  the  hymn  have  been  alto- 
gether changed.    Wesley  wrote : 

"  My  heart  no  longer  gives  the  lie 
To  my  deceitful  prayer." 

These  changes  were  made  by  the  editors  of  the 
Supplement  to  the  Methodist  Pocket  Hymn  Book, 
1808.    They  were  Bishop  Asbury  and  Daniel  Hitt. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


518  T%e  refining  fire.  C.  M. 

JESUS,  thine  all- victorious  love 
Shed  in  my  heart  abroad : 
Then  shall  my  feet  no  longer  rove, 
Rooted  and  fixed  in  God. 

2  O  that  in  me  the  sacred  fire 
Might  now  begin  to  glow, 

Burn  up  the  dross  of  base  desire 
And  make  the  mountains  flow ! 

3  O  that  it  now  from  heaven  might  fall, 
And  all  my  sins  consume ! 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  for  thee  I  call ; 
Spirit  of  burning,  come ! 

4  Refining  fire,  go  through  my  heart ; 
Illuminate  my  soul ; 

Scatter  thy  life  through  every  part, 
And  sanctify  the  whole. 


5  My  steadfast  soul,  from  falling  free, 

Shall  then  no  longer  move, 
While  Christ  is  all  the  world  to  me, 

And  all  my  heart  is  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

A  favorite  hymn,  from  a  poem  of  twelve  stanzas, 
entitled  Against  Hope  Believing  in  Hope. 

These  stanzas  are  numbers  four,  seven,  eight, 
nine,  and  twelve.  The  second  and  third  lines  of 
the  last  stanza  have  been  changed.  The  author 
wrote : 

"  Can  nov)  no  longer  move ; 
Jesus  is  all  the  world  to  me." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


519     The  affections  crucified.         C.  M. 

JESUS,  my  Life,  thyself  apply; 
Thy  Holy  Spirit  breathe: 
My  vile  affections  crucify ; 
Conform  me  to  thy  death. 

2  Conqueror  of  hell,  and  earth,  and  sin, 
Still  with  the  rebel  strive : 

Enter  my  soul,  and  work  within, 
And  kill,  and  make  alive. 

3  More  of  thy  life,  and  more  I  have, 
As  the  old  Adam  dies : 

Bury  me,  Saviour,  in  thy  grave, 
That  I  with  thee  may  rise. 

4  Reign  in  me,  Lord ;  thy  foes  control, 
Who  would  not  own  thy  sway ; 

Diffuse  thine  image  through  my  soul; 
Shine  to  the  perfect  day. 

5  Scatter  the  last  remains  of  sin, 
And  seal  me  thine  abode ; 

O  make  me  glorious  all  within, 
A  temple  built  by  God ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  Christ  our  Sanctification. 
There  is  one  additional  stanza : 

6  "  My  inward  holiness  Thou  art, 
For  faith  hath  made  Thee  mine : 

With  all  Thy  fullness  fill  my  heart, 
Till  all  I  am  is  Thine." 

The  original  has  "  Thy"  instead  of  "the"  in 
verse  two,  line  two. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


520  Give  me  Thyself.  C.  M. 

JESUS  hath  died  that  I  might  l\ve, 
Might  live  to  God  alone  ; 
In  him  eternal  life  receive, 
And  be  in  spirit  one. 


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2  Saviour,  I  thank  thee  for  the  grace, 
The  gift  unspeakable ; 

And  wait  with  arms  of  faith  to  embrace, 
And  all  thy  love  to  feel. 

3  My  soul  breaks  out  in  strong  desire 
The  perfect  bliss  to  prove ; 

My  longing  heart  is  all  on  fire 
To  be  dissolved  in  love. 

4  Give  me  thyself ;  from  every  boast, 
From  every  wish  set  free; 

Let  all  I  am  in  thee  be  lost, 
But  give  thyself  to  me. 

5  Thy  gifts,  alas !  cannot  suffice, 
Unless  thyself  be  given ; 

Thy  presence  makes  my  paradise, 
And  where  thou  art  is  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  last  five  stanza?  of  a  hymn  of  thirteen  verses, 
written  on  Acts  xvi,  bl : 

"Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and  thou 
shalt  be  saved." 

W  esley  wrote  "  soul "  instead  of  "  heart "  in  verse 
three,  line  three. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


5  2  X  A  perfect  heart.  C.  M. 

OFOR  a  heart  to  praise  my  God, 
A  heart  from  sin  set  free ! 
A  heart  that  always  feels  thy  blood, 
So  freely  spilt  for  me ! 

2  A  heart  resigned,  submissive,  meek, 
My  great  Redeemer's  throne ; 

Where  only  Christ  is  heard  to  sjDeak, 
Where  Jesus  reigns  alone. 

3  O  for  a  lowly,  contrite  heart, 
Believing,  true,  and  clean, 

Which  neither  life  nor  death  can  part 
From  him  that  dwells  within. 

4  A  heart  in  every  thought  renewed, 
And  full  of  love  divine ; 

Perfect,  and  right,  and  pure,  and  good, 
A  copy,  Lord,  of  thine. 

5  Thy  nature,  gracious  Lord,  impart ; 
Come  quickly  from  above ; 

Write  thy  new  name  upon  my  heart, 
Thy  new,  best  name  of  Love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  Make  me  a  Clean  Heart,  0  God. — Prayer- 
Book  version  of  Psa.  li,  10 


The  original  has  "  an  heart "  instead  of  "  a  heart " 
in  every  case. 

The  third  stanza  began : 

"  An  humble,  lowly,  contrite  heart." 

The  author  wrote  in  the  second  stanza : 
"  My  dear  Eedeemer's  throne." 
and  in  the  last : 

"  Thy  nature,  dearest  Lord,  impart." 

John  Wesley  changed  these  words  for  his  Collec- 
tion, in  1780. 

Three  stanzas,  the  fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh,  of 
this  favorite  hymn  wTere  omitted  from  the  1849  edi- 
tion. They  are  not  necessary  to  the  hymn,  yet, 
perhaps,  some  would  like  to  see  them  : 

5  "Thy  tender  heart  is  still  the  same, 
And  melts  at  human  woe : 

Jesus,  for  Thee,  distressed  I  am, 
I  want  Thy  love  to  know. 

6  "  My  heart,  Thou  knowest,  can  never  rest 
Till  Thou  create  my  peace  ; 

Till  of  my  Eden  repossest, 
From  self  and  sin  I  cease. 

7  "  Fruit  of  Thy  gracious  lips,  on  me 
Bestow  that  peace  unknown, 

The  hidden  manna,  and  the  tree 
Of  life,  and  the  white  stone." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


522        TJie  work  wrought.  C.  M. 

COME,  O  my  God,  the  promise  seal, 
This  mountain,  sin,  remove ; 
Now  in  my  waiting  soul  reveal 
The  virtue  of  thy  love. 

2  I  want  thy  life,  thy  purity, 
Thy  righteousness,  brought  in : 

I  ask,  desire,  and  trust  in  thee 
To  be  redeemed  from  sin. 

3  Saviour,  to  thee  my  soul  looks  up, 
My  present  Saviour  thou ! 

In  all  the  confidence  of  hope, 
I  claim  the  blessing  now. 

4  'Tis  done !  thou  dost  this  moment  save, 
With  full  salvation  bless ; 

Redemption  through  thy  blood  I  have, 
And  spotless  love  and  peace. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Scripture  Hymns,  1762. 
The  passage  on  which  this  is  written  is  Mark 
xi,  24 : 

"What  things  soever  ye  desire,  when  ye  pray, 
believe  that  ye  receive  them,  and  ye  shall  have 
them," 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


20; 


One  eight-lined  stanza  is  omitted: 

"  For  this  as  taught  by  Thee,  I  pray, 

And  can  no  longer  doubt ; 
Kemove  far  hence,  to  sin  I  say, 

Be  cast  this  moment  out ; 
The  guilt  and  strength  of  self  and  pride, 

Be  pardoned  and  subdued, 
Be  cast  into  the  crimson  tide 

Of  my  Bedeemer's  blood." 

In  the  first  stanza  Wesley  wrote: 
"  Now  in  my  gasping  soul  reveal," 

and  in  the  last  line  of  the  hymn : 
"  And  heaven  in  Thy  peace." 


523  Faith  omnipotent.  CM. 

GOD  of  eternal  truth  and  grace, 
Thy  faithful  promise  seal ; 
Thy  word,  thy  oath,  to  Abraham's  race, 
In  rne,  O  Lord,  fulfill. 

2  That  mighty  faith  on  me  bestow, 
Which  cannot  ask  in  vain, 

•  "Which  holds,  and  will  not  let  thee  go, 
Till  I  my  suit  obtain : 

3  Till  thou  into  my  soul  insjDire 
The  perfect  love  unknown ; 

And  tell  my  infinite  desire, 

"  Whate'er  thou  wilt,  be  done." 

4  But  is  it  possible  that  I 
Should  live,  and  sin  no  more? 

Lord,  if  on  thee  I  dare  rely, 

The  faith  shall  bring  the  power. 

5  On  me  the  faith  divine  bestow 
Which  doth  the  mountain  move ; 

And  all  my  spotless  life  shall  show 
The  omnipotence  of  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 

The  first  part  of  the  hymn  is  founded  on  Mi- 
cah  vii,  20 : 

"  Thou  wilt  perform  the  truth  to  Jacob,  and  the 
mercy  to  Abraham,  which  thou  hast  sworn  unto 
our  fathers  from  the  days  of  old." 

The  first  stanza  is  incomplete.    It  was : 

"  God  of  eternal  truth  and  grace, 

Thy  faithful  promise  seal ; 
Thy  word,  Thy  oath.,  to  Abraham's  race, 

In  us,  even  us,  fulfil : 
Let  us  to  perfect  love  restored, 

Thine  image  here  retrieve, 
And  in  the  presence  of  our  Lord, 

The  life  of  angels  live." 


The  second  and  third  stanzas  were  written  upon 
Matt  xv,  28 : 

"  O  woman,  great  is  thy  faith :  be  it  unto  thee 
even  as  thou  wilt ;" 

and  the  last  two  stanzas,  upon  Mark  ix,  23  : 

"  All  things  are  possible  to  him  that  believeth." 

In  verse  five,  line  three,  Wesley  wrote  '•''sinless  " 
instead  of  "  spotless." 


524  l.m. 

There  remaineth  therefore  a  rest  to  the  people  of  God. 
Heb.  iv,  9. 

COME,.  O  Thou  greater  than  our  heart, 
And  make  thy  faithful  mercies  known ; 
The  mind  which  was  in  thee  impart ; 
Thy  constant  mind  in  us  be  shown. 

2  O  let  us  by  thy  cross  abide, 
Thee,  only  thee,  resolved  to  know, 

The  Lamb  for  sinners  crucified, 
A  world  to  save  from  endless  woe. 

3  Take  us  into  thy  people's  rest, 

And  we  from  our  own  works  shall  cease ; 
With  thy  meek  Spirit  arm  our  breast, 
And  keep  our  minds  in  perfect  peace. 

4  Jesus,  for  this  we  calmly  wait ; 
O  let  our  eyes  behold  thee  near! 

Hasten  to  make  our  heaven  complete ; 
Appear,  our  glorious  God,  appear ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  part  second  of  a  long  hymn  of  four  parts, 
written  on  Isaiah  xxviii,  16  : 

"He  that  believeth  shall  not  make  haste." 

Part  second  has  eight  stanzas.  These  are  num- 
bers one,  four,  five,  and  eight,  verbatim.  Hymns  792 
and  793  are  a  part  of  the  same  poem. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


525  Christ  all  in  all.  L.  M. 

HOLY,  and  true,  and  righteous  Lord, 
I  wait  to  prove  thy  perfect  will : 
Be  mindful  of  thy  gracious  word, 
And  stamp  me  with  thy  Spirit's  seal. 

2  Open  my  faith's  interior  eye : ' 
Display  thy  glory  from  above ; 

And  all  I  am  shall  sink  and  die, 
Lost  in  astonishment  and  love. 

3  Confound,  o'erpower  me  by  thy  grace ; 
I  would  be  by  myself  abhorred ; 

All  might,  all  majesty,  all  praise, 
All  glory,  be  to  Christ  my  Lord. 


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4  Now  let  me  gain  perfection's  height ; 

Now  let  rue  into  nothing  fall, 
As  less  than  nothing  in  thy  sight, 

And  feel  that  Christ  is  all  in  all, 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  Pleading  the  Promise  of  Sanctijication. 

Part  of  a  long  hymn  of  twenty-eight  stanzas  found- 
ed on  Ezek.  xxxvi,  23-31  inclusive.  These  are 
verses  twenty-three,  twenty-six,  twenty-seven,  and 
twenty-eight. 

The  original  has  "  Be  less,"  etc.,  in  verse  four, 
line  three. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


526        Waiting  for  the  promise.        L.  M. 

0 JESUS,  full  of  truth  and  grace, 
O  all-atoning  Lamb  of  God, 

1  wait  to  see  thy  glorious  face ; 

I  seek  redemption  through  thy  blood. 

2  Thou  art  the  anchor  of  my  hope ; 
The  faithful  promise  I  receive : 

Surely  thy  death  shall  raise  me  up, 
For  thou  hast  died  that  I  might  live. 

3  Satan,  with  all  his  arts,  no  more 
Me  from  the  gospel  hope  can  move ; 

I  shall  receive  the  gracious  power, 
And  find  the  pearl  of  perfect  love. 

4  My  flesh,  which  cries,  "It  cannot  be," 
Shall  silence  keep  before  the  Lord ; 

And  earth,  and  hell,  and  sin  shall  flee 
At  Jesus'  everlasting  word. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

These  are  the  first,  sixth,  eighth,  and  last  verses 
of  a  hymn  of  eleven  stanzas,  entitled  Waiting  for 
the  Promise. 

The  author  wrote  "  lovely  face  "  in  the  first  verse, 
"faithful  saying"  in  the  second,  and  "  almighty 
power  "  in  the  third. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


15  2  7       For  lowliness  and  purity.        L.  M. 

JESUS,  in  whom  the  Godhead's  rays 
Beam  forth  with  mildest  majesty ; 

1  see  thee  full  of  truth  and  grace, 
And  come  for  all  I  want  to  thee. 

2  Save  me  from  pride — the  plague  expel ; 
Jesus,  thine  humble  self  impart : 

O  let  thy  mind  within  me  dwell ; 
O  give  me  lowliness  of  heart. 

3  Enter  thyself,  and  cast  out  sin ; 
Thy  spotless  purity  bestow : 

Touch  me,  and  make  the  leper  clean ; 
Wash  me,  and  I  am  white  as  snow. 


4  Sprinkle  me,  Saviour,  with  thy  blood, 
And  all  thy  gentleness  is  mine ; 

And  plunge  me  in  the  purple  flood, 
Till  all  I  am  is  lost  in  thine. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Written  upon  Matt,  i,  21 : 

"  He  shall  save  his  people  from  their  sins." 

In  the  last  stanza  of  this  hymn  two  lines  have 
been  omitted,  and  two  others  added.  The  author 
wrote : 

"  Fury  is  not  with  Thee,  my  God; 

O,  why  should  it  be  found  in  Thine ! 
Sprinkle  me,  Saviour,  with  Thy  blood, 

And  all  Thy  gentleness  is  mine." 

Two  stanzas,  the  second  and  last,  have  been 
omitted  : 

2  "  Wrathful,  impure,  and  proud  I  am, 
Nor  constancy  nor  strength  I  have : 

But  Thou,  0  Lord,  art  still  the  same, 
And  hast  not  lost  Thy  power  to  save. 

6  "  Pour  but  Thy  blood  upon  the  flame, 
Meek,  and  dispassionate,  and  mild, 

The  leopard  sinks  into  a  lamb, 
And  I  become  a  little  child." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


528      The  Canaan  of  perfect  love.      L.  M. 

GOD  of  all  power,  and  truth,  and  grace, 
Which  shall  from  age  to  age  endure, 
Whose  word,  when  heaven  and  earth  shall 

pass, 

Remains,  and  stands  forever  sure; 

2  That  I  thy  mercy  may  proclaim, 
That  all  mankind  thy  truth  may  see, 

Hallow  thy  great  and  glorious  name, 
And  perfect  holiness  in  me. 

3  Give  me  a  new,  a  perfect  heart, 

From  doubt,  and  fear,  and  sorrow  free ; 
The  mind  which  was  in  Christ  impart, 
And  let  my  spirit  cleave  to  thee. 

4  O  that  I  now,  from  sin  released, 
Thy  word  may  to  the  utmost  prove ; 

Enter  into  the  promised  rest, 
The  Canaan  of  thy  perfect  love ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  Pleading  the  Promise  of  Sanctification. 

This  is  the  first  part  of  stanzas  one,  three,  eight, 
and  fourteen,  of  a  long  hymn  of  twenty-eight 
verses.  No.  525  is  a  part  of  the  same.  It  is  founded 
on  Ezek.  xxxvi,  23-31. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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The  whole  hymn  may  be  seen  at  the  end  of  John 
Wesley's  sermon  On  Christian  Perfection.  Works, 
vol.  i,  page  368. 

Unaltered.  From  Hy  mns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


529  The  will  of  God.  L.  M. 

HE  wills  that  I  should  holy  be : 
That  holiness  I  long  to  feel ; 
That  full  divine  conformity 

To  all  my  Saviour's  righteous  will. 

2  See,  Lord,  the  travail  of  thy  soul 
Accomplished  in  the  change  of  mine ; 

And  plunge  me,  every  whit  made  whole, 
In  all  the  depths  of  love  divine. 

3  On  thee,  O  God,  my  soul  is  stayed, 
And  waits  to  prove  thine  utmost  will ; 

The  promise  by  thy  mercy  made, 
Thou  canst,  thou  wilt,  in  me  fulfill. 

4  No  more  I  stagger  at  thy  power, 

Or  doubt  thy  truth,  which  cannot  move : 
Hasten  the  long-expected  hour, 

And  bless  me  with  thy  perfect  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 

The  first  two  stanzas  are  founded  on  1  Thess. 
iv,  3: 

"  This  is  the  will  of  God,  even  your  sanctifi- 
cation." 

The  last  two  are  written  upon  Deut.  xxx,  6  : 

"  And  the  Lord  thy  God  will  circumcise  thine 
heart,  and  the  heart  of  thy  seed,  to  love  the  Lord 
thy  God  with  all  thine  heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul, 
that  thou  may  est  live." 

The  last  has  one  more  eight-lined  stanza  : 

"  One  of  the  stubborn,  hardened  race, 

Now,  Lord,  on  me  the  work  begin, 
And  by  the  Spirit  of  Thy  grace 

Cut  off  the  foreskin  of  my  sin : 
My  stiff-necked  heart  to  circumcise, 

Thy  sanctifying  power  exert, 
And  I  shall  then  attain  the  prize, 

And  love  my  God  with  all  my  heart." 

The  hymn  lias  not  been  altered. 


530  Heavenly  bliss  in  prospect.        L.  M. 

ARISE,  my  soul,  on  wings  sublime, 
Above  the  vanities  of  time ; 
Let  faith  now  pierce  the  veil,  and  see 
The  glories  of  eternity. 


2  Born  by  a  new,  celestial  birth, 
Why  should  I  grovel  here  on  earth  ? 
Why  grasp  at  vain  and  fleeting  toys, 
So  near  to  heaven's  eternal  joys  ? 

3  Shall  aught  beguile  me  on  the  road, 
The  narrow  road  that  leads  to  God? 
Or  can  1  love  this  earth  so  well, 

As  not  to  long  with  God  to  dwell  ? 

4  To  dwell  with  God,  to  taste  his  love, 
Is  the  full  heaven  enjoyed  above  : 
The  glorious  expectation  now 

Is  heavenly  bliss  begun  below. 

THOMAS  GIBBONS,  ALT. 
Only  three  lines  of  this  hymn  remain  unaltered. 

Original. 

1  "  Now  let  our  souls  on  wings  sublime 
Rise  from  the  vanities  of  time  : 
Draw  back  the  parting  veil,  and  see 
The  glories  of  eternity. 

2  "  Twice  born  by  a  celestial  birth, 
Why  should  we  grovel  here  on  earth  ? 
Why  grasp  at  transitory  toys, 

So  near  to  heaven's  eternal  joys  ? 

3  "  Shall  aught  beguile  us  on  the  road 
When  we  are  travelling  back  to  God  ? 
For  strangers  into  life  we  come, 

And  dying  is  but  going  home. 

4  "  Welcome  sweet  hour  of  my  discharge, 
That  sets  my  longing  soul  at  large, 
Unbinds  my  chains,  breaks  up  my  cell, 
And  gives  me  with  my  God  to  dwell. 

5  "  To  dwell  with  God,  to  feel  his  love, 
Is  the  full  heaven  enjoyed  above  ; 

A  rid  the  sweet  expectation  now, 

Is  the  young  dawn  of  heaven  below." 

From  Sermons  on  Various  Subjects;  with  an  Hymn 
Adapted  to  each  Subject,  1762. 

This  hymn  was  appended  to  a  sermon,  the 
text  of  which  was  Eccl.  xii,  7  : 

"  Then  shall  the  dust  return  to  the  earth  as  it 
was :  and  the  spirit  shall  return  unto  God  who 
gave  it." 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  910. 


531       The  new  covenant.  L.  M. 

OGod,  most  merciful  and  true, 
Thy  nature  to  my  soul  impart ; 
'Stablish  with  me  the  covenant  new, 
And  stamp  thine  image  on  my  heart. 

2  To  real  holiness  restored, 

O  let  me  gain  my  Saviour's  mind; 

And  in  the  knowledge  of  my  Lord, 
Fullness  of  life  eternal  find. 


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3  Remember,  Lord,  my  sins  no  more, 
That  them  I  may  no  more  forget ; 

But,  sunk  in  guiltless  shame,  adore, 
With  speechless  wonder,  at  thy  feet. 

4  O'erwhelmed  with  thy  stupendous  grace, 
I  shall  not  in  thy  presence  move ; 

But  breathe  unutterable  praise, 

And  rapturous  awe,  and  silent  love. 

5  Then  every  murmuring  thought,  and  vain, 
Expires,  in  sweet  confusion  lost : 

I  cannot  of  my  cross  complain, 
I  cannot  of  my  goodness  boast. 

6  Pardoned  for  all  that  I  have  done, 
My  mouth  as  in  the  dust  I  hide ; 

And  glory  give  to  God  alone, 
My  God  in  Jesus  pacified. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 
This  hymn  is  founded  on  Ezek.  xvi,  62,  63  : 

"  And  I  will  establish  my  covenant  with  thee ; 
and  thou  shalt  know  that  I  .am  the  Lord  :  that 
thou  mayest  remember,  and  be  confounded,  and 
never  open  thy  mouth  any  more  because  of  thy 
shame,  when  1  am  pacified  toward  thee  for  all  thou 
hast  done,  saith  the  Lord  God." 

The  last  lines  of  the  first  and  last  stanzas  have 
been  altered.    Wesley  wrote : 

"  And  write  perfection  on  my  heart 

And: 

"  My  God  forever  pacified." 


532  True  'perfection.  L.  M. 

WHAT !  never  speak  one  evil  word, 
Or  rash,  or  idle,  or  unkind ! 
O  how  shall  I,  most  gracious  Lord, 
This  mark  of  true  perfection  find? 

2  Thy  sinless  mind  in  me  reveal ; 
Thy  Spirit's  plenitude  impart ; 

And  all  my  spotless  life  shall  tell 
The  abundance  of  a  loving  heart. 

3  Saviour,  I  long  to  testify 

The  fullness  of  thy  saving  grace ; 
O  may  thy  power  the  blood  apply, 

Which  bought  for  me  the  sacred  peace! 

4  Forgive,  and  make  my  nature  whole, 
My  inbred  malady  remove ; 

To  perfect  health  restore  my  soul, 
To  perfect  holiness  and  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


The  first  two  stanzas  are  founded  upon  James 
iii,  2  : 

"  If  any  man  offend  not  in  word,  the  same  is  a 
perfect  man." 

The  third  line  of  the  second  stanza  has  been  al- 
tered.  The  author  wrote : 

"  And  all  my  language  pure  shall  tell." 

The  third  and  fourth  stanzas  were  written  on 
Psa.  ciii,  3 : 

"  "Who  forgiveth  all  thine  iniquities ;  who  healeth 
all  thy  diseases." 

The  third  stanza  was,  originally : 

"  Saviour,  I  long  to  testify 
The  fulness  of  Thy  gracious  power  : 

O  might  Thy  Spirit  the  blood  apply. 
Which  bought  for  me  the  peace;  and  more  !  " 

These  changes  were  made  by  John  Wesley  for 
his  Collection,  1780. 
From  Short  Scripture  Hymns,  1762. 


Odd         Entire  purification.  C.  M, 

FOREVER  here  my  rest  shall  be, 
Close  to  thy  bleeding  side ; 
This  all  my  hope,  and  all  my  plea, 
"For  me  the  Saviour  died." 

2  My  dying  Saviour,  and  my  God, 
Fountain  for  guilt  and  sin, 

Sprinkle  me  ever  with  thy  blood, 
And  cleanse  and  keep  me  clean. 

3  Wash  me,  and  make  me  thus  thine  own ; 
Wash  me,  and  mine  thou  art ; 

Wash  me,  but  not  my  feet  alone, 
My  hands,  my  head,  my  heart. 

4  The  atonement  of  thy  blood  apply, 
Till  faith  to  sight  improve ; 
Till  hope  in  full  fruition  die, 
And  all  my  soul  be  love. 

CHAKLES  WESLEY. 

The  original  title  to  this  favorite  hymn  is :  Christ 
our  Righteousness.  1  Cor.  i,  30. 

The  first  two  stanzas,  which  have  been  omitted, 
are  as  follows  : 

1  "Jesus,  Thou  art  my  Eighteousness, 
For  all  my  sins  were  Thine : 

Thy  death  hath  bought  of  God  my  peace. 
Thy  life  hath  made  Him  mine. 

2  "  Spotless  and  just,  in  Thee  1  am ; 
I  feel  my  sins  forgiven ; 

I  taste  salvation  in  Thy  name, 
And  antedate  my  heaven." 


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Two  lines  have  been  changed. 

Verse  two,  line  three : 

"Sprinkle  me  ever  m  Thy  blood." 

Verse  four,  line  three : 

"  Till  hope  shall  in  fruition  die." 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


534:       Perfect  rest  f?  •om  sin.  CM. 

JESUS,  the  sinner's  rest  thou  art, 
From  guilt,  and  fear,  and  pain ; 
"While  thou  art  absent  from  the  heart 
We  look  for  rest  in  vain. 

2  O  when  wilt  thou  my  Saviour  be? 
O  when  shall  I  be  clean? 

The  true  eternal  Sabbath  see, — 
A  perfect  rest  from  sin? 

3  The  consolations  of  thy  word 
My  soul  have  long  upheld ; 

The  faithful  promise  of  the  Lord 
Shall  surely  be  fulfillecT. 

4  I  look  to  my  incarnate  God 
Till  he  his  work  begin ; 

And  wait  till  his  redeeming  blood 
Shall  cleanse  me  from  all  sin. 

AUGUSTUS  M.  TOPLADY. 

If  we  were  to  guess  at  the  authorship  of  this  hymn, 
upon  internal  evidence,  we  should  say  it  was  one  of 
Charles  Wesley's  hymns  on  sanctification.  Stanzas 
one  and  two  have  been  transposed. 

In  verse  one,  line  three,  the  original  is,  "  my 
heart;  and  verse  one,  line  four,  11 1  look."  There 
are  four  additional  stanzas. 

From  Poems  on  Sacred  Subjects.  Dublin,  1759. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No  415. 


535     The  gift  of  righteousness.  CM. 

I ASK  the  gift  of  righteousness, 
The  sin-subduing  power ; 
Power  to  believe,  and  go  in  peace, 
And  never  grieve  Thee  more. 

2  I  ask  the  blood-bought  pardon  sealed, 
The  liberty  from  sin, 

The  grace  infused,  the  love  revealed, 
The  kingdom  fixed  within. 

3  Thou  hear'st  me  for  salvation  pray ; 
Thou  seest  my  heart's  desire ; 

Made  ready  in  thy  powerful  day, 
Thy  fullness  I  require. 
14 


4  My  restless  soul  cries  out,  oppressed, 
Impatient  to  be  freed ; 

Nor  can  I,  Lord,  nor  will  I  rest, 
Till  I  am  saved  indeed. 

5  Thou  canst,  thou  wilt,  I  dare  believe, 
So  arm  me  with  thy  power, 

That  I  to  sin  may  never  cleave, 
May  never  feel  it  more. 

,  CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 

It  is  written  on  Mark  xi,  24 : 

"  What  things  soever  ye  desire,  when  ye  pray, 
believe  that  ye  receive  them,  and  ye  shall  have 
them." 

The  first  double  stanza,  and  half  of  the  last,  have 
been  omitted: 

"  Jesus,  the  irrevocable  word, 

Thy  gracious  lips  hath  passed, 
And  trusting  in  my  faithful  Lord, 

I  shall  be  saved  at  last ; 
Whate'er  I  ask  with  longing  heart, 

Expecting  to  receive, 
Almighty  God,  Thou  ready  art, 

And  promisest  to  give." 

"Art  Thou  not  able  to  convert, 

Art  Thou  not  willing,  too, 
To  change  this  old  rebellious  heart, 

To  conquer  and  renew  ? " 

The  author  wrote  the  first  line  of  the  fourth 
stanza : 

"  My  vehement  soul  cries  out,  oppress'd ; " 

thus  giving  the  line  one  redundant  syllable ;  and  so 
it  remains  in  the  Wesleyan  Collection  to  this  day.  It 
read  the  same  in  this  collection  up  to  the  year  1849. 


536  Steadfast  faith.  CM. 

MY  God,  I  know,  I  feel  thee  mine, 
And  will  not  quit  my  claim, 
Till  all  I  have  is  lost  in  thine, 
And  all  renewed  I  am. 

2  I  hold  thee  with  a  trembling  hand, 
And  will  not  let  thee  go, 

Till  steadfastly  by  faith  I  stand, 
And  all  thy  goodness  know. 

3  Love  only  can  the  conquest  win, 
The  strength  of  sin  subdue : 

Come,  O  my  Saviour,  cast  out  sin, 
And  form  my  soul  anew. 


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4  No  longer  then  my  heart  shall  mourn, 

While,  sanctified  by  grace, 
I  only  for  thy  glory  burn, 

And  always  see  thy  face. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  "  Against  Hope,  Believing  in  Hope." 
Twelve  stanzas.    These  are  numbers  one,  two, 
five,  and  eleven.    No.  518  is  a  part  of  the  same. 
The  third  line  of  the  third  stanza,  Wesley  wrote : 

"  Mine  own  unconquerable  sin," 

and  the  second  line  of  the  last  stanza, 

"  While  purified  by  grace." 

These  changes  were  made  for  the  Supplement  to 
the  Methodist  Pocket  Hymn  Book,  1808. 


537      Thy  will  be  done.  Matt,  vi,  10  CM. 

THY  presence,  Lord,  the  place  shall  fill; 
My  heart  shall  be  thy  throne ; 
Thy  holy,  just,  and  perfect  will, 
Shall  in  my  flesh  be  done. 

2  I  thank  thee  for  the  present  grace, 
And  now  in  hope  rejoice, 

In  confidence  to  see  thy  face, 
And  always  hear  thy  voice. 

3  I  have  the  things  I  ask  of  thee ; 
What  more  shall  I  require? 

That  still  my  soul  may  restless  be, 
And  only  thee  desire. 

4  Thy  only  will  be  done,  not  mine, 
But  make  me,  Lord,  thy  home  ; 

Come  as  thou  wilt,  I  that  resign, 
But  O,  my  Jesus,  come ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  At  Waking. 

Part  of  a  hymn  of  fourteen  stanzas,  beginning : 

"  Giver  and  Guardian  of  my  sleep," 
To  praise  Thy  name  I  wake." 

This  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  ten,  eleven, 
twelve,  and  fourteen. 

Slight  changes  have  been  made  in  two  lines. 
In  verse  three,  line  two,  the  original  is : 

"  What  shall  I  more  require  !  " 

and  in  verse  four,  line  three : 

"  Come  when  Thou  wilt,  I  that  resign." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


538       For  patience  and  sanctity.         C.  M. 

DEEPEN  the  wound  thy  hands  have 
made 

In  this  weak,  helpless  soul, 
Till  mercy,  with  its  balmy  aid, 
Descend  to  make  me  whole. 

2  The  sharpness  of  thy  two-edged  sword 
Enable  me  to  endure, 

Till  bold  to  say,  ' '  My  hallowing  Lord 
Hath  wrought  a  perfect  cure." 

3  I  see  the  exceeding  broad  command, 
Which  all  contains  in  one : 

Enlarge  my  heart  to  understand 
The  mystery  unknown. 

4  O  that,  with  all  thy  saints,  I  might 
By  sweet  experience  prove 

What  is  the  length,  and  breadth,  and  height. 
And  depth,  of  perfect  love ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  a  combination  of  two  of  the  Short  Hymns 
on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  1762. 

The  first  two  stanzas  are  founded  on  Deut 
xxxii,  39 : 

"  I  wound,  and  I  heal." 

Verses  three  and  four  were  written  on  Psa. 
cxix,  96 : 

"  1  have  seen  an  end  of  all  perfection :  but  thy 
commandment  is  exceeding  broad." 

Only  half  of  the  last  hymn  is  given.  The  first 
part  is  as  follows : 

"I,  too,  the  broad  command  have  seen, 

Enlightened,  Lord,  by  Thee, 
And  may  attain,  through  faith,  the  mean, 

That  spotless  charity : 
Holy  and  just  I  may  appear, 

Before  I  hence  remove : 
The  end  of  all  perfection  here, 

The  law  fulfilled,  is  love." 

The  author  wrote  "  cry"  instead  of  "say"  in 
verse  two,  line  three. 


539        The  hope  of  our  calling.         C.  M. 

TTTHAT  is  our  calling's  glorious  hope, 
W    But  inward  holiness  ? 
For  this  to  Jesus  I  look  up; 
I  calmly  wait  for  this. 

2  I  wait  till  he  shall  touch  me  clean, 

Shall  life  and  power  impart, 
Give  me  the  faith  that  casts  out  sin, 

And  purifies  the  heart. 


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3  When  Jesus  makes  my  heart  his  home, 
My  sin  shall  all  depart; 

And,  lo !  he  saith,  ' '  I  quickly  come, 
To  fill  and  rule  thy  heart. " 

4  Be  it  according  to  thy  word; 
Redeem  me  from  all  sin ; 

My  heart  would  now  receive  thee,  Lord ; 
Come  in,  my  Lord,  come  in ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  last  part  of  a  hymn  of  fourteen  stanzas, 
founded  on  Titus  ii,  14  : 

"  Who  gave  himself  for  us,  that  he  might  redeem 
us  from  all  iniquity." 

These  are  stanzas  nine,  ten,  thirteen,  and  four- 
teen. John  Wesley  altered  a  few  words  for  his 
Collection  of  1780. 

In  verse  two,  line  three,  the  original  has  "roots" 
instead  of  "  casts ;  "  and  in  verse  three,  line  one, 
"so^ "  instead  of  "heart." 

In  the  second  stanza,  first  line,  we  have  a  happy 
allusion  to  the  healing  of  the  leper  by  a  touch  of 
our  Lord. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


54:0  Panting  for  fullness  of  love.  C.  P.  M. 

OLOVE  divine,  how  sweet  thou  art ! 
When  shall  I  find  my  willing  heart 
All  taken  up  by  thee  ? 

1  thirst,  I  faint,  I  die  to  prove 
The  greatness  of  redeeming  love, 

The  love  of  Christ  to  me. 

2  Stronger  his  love  than  death  or  hell ; 
Its  riches  are  unsearchable ; 

The  first-born  sons  of  light 
Desire  in  vain  its  depths  to  see ; 
They  cannot  reach  the  mystery, 

The  length,  the  breadth,  the  height. 

3  God  only  knows  the  love  of  God; 
O  that  it  now  were  shed  abroad 

In  this  poor  stony  heart ! 
For  love  I  sigh,  for  love  I  pine ; 
This  only  portion,  Lord,  be  mine ; 

Be  mine  this  better  part. 

4  O  that  I  could  forever  sit 
With  Mary  at  the  Master's  feet ! 

Be  this  my  happy  choice ; 
My  only  care,  delight,  and  bliss, 
My  joy,  my  heaven  on  earth,  be  this, 

To  hear  the  Bridegroom's  voice. 


5  O  that  I  could,  with  favored  John, 
Recline  my  weary  head  upon 

The  dear  Redeemer's  breast ! 
From  care,  and  sin,  and  sorrow  free, 
Give  me,  O  Lord,  to  find  in  thee 

My  everlasting  rest. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  Desiring  to  Love. 
Original  of  verse  two,  line  six  : 

"  The  length,  and  breadth,  and  height." 

Two  stanzas,  the  fifth  and  seventh,  of  this  won- 
derful hymn  are  omitted : 

5  "  O  that  with  humbled  Peter,  I 
Could  weep,  believe,  and  thrice  reply, 

My  faithfulness  to  prove  : 
'  Thou  knowest,'  for  all  to  Thee  is  known, 
'  Thou  knowest,'  O  Lord,  and  Thou  alone, 

'  Thou  knowest '  that  Thee  I  love." 

7  "  Thy  only  love  do  I  require, 
Nothing  in  earth  beneatli  desire, 

Nothing  in  heaven  above ; 
Let  earth  and  heaven,  and  all  things  go, 
Give  me  Thy  only  love  to  know, 

Give  me  Thy  only  love." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


541        The  blessed  hope.  C.  P.  M. 

BUT  can  it  be  that  I  should  prove 
Forever  faithful  to  thy  love, 
From  sin  forever  cease? 

1  thank  thee  for  the  blessed  hope ; 
It  lifts  my  drooping  spirits  up ; 

It  gives  me  back  my  peace. 

2  In  thee,  O  Lord,  I  put  my  trust, 
Mighty,  and  merciful,  and  just; 

Thy  sacred  word  is  passed ; 
And  I,  who  dare  thy  word  believe, 
Without  committing  sin  shall  live, 

Shall  live  to  God  at  last. 

3  I  rest  in  thine  almighty  power; 
The  name  of  Jesus  is  my  tower 

That  hides  my  life  above : 
Thou  canst,  thou  wilt,  my  helper  be ; 
My  confidence  is  all  in  thee, 

The  faithful  God  of  love. 

4  Wherefore,  in  never-ceasing  prayer, 
My  soul  to  thy  continual  care 

I  faithfully  commend; 
Assured  that  thou  through  life  wilt  save, 
And  show  thyself  beyond  the  grave 

My  everlasting  Friend. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


Title:  In  Temptation.  Two  stanzas,  the  third 
and  fifth,  of  this  fine  hymn  are  omitted : 

3  "  No  more  shall  sin  its  sway  maintain, 
No  longer  in  my  members  reign, 

Or  captivate  my  heart. 
Upheld  by  Thy  victorious  grace, 
1  walk  henceforth  in  all  Thy  ways, 

And  never  will  depart." 

5  "  While  still  to  Thee  for  help  I  call, 
Thou  wilt  not  suffer  me  to  fall, 

Thou  canst  not  let  me  sin : 
And  Thou  shalt  give  me  power  to  pray, 
Till  all  my  sins  are  purged  away, 

And  all  Thy  mind,  brought  in." 

The  original  has  "keeper"  instead  of  "helper" 
in  verse  three,  line  four;  and  " shalt"  instead  of 
"  wilt"  in  verse  four,  line  four. 

From  Charles  Wesley 's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1749. 


542       The  glorious  hope.  C.  P.  M. 

0 GLORIOUS  hope  of  perfect  love! 
It  lifts  me  up  to  things  above ; 
It  bears  on  eagles'  wings ; 
It  gives  my  ravished  soul  a  taste, 
And  makes  me  for  some  moments  feast 
With  Jesus'  priests  and  kings. 

2  Rejoicing  now  in  earnest  hope, 

I  stand,  and  from  the  mountain  top 

See  all  the  land  below : 
Rivers  of  milk  and  honey  rise, 
And  all  the  fruits  of  paradise 

In  endless  plenty  grow. 

3  A  land  of  corn,  and  wine,  and  oil, 
Favored  with  God's  peculiar  smile, 

With  every  blessing  blest; 
There  dwells  the  Lord  our  Righteousness, 
And  keeps  his  own  in  perfect  peace, 

And  everlasting  rest. 

4  O  that  I  might  at  once  go  up ; 
No  more  on  this  side  Jordan  stop, 

But  now  the  land  possess ; 
This  moment  end  my  legal  years, 
Sorrows  and  sins,  and  doubts  and  fears, 

A  howling  wilderness ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  a  hymn  of  two  parts,  entitled  Desiring  to 
Love.  Part  first  has  eleven  stanzas ;  part  second 
has  eight.  This  hymn  is  made  up  of  verses  four  to 
seven,  inclusive,  of  part  second.  They  are  unal- 
tered. 

This  is  a  remarkable  hymn  and  a  great  favorite ; 
but  the  closing  impression  is  not  a  very  happy  one. 
If  the  next  stanza  had  been  added  it  would  have 
been  better: 


"  Now,  0  my  Joshua,  bring  me  in, 
Cast  out  my  foes  ;  the  inbred  sin, 

The  carnal  mind  remove ; 
The  purchase  of  Thy  death  divide  ; 
And  0,  with  all  the  sanctified, 

Give  me  a  lot  of  love." 


543       Power  over  temptation.      C.  P.  M. 

HELP,  Lord,  to  whom  for  help  I  fly, 
And  still  my  tempted  soul  stand  by 
Throughout  the  evil  day ; 
The  sacred  watchfulness  impart, 
And  keep  the  issues  of  my  heart, 
And  stir  me  up  to  pray. 

2  My  soul  with  thy  whole  armor  arm ; 
In  each  approach  of  sin  alarm, 

And  show  the  danger  near : 
Surround,  sustain,  and  strengthen  me, 
And  fill  with  godly  jealousy 

And  sanctifying  fear. 

3  Whene'er  my  careless  hands  hang  down, 
O  let  me  see  thy  gathering  frown, 

And  feel  thy  warning  eye ; 
And,  starting,  cry  from  ruin's  brink, 
' '  Save,  Jesus,  or  I  yield,  I  sink ; 

O  save  me,  or  I  die." 

4  If  near  the  pit  I  rashly  stray, 
Before  I  wholly  fall  away, 

The  keen  conviction  dart ; 
Recall  me  by  that  pitying  look, 
That  kind,  upbraiding  glance,  which  broke 

Unfaithful  Peter's  heart. 

5  In  me  thine  utmost  mercy  show 
And  make  me  like  thyself  below, 

Unblamable  in  grace ; 
Ready  prepared  and  fitted  here, 
By  perfect  holiness,  to  appear 

Before  thy  glorious  face. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  In  Temptation. 

The  author  wrote  "  this  evil  day  "  in  verse  one, 
line  three ;  and  " feeble  hands  "  in  vei*se  three,  line 
one. 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1749. 

There  were  five  volumes  published  by  the  Wes- 
leys  under  this  title.  The  first  three,  distinguished 
by  their  dates,  1739,  1740,  1742,  bore  the  names  of 
the  brothers,  John  and  Charles  Wesley.  The  other 
two  were  entitled  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  in 
two  volumes.  By  Charles  Wesley,  M.  A.,  Student 
of  Christ  Church,  Oxford.  Bristol,  1749.  John 
Wesley  says,  in  his  Plain  Account  of  Christian 
Perfection,  that  he  did  not  see  these  volumes  before 
they  were  printed,  and  that  they  contained  some 
things  which  he  could  not  approve. 


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544      A  present  help  in  trouble.     C.  P.  M. 

OGOD,  thy  faithfulness  I  plead, 
My  present  help  in  time  of  need, 
My  great  Deliverer  thou ! 
Haste  to  mine  aid,  thine  ear  incline, 
And  rescue  this  poor  soul  of  mine : 
I  claim  the  promise  now. 

2  One  only  way  the  erring  mind 

Of  man,  short-sighted  man,  can  find, 

From  inbred  sin  to  fly: 
Stronger  than  love,  I  fondly  thought 
Death,  only  death,  can  cut  the  knot, 

Which  love  cannot  untie. 

3  But  thou,  O  Lord,  art  full  of  grace; 
Thy  love  can  find  a  thousand  ways 

To  foolish  man  unknown : 
My  soul  upon  thy  love  I  cast ; 
I  rest  me,  till  the  storm  be  past, 

Upon  thy  love  alone. 

4  Thy  faithful,  wise,  almighty  love 
Shall  every  stumbling-block  remove, 

And  make  an  open  way : 
Thy  love  shall  burst  the  shades  of  death, 
And  bear  me  from  the  gulf  beneath, 

To  everlasting  day. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  In  Temptation. 

Eight  stanzas ;  these  are  numbered  one,  five,  six, 
and  seven. 

In  the  first  line  of  the  third  verse  the  author 
wrote  '''•rich  in  grace;  "  and  in  the  second  line  of 
the  fourth  verse : 

"Shall  every  obstacle  remove." 

These  changes  were  made  by  John  Wesley  for 
his  Collection  in  1780.  His  alterations  are  usually 
improvements  ;  but  these,  in  my  opinion,  are  not. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


545  The  pure  in  heart  shall  see  God.  C.  P.  M. 

SAVIOUR,  on  me  the  grace  bestow, 
That,  with  thy  children,  I  may  know 
My  sins  on  earth  forgiven ; 
Give  me  to  prove  the  kingdom  mine, 
And  taste,  in  holiness  divine, 
The  happiness  of  heaven. 

2  Me  with  that  restless  thirst  inspire, 
That  sacred,  infinite  desire, 

And  feast  my  hungry  heart ; 
Less  than  thyself  cannot  suffice ; 
My  soul  for  all  thy  fullness  cries, 

For  all  thou  hast  and  art. 


3  Jesus,  the  crowning  grace  impart ; 
Bless  me  with  purity  of  heart, 

That,  now  beholding  thee, 
I  soon  may  view  thy  open  face, 
On  all  thy  glorious  beauties  gaze, 

And  God  forever  see. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


From  Hymns  on  the  Four  Gospels  and  Acts  of  the 
Apostles,  by  Charles  Wesley.  The  first  stanza  is 
founded  on  Matt,  v,  8  : 

"  Blessed  are  the  poor  in  spirit :  for  theirs  is  the 
kingdom  of  heaven." 

Some  changes  have  been  made  in  the  first  lines : 

"  Jesus,  on  me  the  want  bestow, 
Which  all  who  feel  shall  surely  know 
Their  sins  on  earth  forgiven." 

The  second  stanza  is  founded  on  the  sixth  verse : 

"  Blessed  are  they  which  do  hunger  and  thirst 
after  righteousness :  for  they  shall  be  filled." 

And  the  third  stanza  upon  the  eighth  verse : 

"Blessed  are  the  pure  in  heart:  for  they  shall 
see  God." 


546        Mourning  departed  joys.  C.  M. 

SWEET  was  the  time  when  first  I  felt 
The  Saviour's  pardoning  blood 
Applied  to  cleanse  my  soul  from  guilt, 
And  bring  me  home  to  God. 

2  Soon  as  the  morn  the  light  revealed, 
His  praises  tuned  my  tongue ; 

And  when  the  evening  shades  prevailed, 
His  love  was  all  my  song. 

3  In  prayer  my  soul  drew  near  the  Lord, 
And  saw  his  glory  shine ; 

And  when  I  read  his  holy  word, 
I  called  each  promise  mine. 

4  But  now,  when  evening  shade  prevails, 
My  soul  in  darkness  mourns ; 

And  when  the  morn  the  light  reveals, 
No  light  to  me  returns. 

5  Rise,  Lord,  and  help  me  to  prevail; 
O  make  my  soul  thy  care ; 

I  know  thy  mercy  cannot  fail ; 
Let  me  that  mercy  share. 

JOHN  NEWTON,  ALT. 

Founded  upon  Job  xxix,  2  : 

"  0  that  I  were  as  in  months  past." 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


Three  stanzas,  the  third,  fifth,  and  seventh,  are 
omitted : 

3  "  In  vain  the  tempter  spread  his  wiles, 
The  world  no  more  could  charm  ; 

I  lived  upon  my  Saviour's  smiles, 
And  leaned  upon  his  arm." 

5  "  Then  to  his  saints  I  often  spoke, 

Of  what  his  love  had  done  ; 
But  now  my  heart  is  almost  broke 

For  all  my  joys  are  gone." 

7  "  My  prayers  are  now  a  chatt'ring  noise, 

For  Jesus  hides  his  face ; 
I  read,  the  promise  meets  my  eyes, 

But  will  not  reach  my  case." 

The  last  stanza  has  been  so  altered  that  the 
author  would  hardly  dare  to  claim  it.  Newton 
wrote : 

"  Now  Satan  threatens  to  prevail, 

And  make  my  soul  Ms  prey  ; 
Yet,  Lord,  thy  mercies  cannot  fail, 

O  come  without  delay." 

These  changes  were  doubtless  made  by  the 
editors  of  the  1849  edition  of  this  collection. 
From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 


547  Sad  reflections  on  spiritual  sloth.     C.  M. 

MY  drowsy  powers,  why  sleep  ye  so  ? 
Awake,  my  sluggish  soul! 
Nothing  hath  half  thy  work  to  do, 
Yet  nothing's  half  so  dull. 

2  Go  to  the  ants !  for  one  poor  grain 
See  how  they  toil  and  strive ; 

Yet  we,  who  have  a  heaven  to  obtain, 
How  negligent  we  live ! 

3  We,  for  whose  sake  all  nature  stands, 
And  stars  their  courses  move ; 

We,  for  whose  guard  the  angel  bands 
Come  flying  from  above ; 

4  We,  for  whom  God  the  Son  came  down, 
And  labored  for  our  good ; 

How  careless  to  secure  that  crown 
He  purchased  with  his  blood ! 

5  Lord,  shall  we  live  so  sluggish  still, 
And  never  act  our  parts? 

Come,  holy  Dove,  from  the  heavenly  hill, 
And  warm  our  frozen  hearts ! 

6  Give  us  with  active  warmth  to  move, 
With  vigorous  souls  to  rise ; 

With  hands  of  faith,  and  wings  of  love, 
To  fly  and  take  the  prize. 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT. 


Title :  Complaining  of  Spiritual  Sloth. 
This  hymn  has  been  altered  somewhat.  The 
first  part  of  the  second  stanza  Watts  wrote  t 

"  The  little  ants  for  one  poor  grain 
Labor,  and  tug,  and  strive." 

The  last  line  of  the  fifth  stanza  was  originally 
written : 

"  And  sit  and  warm  our  hearts," 
and  the  last  stanza  was  in  this  form : 

"  Then  shall  our  active  spirits  move, 

Upwards  our  souls  shall  rise ; 
With  hands  of  faith  and  wings  of  love 

We'll  fly  and  take  the  prize." 

These  changes  were  made  at  least  a  century  ago. 
Those  in  the  second  and  fifth  verses  are  improve- 
ments. The  change  in  the  last  stanza,  I  think,  is 
not  for  the  better. 

There  is  an  easy  majesty  in  some  of  Watts's  stan- 
zas that  no  other  hymnist  has  reached.  An  illus- 
tration of  this  can  be  seen  in  verses  three  and 
lour. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


548  Returning  to  Christ.  CM. 

MY  head  is  low,  my  heart  is  sad, 
My  feet  with  travel  torn, 
Yet,  O  my  Saviour,  thou  art  glad 
To  see  thy  child  return. 

2  It  wTas  thy  love  that  homeward  led, 
Thine  arm  that  upward  stayed ; 

It  is  thy  hand  which  on  my  head 
Is  now  in  mercy  laid. 

3  O  Saviour,  in  this  broken  heart 
Confirm  the  trembling  will, 

Which  longs  to  reach  thee  where  thou  art, 
Rest  in  thee  and  be  still. 

4  Within  that  bosom  which  hath  shed 
Both  tears  and  blood  for  me, 

O  let  me  hide  this  aching  head, 
Once  pressed  and  blessed  by  thee. 

JOHN  S.  B.  MONSELL. 

Title :  Penitential  Confirmation  Hymn.  The 
original  contains  five  eight-lined  stanzas.  This  is 
composed  of  the  first  and  fourth  stanzas,  unaltered. 
It  is  founded  on  Luke  xv,  24  : 

"  This  my  son  was  dead,  and  is  alive  again  ;  he 
was  lost,  and  is  found." 

From  Hymns  of  Love  and  Praise.  London, 
1863. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  the  author,  see  No. 
232. 


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549     For  the  return  of  the  Spirit.  C.  M. 

OFOR  a  closer  walk  with  God, 
A  calm  and  heavenly  frame ; 
A  light  to  shine  upon  the  road 
That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb ! 

2  Where  is  the  blessedness  I  knew, 
When  first  I  saw  the  Lord? 

Where  is  the  soul-refreshing  view 
Of  Jesus  and  his  word? 

3  What  peaceful  hours  I  once  enjoyed ! 
How  sweet  their  memory  still ! 

But  they  have  left  an  aching  void 
The  world  can  never  fill. 

4  Return,  O  holy  Dove,  return, 
Sweet  messenger  of  rest ! 

I  hate  the  sins  that  made  thee  mourn, 
And  drove  thee  from  my  breast. 

5  The  dearest  idol  I  have  known, 
Whate'er  that  idol  be, 

Help  me  to  tear  it  from  thy  throne, 
And  worship  only  thee. 

6  So  shall  my  walk  be  close  with  God, 
Calm  and  serene  my  frame ; 

So  purer  light  shall  mark  the  road 
That  leads  me  to  the  Lamb. 

WILLIAM  COWPER. 

Title :  Walking  with  God. 

It  was  suggested  by  Gen.  v,  24  : 

"  And  Enoch  walked  with  God :  and  he  was  not ; 
for  God  took  him." 

The  fact  that  this  hymn  is  found  in  the  Hymnals 
of  all  the  Churches  ;  and  usually,  as  here,  without  a 
word  of  change,  is  the  highest  possible  praise. 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 

For  biography  of  Cowper,  see  No.  44. 


550  Faint,  yet  pursuing.  C.  M. 

AS  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  streams, 
When  heated  in  the  chase, 
So  longs  my  soul,  O  God,  for  thee, 
And  thy  refreshing  grace. 

2  For  thee  my  God,  the  living  God, 
My  thirsty  soul  doth  pine  ; 

O  when  shall  I  behold  thy  face, 
Thou  Majesty  divine? 

3  I  sigh  to  think  of  happier  days, 
When  thou,  O  Lord,  wast  nigh ; 

When  every  heart  was  tuned  to  praise, 
And  none  more  blest  than  I. 


4  Why  restless,  why  cast  down,  my  soul  ? 

Hope  still,  and  thou  shalt  sing 
The  praise  of  him  who  is  thy  God, 

Thy  Saviour  and  thy  King. 

TATE  AND  BRADY. 

This  is  a  part  of  an  excellent  metrical  version  of 
Psalm  xlii.  These  are  stanzas  one,  two,  four,  and 
eleven. 

The  third  stanza  has  been  entirely  changed,  ex- 
cept the  first  two  words  : 

"  I  sigh,  whene'er  my  musing  thoughts 

Those  happy  days  present. 
When  I,  with  troops  of  pious  friends, 

Thy  temple  did  frequent." 

The  last  line  of  the  hymn  was  originally : 

"  Thy  health1  s  eternal  spring.'''1 

From  A  New  Version  of  the  Psalms  of  David, 
1696. 

For  biographies,  see  Nos.  13  and  120. 


551    God  gracious  to  the  contrite.     C.  M. 

COME,  let  us  to  the  Lord  our  God 
With  contrite  hearts  return ; 
Our  God  is  gracious,  nor  will  leave 
The  desolate  to  mourn. 

2  His  voice  commands  the  tempest  forth, 
And  stills  the  stormy  wave ; 

His  arm,  though  it  be  strong  to  smite, 
Is  also  strong  to  save. 

3  Our  hearts,  if  God  we  seek  to  know, 
Shall  know  him  and  rejoice ;  • 

His  coming  like  the  morn  shall  be, 
Like  morning  songs  his  voice. 

4  As  dew  upon  the  tender  herb, 
Diffusing  fragrance  round ; 

As  showers  that  usher  in  the  spring, 
And  cheer  the  thirsty  ground ; 

5  So  shall  his  presence  bless  our  souls, 
And  shed  a  joyful  light ; 

That  hallowed  morn  shall  chase  away 
The  sorrows  of  the  night. 

JOHN  MORRISON. 

A  paraphrase  of  Hosea  vi,  1-3 : 

"  Come,  and  let  us  return  unto  the  Lord  :  for  he 
hath  torn,  and  he  will  heal  us  ;  he  hath  smitten, 
and  he  will  bind  us  up.  After  two  days  will  he 
revive  us  :  in  the  third  day  he  will  raise  us  up,  and 
we  shall  live  in  his  sight.  Then  shall  we  know,  if 
we  follow  on  to  know  the  Lord :  his  going  forth  is 
prepared  as  the  morning ;  and  he  shall  come  unto 
us  as  the  rain,  as  the  latter  and  former  rain  unto 
the  earth." 


216  HYMN  STUDIES. 


One  stanza,  the  third,  is  omitted : 

"  Long  hath  the  night  of  sorrow  reigned  ; 

the  dawn  shall  bring  us  light : 
God  shall  appear,  and  we  shall  rise 

with  gladness  in  his  sight." 

Contributed  to  the  Scotch  Paraphrases,  1770. 
has  not  been  altered. 
For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  184. 


It 


Love  to  the  Saviour. 


7. 


552 

HARK,  my  soul !  it  is  the  Lord ; 
'Tis  thy  Saviour, — hear  his  word: 
Jesus  speaks,  he  speaks  to  thee : 
"  Say,  poor  sinner,  lov'st  thou  me?  " 

2  "  I  delivered  thee  when  bound, 
And,  when  bleeding,  healed  thy  wound ; 
Sought  thee  wandering,  set  thee  right, 
Turned  thy  darkness  into  light. 

3  ' 1  Can  a  mother's  tender  care 
Cease  toward  the  child  she  bare ! 
Xes,  she  may  forgetful  be, 

Yet  will  I  remember  thee. 

4  "  Mine  is  an  unchanging  love, 
Higher  than  the  heights  above ; 
Deeper  than  the  depths  beneath, 
Free  and  faithful,  strong  as  death. 

5  ' '  Thou  shalt  see  my  glory  soon, 
When  the  work  of  faith  is  done; 
Partner  of  my  throne  shalt  be; 
Say,  poor  sinner,  lov'st  thou  me? " 

6  Lord,  it  is  my  chief  complaint 
That  my  love  is  weak  and  faint, 
Yet  I  love  thee  and  adore: 

O  for  grace  to  love  thee  more  ! 

WILLIAM  COWPEK. 

Original  title  :  u  Lovestthou  Me."    John  xxi,  16. 
One  word  has  been  changed.    In  the  second  line 
of  the  fifth  stanza  Cowper  wrote  : 

"When  the  work  of  grace  is  done." 

Some  Arminian  hymn  editor  made  this  change, 
because  he  thought  that  "grace"  savored  of  Cal- 
vinism. It  ought  to  be  restored  out  of  regard  to 
the  author. 

The  third  stanza  of  this  hymn  is  a  reproduction 
of  a  remarkable  passage  in  Isaiah  xlix,  15. 
From  the  Gospel  Magazine,  1771. 
For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  44. 


553     God's  absence  deprecated.       S.  M. 

OTHOU,  whose  mercy  hears 
Contrition's  humble  sigh ; 
Whose  hand,  indulgent,  wipes  the  tears 
From  sorrow's  weeping  eye ; 


2  See,  at  thy  throne  of  grace, 
A  wretched  wanderer  mourn : 

Hast  thou  not  bid  me  seek  thy  face  ? 
Hast  thou  not  said,  4 '  Return  ?  " 

3  Shall  guilty  fears  prevail 
To  drive  me  from  thy  feet  ? 

O  let  not  this  last  refuge  fail, 
This  only  safe  retreat. 

4  Absent  from  thee,  my  Light, 
Without  one  cheering  ray, 

Through  dangers,  fears,  and  gloomy  night, 
How  desolate  my  way ! 

5  On  this  benighted  heart 
With  beams  of  mercy  shine ; 

And  let  thy  voice  again  impart 
A  taste  of  joy  divine. 

ANNE  STEELE,  ALT. 


Author's  title  :  Absence  from  God. 

This  hymn  has  been  changed  from  common  to 
short  meter,  by  the  omission  of  two  syllables 
from  the  first  line  of  each  stanza. 

There  is  one  additional  verse : 

6  "  Thy  presence  only  can  bestow, 
Delights  which  never  cloy  ; 

Be  this  my  solace  here  below, 
And  my  eternal  joy." 

From  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly  Devotional,  by 
Theodosia.  London,  1760. 
For  biography  of  author,  see  No.  63. 


554    Tlie  wanderer  returning.         S.  M. 

HOW  oft  this  wretched  heart 
Has  wandered  from  the  Lord ! 
How  oft  my  roving  thoughts  depart, 
Forgetful  of  his  word ! 

2  Yet  mercy  calls,  u  Return;  " 
Saviour,  to  thee  I  come : 

My  vile  ingratitude  I  mourn ; 
O  take  the  wanderer  home. 

3  Thy  love  so  free,  so  sweet, 
Blest  Saviour,  I  adore; 

O  keep  me  at  thy  sacred  feet, 
And  let  me  rove  no  more. 

ANNA  STEELE,  ALT. 

Author's  title:  Pardoning  Love.  Written  on 
Jer.  iii,  22 : 

"  Return,  ye  backsliding  children,  and  I  will  heal 
your  backslidings." 

It  has  been  altered  from  common  to  short  meter. 


HYMN  STUD  IE  8. 


217 


This  can  usually  be  done  very  easily.  Here  are  the 
first  lines  with  the  omitted  words  italicized  : 

"  How  oft,  alas,  this  wretched  heart." 
"  Yet  sovereign  mercy  calls,  '  Keturn.'  " 
"  Thy  pardoning  love  so  free,  so  sweet." 

Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  fourth  of  the  original, 
are  omitted : 

3  "  AHd  canst  thou,  wilt  thou  yet  forgive 
And  bid  my  crimes  remove? 

And  shall  a  pardoned  rebel  live 
To  speak  thy  wondrous  love? 

4  "  Almighty  grace,  thy  healing  power 
How  glorious,  how  divine ! 

That  can  to  life  and  bliss  restore 
So  vile  a  heart  as  mine." 

From  Poems  on  Subjects  chiefly  Devotional,  by 
Theodosia.  London,  1760. 
See  No.  63. 


FIRST  PART. 
555    The  warning  voice  of  Jesus.     S.  M. 

GRACIOUS  Redeemer,  shake 
This  slumber  from  my  soul ! 
Say  to  me  now,  "Awake,  awake! 
And  Christ  shall  make  thee  whole." 

2  Lay  to  thy  mighty  hand ; 
Alarm  me  in  this  hour ; 

And  make  me  fully  understand 
The  thunder  of  thy  power. 

3  Give  me  on  thee  to  call 
Always  to  watch  and  pray, 

Lest  I  into  temptation  fall, 
And  cast  my  shield  away. 

4  For  each  assault  prepared, 
And  ready  may  I  be ; 

Forever  standing  on  my  guard, 
And  looking  up  to  thee. 

5  O  do  thou  always  warn 
My  soul  of  evil  near; 

When  to  the  right  or  left  I  turn, 
Thy  voice  still  let  me  hear : 

6  ' '  Come  back !  this  is  the  way ; 
Come  back,  and  walk  therein ;  " 

O  may  I  hearken  and  obey, 
And  shun  the  paths  of  sin. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  part  of  one  of  a  number  of  Hymns  for  the 
Watchnight.  j, 

There  are  ten  eight-lined  stanzas.  These  are  the 
fifth,  sixth,  and  seventh,  verbatim. 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems. 
1749. 


SECOND  PART. 
55Q  Commending  the  soul  to  God.     S.  M. 

THOU  seest  my  feebleness ; 
Jesus,  be  thou  my  power, 
My  help  and  refuge  in  distress, 
My  fortress  and  my  tower. 

2  Give  me  to  trust  in  thee ; 
Be  thou  my  sure  abode : 

My  horn,  and  rock,  and  buckler  be, 
My  Saviour  and  my  God. 

3  Myself  I  cannot  save, 
Myself  I  cannot  keep, 

But  strength  in  thee  I  surely  have, 
Whose  eyelids  never  sleep. 

4  My  soul  to  thee  alone, 
Now  therefore  I  commend ; 

Thou,  Jesus,  love  me  as  thine  own, 
And  love  me  to  the  end. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


Composed  of  stanzas  nine  and  ten  of  the  same  as 
the  last.  The  beginning  of  this  hymn  is  awkward, 
and  might  be  arranged  in  this  form : 

"  Jesus,  be  thou  my  power; 

Thou  seest  my  feebleness  ; 
Be  thou  my  fortress  and  my  tower, 

My  refuge  in  distress." 

The  second  stanza  of  the  original  begins  : 
"  Cause  me  to  trust  in  thee." 

The  last  two  lines  were  written  : 

"  Thou,  Jesus,  having  loved  Thine  own, 
Shalt  love  me  to  the  end." 

These  changes  were  made  by  John  "Wesley  for  his 
Collection  of  1780. 


557        Restore  my  peace.  S.  M. 

0 JESUS,  full  of  grace, 
To  thee  I  make  my  moan : 
Let  me  again  behold  thy  face, 
Call  home  thy  banished  one. 

2  Again  my  pardon  seal, 
Again  my  soul  restore, 

And  freely  my  backslidings  heal, 
And  bid  me  sin  no  more. 

3  Wilt  thou  not  bid  me  rise  ? 
Speak,  and  my  soul  shall  live ; 

"  Forgive,"  my  stricken  spirit  cries, 
"Abundantly  forgive." 


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4  Thine  utmost  mercy  show ; 

Say  to  my  drooping  soul, 
' '  In  peace  and  full  assurance  go ; 

Thy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole." 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  a  hymn  of  six  eight-lined  stanzas.  This  is 
made  up  of  the  third,  the  first  part  of  the  fourth, 
and  the  last  part  of  the  sixth. 

It  is  full  of  the  broken-hearted  pleading  of  a 
poor  backslider.  In  the  third  line  of  the  third 
stanza  Wesley  wrote  "gasping  spirit,"  and  in 
the  first  line  of  the  last  stanza  "Thy  utmost," 
etc. 

From  Hymns  on  God's  Everlasting  Love,  1741. 


7,  6,  8. 


558       Humility  and  contrition. 

JESUS,  let  thy  pitying  eye 
Call  back  a  wandering  sheep ; 
False  to  thee,  like  Peter,  I 

Would  fain,  like  Peter,  weep. 
Let  me  be  by  grace  restored ; 

On  me  be  all  long- suffering  shown; 
Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

2  Saviour,  Prince,  enthroned  above, 
Repentance  to  impart, 

Give  me,  through  thy  dying  love. 
The  humble,  contrite  heart ; 

Give  what  I  have  long  implored, 
A  portion  of  thy  grief  unknown ; 

Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 

3  See  me,  Saviour,  from  above, 
Nor  suffer  me  to  die ; 

Life,  and  happiness,  and  love 
Drop  from  thy  gracious  eye : 

Speak  the  reconciling  word, 
And  let  thy  mercy  melt  me  down; 

Turn,  and  look  upon  me,  Lord, 
And  break  my  heart  of  stone. 


4  Look,  as  when  thy  languid  eye 

Was  closed  that  we  might  live ; 
"  Father,"  at  the  point  to  die 

My  Saviour  prayed,  ' '  forgive ! " 
Surely,  with  that  dying  word, 

He  turns,  and  1  ooks,  and  cries, ' '  'Tis  done !" 
O  my  bleeding,  loving  Lord, 

Thou  break'st  my  heart  of  stone ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  one  of  several  hymns  For  One  Fallen 
from  Grace. 

Twelve  stanzas,  of  which  these  are  verses  one, 
two,  six,  and  twelve.  One  word  has  been  changed. 
In  the  fourth  line  of  the  last  stanza  Wesley  wrote  : 


"  My  Saviour  gasped,  '  forgive. 


5  >) 


For  this  improvement  we  are  indebted  to  the 
editors  of  the  1849  edition  of  the  hymn  book. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems.  By  Charles 
Wesley,  1749. 


559    The  deceitfulness  of  sin.        7,  6,  8. 

JESUS,  Friend  of  sinners,  hear 
Yet  once  again,  I  pray; 
From  my  debt  of  sin  set  clear, 

For  I  have  naught  to  pay : 
Speak,  O  speak  the  kind  release ; 

A  poor  backsliding  soul  restore ; 
Love  me  freely,  seal  my  peace, 
And  bid  me  sin  no  more. 

2  For  my  selfishness  and  pride 
Thou  hast  withdrawn  thy  grace ; 

Left  me  long  to  wander  wide, 

An  outcast  from  thy  face ; 
But  I  now  my  sins  confess, 

And  mercy,  mercy,  I  implore ; 
Love  me  freely,  seal  my  peace, 

And  bid  me  sin  no  more. 

3  Sin's  deceitfulness  hath  spread 
A  hardness  o'er  my  heart; 

But  if  thou  thy  Spirit  shed, 

The  stony  shall  depart: 
Shed  thy  love,  thy  tenderness, 

And  let  me  feel  thy  softening  power ; 
Love  me  freely,  seal  my  peace, 

And  bid  me  sin  no  more. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Author's  title  :  A  Prayer  for  Restoring  Grace. 

These  are  verses  one,  two,  and  four,  unaltered, 
of  a  hymn  of  six  stanzas. 

In  the  refrain  reference  is  made  to  the  words  of 
Jesus  in  John  viii,  11  : 

"  Go,  and  sin  no  more." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


560  Zeal  implored.  L.  M. 

OTHOU  who  all  things  canst  control, 
Chase  this  dread  slumber  from  my  soul ; 
With  joy  and  fear,  with  love  and  awe, 
Give  me  to  keep  thy  perfect  law. 

2  O  may  one  beam  of  thy  blest  light 
Pierce  through,  dispel,  the  shade  of  night : 
Touch  my  cold  breast  with  heavenly  fire ; 
With  holy,  conquering  zeal  inspire. 

3  For  zeal  I  sigh,  for  zeal  I  pant; 
Yet  heavy  is  my  soul,  and  faint: 
With  steps  unwavering,  undismayed, 
Give  me  in  all  thy  paths  to  tread. 


HYMN 


4  With  outstretched  hands,  and  streaming 

eyes, 

Oft  I  begin  to  grasp  the  prize ; 
I  groan,  I  strive,  I  watch,  I  pray ; 
But  ah!  my  zeal  soon  dies  away. 

5  The  deadly  slumber  then  I  feel 
Afresh  upon  my  spirit  steal : 

Rise,  Lord,  stir  up  thy  quickening  power, 
And  wake  me  that  I  sleep  no  more. 

FROM  THE  GERMAN. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title  :  Spiritual  Slumber. 

The  German  author  was  SigmundC.Gmelin  (1679- 
1707).    The  translation  has  one  additional  stanza: 

6  "  Single  of  heart,  O  !  may  I  be, 
Nothing  may  I  desire  but  Thee  ; 
Far,  far  from  me  the  world  remove, 
And  all  that  holds  me  from  Thy  love/' 

This  hymn  has  never  found  a  place  in  the  Wes- 
leyan  Collection.  It  came  into  this  collection  in  the 
Supplement  of  1808.  It  first  appeared  in  Hymns 
and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 

It  has  not  been  altered. 


561      Peace  in  the  favor  of  God.       L.  M. 

0 WHERE  is  now  that  glowing  love 
That  marked  our  union  with  the  Lord? 
Our  hearts  were  fixed  on  things  above, 
JSTor  could  the  world  a  joy  afford. 

2  Where  is  the  zeal  that  led  us  then 
To  make  our  Saviour's  glory  known? 

That  freed  us  from  the  fear  of  men, 
And  kept  our  eye  on  him  alone? 

3  Where  are  the  happy  seasons,  spent 
In  fellowship  with  him  we  loved? 

The  sacred  joy,  the  sweet  content, 
The  blessedness  that  then  we  proved? 

4  Behold,  again  we  turn  to  thee ; 

O  cast  us  not  away,  though  vile : 
No  peace  we  have,  no  joy  we  see, 
O  Lord  our  God,  but  in  thy  smile. 

THOMAS  KELLY. 

Scripture  motto,  Jeremiah  ii,  2  : 

"  Thus  saith  the  Lord ;  I  remember  thee,  the 
kindness  of  thy  youth,  the  love  of  thine  espousals." 

Three  stanzas,  the  second,  fifth,  and  seventh, 
have  been  omitted : 

2  "  So  strange  did  love  like  his  appear, 
That  love  that  made  him  bear  the  cross, 

No  other  subject  pleased  our  ear, 
The  world  for  this  appeared  but  loss." 


STUDIES.  219 


5  "  To  thee,  our  God,  we  own  our  sin, 
Of  thee  we  have  forgetful  proved  ; 

As  one  who  leaves  her  lord  we've  been, 
As  one  unfaithful,  though  beloved." 

7  "  And,  oh !  renew  our  former  love  ; 

Yea,  let  it  never  cease  to  ^row, 
Till,  brightened  and  refined  above, 

A  pure  celestial  flame  it  glow." 

The  stanzas  given  are  not  altered. 
From  the  author's  Hymns  on  Various  Passages 
of  Scripture,  1809. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  54. 


56/3      For  the  fire  of  divine  love.        L.  M. 

OTHOU  who  earnest  from  above, 
The  pure  celestial  fire  to  impart, 
Kindle  a  flame  of  sacred  love 
On  the  mean  altar  of  my  heart. 

2  There  let  it  for  thy  glory  burn, 
With  inextinguishable  blaze ; 

And  trembling  to  its  source  return, 
In  humble  prayer  and  fervent  praise. 

3  Jesus,  confirm  my  heart's  desire 

To  work,  and  speak,  and  think  for  thee ; 
Still  let  me  guard  the  holy  fire, 
And  still  stir  up  thy  gift  in  me. 

4  Ready  for  all  thy  perfect  wTill, 
My  acts  of  faith  and  love  repeat, 

Till  death  thy  endless  mercies  seal, 
And  make  the  sacrifice  complete. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 

This  was  written  on  Lev.  vi,  13  : 

"  The  tire  shall  ever  be  burning  upon  the  altar: 
it  shall  never  go  out." 

It  is  unaltered  and  complete.  John  Wesley  said 
that  his  experience  might  always  be  found  in  these 
lines. 


O     Onward,  Christian  soldiers.         6, 5. 

ONWARD,  Christian  soldiers! 
Marching  as  to  war, 
With  the  cross  of  Jesus 

Going  on  before. 
Christ,  the  royal  Master, 
Leads  against  the  foe ; 
Forward  into  battle, 
See,  his  banners  go ! 

Onward,  Christian  soldiers! 

Marching  as  to  war, 
With  the  cross  of  Jesus 

Going  on  before. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


2  At  the  sign  of  triumph 
Satan's  host  doth  flee; 

On,  then,  Christian  soldiers, 

On  to  victory ! 
Hell's  foundations  quiver 

At  the  shout  of  praise ; 
Brothers,  lift  your  voices, 

Loud  your  anthems  raise. 

3  Like  a  mighty  army 
Moves  the  Church  of  God ; 

Brothers,  we  are  treading 
Where  the  saints  have  trod ; 

We  are  not  divided, 
All  one  body  we, 

One  in  hope  and  doctrine, 
One  in  charity. 

4  Crowns  and  thrones  may  perish, 
Kingdoms  rise  and  wane, 

But  the  Church  of  Jesus 

Constant  will  remain ; 
Gates  of  hell  can  never 

'Gainst  that  Church  prevail ; 
We  have  Christ's  own  promise, 

And  that  cannot  fail. 

5  Onward,  then,  ye  people! 
Join  our  happy  throng, 

Blend  with  ours  your  voices 

In  the  triumph-song; 
Glory,  laud,  and  honor 

Unto  Christ  the  King, 
This  through  countless  ages 

Men  and  angels  sing. 

SABINE  BARING-GOULD. 

This  hymn  was  first  published  in  the  Church 
Times,  1865.  It  is  entire  and  unaltered  as  found  in 
Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,  1875. 

The  Eev.  Sabine  Baring-Gould,  a  clergyman  of 
the  Church  of  England,  was  born  in  1834. 


564     Forward  into  light.  6,5. 

FORWARD !  be  our  watchword, 
Steps  and  voices  joined ; 
Seek  the  things  before  us, 

Not  a  look  behind : 
Burns  the  fiery  pillar 

At  our  army's  head ; 
Who  shall  dream  of  shrinking, 

By  our  Captain  led? 
Forward  through  the  desert, 

Through  the  toil  and  fight : 
Jordan  flows  before  us, 
Zion  beams  with  light ! 


2  Forward !  flock  of  Jesus, 
Salt  of  all  the  earth, 

Till  each  yearning  purpose 

Spring  to  glorious  birth : 
Sick,  they  ask  for  healing; 

Blind,  they  grope  for  day; 
Pour  upon  the  nations 

Wisdom's  loving  ray. 
Forward,  out  of  error, 

Leave  behind  the  night ; 
Forward  through  the  darkness, 

Forward  into  light ! 

3  Glories  upon  glories 
Hath  our  God  prepared, 

By  the  souls  that  love  him 

One  day  to  be  shared : 
Eye  hath  not  beheld  them, 

Ear  hath  never  heard ; 
Nor  of  these  hath  uttered 

Thought  or  speech  a  word : 
Forward,  marching  eastward 

Where  the  heaven  is  bright, 
Till  the  veil  be  lifted, 

Till  our  faith  be  sight! 

4  Far  o'er  yon  horizon 
Rise  the  city  towers, 

Where  our  God  abideth; 

That  fair  home  is  ours : 
Flash  the  streets  with  jasper, 

Shine  the  gates  with  gold; 
Flows  the  gladdening  river 

Shedding  joys  untold; 
Thither,  onward  thither, 

In  the  Spirit's  might : 
Pilgrims  to  your  country, 

Forward  into  light! 

HENRY  ALFORD. 

Written  upon  Exod.  xiv,  15  : 

"  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel,  that  they  go 
forward." 

The  original  has  eight  stanzas ;  these  are  the 
first,  third,  fourth,  and  fifth,  unaltered. 

The  Eev.  Henry  Alford  is  widely  known  as  the 
author  of  The  Greek  Testament  with  Botes.  He 
was  born  at  London  in  1810 ;  was  pious  from  his 
youth,  and  in  his  sixteenth  year  wrote  the  follow- 
ing dictation  in  his  Bible : 

"  I  do  this  day,  in  the  presence  of  God  and  my 
own  soul,  renew  my  covenant  with  God,  and 
solemnly  determine  henceforth  to  become  his,  and 
to  do  his  work  as  far  as  in  me  lies." 

He  was  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge ; 
ordained  in  1833,  and  soon  made  a  reputation  as  an 
eloquent  preacher  and  sound  biblical  critic.  He 
was  appointed  Dean  of  Canterbury  in  1857,  which 
distinction  he  held  to  the  day  of  his  death  in  1871. 


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5Q5       Work,  while  it  is  day.     7,  6,  5. 

WORK,  for  the  night  is  coming, 
Work  through  the  morning  hours ; 
Work,  while  the  dew  is  sparkling, 

Work  'mid  springing  flowers ; 
Work,  when  the  day  grows  brighter, 

Work  in  the  glowing  sun ; 
Work,  for  the  night  is  coming, 
When  man's  work  is  done. 

2  Work,  for  the  night  is  coming, 
Work  through  the  sunny  noon ; 

Fill  brightest  hours  with  labor, 

Rest  comes  sure  and  soon. 
Give  every  flying  minute 

Something  to  keep  in  store : 
Work,  for  the  night  is  coming, 

When  man  works  no  more. 

3  Work,  for  the  night  is  coming, 
Under  the  sunset  skies ; 

While  their  bright  tints  are  glowing, 

Work,  for  daylight  flies. 
Work  till  the  last  beam  fadeth, 

Fadeth  to  shine  no  more ; 
Work  while  the  night  is  darkening, 

When  man's  work  is  o'er. 

ANNIE  L.  WALKER. 

The  Hymnal  and  other  books  attribute  this  to 
the  Rev.  Sidney  Dyer,  the  author  of  Resting  By 
and  By,  and  other  'pieces  ;  but  Mr.  Dyer  writes  : 
"  I  have  never  claimed  this  hymn,  and  know  not 
who  put  my  name  to  it." 

The  author  is  now  said  to  be  Annie  L.  Walker, 
of  Canada. 


566  The  spiritual  warfare,  7, 7,  7,  6. 

SOLDIERS  of  the  cross,  arise ! 
Lo !  your  Leader  from  the  skies 
Waves  before  you  glory's  prize, 

The  prize  of  victory. 
Seize  your  armor,  gird  it  on ; 
Now  the  battle  will  be  won ; 
See,  the  strife  will  soon  be  done ; 
Then  struggle  manfully. 

2  Now  the  fight  of  faith  begin, 
Be  no  more  the  slaves  of  sin, 
Strive  the  victor's  palm  to  win, 

Trusting  in  the  Lord  : 
Gird  ye  on  the  armor  bright, 
Warriors  of  the  King  of  light, 
Never  yield,  nor  lose  by  flight 

Your  divine  reward. 


3  Jesus  conquered  when  he  fell, 
Met  and  vanquished  earth  and  hell ; 
Now  he  leads  you  on  to  swell 

The  triumphs  of  his  cross. 
Though  all  earth  and  hell  appear, 
Who  will  doubt,  or  who  can  fear? 
God,  our  strength  and  shield,  is  near ; 

We  cannot  lose  our  cause. 

4  Onward,  then,  ye  hosts  of  God! 
Jesus  points  the  victor's  rod ; 
Follow  where  your  Leader  trod ; 

You  soon  shall  see  his  face. 
Soon,  your  enemies  all  slain, 
Crowns  of  glory  you  shall  gain, 
Soon  you'll  join  that  glorious  train 

Who  shout  their  Saviour's  praise. 

JARED  B.  WATERBURY. 

This  is  one  of  eight  hymns,  written  for  the  Chris- 
tian Lyre.  New  York,  1830.  It  has  been  altered  and 
improved  in  four  lines  since  it  was  first  published. 

The  second  stanza  is  not  Waterbury's,  but  is 
taken  from  a  hymn  of  four  stanzas  written  for  the 
Christian  Lyre  by  William  Mitchell,  (1793-1867.) 

The  Eev.  Jared  Bell  Waterbury,  a  Presbyterian 
minister,  was  born  in  New  York  city  in  1799.  He  was 
graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1822,  and  subsequently 
studied  theology  at  Princeton.  He  was  a  pastor  in 
Hudson,  N.  Y.;  in  Boston,  and  elsewhere.  His 
active  and  useful  life  closed  in  Brooklyn  in  187(3. 


5  6)  7    Stand  up  for  Jesus.  7, 6. 

STAND  up,  stand  up  for  Jesus, 
Ye  soldiers  of  the  cross ; 
Lift  high  his  royal  banner. 

It  must  not  suffer  loss : 
From  victory  unto  victory 
His  army  shall  he  lead, 
Till  every  foe  is  vanquished 
And  Christ  is  Lord  indeed. 

2  Stand  up,  stand  up  for  Jesus, 
The  trumpet  call  obey ; 

Forth  to  the  mighty  conflict, 

In  this  his  glorious  day : 
"  Ye  that  are  men,  now  serve  him," 

Against  unnumbered  foes ; 
Your  courage  rise  with  danger, 

And  strength  to  strength  oppose. 

3  Stand  up,  stand  up  for  Jesus, 
Stand  in  his  strength  alone ; 

The  arm  of  flesh  will  fail  you ; 

Ye  dare  not  trust  your  own : 
Put  on  the  gospel  armor, 

Each  piece  put  on  with  prayer; 
Where  duty  calls,  or  danger, 

Be  never  wanting  there. 


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4  Stand  up,  stand  up  for  Jesus, 

The  strife  will  not  be  long; 
This  day  the  noise  of  battle, 

The  next  the  victor's  song: 
To  him  that  overcometh, 

A  crown  of  life  shall  be ; 
He  with  the  King  of  glory 

Shall  reign  eternally. 

GEORGE  DUFFIELD,  JR. 

This  favorite  hymn  was  inspired  by  the  triumph- 
ant death  ol  the  Rev.  Dudley  Atkins  Tyng,  the 
gifted  son  of  the  Eev.  Stephen  H.  Tyng,  D.D. 
Dudley  Tyng  was  rector  in  Columbus,  Ohio,  and 
also  in  Philadelphia,  and  was  an  active  and  suc- 
cessful worker  in  the  great  revival  of  1857.  In  the 
following  year  he  met  with  an  accident  which 
proved  to  be  fatal.  Being  asked  if  he  had  any  mes- 
sage to  his  brethren  in  the  ministry,  he  replied  : 
"  Tell  them  to  stand  up  for  Jesus." 

The  Eev.  George  Duffield,  D.D.,  a  Presbyterian 
minister,  was  born  in  Pennsylvania  in  1818,  and 
was  graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1837.  He  died 
July  6,  1888.    The  date  of  the  hymn  is  1858. 


568  7,6. 

Enduring  hardness  as  good  soldiers. 

GO  forward,  Christian  soldier, 
Beneath  His  banner  true : 
The  Lord  himself,  thy  Leader, 

Shall  all  thy  foes  subdue. 
His  love  foretells  thy  trials, 

He  knows  thine  hourly  need; 
He  can,  with  bread  of  heaven, 
Thy  fainting  spirit  feed. 

2  Go  forward,  Christian  soldier, 
Fear  not  the  secret  foe ; 

Far  more  are  o'er  thee  watching 
Than  human  eyes  can  know. 

Trust  only  Christ,  thy  Captain, 
Cease  not  to  watch  and  pray ; 

Heed  not  the  treacherous  voices, 
That  lure  thy  soul  astray. 

3  Go  forward,  Christian  soldier, 
Nor  dream  of  peaceful  rest, 

Till  Satan's  host  is  vanquished, 
And  heaven  is  all  possessed ; 

Till  Christ  himself  shall  call  thee 
To  lay  thine  armor  by, 

And  wear,  in  endless  glory, 
The  crown  of  victory. 

LAURENCE  TUTTIETT. 

There  is  one  additional  stanza : 

4  "  Go  forward  Christian  soldier 
Fear  not  the  gathering  night: 

The  Lord  has  been  thy  shelter, 
The  Lord  will  be  thy  light : 


When  morn  his  face  revealeth, 
Thy  dangers  all  are  passed  : 

Oh  pray  that  faith  and  virtue 
May  keep  thee  to  the  last." 

The  Eev.  Laurence  Tuttiett  was  born  in  England 
in  1825;  was  educated  at  King's  College,  London; 
studied  medicine,  but  at  length  resolved  to  enter 
the  Church.  He  was  ordained  by  the  Bishop  of 
London  in  1848. 


569  Battle-hymn  of  the  Reformation.  C.  P.  M. 

FEAR  not,  O  little  flock,  the  foe 
Who  madly  seeks  your  overthrow; 
Dread  not  his  rage  and  power ; 
What  though  your  courage  sometimes  faints? 
This  seeming  triumph  o'er  God's  saints 
Lasts  but  a  little  hour. 

2  Fear  not,  be  strong !  your  cause  belongs 
To  him  who  can  avenge  your  wrongs ; 

Leave  all  to  him,  your  Lord : 
Though  hidden  yet  from  mortal  eyes, 
Salvation  shall  for  you  arise ; 

He  girdeth  on  his  sword ! 

3  As  true  as  God's  own  promise  stands, 
Not  earth  nor  hell  with  all  their  bands 

Against  us  shall  prevail ; 
The  Lord  shall  mock  them  from  his  throne ; 
God  is  with  us ;  we  are  his  own ; 

Our  victory  cannot  fail ! 

4  Amen,  Lord  Jesus,  grant  our  prayer  ! 
Great  Captain,  now  thine  arm  make  bare, 

Thy  Church  with  strength  defend; 
So  shall  thy  saints  and  martyrs  raise 
A  joyful  chorus  to  thy  praise, 

Through  ages  without  end. 

GUSTAVUS  ADOLPHUS,  IN  PROSE. 

JACOB  FABRICITJrl. 
TR.  BY  MISS  C.  WINKWORTH. 

Miss  Winkworth's  translation  is  found  in  Lyra 
Germanica,  first  series.  This  varies  from  that  in 
twelve  of  its  lines.  It  was  the  battle-song  of  Gus- 
tavus  Adolphus,  King  of  Sweden.  Miss  Catherine 
Wink  worth,  in  her  Christian  Singers  of  Germany,  ' 
says  that  the  hymn  was  "  long  attributed  to  Alten- 
burg,  a  pastor  of  Thuringia;  recent  researches, 
however,  seem  to  have  made  it  char  that  he  only 
composed  the  chorale  ;  and  that  the  hymn  itself 
was  written  down  roughly  by  Gustavus  Adolphus, 
after  his  victory  at  Leipsic,  and  reduced  to  regular 
verse  by  his  chaplain,  Dr.  Fabricius,  for  the  use  of 
the  army."  The  date  of  the  battle  of  Leipsic  is 
September  7, 1621.  Gustavus  sang  this  hymn  with 
his  army  before  entering  the  battle  of  Liitzen,  Nov. 
6,  1632,  where  he  met  a  triumphant  death.  Tho 
Eev.  Jacob  Fabricius,  D.D.,  chaplain  of  the  king, 
lived  from  1593  to  1654. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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570  Looking  unto  Jesus.  C.  P.  M. 

ARE  there  not  in  the  laborer's  day- 
Twelve  hours,  in  which  he  safely  may 
His  calling's  work  pursue? 
Though  sin  and  Satan  still  are  near, 
Nor  sin  nor  Satan  can  I  fear, 
With  Jesus  in  my  view. 

2  Light  of  the  world !  thy  beams  I  bless ; 
On  thee,  bright  Sun  of  righteousness, 

My  faith  hath  fixed  its  eye : 
Guided  by  thee,  through  all  I  go, 
Nor  fear  the  ruin  spread  below, 

For  thou  art  always  nigh. 

3  Ten  thousand  snares  my  paths  beset, 
Yet  will  I,  Lord,  the  work  complete, 

Which  thou  to  me  hast  given ; 
Regardless  of  the  pains  I  feel, 
Close  by  the  gates  of  death  and  hell, 

I  urge  my  way  to  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  author's  title  was :  The  Way  of  Duty  the 
Way  of  Safety. 
Five  stanzas;  those  omitted  are  the  second  and  last: 

2  "  Not  all  the  powers  of  hell  can  fright 
A  soul  that  walks  with  Christ  in  light ; 

He  walks  and  cannot  fall : 
Clearly  he  sees,  and  wins  his  way, 
Shining  unto  the  perfect  day 

And  more  than  conquers  all." 

5  "  Still  will  I  strive  and  labor  still, 
With  humble  zeal  to  do  Thy  will, 

And  trust  in  Thy  defense ; 
My  soul  into  Thy  hands  I  give, 
And,  if  he  can  obtain  Thy  leave, 

Let  Satan  pluck  me  thence." 

Wesley  wrote,  verse  three,  line  four : 

"Superior  to  the  pains  I  feel." 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Po- 
ems, 1749. 


571         Loving  gratitude.         C.  P.  M. 

BE  it  my  only  wisdom  here, 
To  serve  the  Lord  with  filial  fear, 
With  loving  gratitude : 
Superior  sense  may  I  display, 
By  shunning  every  evil  way, 
And  walking  in  the  good. 

2  O  may  I  still  from  sin  depart ; 
A  wise  and  understanding  heart, 

Jesus,  to  me  be  given : 
And  let  me  through  thy  Spirit  know 
To  glorify  my  God  below, 

And  find  my  way  to  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 
It  is  based  upon  Job  xxviii,  28  : 

"Behold,  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  that  is  wisdom; 
and  to  depart  from  evil  is  understanding." 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 


572  7,6,5,4. 

One  more  day's  work  for  Jesus. 

ONE  more  day's  work  for  Jesus, 
One  less  of  life  for  me ! 
But  heaven  is  nearer, 
And  Christ  is  dearer 
Than  yesterday  to  me ; 
His  love  and  light 
Fill  all  my  soul  to-night. 
One  more  day's  work  for  Jesus,  etc. 

2  One  more  day's  work  for  Jesus ! 

How  sweet  the  work  has  been, 

To  tell  the  story, 

To  show  the  glory, 
Where  Christ's  flock  enter  in! 

How  it  did  shine 

In  this  poor  heart  of  mine  1 

3  One  more  day's  work  for  Jesus ! 

O  yes,  a  weary  day ; 

But  heaven  shines  clearer 

And  rest  comes  nearer, 
At  each  step  of  the  way ; 

And  Christ  in  all, 

Before  his  face  I  fall. 

4  O  blessed  work  for  Jesus ! 

O  rest  at  Jesus'  feet ! 

There  toil  seems  pleasure, 

My  wants  are  treasure, 
And  pain  for  him  is  sweet. 

Lord,  if  I  may, 

I'll  serve  another  day ! 

ANNA  BARTLETT  WARNER. 

Title  :  The  Song  of  a  Tired  Servant. 
There  are  two  omitted  stanzas,  the  second  and 
fourth,  that  are  equal,  if  not  superior,  to  those  given : 

2  "  One  more  day's  work  for  Jesus  : 
How  glorious  is  my  King  ! 

'Tis  joy,  not  duty, 

To  speak  his  beauty ; 
My  soul  mounts  on  the  wing, 

At  the  mere  thought 

How  Christ  her  life  hath  bought." 

4  "  One  more  day's  work  for  Jesus  : 
In  hope,  in  faith,  in  prayer, 

His  word  I've  spoken — 

His  bread  I've  broken, 
To  souls  faint  with  despair ; 

And  bade  them  flee 

To  him  who  hath  saved  me." 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


From  Wayfaring  Hymns,  Original  and  Trans- 
lated, by  Anna  Warner.    Preface  date,  1869. 

Miss  Anna  Warner,  and  her  sister,  Susan  War- 
ner, well  known  American  authors,  are  the  daugh- 
ters of  Mr.  Henry  Warner,  a  mem  ber  of  the  bar  of 
New  York  city.  This  touching  hymn  was  written 
after  the  receipt  of  a  letter  from  the  Rev..  Benjamin 
JV„.  Adams,  in  which,  after  the  close  of  his  day's 
labors,  he  spoke  of  physical  weariness,  and  of 
a  funding  spiritual  joy. 


573   For  the  head  of  a  family.    C.  P.  M. 

I AND  my  house  will  serve  the  Lord : 
But  first,  obedient  to  his  word 
I  must  myself  appear; 
By  actions,  words,  and  tempers,  show 
That  I  my  heavenly  Master  know, 
And  serve  with  heart  sincere. 

2  I  must  the  fair  example  set ; 
From  those  that  on  my  pleasure  wait 

The  stumbling-block  remove; 
Their  duty  by  my  life  explain, 
And  still  in  all  my  works  maintain 

The  dignity  of  love. 

3  Easy  to  be  entreated,  mild, 
Quickly  appeased  and  reconciled, 

A  follower  of  my  God, 
A  saint  indeed  I  long  to  be, 
And  lead  my  faithful  family 

In  the  celestial  road. 

4  Lord,  if  thou  didst  the  wish  infuse, 
A  vessel  fitted  for  thy  use 

Into  thy  hands  receive : 
Work  in  me  both  to  will  and  do ; 
And  show  them  how  believers  true, 

And  real  Christians,  live. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

In  this  hymn  the  author  is  indebted  for  his  lead- 
ing thought  to  the  words  of  Joshua  xxiv,  15  : 

"As  for  me  and  my  house,  we  will  serve  the 
Lord." 

It  is  not  altered.  There  are  two  additional  stanzas : 

5  "  With  all-sufficient  grace  supply, 
And  lo,  I  come  to  testify 

The  wonders  of  Thy  name, 
Which  saves  from  sin,  the  world,  and  hell, 
Whose  virtue  every  heart  may  feel, 

And  every  tongue  proclaim. 

"  A  sinner,  saved  myself  from  sin, 
I  come  my  relatives  to  win, 

To  preach  their  sins  forgiven ; 
Children  and  wife  and  servants  seize, 
And  through  the  ways  of  pleasantness, 

Conduct  them  all  to  heaven." 

From  Hymns  for  the  Use  of  Families,  17G7. 


574     For  watchfulness.  S.  M. 

ACHAKGE  to  keep  I  have, 
A  God  to  glorify ; 
A  never-dying  soul  to  save, 

And  fit  it  for  the  sky. 
To  serve  the  present  age, 
My  calling  to  fulfill,— 
O  may  it  all  my  powers  engage, 
To  do  my  Master's  will. 

2  Arm  me  with  jealous  care, 

As  in  thy  sight  to  live ; 
And  O,  thy  servant,  Lord,  prepare, 

A  strict  account  to  give. 
Help  me  to  watch  and  pray, 

And  on  thyself  rely, 
Assured,  if  I  my  trust  betray, 

I  shall  forever  die. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  a  great  favorite,  and  is  found  in  all  edi- 
tions of  the  hymn  book.  It  was  first  published  in 
Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy  Script- 
ures, 1762  ;  and  was  written  upon  Lev.  viii,  35 : 

"  Keep  the  charge  of  the  Lord,  that  ye  die  not." 

Wesley  very  happily  utilized  this  text.  It  has 
not  been  altered. 


575      Sow  beside  all  waters.  S.  M. 

SOW  in  the  morn  thy  seed ; 
At  eve  hold  not  thy  hand ; 
To  doubt  and  fear  give  thou  no  heed, 
Broadcast  it  o'er  the  land. 

2  Thou  know'st  not  which  shall  thrive, 
The  late  or  early  sown ; 

Grace  keeps  the  precious  germ  alive, 
When  and  wherever  strown : 

3  And  duly  shall  appear, 

In  verdure,  beauty,  strength, 
The  tender  blade,  the  stalk,  the  ear, 
And  the  full  corn  at  length. 

4  Thou  canst  not  toil  in  vain : 
Cold,  heat,  and  moist,  and  dry, 

Shall  foster  and  mature  the  grain 
For  garners  in  the  sky. 

5  Then,  when  the  glorious  end, 
The  day  of  God,  shall  come, 

The  angel  reapers  shall  descend, 

And  heaven  shout,  "  Harvest  home ! " 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY 
The  author's  title  was :  TJie  Field  of  the  World. 


LTYMN  STUDIES. 


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It  is  ba&ecl  upon  Eccl.  xi,  6  : 

"  In  the  morning  sow  thy  seed,  and  in  the  even- 
ing withhold  not  thine  hand :  for  thou  knowest  not 
whether  shall  prosper,  either  this  or  that,  or  whether 
they  both  shall  be  alike  good." 

The  second  and  third  stanzas  of  the  original  are 
omitted : 

2  "Beside  all  waters  sow, 
The  highway  furrows  stock, 

Drop  it  where  thorns  and  thistles  grow, 
Scatter  it  on  the  rock. 

3  "  The  good,  the  fruitful  ground, 
Expect  not  here  nor  there, 

O'er  hill  and  dale,  by  plots  'tis  found  ; 
Go  forth,  then,  every  where." 


"  cry  "  in- 


In  the  last  stanza  the  author  wrote  "  Thence"  in 
stead  of  "  Then  "  in  the  first  line  ;  and 
stead  of  "  shout"  in  the  last  line. 

From  A.  Poet's  Portfolio  ;  or,  Minor  Poems :  in 
Three  Books,  by  James  Montgomery,  1835. 

See  No.  5. 


5*70         Make  haste  to  live.  S.  M. 

MAKE  haste,  O  man,  to  live, 
For  thou  so  soon  must  die ; 
ime  hurries  past  thee  like  the  breeze ; 
How  swift  its  moments  fly ! 


2  Make  haste,  O  man,  to  do 
Whatever  must  be  done ; 

Thou  hast  no  time  to  lose  in  sloth, 
Thy  day  will  soon  be  gone. 

3  Up,  then,  with  speed,  and  work ; 
Fling  ease  and  self  away ; 

This  is  no  time  for  thee  to  sleep, 
Up,  watch,  and  work,  and  pray ! 

4  Make  haste,  O  man,  to  live, 
Thy  time  is  almost  o'er; 

O  sleep  not,  dream  not,  but  arise, 
The  Judge  is  at  the  door. 

HORATTUS  BONAR. 

Author's  title :  Live. 

Seven  stanzas ;  the  second,  fifth,  and  sixth  have 
been  omitted ;  also  the  refrain  of  each  stanza : 

"  Make  haste,  0  man,  to  live !  " 

2  "  To  breathe,  and  wake,  and  sleep, 

To  smile,  to  sigh,  to  grieve  ; 
To  move  in  idleness  through  earth, 

This,  this  is  not  to  live  ! 

Make  haste,  O  man,  to  live  !  " 

5  "  The  useful,  not  the  great, 

The  thing  that  never  dies ; 
The  silent  toil  that  is  not  lost, — 

Set  these  before  thine  eyes. 

Make  haste,  O  man,  to  live  ! 

15 


6  "  The  sad,  whose  leaf  and  flower, 

Though  poor  in  human  sight, 
Bring  forth  at  last  the  eternal  fruit, 

Sow  thou  by  day  and  night. 

Make  haste,  0  man,  to  live." 

Unaltered,  except  by  omissions. 

From  Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope,  first  series,  1857. 

See  No.  426. 


£5  7  7    Victory  on  the  Lord's  side.  S.M. 

ARISE,  ye  saints,  arise ! 
The  Lord  our  Leader  is ; 
The  foe  before  his  banner  flies, 
And  victory  is  his. 

2  We  follow  thee,  our  Guide, 
Our  Saviour,  and  our  King ; 

We  follow  thee,  through  grace  supplied 
From  heaven's  eternal  spring. 

3  We  soon  shall  see  the  day 
When  all  our  toils  shall  cease ; 

When  we  shall  cast  our  arms  away, 
And  dwell  in  endless  peace. 

4  This  hope  supports  us  here ; 
It  makes  our  burdens  light ; 

'Twill  serve  our  drooping  hearts  to  cheer, 
Till  faith  shall  end  in  sight : 

5  Till,  of  the  prize  possessed, 
We  hear  of  war  no  more ; 

And  ever  with  our  Leader  rest, 
On  yonder  peaceful  shore. 

THOMAS  KELLY. 

From  the  author's  Hymns  on  Various  Passages  of 
Scripture,  1809. 

The  passage  prefixed  to  the  hvmn  is  Psalm  xviii, 
34  : 

"  He  teacheth  my  hands  to  war." 
The  second  and  third  stanzas  are  omitted : 

2  "  Behold  !  he  leads  the  way ; 
We'll  follow  where  he  goes  ; 

We  cannot  fail  to  win  the  day, 
Since  he  subdues  our  foes. 

3  "  Lead  on,  Almighty  Lord, 
Lead  on  to  victory  ; 

Encouraged  by  the  bright  reward, 
With  joy  we'll  follow  thee." 

The  first  and  third  lines  of  the  second  stanza 
begin : 

"  We'll  follow  thee,"  etc. 
The  third  stanza  the  author  wrote  thus  : 

"  We  hope  to  see  the  day 
When  toil  and  strife  shall  cease  ; 

We  then  shall  cast  our  arms  away 
And  dwell  in  endless  peace." 


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The  last  two  lines  of  the  hymn  were  written 
thus : 

"  And,  0  siveet  thought  /  forever  rest 
On  yonder  peaceful  shore." 

This  hymn  came  into  the  collection  in  1849,  and 
these  changes  were  probably  made  by  the  editors 
of  that  edition. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  54. 


578         Recompense  of  toil.  S.  M. 

LABORERS  of  Christ,  arise, 
And  gird  you  for  the  toil ! 
The  dew  of  promise  from  the  skies 
Already  cheers  the  soil. 

2  Go  where  the  sick  recline, 
Where  mourning  hearts  deplore ; 

And  where  the  sons  of  sorrow  pine, 
Dispense  your  hallowed  store. 

3  Be  faith,  which  looks  above, 
With  prayer,  your  constant  guest ; 

And  wrap  the  Saviour's  changeless  love 
A  mantle  round  your  breast. 

4  So  shall  you  share  the  wealth 
That  earth  may  ne'er  despoil, 

And  the  blest  gospel's  saving  health 
Repay  your  arduous  toil. 

MRS.  LYDIA  H.  SIGOURNEY. 

Title :  For  Tract  Distributors. 

The  author  wrote  verse  two,  line  three  : 

"  And  where  the  sons  of  penury  pine." 

One  stanza,  the  third  of  the  original,  has  been 
omitted : 

3  "  Urge,  with  a  tender  zeal, 

The  erring  child  along, 
Where  peaceful  congregations  kneel, 

And  pious  teachers  throng." 

This  is  found  in  Select  Hymns  Adapted  to  the  De- 
votional Exercises  of  the  Baptist  Denomination,  by 
James  H.  Linsley  and  Gustavus  F.  Davis,  1836. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  287. 


5  79   Sowing  in  tears,  reaping  in  joy.    S.  M- 

THE  harvest  dawn  is  near, 
The  year  delays  not  long : 
And  he  who  sows  with  many  a  tear, 
Shall  reap  with  many  a  song. 

2  Sad  to  his  toil  he  goes, 

His  seed  with  weeping  leaves ; 

But  he  shall  come  at  twilight's  close, 
And  bring  his  golden  sheaves. 

GEORGE  BURGESS. 


From  the  author's  Book  of  Psalms  in  English 
Verse.    New  York,  1840. 

Part  of  a  metrical  version  of  Psalm  cxxvi. 

These  two  stanzas  are  founded  on  the  last  two 
verses  of  the  psalm ; 

"  They  that  sow  in  tears  shall  reap  in  joy.  He 
that  goeth  forth  and  weepeth,  bearing  precious  seed, 
shall  doubtless  come  again  with  rejoicing,  bringing 
his  sheaves  with  him." 

The  Eev.  George  Burgess,  D.D.,  was  born  in 


Providence,  E 


1.,  in  1809 


was  graduated  at  Brown 


University,  and  afterward  spent  two  years  in  Ger- 
man universities.  In  1834  he  was  chosen  rector  of 
Christ  Church,  Hartford,  where  he  remained  until 
1847,  when  he  was  consecrated  Bishop  of  the  dio- 
cese of  Maine.  Bishop  Burgess  died  on  his  passage 
home  from  the  West  Indies,  while  on  a  voyage  for 
his  health  in  1866. 


580  On  guard.  S.  M. 

IET  us  keep  steadfast  guard 
J  With  lighted  hearts  all  night, 
That  when  Christ  comes,  we  stand  pre- 
pared, 

And  meet  him  with  delight. 

2  At  midnight's  season  chill 
Lay  Paul  and  Silas  bound, — 

Bound,  and  in  prison  sang  they  still, 
And  singing,  freedom  found. 

3  Our  prison  is  this  earth, 
And  yet  we  sing  to  thee : 

Break  sin's  strong  fetters,  lead  us  forth, 
Set  us,  believing,  free ! 

4  Meet  for  thy  realm  in  heaven, 
Make  us,  O  holy  King ! 

That  through  the  ages  it  be  given 
To  us  thy  praise  to  sing. 

BREVIARY. 

The  editors  of  the  Hymnal  found  this  hymn  in 
the  Book  of  Praise,  published  in  Connecticut  in 
1868. 

I  have  not  been  able  to  learn  more  concerning  it. 


581  Perseverance. 

MY  soul,  be  on  thy  guard ; 
Ten  thousand  foes  arise : 
The  hosts  of  sin  are  pressing  hard 
To  draw  thee  from  the  skies. 

2  O  watch,  and  fight,  and  pray; 

The  battle  ne'er  give  o'er ; 
Renew  it  boldly  every  day, 

And  help  divine  implore. 


S.  M. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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3  Ne'er  think  the  victory  Avon, 
Nor  lay  thine  armor  down : 

The  work  of  faith  will  not  be  done, 
Till  thou  obtain  the  crown. 

4  Fight  on,  my  soul,  till  death 
Shall  bring  thee  to  thy  God; 

He'll  take  thee,  at  thy  parting  breath, 
To  his  divine  abode. 

GEORGE  HEATH,  ALT. 

Title  :  Fight  the  Good  Fight  of  Faith. 
It  has  been  altered  in  seven  lines,  and  improved 
by  the  changes. 

Original  Lines. 
Verse  one,  line  three : 

"  An  host  of  sins  are  pressing  hard." 

Verse  three,  lines  two,  three,  and  four : 

"  Nor  once  at  ease  sit  down, 
Thy  arduous  work  will  not  be  done, 
Till  thou  hast  got  thy  crown." 

Verse  four,  lines  two,  three,  and  four : 

"  God  will  the  ivork  applaud, 
Reveal  his  Love  at  thy  last  breath, 
And  take  to  his  abode." 

From  Hymns  and  Poetic  Essays  Sacred  to  the 
Public  and  Private  Worship  of  the  Deity,  and  to 
Religious  and  Christian  Improvement,  by  the  Rev. 
George  Heath.    Bristol,  1781. 

This  book  contains  244  hymns. 


582     The  standard  of  the  cross.      S.  M. 

HARK,  how  the  watchmen  cry ! 
Attend  the  trumpet's  sound ; 
Stand  to  your  arms,  the  foe  is  nigh, 

The  powers  of  hell  surround. 
Who  bow  to  Christ's  command, 

Your  arms  and  hearts  prepare ; 
The  day  of  battle  is  at  hand — 
Go  forth  to  glorious  war. 

2  See  on  the  mountain-top 
The  standard  of  your  God ; 

In  Jesus'  name  I  lift  it  up, 

All  stained  with  hallowed  blood. 

His  standard-bearer,  I 
To  all  the  nations  call : 

Let  all  to  Jesus'  cross  draw  nigh ; 
He  bore  the  cross  for  all. 

3  Go  up  with  Christ  your  Head ; 
Your  Captain's  footsteps  see ; 

Follow  your  Captain,  and  be  led 
To  certain  victory. 


All  power  to  him  is  given ; 

He  ever  reigns  the  same : 
Salvation,  happiness,  and  heaven, 

Are  all  in  Jesus'  name. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

One  of  several  pieces  that  the  author  entitled 
Hymns  for  the  Watch-night.  It  contains  twelve 
stanzas.  These  are  the  first,  second,  and  fourth, 
verbatim. 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred 
Poems,  1749. 


583  Courage — victory.  S.  M. 

URGE  on  your  rapid  course, 
Ye  blood-besprinkled  bands; 
The  heavenly  kingdom  suffers  force ; 

'Tis  seized  by  violent  hands : 
See  there  the  starry  crown 

That  glitters  through  the  skies; 
Satan,  the  world,  and  sin,  tread  down, 

7  j  m  m 

And  take  the  glorious  prize. 

2  Through  much  distress  and  pain, 
Through  many  a  conflict  here, 

Through  blood,  ye  must  the  entrance  gain, 

Yet,  O  disdain  to  fear: 
"  Courage!  "  your  Captain  cries, 

Who  all  your  toil  foreknew ; 
"Toil  ye  shall  have,  yet  all  despise; 

I  have  o'ercome  for  you." 

3  The  world  cannot  withstand 
Its  ancient  Conqueror; 

The  world  must  sink  beneath  the  hand 

Which  arms  us  for  the  war : 
This  is  the  victory, — 

Before  our  faith  they  fall ; 
Jesus  hath  died  for  you  and  me ; 

Believe,  and  conquer  all. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

One  of  a  number  of  Hymns  for  Believers.  Six- 
teen stanzas  in  all.  These  are  the  fourth,  fifth, 
and  sixth,  unaltered. 

Hymn  No.  251  is  the  first  part  of  the  same. 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred 
Poems,  1749. 


S.  M. 


584:     Weigh  not  thy  life. 

MY  soul,  weigh  not  thy  life 
Against  thy  heavenly  crown ; 
Nor  suffer  Satan's  deadliest  strife 
To  beat  thy  courage  down. 

2  With  prayer  and  crying  strong, 
Hold  on  the  fearful  fight, 

And  let  the  breaking  day  prolong 
The  wrestling  of  the  night. 


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3  The  battle  soon  will  yield, 
If  thou  thy  part  fulfill ; 

For  strong  as  is  the  hostile  shield, 
Thy  sword  is  stronger  still. 

4  Thine  armor  is  divine, 
Thy  feet  with  victory  shod ; 

And  on  thy  head  shall  quickly  shine 
The  diadem  of  God. 

LEONARD  SWAIN. 

Contributed  to  the  Sabbath  Hymn  Book,  1858. 
The  author's  name  was  omitted  at  his  special  request. 
It  has  not  been  altered. 

The  Eev.  Leonard  Swain,  D.D. ,  was  born  in  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  1821 ;  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege in  1841,  and  completed  his  theological  course  at 
Andover  in  1846.  His  last  pastorate  was  that  of 
the  Central  Congregational  church,  Providence,. 
R.  I.,  and  continued  from  1851  to  his  death  in  1869. 


585 


Victory. 


S.  M. 


66 


I THE  good  fight  have  fought," 
O  when  shall  I  declare  ? 


The  victory  by  my  Saviour  got, 
I  long  with  Paul  to  share. 

2  O  may  I  triumph  so, 
When  all  my  warfare's  past ; 

And,  dying,  find  my  latest  foe 
Under  my  feet  at  last ! 

3  This  blessed  word  be  mine, 
Just  as  the  port  is  gained, 

"Kept  by  the  power  of  grace  divine, 
I  have  the  faith  maintained." 

4  The  apostles  of  my  Lord, 
To  whom  it  first  was  given, 

They  could  not  speak  a  greater  word, 
Nor  all  the  saints  in  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  1762. 

The  first  two  stanzas  wrere  written  upon  2  Tim. 
iv,  7  : 

"  1  have  fought  a  good  fight;" 

and  the  last  two  upon 

"  I  have  kept  the  faith." 

The  second  stanza  is  a  sublime  prayer  worthy  of 
the  writer.    It  lias  not  been  altered. 


586  The  mind  that  was  in  Christ. 

EQUIP  me  for  the  war, 
And  teach  my  hands  to  fight ; 
My  simple,  upright  heart  prepare, 
And  guide  my  words  aright. 


S.  M. 


2  Control  my  every  thought, 
My  whole  of  sin  remove ; 

Let  all  my  works  in  thee  be  wrought, 
Let  all  be  wrought  in  love. 

3  O  arm  me  with  the  mind, 
Meek  Lamb,  that  was  in  thee ; 

And  let  my  knowing  zeal  be  joined 
With  perfect  charity. 

4  With  calm  and  tempered  zeal 
Let  me  enforce  thy  call ; 

And  vindicate  thy  gracious  will, 
Which  offers  life  to  all. 

5  O  may  I  love  like  thee ; 
In  all  thy  footsteps  tread; 

Thou  hatest  all  iniquity, 

But  nothing  thou  hast  made. 

6  O  may  I  learn  the  art, 
With  meekness  to  reprove ; 

To  hate  the  sin  with  all  my  heart, 
But  still  the  sinner  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  The  Lord's  Controversy. 

This  hymn  is  made  up  of  verses  two,  three,  and 
seven  of  a  long  hymn  of  twenty-six  double  stan- 
zas. 

The  hymn  begins  with  the  second  stanza  of  the 
original,  and  cannot  well  be  understood  without 
the  first. 

"  0  all-atoning-  Lamb, 

0  Saviour  of  mankind, 
If  every  soul  may  in  Thy  name 

With  me  salvation  find; 
If  Thou  hast  chosen  me 

To  testify  Thy  grace, 
(That  vast  unfathomable  sea 

Which  covers  all  our  race,) 

"Equip  me  for  the  war,"  etc. 

Charles  Wesley  had  a  most  intense  aversion  to 
the  doctrine  of  unconditional  election  and  reproba- 
tion, as  taught  by  many  in  his  day.  This  is  well 
shown  in  the  eighth  stanza  of  this  same  composi- 
tion.   He  says  : 

"  Increase  (if  that  can  be) 

The  perfect  hate  I  feel 
To  Satan's  Horrible  Decree, 

That  genuine  child  of  hell ; 
Which  feigns  Thee  to  pass  by 

The  most  of  Adam's  race, 
And  leave  them  in  their  blood  to  die 

Shut  out  from  saving  grace." 

There  is  more  of  the  same  sort,  but  this  will  suf- 
fice. Slight  verbal  changes  have  been  made  in 
three  lines. 

From  Hymns  on  God's  Everlasting  Love,  1741. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


229 


FIRST  PART. 


S.  M. 


587        Tlie  whole  armor  of  God. 

SOLDIERS  of  Christ,  arise, 
And  put  your  armor  on, 
Strong  in  the  strength  which  God  supplies 

Through  his  eternal  Son ; 
Strong  in  the  Lord  of  hosts, 
And  in  his  mighty  power, 
Who  in  the  strength  of  Jesus  trusts 
Is  more  than  conqueror. 

2  Stand,  then,  in  his  great  might, 
With  all  his  strength  endued ; 

But  take,  to  arm  you  for  the  fight, 

The  panoply  of  God: 
That,  having  all  things  done, 

And  all  your  conflicts  passed, 
Ye  may  o'ercome  through  Christ  alone, 

And  stand  entire  at  last. 

3  Leave  no  unguarded  place, 
No  weakness  of  the  soul ; 

Take  every  virtue,  every  grace, 

And  fortify  the  whole : 
Inclissolubly  joined, 

To  battle  all  proceed ; 
But  arm  yourselves  with  all  the  mind 

That  was  in  Christ,  your  Head. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


The  original  title  was:  The  whole  armor  of  God. 
Eph.  vi,  11. 

The  "first  part"  is  composed  of  verses  one,  two, 
and  four  of  a  poem  of  sixteen  stanzas. 

Part  of  this  hymn  is  found  in  the  Lyra  Catholica, 
marked  "Anon." 

It  has  not  been  altered. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


SECOND  PART. 

588  The  shield  of  faith.  S.  M. 

SOLDIERS  of  \  Christ,  lay  hold 
On  faith's  victorious  shield ; 
Armed  with  that  adamant  and  gold, 

Be  sure  to  win  the  field : 
If  faith  surround  your  heart, 

Satan  shall  be  subdued ; 
Repelled  his  every  fiery  dart, 

And  quenched  with  "Jesus'  blood. 

2  Jesus  hath  died  for  you ! 

What  can  his  love  withstand  ? 
Believe,  hold  fast  your  shield,  and  who 

Shall  pluck  you  from  his  hand  ? 


Believe  that  Jesus  reigns ; 

All  power  to  him  is  given : 
Believe,  till  freed  from  sin's  remains ; 

Believe  yourselves  to  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  second  is  composed  of  verses  seven  and 
eight  of  the  same  hyinu  as  the  preceding.  It  is 
written  on  Eph.  vi,  16  : 

"  Above  all,  taking  the  shield  of  faith,  where- 
with ye  shall  be  able  to  quench  all  the  fiery  darte 
of  the  wicked." 

The  first  line  the  author  wrote : 

u£ut  above  all,  lay  hold." 
Otherwise  it  is  unaltered. 


THIRD  PART. 
589        The  well-fought  day.  S.  M. 

PRAY,  without  ceasing  pray, 
Your  Captain  gives  the  word ; 
His  summons  cheerfully  obey, 

And  call  upon  the  Lord : 
To  God  your  every  want 

In  instant  prayer  display ; 
Pray  always ;  pray,  and  never  faint ; 
Pray,  without  ceasing  pray. 

2  In  fellowship,  alone, 

To  God  with  faith  draw  near ; 
Approach  his  courts,  besiege  his  throne 

With  all  the  power  of  prayer: 
His  mercy  now  implore, 

And  now  show  forth  his  praise ; 
In  shouts,  or  silent  awe,  adore 

His  miracles  of  grace. 

3  From  strength  to  strength  go  on; 
W restle,  and  fight,  and  pray ; 

Tread  all  the  powers  of  darkness  down, 
And  win  the  well-fought  day : 

Still  let  the  Spirit  cry 

In  all  his  soldiers,  u  Come!  " 

Till  Christ  the  Lord  descend  from  high, 
And  take  the  conquerors  home. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  made  up  of  the  twelfth,  the  first  half  of 
the  thirteenth,  the  last  half  of  the  fourteenth,  and 
the  sixteenth  stanzas  of  the  original  poem,  verbatim. 
It  is  founded  on  Eph.  vi,  18  : 

"  Praying  always  with  all  prayer  and  supplication 
in  the  Spirit,  and  watching  thereunto  with  all  per- 
severance and  supplication  for  all  saints." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  by  Charles 
Wesley,  1749. 


230 


HYMN  STUD  IE  8. 


Bearing  the  cross.  C.  M. 

LORD,  as  to  thy  dear  cross  we  flee, 
And  pray  to  be  forgiven, 
So  let  thy  life  our  pattern  be, 
And  form  our  souls  for  heaven. 

2  Help  us,  through  good  report  and  ill, 
Our  daily  cross  to  bear; 

Like  thee,  to  do  our  Father's  will, 
Our  brother's  grief  to  share. 

3  Let  grace  our  selfishness  expel, 
Our  earthliness  refine ; 

And  kindness  in  our  bosoms  dwell 
As  free  and  true  as  thine. 

4  If  joy  shall  at  thy  bidding  fly, 
And  grief's  dark  day  come  on, 

We,  in  our  turn,  would  meekly  cry, 
"Father,  thy  will  be  done !  " 

5  Kept  peaceful  in  the  midst  of  strife, 
Forgiving  and  forgiven, 

O  may  we  lead  the  pilgrim's  life, 
And  follow  thee  to  heaven ! 

JOHN  H.  GURNEY. 

From  A  Collection  of  Hymns  for  Public  Worship, 
by  the  Rev.  J.  H.  Gu'rney,  1838. 

The  original  text  has  "plead"  instead  of  "  pray" 
in  the  first  stanza,  and  u brethren? s "  instead  of 
"  brother's  "  in  the  second.  One  stanza,  the  fifth, 
has  been  omitted : 

"  Should  friends  misjudge,  or  foes  defame, 

Or  brethren  faithless  prove, 
Then,  like  Thine  own,  be  all  our  aim 

To  conquer  them  by  love." 

The  Rev.  John  Hampden  Gurney  was  a  clergy- 
man of  the  Chui'ch  of  England,  and  lived  from 
1802  to  1 862.  He  was  graduated  at  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge  in  1824,  and  was  ordained  in  1828. 


591  Christian  courage.  CM. 

WORKMAN"  of  God!  O  lose  not  heart, 
But  learn  what  God  is  like; 
And  in  the  darkest  battle-field 
Thou  shalt  know  where  to  strike. 

2  Thrice  blest  is  he  to.  whom  is  given 
The  instinct  that  can  tell 

That  God  is  on  the  field,  when  he 
Is  most  invisible. 

3  Blest  too  is  he  who  can  divine 
Where  real  right  doth  lie, 

And  dares  to  take  the  side  that  seems 
Wrong  to  man's  blindfold  eye. 


4  Then  learn  to  scorn  the  praise  of  men, 

And  learn  to  lose  with  God ; 
For  J esus  won  the  world  through  shame, 

And  beckons  thee  his  road. 

FREDERICK  W.  FABER. 

Composed  of  verses  ten  to  thirteen,  inclusive,  of 
a  poem  of  eighteen  stanzas.  No  596  of  this  book  is 
a  part  of  the  same. 

Faber  wrote  the  first  word  of  this  hymn  in  the 

plural : 

"  Workmen  of  God,"  etc. 

From  the  author's  Hymns.    London,  1862. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  125. 


592  Toil  sanctified.  CM. 

SON  of  the  carpenter,  receive 
This  humble  work  of  mine ; 
Worth  to  my  meanest  labor  give, 
By  joining  it  to  thine. 

2  Servant,  at  once,  and  Lord  of  all, 
While  dwelling  here  below, 

Thou  didst  not  scorn  our  earthly  toil 
And  weariness  to  know. 

3  Thy  bright  example  I  pursue,  v 
To  thee  in  all  things  rise, 

And  all  I  think,  or  speak,  or  do, 
Is  one  great  sacrifice. 

4  Careless  through  outward  care  I  go, 
From  all  distraction  free ; 

My  hands  are  but  engaged  below, 
My  heart  is  still  with  thee. 

5  O  when  wilt  thou,  my  life,  appear? 
Then  gladly  will  I  cry, 

"  'Tis  done,  the  work  thou  gav'st  me  here, 
'Tis  finished,  Lord,"  and  die! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Author's  title  :  To  be  Sung  at  Work. 

This  hymn  is  new  to  this  book.  Part  of  it  is 
found  in  John  Wesley's  Collection,  1780. 

The  second  stanza  was  altered  by  Mrs.  Eice, 
author  of  hymn  No.  878.    Originally  it  was : 

2  "  Servant  of  all,  to  toil  for  man, 
Thou  wouldst  not,  Lord,  refuse : 

Thy  Majesty  did  not  disdain 
To  be  employed  for  us." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


593   Faith  sees  the  final  triumph.  CM. 

AM  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross, 
A  follower  of  the  Lamb, 
And  shall  I  fear  to  own  his  cause, 
Or  blush  to  speak  his  name? 


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2  Must  I  be  carried  to  the  skies 
On  flowery  beds  of  ease, 

While  others  fought  to  win  the  prize, 
And  sailed  through  bloody  seas  ? 

3  Are  there  no  foes  for  me  to  face? 
Must  I  not  stem  the  flood? 

Is  this  vile  world  a  friend  to  grace, 
To  help  me  on  to  God? 

4  Sure  I  must  fight,  if  I  would  reign ; 
Increase  my  courage,  Lord ; 

I'll  bear  the  toil,  endure  the  pain, 
Supported  by  thy  word. 

5  Thy  saints  in  all  this  glorious  war 
Shall  conquer,  though  they  die : 

They  see  the  triumph  from  afar, 
By  faith  they  bring  it  nigh. 

6  When  that  illustrious  day  shall  rise, 
And  all  thy  armies  shine 

In  robes  of  victory  through  the  skies, 
The  glory  shall  be  thine. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

This  grand  and  favorite  hymn  was  first  pub- 
lished by  the  author  at  the  end  of  a  sermon,  en- 
titled Holy  Fortitude  ;  or,  Remedies  Against  Fear. 
The  text  was : 

"Stand  fast  in  the  faith,  quit  you  like  men,  be 
strong."  1  Cor.  xvi,  13. 

Watts  wrote  the  last  part  of  the  fifth  stanza : 

"  They  see  the  triumph  from  afar, 
And  seize  it  with  their  eye." 

The  change  is  a  great  improvement,  whoever 
made  it. 

Bishop  Emory  added  this  hymn  to  the  Methodist 
Hymn  Booh  when  he  was  Book  Agent  and  Editor 
at  New  York,  (1824-1832.) 


594         The  race  for  glory.  C.  M. 

AWAKE,  my  soul,  stretch  every  nerve, 
And  press  with  vigor  on ; 
A  heavenly  race  demands  thy  zeal, 
And  an  immortal  crown. 

2  A  cloud  of  witnesses  around 
Hold  thee  in  full  survey ; 

Forget  the  steps  already  trod, 
And  onward  urge  thy  way. 

3  'Tis  God's  all-animating  voice 
That  calls  thee  from  on  high ; 

'Tis  his  own  hand  presents  the  prize 
To  thine  -aspiring  eye 


4  That  prize,  with  peerless  glories  bright, 
Which  shall  new  luster  boast, 

When  victors'  wreaths  and  monarchs'  gems 
Shall  blend  in  common  dust. 

5  Blest  Saviour,  introduced  by  thee, 
Have  I  my  race  begun ; 

And,  crowned  with  victory,  at  thy  feet 
I'll  lay  my  honors  down. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title  :  Pressing  on  in  the  Christian  Race. 
It  is  founded  upon  Phil,  iii,  12-14 : 

"Not  as  though  I  had  already  attained,  either 
were  already  perfect :  but  I  follow  after,  it  that  I 
may  apprehend  that  for  which  also  I  am  appre- 
hended of  Christ  Jesus.  Brethren,  I  count  not 
myself  to  have  apprehended :  but  this  one  thing  I 
do,  forgetting  those  things  which  are  behind,  and 
reaching  forth  unto  those  things  which  are  before, 
I  press  toward  the  .mark  for  the  prize  of  the  high 
calling  of  God  in  Christ  Jesus." 

Unaltered  and  entire  from  Hymns  Founded  on- 
Various  Texts  in  the  Holy  Scriptures,  1755. 
For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  78. 


595 

Not  ashamed  of  the  Gospel.      C.  M. 

I'M  not  ashamed  to  own  my  Lord, 
Or  to  defend  his  cause ; 
Maintain  the  honor  of  his  word, 
The  glory  of  his  cross. 

2  Jesus,  my  God !  I  know  his  name ; 
His  name  is  all  my  trust ; 

Nor  will  he  put  my  soul  to  shame, 
Nor  let  my  hope  be  lost. 

3  Firm  as  his  throne  his  promise  stands, 
And  he  can  well  secure 

What  I've  committed  to  his  hands, 
Till  the  decisive  hour. 

4  Then  will  he  own  my  worthless  name 
Before  his  Father's  face, 

And  in  the  New  Jerusalem 
Appoint  my  soul  a  place. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title  :  Not  Ashamed  of  the  Gospel. 
Written  upon  2  Tim.  i,  12 : 

"  I  am  not  ashamed  ;  for  1  know  whom  I  have 
believed,  and  am  persuaded  that  he  is  able  to  keep 
that  which  I  have  committed  unto  him  against  that 
day." 

Unaltered  and  entire  from  Hymns  and  Spiritual 
Songs,  book  i3  17/07. 


232  HYMN  STUDIES. 


596         To  doubt,  disloyal.  0.  M. 

OIT  is  hard  to  work  for  God, 
To  rise  and  take  his  part 
Upon  this  battle-field  of  earth, 
And  not  sometimes  lose  heart ! 

2  He  hides  himself  so  wondrously, 
As  though  there  were  no  God ; 

He  is  least  seen  when  all  the  powers 
Of  ill  are  most  abroad ; 

3  Or  he  deserts  us  in  the  hour 
The  fight  is  all  but  lost ; 

And  seems  to  leave  us  to  ourselves 
Just  when  we  need  him  most. 

4  It  is  not  so,  but  so  it  looks ; 
And  we  lose  courage  then; 

And  doubts  will  come  if  God  hath  kept 
His  promises  to  men. 

5  But  right  is  right,  since  God  is  God ; 
And  right  the  day  must  win ; 

To  doubt  would  be  disloyalty, 
To  falter  would  be  sin ! 

FREDERICK  W.  FABER. 


Part  of  a  long  hymn,  eighteen  stanzas,  entitled 
The  Right  Must  Win. 

These  are  verses  one,  two,  three,  six,  and  eighteen. 
No  591  is  part  of  the  same.  The  last  stanza  is  par- 
ticularly fine. 

From  the  author's  Hymns.    London,  1862. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Faber,  see  No.  125. 


597        Week-day  worship.  CM. 

BEHOLD  us,  Lord,  a  little  space 
From  daily  tasks  set  free, 
And  met  within  thy  holy  place 
To  rest  awhile  with  thee. 

2  Around  us  rolls  the  ceaseless  tide 
Of  business,  toil,  and  care, 

And  scarcely  can  we  turn  aside 
For  one  brief  hour  of  prayer. 

3  Yet  these  are  not  the  only  walls 
Wherein  thou  mayst  be  sought ; 

On  homeliest  work  thy  blessing  falls 
In  truth  and  patience  wrought. 

4  Thine  is  the  loom,  the  forge,  the  mart, 
The  wealth  of  land  and  sea ; 

The  worlds  of  science  and  of  art, 
Revealed  and  ruled  by  thee. 


5  Then  let  us  prove  our  heavenly  birth 
In  all  we  do  and  know ; 

And  claim  the  kingdom  of  the  earth 
For  thee,  and  not  thy  foe. 

6  Work  shall  be  prayer,  if  all  be  wrought 
As  thou  wouldst  have  it  done; 

And  prayer,  by  thee  inspired  and  taught, 
Itself  with  work  be  done. 

JOHN  ELLERT0N. 

Written  in  1870  for  a  midday  service  in  a  city 
church.    It  is  unaltered  and  complete. 
For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  86. 


598 


More  reapers. 


C.  M. 


0 


STILL  in  accents  sweet  and  strong 
Sounds  forth  the  ancient  word, 
4 '  More  reapers  for  white  harvest  fields, 
More  laborers  for  the  Lord!  " 

2  We  hear  the  call ;  in  dreams  no  more 
In  selfish  ease  we  lie, 

But  girded  for  our  Father's  work, 
Go  forth  beneath  his  sky. 

3  Where  prophets1  word,  and  martyrs' 

blood, 

And  prayers  of  saints  were  sown, 
We,  to  their  labors  entering  in, 

Would  reap  where  they  have  strown. 

SAMUEL  LONGFELLOW. 

Title  :  Behold  the  Fields  are  White. 

The  closing  stanza,  for  some  reason,  is  omitted : 

4  "  O  Thou  whose  call  our  hearts  has  stirred  ! 
To  do  Thy  will  we  come ; 

Thrust  in  our  sickles  at  Thy  word, 
And  bear  our  harvest  home." 

Unaltered.  It  was  contributed  to  Hymns  of  the 
Spirit,  which  the  author  compiled,  in  connection 
with  the  Eev.  Samuel  Johnson,  in  1864. 

See  No.  109. 


599      The  Christian  warrior.         L.  M. 

BEHOLD  the  Christian  warrior  stand 
In  all  the  armor  of  his  God ; 
The  Spirit's  sword  is  in  his  hand, 
His  feet  are  with  the  gospel  shod; 

2  In  panoply  of  truth  complete, 
Salvation's  helmet  on  his  head ; 

With  righteousness  a  breast-plate  meet, 
And   faith's  broad   shield  before  him 
spread. 


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3  Undaunted  to  the  field  he  goes ; 
Yet  vain  were  skill  and  valor  there, 

Unless,  to  foil  his  legion  foes, 

He  takes  the  trustiest  weapon,  prayer. 

4  Thus,  strong  in  his  Redeemer's  strength, 
Sin,  death,  and  hell,  he  tramples  down ; 

Fights  the  good  fight,  and  wins  at  length, 
Through  mercy,  an  immortal  crown. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title  :  The  Christian  Soldier.  Eph.  vi,  10-18. 
Two  lines  have  been  altered.    The  first  was : 

"  The  Christian  warrior — see  him  stand." 
The  last  line  of  the  third  stanza  was : 
"  The  trustiest  weapon  were  '  all  prayer.'  " 

The  third,  fourth,  and  sixth  stanzas  have  been 
omitted : 

3  "  He  wrestles  not  with  flesh  and  blood, 
But  principalities  and  powers, 

Eulers  of  darkness,  like  a  flood, 
Nigh,  and  assailing  at  all  hours. 

4  "  Nor  Satan's  fiery  darts  alone, 
Quenched  on  his  shield,  at  him  are  hurled  ; 

The  traitor  in  his  heart  is  known, 
And  the  dire  friendship  of  this  world." 

6  "  With  this  omnipotence  he  moves, 

From  this  the  alien  armies  flee, 
Till,  more  than  conqueror,  he  proves, 

Through  Christ,  who  gives  him  victory." 

From  the  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 
See  No.  5. 


600  L.M. 

Your  life  is  hid  with  Christ  in  God. 

YE  faithful  souls  who  Jesus  know, 
If  risen  indeed  with  him  ye  are, 
Superior  to  the  joys  below, 

His  resurrection's  power  declare. 

2  Your  faith  by  holy  tempers  prove, 
By  actions  show  your  sins  forgiven, 

And  seek  the  glorious  things  above, 

And  follow  Christ,  your  Head,  to  heaven. 

3  There  your  exalted  Saviour  see, 
Seated  at  God's  right  hand  again, 

In  all  his  Father's  majesty, 
In  everlasting  pomp  to  reign. 

4  To  him  continually  aspire, 
Contending  for  your  native  place ; 

And  emulate  the  angel  choir, 
And  only  live  to  love  and  praise. 


5  For  who  by  faith  your  Lord  receive, 
Ye  nothing  seek  or  want  beside ; 

Dead  to  the  world  and  sin  ye  live, 
Your  creature-love  is  crucified. 

6  Your  real  life,  with  Christ  concealed, 
Deep  in  the  Father's  bosom  lies ; 

And  glorious  as  your  Head  revealed, 
Ye  soon  shall  meet  him  in  the  skies. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 
This  was  written  on  Col.  hi,  1-4: 

"If  ye  then  be  risen  with  Christ,  seek  those 
things  which  are  above,  where  Christ  sittethonthe 
right  hand  of  God.  Set  your  affection  on  things 
above,  not  on  things  on  the  earth.  For  ye  are  dead, 
and  your  life  is  hid  with  Christ  in  God.  When 
Christ,  who  is  our  life,  shall  appear,  then  shall  ye 
also  appear  with  him  in  glory." 

It  has  not  been  altered. 


601  Take  up  thy  cross.  L.  M. 

6*  FT1AKE  up  thy  cross,"  the  Saviour  said, 

J_   "If  thou  wouldst  my  disciple  be ; 
Deny  thyself,  the  world  forsake, 
And  humbly  follow  after  me." 

2  Take  up  thy  cross;  let  not  its  weight 
Fill  thy  weak  spirit  with  alarm ; 

His  strength  shall  bear  thy  spirit  up, 

And  brace  thy  heart  and  nerve  thine  arm. 

3  Take  up  thy  cross,  nor  heed  the  shame ; 
Nor  let  thy  foolish  pride  rebel ; 

Thy  Lord  for  thee  the  cross  endured, 
To  save  thy  soul  from  death  and  hell. 

4  Take  up  thy  cross,  then,  in  his  strength, 
And  calmly  every  danger  brave ; 

'Twill  guide  thee  to  a  better  home, 
And  lead  to  victory  o'er  the  grave. 

5  Take  up  thy  cross,  and  follow  Christ ; 
Nor  think  till  death  to  lay  it  down ; 

For  only  he  who  bears  the  cross 

May  hope  to  wear  the  glorious  crown. 

CHARLES  W.  EVEREST. 

The  Scripture  basis  is  Matt,  xvi,  24 : 

"If  any  man  will  come  after  me,  let  him  deny 
himself,  and  take  up  his  cross,  and  follow  me." 

The  text  of  this  hymn  has  been  altered.  From 
the  author's  Vision  of  Death,  1833. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


The  Kev.  Charles  William  Everest  (1 814-1 877)  was 
a  native  of  Connecticut ;  was  graduated  at  Trinity 
College  in  1838 ;  was  rector  at  Hartford  and  in  other 
places ;  and  edited  a  volume  entitled  The  Poets  of 
Connecticut.  Hartford,  1843.  He  was  also  the  au- 
thor of  Vision  of  Death,  and  Other  Poems. 


602  The  sure  reward.  L.  M. 

IT  may  not  be  our  lot  to  wield 
The  sickle  in  the  ripened  field ; 
Nor  ours  to  hear,  on  summer  eves, 
The  reaper's  song  among  the  sheaves. 

2  Yet  where  our  duty's  task  is  wrought 
In  unison  with  God's  great  thought, 
The  near  and  future  blend  in  one, 
And  whatsoe'er  is  willed,  is  done. 

3  And  ours  the  grateful  service  whence 
Comes,  day  by  day,  the  recompense ; 
The  hope,  the  trust,  the  purpose  stayed, 
The  fountain,  and  the  noonday  shade. 

4  And  were  this  life  the  utmost  span, 
The  only  end  and  aim  of  man, 
Better  the  toil  of  fields  like  these 
Than  waking  dreams  and  slothful  ease. 

5  But  life,  though  falling  like  our  grain, 
Like  that  revives  and  springs  again ; 
And,  early  called,  how  blest  are  they 
Who  wait  in  heaven,  their  harvest  day ! 

JOHN  G.  WHITTIEK. 

Author's  title;  Seed-time  and  Harvest. 
The  first  three  stanzas  of  the  original  poem  are 
omitted : 

"As  o'er  his  furrowed  fields  which  lie 
Beneath  a  coldly-dropping  sky, 
Yet  chill  with  winter's  melted  snow, 
The  husbandman  goes  forth  to  sow. 

"  Thus,  Freedom,  on  the  bitter  blast 
The  ventures  of  thy  seed  we  cast, 
And  trust  to  warmer  sun  and  rain 
To  swell  the  germ,  and  fill  the  grain. 

"  Who  calls  thy  glorious  service  hard? 
Who  deems  it  not  its  own  reward  ? 
Who,  for  its  trials,  counts  it  less 
A  cause  of  praise  and  thankfulness?" 

Then  follows  the  hymn. 

The  thought  of  the  poet  is  a  true  and  very  com- 
forting one,  that  God  will  reward  those  who  try  to 
serve  him  ;  even  though  they  may  not  succeed  ac- 
cording to  their  expectations. 

Unaltered.  From  the  author's  Miscellaneous 
Poems. 

See  No.  197. 


603  Zeal  in  labor.  L.  M. 

GO,  labor  on ;  spend  and  be  spent, 
Thy  joy  to  do  the  Father's  will; 
It  is  the  way  the  Master  went ; 

Should  not  the  servant  tread  it  still? 

2  Go,  labor  on ;  'tis  not  for  naught ; 
Thine  earthly  loss  is  heavenly  gain ; 

Men  heed  thee,  love  thee,  praise  thee  not ; 
The  Master  praises, — what  are  men? 

3  Go,  labor  on;  your  hands  are  weak; 
Your  knees  are  faint,  your  soul  cast  down ; 

Yet  falter  not ;  the  prize  you  seek 
Is  near, — a  kingdom  and  a  crown! 

4  Toil  on,  faint  not ;  keep  watch,  and  pray ! 
Be  wise  the  erring  soul  to  win ; 

Go  forth  into  the  world's  highway; 
Compel  the  wanderer  to  come  in. 

5  Toil  on,  and  in  thy  toil  rejoice; 
For  toil  comes  rest,  for  exile  home ; 

Soon  shalt  thou  hear  the  Bridegroom's  voice, 
The  midnight  peal,  44 Behold,  I  come!" 

HORATIUS  BONAR. 

Original  title :  The  Useful  Life. 
Three  stanzas,  the  third,  fifth,  and  sixth,  are 
omitted : 

3  "  Go,  labor  on;  enough  while  here, 
If  He  shall  praise  thee,  if  he  deign 

Thy  willing  heart  to  mark  and  cheer ; 
No  toil  for  Him  shall  be  in  vain." 

5  "  Go,  labor  on ;  while  it  is  day, 

The  world's  dark  night  is  hastening  on; 
Speed,  speed  thy  work,  cast  sloth  away : 
It  is  not  thus  that  souls  are  won. 

6  "Men  die  in  darkness  at  your  side, 
Without  a  hope  to  cheer  the  tomb  ; 

Take  up  the  torch  and  wave  it  wide, 
The  torch  that  lights  time's  thickest  gloom." 

Unaltered.    From  the  author's  Hymns  of  Faith 
and  Hope,  first  series,  1857. 
See  No.  426. 


6  04         Not  ashamed  of  Jesus.         L.  M. 

JESUS,  and  shall  it  ever  be, 
A  mortal  man  ashamed  of  thee? 
Ashamed  of  thee,  whom  angels  praise, 
Whose  glories  shine  through  endless  days? 

2  Ashamed  of  Jesus !  sooner  far 
Let  evening  blush  to  own  a  star ; 
He  sheds  the  beams  of  light  divine 
O'er  this  benighted  soul  of  mine. 


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3  Ashamed  of  Jesus !  just  as  soon 
Let  midnight  be  ashamed  of  noon ; 
'Tis  midnight  with  my  soul  till  he, 
Bright  Morning  Star,  bid  darkness  flee. 

4  Ashamed  of  Jesus !  that  dear  Friend 
On  whom  my  hopes  of  heaven  depend ! 
No ;  when  I  blush,  be  this  my  shame, 
That  I  no  more  revere  his  name. 

5  Ashamed  of  Jesus !  yes,  I  may, 
When  I've  no  guilt  to  wash  away ; 
No  tear  to  wipe,  no  good  to  crave, 
No  fears  to  quell,  no  soul  to  save. 

6  Till  then — nor  is  my  boasting  vain— 
Till  then  I  boast  a  Saviour  slain ; 
And  O,  may  this  my  glory  be, 

That  Christ  is  not  ashamed  of  me ! 

JOSEPH  GRIGG, 
ALT.  BY  B.  FRANCIS. 

The  merits  of  the  piece  belong  largely  to  the  orig- 
inal author  who  composed  it — it  is  said — when  only 
ten  years  of  age. 

Original. 
Ashamed  of  Me.  Mark  viii,  38. 

1  Jesus  !  and  shall  it  ever  be  ! 

A  mortal  Man  asham'd  of  Thee  ? 

Scorn' d  be  the  Thought  by  Rich  and  Poor ; 

0  may  I  scorn  it  more  and  more  ! 

2  Asham'd  of  Jesus !  sooner  far 
Let  Ev'ning  blush  to  own  a  Star. 
Asham'd  of  Jesus  !  just  as  soon 

Let  Midnight  blush  to  think  of  Noon. 

3  'Tis  Evening  with  my  Soul  till  He, 
That  Morning -Star  bids  Darkness  flee  ; 
He  sheds  the  Beam  of  Noon  divine 
O'er  all  this  Midnight  Soul  of  mine. 

4  Asham'd  of  Jesus !  shall  yori  Field 
Blush  when  it  thinks  who  bids  it  yield  ? 
Yet  blush  I  must,  whde  1  adore, 

1  blush  to  think  I  yield  no  more. 

5  Asham'd  of  Jesus!  of  that  Friend, 

On  whom,  for  Heaven,  my  Hopes  depend ; 
It  must  not  be — be  this  my  Shame, 
That  I  no  more  revere  His  Name. 

6  Asham'd  of  Jesus  !  yes,  I  may, 
When  I've  no  Crimes  to  wash  away ; 
No  Tear  to  wipe,  no  Joy  to  crave, 
No  Fears  to  quell,  no  Soul  to  save. 

7  'Till  then,  (nor  is  the  Boasting  vain,) 
'Till  then  I  boast  a  Saviour  slain : 
And  O,  may  this  my  Portion  be, 
That  Saviour  not  asham'd  of  me ! 

It  was  published  in  a  pamphlet  entitled  Four 
Hymns  on  Divine  Subjects,  17 65. 


Joseph  Grigg  was  born  in  humble  circumstances, 
and  in  early  life  was  .a  mechanic.  He  was  a  deeply 
pious  man,  and  for  a  number  of  years  (1743-1747) 
was  assistant  pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  church  in 
London.    He  died  in  1768. 


605        Living  to  Christ.  L  .M. 

MY  gracious  Lord,  I  own  thy  right 
To  every  service  I  can  pay, 
And  call  it  my  supreme  delight 
To  hear  thy  dictates,  and  obey. 

2  What  is  my  being  but  for  thee, 
Its  sure  support,  its  noblest  end? 

'Tis  my  delight  thy  face  to  see, 

And  serve  the  cause  of  such  a  Friend. 

3  I  would  not  sigh  for  worldly  joy, 
Or  to  increase  my  worldly  good ; 

Nor  future  days  nor  powers  employ 
To  spread  a  sounding  name  abroad. 

4  'Tis  to  my  Saviour  I  would  live, 
To  him  who  for  my  ransom  died ; 

Nor  could  all  worldly  honor  give 
Such  bliss  as  crowns  me  at  his  side. 

5  His  work  my  hoary  age  shall  bless, 
When  youthful  vigor  is  no  more ; 

And  my  last  hour  of  life  confess 
His  dying  love,  his  saving  power. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title :  Christ' 's  Service,  the  Fruit  of  our  Labors  on 
Earth.  Phil,  i,  22. 

This  hymn  has  been  altered  considerably  since  it 
was  first  published  by  Job  Orton,  in  1755.  The 
third  line  in  the  second  stanza  was  originally : 

"  Thine  ever-smiling  Face  to  see." 

The  first  line  of  the  third  stanza : 

"  I  would  not  breathe  for  worldly  Joy  ; " 

and  the  last  part  of  the  fourth  stanza : 

"  Nor  could  untainted  Eden  give 
Such  Bliss  as  Blossoms  at  his  Side." 

The  last  line  of  the  hymn  read  : 

"  His  Love  hath  animating  Power." 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  78. 


606  Beginning  the  labors  of  the  day.  L.  M. 

FOKTH  in  thy  name,  O  Lord,  I  go, 
My  daily  labors  to  pursue ; 
Thee,  only  thee,  resolved  to  know, 
In  all  I  think,  or  speak,  or  do. 


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2  Thee  will  I  set  at  my  right  hand, 
Whose  eyes  mine  inmost  substance  see ; 

And  labor  on  at  thy  command, 
And  offer  all  my  works  to  thee. 

3  Give  me  to  bear  thy  easy  yoke, 
And  every  moment  watch  and  pray ; 

And  still  to  things  eternal  look, 
And  hasten  to  thy  glorious  day. 

4  For  thee  delightfully  employ 
Whate'er  thy  bounteous  grace  hath  given ; 

And  run  my  course  with  even  joy, 
And  closely  walk  with  thee  to  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  Before  Work. 

The  second  and  third  stanzas  of  the  original  are 
omitted : 

2  "  The  task  Thy  wisdom  hath  assigned, 
O  let  me  cheerfully  fulfil, 

In  all  my  works  Thy  presence  find, 
And  prove  Thine  acceptable  will. 

3  "Preserve  me  from  my  calling's  snare, 
And  hide  my  simple  heart  above, 

Above  the  thorns  of  choking  care, 
The  gilded  baits  of  worldly  love." 

The  author  wrote  "  Thee  may  I  set,"  etc.,  in 
the  second  stanza. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


607        The  Master  calling.  8,  7. 

HARK,  the  voice  of  Jesus  calling, 
' '  Who  will  go  and  work  to-day  ? 
Fields  are  white,  and  harvests  waiting, 

Who  will  bear  the  sheaves  away  ?  " 
Loud  and  long  the  Master  calleth, 

Rich  reward  he  offers  free ; 
Who  will  answer,  gladly  saying, 
"  Here  am  I,  send  me,  send  me  ? " 

2  Let  none  hear  you  idly  saying, 

"  There  is  nothing  I  can  do," 
While  the  souls  of  men  are  dying, 

And  the  Master  calls  for  you : 
Take  the  task  he  gives  you  gladly ; 

Let  his  work  your  pleasure  be ; 
Answer  quickly  when  he  calleth, 

"Here  am  I,  send  me,  send  me." 

DANIEL  MARCH. 

Only  one  word  has  been  altered.  The  first  line 
was  originally : 

"  Hark  the  voice  of  Jesus  crying.'''1 

Two  stanzas,  the  second  and  third,  with  which 


the  author  has  very  kindly  furnished  me,  have  been 
omitted : 

2  "  If  you  cannot  cross  the  ocean 
And  the  heathen  lands  explore, 

You  can  find  the  needy  nearer, 
You  can  help  them  at  your  door; 

If  you  cannot  give  your  thousands, 
You  can  give  the  widow's  mite, 

And  the  least  you  give  for  Jesus 
Will  be  precious  in  his  sight. 

3  "If  you  cannot  speak  like  angels, 
If  you  cannot  preach  like  Paul, 

You  can  tell  the  love  of  Jesus, 
You  can  say  he  died  for  all ; 

If  you  cannot  rouse  the  wicked 
With  the  judgment's  dread  alarms, 

You  can  lead  the  little  children 
To  the  Saviour's  waiting  arms." 

The  history  of  this  hymn  is  as  follows  : 
In  1868  the  author  was  a  pastor  in  Philadelphia. 
On  the  18th  of  October  he  was  to  preach,  by  re- 
quest, to  the  Christian  Association  of  that  city. 
At  a  late  hour  he  learned  that  one  of  the  hymns 
selected  was  not  suitable.  His  text  wyas,  "  Here 
am  I;  send  me,"  Isa.  vi,  8.  In  "great  haste," 
he  says,  he  wrote  the  hymn,  and  it  was  sung  from 
the  manuscript. 

The  Rev.  Daniel  March,  D.D.,  a  Congregational 
clergyman,  was  born  in  1816.  He  is  the  author  of 
Night  Scenes  in  the  Bible,  and  of  other  prose 
works. 


608  Faith  of  our  fathers.      L.  M.  6 1. 

FAITH  of  our  fathers !  living  still 
In  spite  of  dungeon,  fire,  and  sword : 
O  how  our  hearts  beat  high  with  joy 

Whene'er  we  hear  that  glorious  word: 
Faith  of  our  fathers !  holy  faith ! 
We  will  be  true  to  thee  till  death ! 

2  Our  fathers,  chained  in  prisons  dark, 
Were  still  in  heart  and  conscience  free : 

How  sweet  would  be  their  children's  fate, 
If  they,  like  them,  could  die  for  thee ! 
Faith  of  our  fathers !  holy  faith ! 
We  will  be  true  to  thee  till  death ! 

3  Faith  of  our  fathers !  we  will  love 
Both  friend  and  foe  in  all  our  strife ; 

And  preach  thee,  too,  as  love  knows  how, 

By  kindly  words  and  virtuous  life : 
Faith  of  our  fathers !  holy  faith ! 
We  will  be  true  to  thee  till  death ! 

FREDERICK  W.  FABER. 

From  Jesus  and  Mary  ;  or,  Catholic  Hymns  for 
Singing  and  Reading,  by  Frederick  W.  Faber, 
1849. 

There  are  four  stanzas  in  the  original.  These 
are  verses  one,  two,  and  four,  verbatim. 


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The  third  stanza  is  omitted  for  evident  reasons  : 

"  Faith  of  our  fathers  !  Mary's  prayers 
Shall  win  our  country  back  to  thee  ; 

And  through  the  truth  that  comes  from  God, 
England  shall  then  indeed  be  free. 

Faith  of  our  fathers  !  Holy  Faith  ! 

We  will  be  true  to  thee  till  death  !  " 

See  No.  125. 


609  Thy  set-vice  is  perfect  freedom.     7,  6,  8. 

LO !  I  come  with  joy  to  do 
The  Master's  blessed  will ; 
Him  in  outward  works  pursue, 
And  serve  his  pleasure  still. 
Faithful  to  my  Lord's  commands, 

I  still  would  choose  the  better  part, 
Serve  with  careful  Martha's  hands, 
And  loving  Mary's  heart. 

2  Careful,  without  care  I  am, 
Nor  feel  my  happy  toil, 

Kept  in  peace  by  Jesus'  name, 

Supported  by  his  smile : 
Joyful  thus  my  faith  to  show, 

I  find  his  service  my  reward ; 
Every  wTork  I  do  below, 

I  do  it  to  the  Lord. 

3  O  that  all  the  art  might  know 
Of  living  thus  to  thee, 

Find  their  heaven  beg.un  below, 

And  here  thy  glory  see ! 
Walk  in  all  the  works  prepared 

By  thee,  to  exercise  their  grace, 
Till  they  gain  their  full  reward, 

And  see  thy  glorious  face ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  For  a  Believer.  In  Worldly  Business. 
Six  stanzas.     The  third,  fourth,  and  fifth  are 
omitted,  but  they  are  too  good  to  be  forgotten  : 

3  "  Thou,  O  Lord,  in  tender  love 
Dost  all  my  burdens  bear, 

Lift  my  heart  to  things  above, 

And  fix  it  ever  there  : 
Calm,  on  tumult's  wheel,  I  sit, 

'Midst  busy  multitudes,  alone, 
Sweetly  waiting  at  Thy  feet, 

Till  all  Thy  will  be  done. 

4  "  To  the  desert  or  the  cell, 
Let  others  blindly  fly, 

In  this  evil  world  I  dwell, 

Unhurt,  unspotted,  I : 
Here  I  find  an  house  of  prayer, 

To  which  I  inwardly  retire, 
Walking  unconcerned  in  care, 

And  unconsumed  in  fire. 


5  "  Thou,  O  Lord,  my  portion  art, 

Before  1  hence  remove  ! 
Now  my  treasure  and  my  heart 

Is  all  laid  up  above  ; 
Far  above  these  earthly  things, 

While  yet  my  hands  arc  here  employed, 
Sees  my  soul  the  King  of  kings 

And  freely  talks  with  God." 

From  Hymns  for  TJtose  that  Seek  and  TJwse  that 
Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 
London,  1747. 


610    A  calm  and  thankful  heart.    C.  M. 

FATHER,  whate'er  of  earthly  bliss 
Thy  sovereign  will  denies, 
Accepted  at  thy  throne  of  grace, 
Let  this  petition  rise: 

2  Give  me  a  calm,  a  thankful  heart, 
From  every  murmur  free ; 

The  blessings  of  thy  grace  impart, 
And  make  me  live  to  thee. 

3  Let  the  sweet  hope  that  thou  art  mine 
My  life  and  death  attend ; 

Thy  presence  through  my  journey  shine, 
And  crown  my  journey's  end. 

ANNE  STEELE. 

Title  :  Desiring  Resignation  and  Thankfulness. 
Ten  stanzas.    These  are  the  last  three.  Three 
lines  have  been  altered. 

ORIGINAL. 

Verse  one,  line  one  : 

'-'•And  0,  whate'er  of  earthly  bliss." 

Verse  three,  line  two : 

"  My  path  of  life  attend." 

Verse  three,  line  four : 

"And  bless  its  happy  end." 

The  end  of  the  author's  life  was  indeed  "  happy." 
Dr.  Caleb  Evans,  her  biographer,  says  :  "  She  took 
the  most  affectionate  leave  of  her  weeping  friends 
around  her,  and,  at  length,  the  happy  moment  of 
her  dismission  arriving,  she  closed  her  eyes,  and, 
with  these  animating  words  on  her  dying  lips,  '  I 
know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth,'  gently  fell  asleep 
in  Jesus." 

The  whole  hymn  is  found  in  Poems  on  Subjects 
Chiefly  Devotional,  by  Theodosia.    London,  1760. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  63. 


611   The  only  solace  in  sorrow.         C.  M. 

OTHOU  who  driest  the  mourner's  tear, 
How  dark  this  world  would  be, 
If,  when  deceived  and  wounded  here, 
We  could  not  fly  to  thee ! 


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2  The  friends  who  in  our  sunshine  live, 
When  winter  comes,  are  flown ; 

And  he  who  has  but  tears  to  give, 
Must  weep  those  tears  alone. 

&  But  thou  wilt  heal  that  broken  heart, 
Which,  like  the  plants  that  throw 

Their  fragrance  from  the  wounded  part, 
Breathes  sweetness  out  of  woe. 

4  O  who  could  bear  life's  stormy  doom. 
Did  not  thy  wing  of  love 

Come  brightly  wafting  through  the  gloom, 
Our  peace-branch  from  above  ? 

5  Then  sorrow,  touched  by  thee,  grows 

bright 

With  more  than  rapture's  ray ; 
As  darkness  shows  us  worlds  of  light 
We  never  saw  by  day. 

THOMAS  MOORE. 

One  of  the  author's  Sacred  Songs,  founded  on 
Psa.  cxlvii,  3 : 

"  He  healeth  the  broken  in  heart,  and  bindeth  up 
their  wounds." 

One  quatrain  has  been  left  out;  its  place  is  be- 
tween the  third  and  fourth  stanzas: 

"  When  joy  no  longer  soothes  or  cheers, 

And  e'en  the  hope  that  threw 
A  moment's  sparkle  o'er  our  tears 

Is  dimmed  and  vanished  too." 

Thomas  Moore,  author  of  Lalla  Roohh  and  the 
Irish  Melodies,  was  born  in  Dublin  in  1779  ;  was 
graduated  at  Dublin  University,  and  subsequently 
studied  law.  Many  of  Moore's  poems  are  of  little 
value,  yet  he  possessed  great  genius  and  all  the 
qualities  that  are  required  in  a  great  poet,  except 
true  religion.  Were  we  to  judge  from  his  Sacred 
Songs  alone,  he  was  not  altogether  a  stranger  to 
that.    For  example : 

"  The  bird  let  loose  in  eastern  skies." 
And 

"As  down  in  the  sunless  retreats  of  the  ocean." 

There  are  no  lines  in  English  poetry  more  tender 
and  devout  than  these  two  lyric  gems. 

Moore  died  in  1852,  and  his  memoirs  were  edited 
by  Lord  John  Russell. 

From  The  Poetical  Worlcs  of  Thomas  Moore,  cor- 
rected by  himself.    London,  1868. 


O  1  /£  Consolation  in  sickness.         C.  M. 

WHEN  languor  and  disease  invade 
This  trembling  house  of  clay, 
'Tis  sweet  to  look  beyond  my  pains, 
And  long  to  fly  away ; 


2  Sweet  to  look  inward,  and  attend 
The  whispers  of  His  love ; 

Sweet  to  look  upward,  to  the  place 
Where  Jesus  pleads  above ; 

3  Sweet  to  look  back,  and  see  my  name 
In  life's  fair  book  set  down ; 

Sweet  to  look  forward,  and  behold 
Eternal  joys  my  own ; 

4  Sweet  to  reflect  how  grace  divine 
My  sins  on  Jesus  laid; 

Sweet  to  remember  that  his  blood 
My  debt  of  suffering  paid ; 

5  Sweet  to  rejoice  in  lively  hope, 
That,  when  my  change  shall  come, 

Angels  shall  hover  round  my  bed, 
And  waft  my  spirit  home. 

6  If  such  the  sweetness  of  the  stream, 
What  must  the  fountain  be, 

Where  saints  and  angels  draw  their  bliss 
Directly,  Lord,  from  thee ! 

AUGUSTUS  M.  TOPLADY. 

Title :  My  Meditation  of  Him  shall  be  Sweet. 
Fsa.  civ,  34. 

The  original  has  fifteen  stanzas.  These  are  the 
first  four,  the  eighth,  and  fourteenth.  Two  slight 
changes  have  been  made. 

The  third  line  of  the  first  verse  Toplady  wrote  : 

"  Tis  sweet  to  look  beyond  my  Cage." 

and  the  last  line  of  verse  six : 
"Immediately  from  thee." 

This  "sweet"  hymn  was  written  in  illness,  and 
sent  to  the  Countess  of  Huntingdon  by  Toplady. 
It  may  be  called  the  dying  testimony  of  the  author 
of  Hock  of  Ages. 

From  Topladyh  Works.    See  No.  415. 


613  Friend  of  souls.  C.  M. 

0 FRIEND  of  souls !  how  blest  the  time 
When  in  thy  love  I  rest, 
When  from  my  weariness  I  climb 
E'en  to  thy  tender  breast ! 

2  The  night  of  sorrow  endeth  there, 
Thy  rays  outshine  the  sun, 

And  in  thy  pardon  and  thy  care 
The  heaven  of  heavens  is  won. 

3  The  world  may  call  itself  my  foe, 
Or  flatter  and  allure : 

I  care  not  for  the  world ;  I  go 
To  this  tried  Friend  and  sure. 


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4  Aud  when  life's  fiercest  storms  are  sent 
Upon  life's  wildest  sea, 

My  little  bark  is  confident, 
Because  it  holdeth  thee. 

5  To  others,  death  seems  dark  and  grim, 
But  not,  O  Lord,  to  me : 

I  know  thou  ne'er  forsakest  him 
Who  puts  his  trust  in  thee. 

6  Nay,  rather,  with  a  joyful  heart 
I  welcome  the  release 

From  this  dark  desert,  and  depart 
To  thy  eternal  peace. 

WOLFGANG  C.  DESSLER. 

In  Thy  presence  is  fullness  of  joy  ;  at  Thy  right 
hand  there  are  pleasures  for  evermore.  Psalm  xvi, 
11. 

This  translation  is  found  in  Christ  in  Song, 
edited  by  Dr.  Philip  Schaff,  and  is  evidently  based 
upon  the  translation  of  Miss  Catharine  Winkworth, 
in  Lyra  Germanica,  first  series,  1855. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Dessler,  see  No.  448. 


614:  Unfaltering  trust.  CM. 

FATHER  of  love,  our  Guide  and  Friend, 
O  lead  us  gently  on, 
Until  life's  trial-time  shall  end, 
And  heavenly  peace  be  won. 

2  We  know  not  what  the  path  may  be 
As  yet  by  us  untrod ; 

But  we  can  trust  our  all  to  thee, 
Our  Father  and  our  God. 

3  If  called,  like  Abraham's  child,  to  climb 
The  hill  of  sacrifice, 

Some  angel  may  be  there  in  time ; 
Deliverance  shall  arise : 

4  Or,  if  some  darker  lot  be  good, 
O  teach  us  to  endure 

The  sorrow,  pain,  or  solitude, 
That  make  the  spirit  pure. 

5  Christ  by  no  flowery  pathway  came ; 
And  we,  his  followers  here, 

Must  do  thy  will  and  praise  thy  name, 
In  hope,  and  love,  and  fear. 

6  And,  till  in  heaven  we  sinless  bow, 
And  faultless  anthems  raise, 

0  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit,  now 
Accept  our  feeble  praise. 

WILLIAM  J.  IRONS. 


Original  title  :  Father  of  Love. 

"  Doubtless  thou  art  our  Father."  Isa.  lxiii.  16. 

This  is  verbatim  and  entire  as  found  in  Psalms 
and  Hymns  for  the  Church,  written  by  William  J 
Irons,  D.D.    London,  1875. 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  225. 


Crosses  and  blessings.  C.  M. 

SINCE  all  the  varying  scenes  of  time 
God's  watchful  eye  surveys, 
O  who  so  wise  to  choose  our  lot, 
Or  to  appoint  our  ways? 

2  Good,  when  he  gives — supremely  good, 
Nor  less  when  he  denies ; 

E'en  crosses,  from  his  sovereign  hand, 
Are  blessings  in  disguise. 

3  Why  should  we  doubt  a  Father's  love, 
So  constant  and  so  kind  ? 

To  his  unerring,  gracious  will 
Be  every  wish  resigned. 

JAMES  HERVEY,  ALT. 

This  hymn  is  found  in  a  forgotten  book  :  Reflec- 
tions on  a  Flower- Garden.  In  a  Letter  to  a  Lady. 
It  is  usually  found  in  connection  with  the  author's 
once  famous  Meditations  and  Contemplations,  1746. 

The  hymn  is  prefaced  with  this  "reflection  :  " 

"Be  still,  then,  thou  uneasy  mortal :  know  that 
God  is  unerringly  wise,  and  be  assured  that,  amidst 
the  greatest  multiplicity  of  beings,  he  does  not 
overlook  thee." 

Verses  two  and  three  have  changed  places. 
Original  of  altered  lines. 

Verse  one,  line  one  : 

"  Since  all  the  downward  tracts  of  time." 
Verse  one,  line  four : 

"  And  regulate  our  ways." 

Verse  three,  lines  one  and  two : 

"  Since  none  can  doubt  his  equal  love. 
Immeasurably  kind." 

The  Rev.  James  Hervey  lived  from  1713  to  1758. 
He  was  graduated  at  Oxford,  entered  the  ministry  as 
a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England,  and  was  the 
author  of  several  works  which,  in  their  day,  were 
considered  valuable. 


616  Habitual  devotion.  C.  Mt 

WHILE  thee  I  seek,  protecting  Power 
Be  my  vain  wishes  stilled ; 
And  may  this  consecrated  hour 
With  better  hopes  be  filled. 


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2  Thy  love  the  power  of  thought  bestowed; 

To  thee  my  thoughts  would  soar; 
Thy  mercy  o'er  my  life  has  flowed; 

That  mercy  I  adore. 

.  3  In  each  event  of  life,  how  clear 

Thy  ruling  hand  I  see ! 
Each  blessing  to  my  soul  more  dear, 

Because  conferred  by  thee. 

4  In  every  joy  that  crowns  my  days, 
In  every  pain  I  bear. 

My  heart  shall  find  delight  in  praise, 
Or  seek  relief  in  prayer. 

5  When  gladness  wings  my  favored  hour, 
Thy  love  my  thoughts  shall  fill ; 

Resigned,  when  storms  of  sorrow  lower, 
My  soul  shall  meet  thy  will. 

6  My  lifted  eye,  without  a  tear, 
The  gathering  storm  shall  see : 

My  steadfast  heart  shall  know  no  fear; 
That  heart  will  rest  on  thee. 

HELEN  M.  WILLIAMS. 

This  hymn  is  full  of  submission,  and  of  faith  in 
God. 

Miss  Helen  Maria  Williams  was  born  in  England 
in  1762,  and  lived  until  1827.  She  gained  an  early 
and  wide  reputation  by  her  writing  in  prose  and 

Eoetry.    Miss  Williams's  poems  were  published  in 
-ondon  in  1786  in  two  small  volumes.    Two  words 
only  have  been  altered : 

The  author  wrote  "powers  of  thought"  in  the 
second  stanza,  and  "lowering  storm"  instead  of 
"  gathering  "  in  the  last  stanza. 


617    Acquiescence  in  the  Divine  will.  CM. 

AUTHOR  of  good,  we  rest  on  thee : 
Thine  ever  watchful  eye 
Alone  our  real  wTants  can  see, 
Thine  hand  alone  supply. 

2  In  thine  all -gracious  providence 
Our  cheerful  hopes  confide ; 

O  let  thy  power  be  our  defense, 
Thy  love  our  footsteps  guide. 

3  And  since,  by  passion's  force  subdued, 
Too  oft.  with  stubborn  will, 

We  blindly  shun  the  latent  good, 
And  grasp  the  specious  ill, — 

4  Not  what  we  wish,  but  what  we  want, 
Let  mercy  still  supply : 

The  good  we  ask  not,  Father,  grant ; 
The  ill  we  ask.  deny. 

JAMES  MERRICK,  ALT. 


Author's  title :  The  Ignorance  of  Man. 
This  is  a  part  of  a  longer  hymn,  beginning : 

"  Behold  yon  new-born  infant  grieved." 

It  has  been  altered  in  nearly  every  line. 

The  Eev.  James  Merrick  (1720-1769)  was  or- 
dained priest  in  the  Church  of  England,  but  his 
health  never  permitted  him  to  do  pastoral  work. 
He  was  the  author  of  several  books,  of  which  the 
best  known  are  Poems  on  Sacred  Subjects,  and  The 
Psalms.  Translated  or Paraphrased  in  Hnqlish  Verse. 
1765. 


618        Overwhelming  grief.  C.  M. 

OTHOU,  who  in  the  olive  shade, 
When  the  dark  hour  came  on, 
Didst,  with  a  breath  of  heavenly  aid, 
Strengthen  thy  suffering  Son, — 

2  O  by  the  anguish  of  that  night, 
Send  us  down  blest  relief; 

Or,  to  the  chastened,  let  thy  might 
Hallow  this  whelming  grief. 

3  And  thou,  that,  when  the  starry  sky 
Saw  the  dread  strife  begun, 

Didst  teach  adoring  faith  to  cry, 
"Father,  thy  will  be  done," — 

4  By  thy  meek  Spirit,  thou,  of  all 
That  e'er  have  mourned  the  chief, 

Blest  Saviour,  if  the  stroke  must  fall, 
Hallow  this  w7helming  grief. 

MRS.  FELICIA  D.  HEMANS,  ALT. 

The  author's  title  was :  Hymn  by  the  SicTc  Bed  of  a 
Mother. 

It  was  written  in  1826,  and  published  first  in 
Hymns  for  Children.    It  begins: 

"  Father  who  in,"  etc. 

The  meter  has  been  changed  from  particular  to 
common  by  the  addition  of  two  syllables  to  the 
last  line  of  each  stanza.  The  words  inserted  are 
"suffering"  in  the  first  stanza,  "whelming"  in 
the  second  and  fourth,  and  "  Father"  in  the  third. 

These  changes  were  probably  made  by  the  editors 
of  the  1849  edition. 

Mrs.  Felicia  Dorothea  Hemans  was  born  at  Liver- 
pool in  1793.  Her  educational  advantages  were 
very  limited  ;  but  she  was  a  great  reader  and  student 
all  her  life.  She  began  to  write  very  early,  and  in 
1808,  when  only  fourteen  years  of  age,  published  a 
volume,  entitled  Juvenile  Poems.  From  this  time 
until  her  death,  in  1835,  she  wrote  and  published 
many  volumes.  Her  maiden  name  was  Browne. 
She  married  Captain  Hemans,  of  the  militia,  in 
1812.  Mrs.  Hemans  ranks  among  the  first  lyrical 
poets. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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(319  Remember  me!  CM. 

OTHOU  from  whom  all  goodness  flows, 
I  lift  my  soul  to  thee ; 
In  all  my  sorrows,  conflicts,  woes, 
Dear  Lord,  remember  me. 

2  If,  for  thy  sake,  upon  my  name 
Reproach  and  shame  shall  be, 

I'll  hail  reproach,  and  welcome  shame, 
If  thou  remember  me. 

3  When  worn  with  pain,  disease,  and 

grief, 

This  feeble  body  see ; 
Grant  patience,  rest,  and  kind  relief; 
Hear,  and  remember  me. 

4  When,  in  the  solemn  hour  of  death, 
I  wait  thy  just  decree, 

Saviour,  with  my  last  parting  breath, 
I'll  cry,  "Remember  me." 

5  And  when  before  thy  throne  I  stand, 
And  lift  my  soul  to  thee, 

Then,  with  the  saints  at  thy  right  hand, 
O  Lord,  remember  me. 

THOMAS  HAWEIS,  ALT. 

"  Remember  me,  0  my  God,  for  good."  Nell, 
xiii,  31. 

The  original  (1792)  has  six  stanzas.  These  are 
verses  one,  live,  four,  and  six,  altered.  Verses  two 
and  three  of  the  original  are  omitted.  The  last 
stanza  has  been  added  by  another  writer. 

The  author  wrote,  verse  one,  line  two  : 

"  I  lift  my  heart  to  thee." 
Verse  two,  lines  one,  two,  and  three : 

"  If  on  my  face  for  thy  dear  Name, 

Shame  and  reproaches  be  ; 
All  hail  reproach  and  welcome  shame." 

Verse  three,  line  one  : 

"  Distrest  with  pain,  disease,  and  grief." 

Verse  four,  lines  one  and  two  : 

"  The  hour  is  near,  consigned  to  death, 
I  own  the  just  decree." 

Omitted  stanzas: 

2  "  When  groaning  on  my  burden' d  heart, 
My  sins  lie  heavily ; 

My  pardon  speak,  new  peace  impart, 
In  love  remember  me. 

3  "  Temptations  sore  obstruct  my  way, 
And  ills  I  cannot  flee  ; 

0  give  me  strength,  Lord,  as  my  day, 
For  good  remember  me." 

16 


From  Carmina  Cristo  ;  or,  Hymns  to  the  Saviour, 
1792.  Another  edition,  enlarged,  was  published  in 
1808. 

See  No.  270. 


620         Light  at  evening.  C.  M. 

WE  journey  through  a  vale  of  tears, 
By  many  a  cloud  o'ercast ; 
And  worldly  cares  and  worldly  fears, 
Go  with  us  to  the  last. 

2  Not  to  the  last !  Thy  word  hath  said, 
Could  we  but  read  aright, 

"  Poor  pilgrim,  lift  in  hope  thy  head, 
At  eve  it  shall  be  light !  " 

3  Though  earthborn  shadows  now  may 

shroud 
Thy  thorny  path  awhile, 
God's  blessed  word  can  part  each  cloud, 
And  bid  the  sunshine  smile. 

4  Only  believe,  in  living  faith, 
His  love  and  power  divine; 

And  ere  thy  sun  shall  set  in  death, 
His  light  shall  round  thee  shine. 

5  When  tempest  clouds  are  dark  on  high, 
His  bow  of  love  and  peace 

Shines  sweetly  in  the  vaulted  sky, 
A  pledge  that  storms  shall  cease. 

6  Hold  on  thy  way,  with  hope  unchilled, 
By  faith  and  not  by  sight, 

And  thou  shalt  OAvn  his  word  fulfilled, 
"  At  eve  it  shall  be  light." 

BERNARD  BARTON. 

The  author's  title  was :  Hope  for  the  Mourner. 

"But  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that  at  evening  time 
it  shall  be  light."   Zech.  xiv,  7. 

There  are  slight  changes  in  two  stanzas. 
Verse  two,  line  four : 

"  At  eve  there  shall  be  light." 

Verse  five,  line  four : 

"  Betokening  storms  shall  cease." 

From  the  writer's  Household  Verses,  1845. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  507. 


621     Grateful  achnotvledgment.  CM. 

I LOVE  the  Lord :  he  heard  my  cries, 
And  pitied  every  groan ; 
Long  as  I  live,  when  troubles  rise, 
I'll  hasten  to  his  throne. 


JI  YMjSr  SfJTDlEB. 


2  I  love  the  Lord :  he  bowed  his  ear, 
And  chased  my  grief  away ; 

O  let  my  heart  no  more  despair, 
While  I  have  breath  to  pray. 

3  The  Lord  beheld  me  sore  distressed ; 
He  bade  my  pains  remove ; 

Return,  my  soul,  to  God  thy  rest, 
For  thou  hast  known  his  love. 

ISAAC  "WATTS. 

The  author's  title  was:  Recovery  from  Sick- 
ness. 

Founded  on  the  first  part  of  Psa.  cxvi : 

"  I  love  the  Lord,  because  he  hath  heard  my 
voice  and  my  supplications.  Because  he  hath  in- 
clined his  ear  unto  me,  therefore  will  I  call  upon 
him  as  long  as  I  live.    The  sorrows  of  death  com- 

fassed  me,  and  the  pains  of  hell  gat  hold  upon  me  : 
found  trouble  and  sorrow.  Then  called  I  upon 
the  name  of  the  Lord  ;  0  Lord,  I  beseech  thee,  de- 
liver my  soul.  Gracious  is  the  Lord,  and  right- 
eous ;  yea,  our  God  is  merciful.  The  Lord  pre- 
serveth  the  simple :  I  was  brought  low,  and  he 
helped  me.  Eeturn  unto  thy  rest,  0  my  soul ;  for 
the  Lord  hath  dealt  bountifully  with  thee.  For 
thou  hast  delivered  my  soul  from  death,  mine  eyes 
from  tears,  and  my  feet  from  falling.  I  will  walk 
before  the  Lord  in  the  land  of  the  living." 

Three  stanzas,  the  third,  fourth,  and  sixth,  have 
been  omitted : 

3  "  My  flesh  declined,  my  spirits  fell, 
And  I  drew  near  the  dead, 

While  inward  pangs  and  fears  of  hell 
Perplexed  my  wakeful  head. 

4  "  My  God,  I  cried,  thy  servant  save, 
Thou  ever  good  and  just, 

Thy  power  can  rescue  from  the  grave, 
Thy  power  is  all  my  trust." 

6  "  My  God  hath  saved  my  soul  from  death, 

And  dried  my  falling  tears, 
Now  to  his  praise  I'll  spend  my  breath, 

And  my  remaining  years." 


The  verses  given  are  unaltered. 
1719. 


Published  in 


623  He  leadeth  me.  L.  M. 

HE  leadeth  me !  O  blessed  thought ! 
O   words  with    heavenly  comfort 
fraught ! 
Whate'er  I  do,  where'er  I  be, 
Still  'tis  God's  hand  that  leadeth  me. 

He  leadeth  me,  he  leadeth  me, 
By  his  own  hand  he  leadeth  me : 
His  faithful  follower  I  would  be, 
For  by  his  hand  he  leadeth  me. 


2  Sometimes  'mid  scenes  of  deepest  gloom, 
Sometimes  wThere  Eden's  bowers  bloom, 
By  waters  still,  o'er  troubled  sea, — 

Still  'tis  his  hand  that  leadeth  me ! 

3  Lord,  I  would  clasp  thy  hand  in  mine, 
Nor  ever  murmur  nor  repine, 
Content,  whatever  lot  I  see, 

Since  'tis  my  God  that  leadeth  me ! 

4  And  when  my  task  on  earth  is  done, 
When,  by  thy  grace,  the  victory's  won, 
E'en  death's  cold  wave  I  will  not  flee, 
Since  God  through  Jordan  leadeth  me. 

J.  H.  GILMORE. 

• 

The  seed-thought  and  title  of  this  favorite  hymn 
is :  "  He  leadeth  me  beside  the  still  waters,"  Psa. 
xxiii,  2. 

It  was  written  in  Philadelphia,  1861. 
(Boston,  Dec.  4,  1862,)  in  which  it  was  signed 
"  Contocooh.'n 

The  hymn  is  not  altered,  save  tliat  the  last  two 
lines  of  the  chorus  have  been  added  by  another 
hand. 

The  Eev.  Joseph  Henry  Gilmore,  a  Baptist  min- 
ister, was  born  in  1834. 


623     Patient  thankfulness  and  trust.  L.M. 

ETERNAL  Beam  of  light  divine, 
Fountain  of  unexhausted  love, 
In  whom  the  Father's  glories  shine, 

Through  earth  beneath,  and  heaven  above ; 

2  Jesus,  the  weary  wanderer's  rest, 
Give  me  thy  easy  yoke  to  bear ; 

With  steadfast  patience  arm  my  breast, 
With  spotless  love  and  lowly  fear. 

3  Thankful  I  take  the  cup  from  thee, 
Prepared  and  mingled  by  thy  skill ; 

Though  bitter  to  the  taste  it  be, 
Powerful  the  wounded  soul  to  heal. 

4  Be  thou,  O  Rock  of  ages,  nigh! 

So  shall  each  murmuring  thought  be  gone, 
And  grief,  and  fear,  and  care  shall  fly, 
As  clouds  before  the  midday  sun. 

5  Speak  to  my  warring  passions,  "Peace," 
Say  to  my  trembling  heart,  "Be  still; " 

Thy  power  my  strength  and  fortress  is, 
For  all  things  serve  thy  sovereign  will. 

6  O  Death!  where  is  thy  sting?  Where  now 
Thy  boasted  victory,  O  Grave? 

Who  shall  contend  with  God?  or  who 
Can  hurt  whom  God  delights  to  save? 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


243 


The  author's  title  is  :  In  Affliction. 
The  last  three  stanzas  are  especially  fine. 
It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


624:       For  sustaining  grace.  L.M. 

MY  hope,  my  all,  my  Saviour  thou, 
To  thee,  lo,  now  my  soul  I  bow ! 
I  feel  the  bliss  thy  wounds  impart, 

1  find  thee,  Saviour,  in  my  heart. 

2  Be  thou  my  strength,  be  thou  my  way ; 
Protect  me  through  my  life's  short  day: 
In  all  my  acts  may  wisdom  guide, 

And  keep  me,  Saviour,  near  thy  side. 

3  In  fierce  temptation's  darkest  hour, 
Save  me  from  sin  and  Satan's  power ; 
Tear  every  idol  from  thy  throne, 
And  reign,  my  Saviour,  reign  alone. 

4  My  suffering  time  shall  soon  be  o'er; 
Then  shall  I  sigh  and  weep  no  more : 
My  ransomed  soul  shall  soar  away, 

To  sing  thy  praise  in  endless  day. 

UNKNOWN. 

In  the  Hymnal  this  is  attributed  to  Thomas  Coke, 
but  without  sufficient  warrant.  It  was  supposed 
for  a  long  time  that  the  first  official  hymn  book  of 
the  M.  E.  Church  was  compiled  by  Bishops  Coke 
and  Asbury.  It  has  been  shown  that  this  book 
was  substantially  a  reprint  of  A  Pocket  Hymn 
Booh,  published  in  York,  England,  by  Robert 
Spence.    (Sixth  edition,  1786.) 

This  hymn  appears  in  the  York  book.  One 
stanza,  the  third,  has  been  omitted : 

3  "  Correct,  reprove,  and  comfort  me, 
As  I  have  need  my  Saviour  be ; 
And  if  I  would  from  thee  depart, 
Then  clasp  me,  Saviour,  to  thy  heart." 


625     Friend  of  the  friendless.        L.  M. 

GOD  of  my  life,  to  thee  I  call ; 
Afflicted,  at  thy  feet  I  fall ; 
When  the  great  water-floods  prevail, 
Leave  not  my  trembling  heart  to  fail. 

2  Friend  of  the  friendless  and  the  faint, 
Where  should  I  lodge  my  deep  complaint? 
Where,  but  with  thee,  whose  open  door 
Invites  the  helpless  and  the  poor? 

3  Did  ever  mourner  plead  with  thee, 
And  thou  refuse  that  mourner's  plea? 
Does  not  the  promise  still  remain, 
That  none  shall  seek  thy  face  in  vain? 


4  Poor  I  may  be,  despised,  forgot, 
Yet  God,  my  God,  forgets  me  not ; 
And  he  is  safe,  and  must  succeed, 
For  whom  the  Saviour  deigns  to  plead. 

WILLIAM  COWPER. 

The  original  title  was:  looking  Upwards  in  a 
Storm. 

Two  stanzas,  the  fourth  and  fifth,  have  been 
omitted: 

4  "  That  were  a  grief,  I  could  not  bear, 
Did'st  thou  not  hear  and  answer  prayer; 
But  a  prayer-hearing,  answering  God, 
Supports  me  under  every  load. 

5  "  Fair  is  the  lot  that's  cast  for  me ; 
I  have  an  advocate  with  thee ; 
They  whom  the  world  caresses  most, 
Have  no  such  privilege  to  boast." 

The  third  line  of  the  third  verse  was : 
"  Does  not  the  word  still  fixed  remain." 

And  the  last  line  was  : 
"  For  whom  the  lord  vouchsafes  to  plead." 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 
For  biography,  see  No.  44. 


626  In  hope,  believing  against  hope.  L.M. 

AWAY,  my  unbelieving  fear ! 
Fear  shall  in  me  no  more  have  place ; 
My  Saviour  doth  not  yet  appear, 

He  hides  the  brightness  of  his  face : 
But  shall  I  therefore  let  him  go, 

And  basely  to  the  tempter  yield? 
No,  in  the  strength  of  Jesus,  no, 
I  never  will  give  up  my  shield. 

2  Although  the  vine  its  fruit  deny, 

Although  the  olive  yield  no  oil, 
The  withering  fig-trees  droop  and  die, 

The  fields  elude  the  tiller's  toil, 
The  empty  stall  no  herd  afford, 

And  Derish  all  the  bleating  race, 
Yet  will  I  triumph  in  the  Lord, — 

The  God  of  my  salvation  praise. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  the  first  half  of  a  hymn  written  upon 
Hab.  hi,  17,  18  : 

"Although  the  fig-tree  shall  not  blossom,  neither 
shall  fruit  be  in  the  vines;  the  labour  of  the  olive 
shall  fail,  and  the  fields  shall  yield  no  meat ;  the 
flock  shall  be  cut  off  from  the  fold,  and  there  shall 
be  no  herd  in  the  stalls  :  yet  I  will  rejoice  in  the 
Lord,  I  will  joy  in  the  God  of  my  salvation." 

It  will  be  seen,  by  comparison,  that  the  second 
stanza  is  an  excellent  metrical  rendering  of  this  fine 
passage  of  Scripture. 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  an  d  Sacred  Poems,  17 42, 


244  HYMN  STlrDIES. 


Q2*7  Blessing  for  mourners.  L.  M. 

DEEM  not  that  they  are  blest  alone 
Whose  days  a  peaceful  tenor  keep ; 
The  anointed  Son  of  God  makes  known, 
A  blessing  for  the  eyes  that  weep. 

2  The  light  of  smiles  shall  fill  again 
The  lids  that  overflow  with  tears ; 

And  weary  hours  of  woe  and  pain 
Are  promises  of  happier  years. 

3  There  is  a  day  of  sunny  rest 

For  every  dark  and  troubled  night ; 
And  grief  may  bide  an  evening  guest, 
But  joy  shall  come  with  early  light. 

4  Nor  let  the  good  man's  trust  depart, 
Though  life  its  common  gifts  deny, 

Though  with  a  pierced  and  broken  heart, 
And  spurned  of  men,  he  goes  to  die. 

5  For  God  has  marked  each  sorrowing  day, 
And  numbered  every  secret  tear; 

And  heaven's  long  age  of  bliss  shall  pay 
For  all  his  children  suffer  here. 

WILLIAM  C.  BRYANT. 


Title  :  Blessed  are  They  that  Mourn. 

This  hymn  was  written  in  1820,  for  a  collection 
to  be  used  in  the  Eev.  William  Ware's — afterward 
Dr.  Bellows's — church  in  New  York  city. 

The  third  line  of  the  first  stanza  evidently 
troubled  the  author  considerably.  As  originally 
written,  it  was : 

"  The  God  who  loves  our  race  has  shown." 
In  his  Poems  (1854  edition)  it  was  : 

"  The  Poiuer  who  pities  man  has  shown." 

In  an  autograph  letter  to  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee that  edited  this  Hymnal,  he  gave  to  it  its 
present  form.  It  was  his  last  revision.  One  stanza, 
the  fourth,  is  omitted: 

4  "  And  Thou,  who  o'er  thy  friend's  low  bier, 
Sheddest  the  bitter  drops  like  rain, 

Hope  that  a  brighter,  happier  sphere 
Will  give  him  to.  thy  arms  again." 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  201. 


(328  Resignation.  L.  M. 

THY  will  be  done !  I  will  not  fear 
The  fate  provided  by  thy  love ; 
Though  clouds  and  darkness  shroud  me 
here, 

I  know  that  all  is  bright  above, 


2  The  stars  of  heaven  are  shining  on, 
Though  these  frail  eyes  are  dimmed  with 

tears ; 

The  hopes  of  earth  indeed  are  gone, 
But  are  not  ours  the  immortal  years? 

3  Father,  forgive  the  heart  that  clings, 
Thus  trembling,  to  the  things  of  time  ; 

And  bid  my  soul,  on  angel  wings, 
Ascend  unto  a  purer  clime. 

4  There  shall  no  doubts  disturb  its  trust, 
No  sorrows  dim  celestial  love ; 

But  these  afflictions  of  the  dust, 
Like  shadows  of  the  night,  remove. 

5  E'en  now,  above,  there's  radiant  day, 
While  clouds  and  darkness  brood  below ; 

Then,  Father,  joyful  on  my  way 
To  drink  the  bitter  cup  I  go. 

JANE  E.  ROSCOE. 

Title  :  Comfort  in  Affliction. 
The  original  began : 

"My  Father!  when  around  me  spread." 

It  contained  eight  stanzas.  The  first  three  have 
been  omitted.  The  last  stanza  of  the  hymn  has 
been  altered.    The  author  wrote  it : 

"  That  glorious  hour  will  well  repay 
A  life  of  toil  and  care  and  woe ; 

O  Father,  joyful  on  my  way 
To  drink  thy  bitter  cup  1  go  !  " 

Jane  Elizabeth  Eoscoe,  afterward  Mrs.  Horn- 
blower,  lived  from  1793  until  1853. 

This  fine  hymn,  full  of  faith  and  resignation,  was 
first  published  in  Sabbath  Recreations,  edited  by 
Emily  Taylor,  in  1829. 


629  Sympathetic  lone.  L.  M. 

OLOVE  divine,  that  stooped  to  share 
Our  sharpest  pang,  our  bitterest  tear ! 
On  thee  we  cast  each  earthborn  care ; 
We  smile  at  pain  while  thou  art  near. 

2  Though  long  the  weary  way  we  tread, 
And  sorrows  crown  each  lingering  year, 

No  path  we  shun,  no  darkness  dread, 
Our  hearts  still  whispering,  "Thou  art 
near! " 

3  When  drooping  pleasure  turns  to  grief, 
And  trembling  faith  is  changed  to  fear, 

The  murmuring  wind,  the  quivering  leaf, 
Shall  softly  tell  us,  "Thou  art  near!  " 


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4  On  thee  we  fling  our  burdening  woe, 

O  Love  divine,  forever  dear; 
Content  to  suffer  while  we  know. 

Living  and  dying,  thou  art  near! 

OLIVER  W.  HOLMES. 

The  original  title  was :  Hymn  of  Trust. 
It  is  unaltered  and  entire.    From  the  author's 
Poems,  1862.    Written  1859. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  135. 


630  It  is  I;  be  not  afraid.  Matt,  xiv,  27.  L.  M. 

WHEN  Power  divine,  in  mortal  form, 
Hushed    with   a  word   the  raging 
storm, 

In  soothing  accents  Jesus  said, 
"Lo!  it  is  I;  be  not  afraid." 

2  So  when  in  silence  nature  sleeps, 
And  lonely  watch  the  mourner  keeps, 
One  thought  shall  every  pang  remove, — 
Trust,  feeble  man,  thy  Maker's  love. 

3  God  calms  the  tumult  and  the  storm ; 
He  rules  the  seraph  and  the  worm : 

No  creature  is  by  him  forgot 

Of  those  who  know,  or  know  him  not. 

4  And  when  the  last  dread  hour  is  come, 
And  shuddering  nature  waits  her  doom, 
This  voice  shall  wake  the  pious  dead, 
"Lo!  it  is  I;  be  not  afraid." 

SIR  J.  E.  SMITH. 

This  hymn,  founded  on  the  words  of  the  Master, 
first  appeared  in  Sabbath  Recreations,  (1829,)  a 
little  book,  edited  by  Miss  Emily  Taylor. 

Instead  of  "lonely"  in  the  second  stanza  the 
author  wrote  "  his  lone;''''  and  instead  of  "wake" 
in  the  fourth  stanza  the  original  has  "  call." 

The  third  and  fourth  stanzas  have  been  omitted : 

3  "Bless'd  be  the  voice  that  breathes  from  heaven, 
To  every  heart  in  sunder  riven, 

When  love,  and  joy,  and  hope  are  fled, 
Lo  !  it  is  I ;  be  not  afraid. 

4  "  When  men  with  fiend-like  passions  rage, 
And  foes  yet  fiercer  foes  engage  ; 

Bless'd  be  the  voice,  though  still  and  small, 
That  whispers,  '  God  is  over  all.'  " 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  67. 


631         Meekness  and  patience.  L.  M. 

THOU  Lamb  of  God,  thou  Prince  of  peace, 
For  thee  my  thirsty  soul  doth  pine ; 
My  longing  heart  implores  thy  grace ; 
O  make  me  in  thy  likeness  shine. 


2  When  pain  o'er  my  weak  flesh  prevails, 
With  lamb-like  patience  arm  my  breast; 

When  grief  my  wounded  soul  assails, 
In  lowly  meekness  may  I  rest. 

3  Close  by  thy  side  still  may  I  keep, 
Howe'er  life's  various  currents  flow; 

With  steadfast  eye  mark  every  step, 
And  follow  thee  where'er  thou  go. 

4  Thou,  Lord,  the  dreadful  fight  hast  won; 
Alone  thou  hast  the  wine-press  trod ; 

In  me  thy  strengthening  grace  be  shown : 
O  may  I  conquer  through  thy  blood. 

5  So,  when  on  Zion  thou  shalt  stand, 
And  all  heaven's  host  adore  their  King, 

Shall  I  be  found  at  thy  right  hand, 
And,  free  from  pain,  thy  glories  sing. 

C.  F.  RICHTER.      TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

From  the  German,  by  the  Bev.  Christian  Fried- 
rich  Bichter. 
See  No.  394. 

This  second  stanza  is  omitted : 

"With  fraudless,  even,  humble  Mind, 
Thy  Will  in  all  Things  may  I  see : 

In  Love  be  every  Wish  resign'd, 
And  hallow' d  my  whole  Heart  to  thee." 

This  translation  appeared  in  Wesley's  first  hymn 
book,  edited  and  printed  in  America:  Collection  of 
Psalms  and  Hymns.    Charles-Town,  1737. 


633      Comfort  in  the  promises.       L.  M. 

OGOD,  to  thee  we  raise  our  eyes; 
Calm  resignation  we  implore ; 
O  let  no  murmuring  thought  arise, 
But  humbly  let  us  still  adore. 

2  With  meek  submission  may  we  bear 
Each  needful  cross  thou  shalt  ordain; 

Nor  think  our  trials  too  severe, 
Nor  dare  thy  justice  to  arraign. 

3  For  though  mysterious  now  thy  ways 
To  erring  mortals  may  appear, 

Hereafter  we  thy  name  shall  praise 
For  all  our  keenest  sufferings  here. 

4  Thy  needful  help,  O  God,  afford, 
Nor  let  us  sink  in  deep  despair; 

Aid  us  to  trust  thy  sacred  word, 

And  find  our  sweetest  comfort  there. 

CHARLOTTE  RICHARDSON. 

The  original  title  was:  After  the  Death  of  My 
Bear  Husband. 


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It  was  written  in  the  first  person  : 

uMy  God,  to  thee  /  raise  mine  eyes," 

and  so  on  throughout  the  hymn.  The  only 
other  change  is  in  verse  four,  line  one  : 

"  JYow,  Lord,  thy  needful  aid  afford." 

From  the  author's  Poems,  Written  on  Different 
Occasions,  1806. 

In  the  preface  the  editor  says  :  "  Charlotte  Smith 
was  born  in  the  year  1775  under  circumstances  the 
most  unfavorable  ;  and  it  is  probable  that  whatever 
in  her  character  or  subsequent  conduct  may  have 
been  deserving  of  praise,  has  owed  its  origin  to  relig- 
ious impressions  early  made  upon  her  mind  by  the 
pious  conductors  of  a  Sunday-school." 

She  had  some  small  educational  advantages  in  a 
charity  school,  but  at  the  age  of  sixteen  went  out 
to  service.  In  1802  she  married  a  Mr.  Richardson, 
and  two  years  later  was  widowed.  Her  Poems 
(thirty-seven  pieces)  were  published  by  subscrip- 
tion. They  show  but  little  poetic  talent,  yet  mani- 
fest true  piety  and  great  trust  in  God. 


633       Believers  encouraged.  S.  M. 

YOUR  harps,  ye  trembling  saints, 
Down  from  the  willows  take ; 
Loud  to  the  praise  of  love  divine 
Bid  every  string  awake. 

2  Though  in  a  foreign  land, 
We  are  not  far  from  home ; 

And  nearer  to  our  house  above 
We  every  moment  come. 

3  His  grace  will  to  the  end 
Stronger  and  brighter  shine ; 

Nor  present  things,  nor  things  to  come, 
Shall  quench  the  spark  divine. 

4  When  we  in  darkness  walk, 
Nor  feel  the  heavenly  flame, 

Then  is  the  time  to  trust  our  God, 
And  rest  upon  his  name. 

5  Soon  shall  our  doubts  and  fears 
Subside  at  his  control ; 

His  loving-kindness  shall  break  through 
The  midnight  of  the  soul. 

6  Blest  is  the  man,  O  God, 
That  stays  himself  on  thee ; 

Who  wait  for  their  salvation,  Lord, 
Shall  thy  salvation  see. 

AUGUSTUS  M.  TOPLADY. 


Title  :  Weak  Believers  Encouraged. 
Part  of  a  hymn  of  eight  double  stanzas. 


These 


verses  are  the  first,  the  first  half  of  the  second, 


the  fourth,  and  the  last  half  of  the  eighth,  verba- 
tim. 

The  whole  poem  can  be  found  in  the  author's 
Works,  or  in  The  Poetical  Remains  of  Toplady,  pub- 
lished by  Daniel  Sedgwick.    London,  1860. 

See  No.  415. 


634  With  Christ.  S,  M. 

JESUS,  one  word  from  thee 
Fills  my  sad  soul  with  peace : 
My  griefs  are  like  a  tossing  sea ; 
They  hear  thy  voice  and  cease. 

2  Soon  as  thy  pitying  face 
Shone  through  my  stormy  fears, 

The  storm  swept  by,  nor  left  a  trace, 
Save  the  sweet  dew  of  tears. 

3  And  when  thou  call'st  me,  Lord, 
Where  thickest  dangers  be, 

Even  the  waves  a  path  afford ; 
I  walk  the  waves  with  thee. 

4  With  thee  within  my  bark 

I'll  dare  death's  threatening  tide, 
Nor  count  the  passage  strange  or  dark 
With  Jesus  by  my  side. 

5  Dear  Lord,  thy  faithful  grace 
I  know  and  I  adore  : 

What  shall  it  be  to  see  thy  face 
In  heaven  for  evermore! 

HEKVEY  D.  GANSE. 


Written  in  1872,  and  published  first  in  the  New 
York,  Observer.  It  was  afterward  published  in 
Hymns  and  Sonqs  of  Praise,  edited  by  Drs.  Hitch- 
cock, Eddy,  and  Schatf,  1874. 

It  is  unaltered  and  complete. 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  283. 


635      In  the  Saviour's  care.     S.  M. 

MY  spirit,  on  thy  care, 
Blest  Saviour,  I  recline ; 
hou  wilt  not  leave  me  to  despair, 
For  thou  art  Love  divine. 


2  In  thee  I  place  my  trust, 
On  thee  I  calmly  rest; 

I  know  thee  good,  I  know  thee  just, 
And  count  thy  choice  the  best. 

3  Whate'er  events  betide, 
Thy  will  they  all  perform ; 

Safe  in  thy  breast  my  head  I  hide, 
Nor  fear  the  coming  storm. 


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4  Let  good  or  ill  befall, 

It  must  be  good  for  me ; 
Secure  of  having  thee  in  all, 

Of  having  all  in  thee. 

HENRY  F.  LYTE. 

Written  upon  Psalm  xxxi : 

"  In  thee,  0  Lord,  do  I  put  my  trust ;  let  me 
never  be  ashamed,"  etc. 

Unaltered.  From  The  Spirit  of  the  Psalms,  (third 
edition,  1864.) 

For  biographical  sketch  of  the  author  see 
No.  27. 


636        Walking  by  faith.  S.  M. 

IF,  on  a  quiet  sea, 
Toward  heaven  we  calmly  sail, 
With  grateful  hearts,  O  God,  to  thee, 
We'll  own  the  favoring  gale. 

2  But  should  the  surges  rise, 
And  rest  delay  to  come, 

Blest  be  the  tempest,  kind  the  storm, 
Which  drives  us  nearer  home. 

3  Soon  shall  our  doubts  and  fears 
All  yield  to  thy  control ; 

Thy  tender  mercies  shall  illume 
The  midnight  of  the  soul. 

4  Teach  us,  in  every  state, 
To  make  thy  will  our  own ; 

And  when  the  joys  of  sense  depart, 
To  live  by  faith  alone. 

AUGUSTUS  M.  TOPLADY,  ALT. 

Part  of  the  hymn  from  which  No.  633  is  taken. 

This  hymn  is  made  up  of  the  last  part  of  the  sec- 
ond stanza,  first  half  of  the  third,  last  half  of  the 
fourth,  and  the  last  half  of  the  fifth — all  of  them 
altered. 

Obiginal  Stanzas. 

1  "  Fastened  within  the  vail, 
Hope  be  your  anchor  strong  ; 

His  loving  Spirit  the  sweet  gale, 
That  wafts  you  smooth  along. 

2  "  Or  should  the  surges  rise, 
And  peace  delay  to  come  ; 

Blest  is  the  sorrow,  kind  the  storm 
That  drives  us  nearer  home. 

3  "  Soon  shall  our  doubts  and  fears, 
Subside  at  his  control : 

His  loving -kindness  shall  break  through 
The  midnight  of  the  soul. 


4  "  Yet  learn  in  every  state, 

To  make  his  will  your  own, 
And  when  the  joys  of  sense  depart, 

To  walk  by  faith  alone." 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  first  stanza  is  almost  en- 
tirely new,  and  that  there  are  a  number  of  word- 
changes  in  the  others.  This  was  done  by  some 
hymn-book  editor. 

For  biography  of  Toplady,  see  No.  415. 


637  s.m. 

My  times  are  in  Thy  hand.  Psa.  xxxi,  15. 

1\/TY  times  are  in  thy  hand: " 
1VX  My  God,  I  wish  them  there ; 
My  life,  my  friends,  my  soul,  I  leave 
Entirely  to  thy  care. 

2  "My  times  are  in  thy  hand," 
Whatever  they  may  be ; 

Pleasing  or  painful,  dark  or  bright, 
As  best  may  seem  to  thee. 

3  "My  times  are  in  thy  hand ;  " 
Why  should  I  doubt  or  fear? 

My  Father's  hand  w^ill  never  cause 
His  child  a  needless  tear. 

4  "My  times  are  in  thy  hand, 
Jesus,  the  crucified ! 

The  hand  my  cruel  sins  had  pierced 
Is  now  my  guard  and  guide. 

5  "My  times  are  in  thy  hand;  " 
I'll  always  trust  in  thee ; 

And,  after  death,  at  thy  right  hand 
I  shall  forever  be. 

WILLIAM  F.  LLOYD. 

One  stanza,  the  fifth,  has  been  omitted : 

5  "  '  My  times  are  in  thy  hand : ' 

Jesus,  my  Advocate  : 
Nor  shall  Thine  hand  be  stretched  in  vain, 

For  me  to  supplicate." 

From  the  author's  Thoughts  in  Rhyme,  1830. 

William  Freeman  Lloyd  was  an  English  layman, 
an  enthusiastic  Sunday-school  worker,  and  editor 
of  literature  for  the  young.  He  lived  from  1791 
until  1853. 


638        Through  death  to  life.         S.  M. 

OWHAT.  if  we  are  Christ's, 
Is  earthly  shame  or  loss? 
Bright  shall  the  crown  of  glory  be, 
When  we  have  borne  the  cross. 


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2  Keen  was  the  trial  once, 
Bitter  the  cup  of  woe, 

When  martyred  saints,  baptized  in  blood, 
Christ's  sufferings  shared  below. 

3  Bright  is  their  glory  now, 
Boundless  their  joy  above, 

Where,  on  the  bosom  of  their  God, 
They  rest  in  perfect  love. 

4  Lord,  may  that  grace  be  ours, 
Like  them  in  faith  to  bear 

All  that  of  sorrow,  grief,  or  pain, 
May  be  our  portion  here. 

5  Enough,  if  thou  at  last 
The  word  of  blessing  give, 

And  let  us  rest  before  thy  throne, 
Where  saints  and  angels  live. 

Sill  HENRY  W.  BAKER. 

"  I  reckon  that  the  sufferings  of  this  present  time 
are  not  worthy  to  be  compared  with  the  glory  which 
shall  oerevealed  in  us."  Rom.  viii,  18. 

The  hymn  closes  with  this  doxology  : 

"All  glory,  Lord,  to  Thee, 

Whom  heaven  and  earth  adore ; 
To  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
One  God  for  evermore."  Amen. 

Written  in  1852. 

Contributed  to  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,  1861. 
See  No.  91. 


639  No  cause  for  fear.  7,  6. 

GOD  is  my  strong  salvation ; 
What  foe  have  I  to  fear? 
In  darkness  and  temptation, 

My  light,  my  help,  is  near: 
Though  hosts  encamp  around  me, 

Firm  in  the  fight  I  stand ; 
What  terror  can  confound  me, 
With -God  at  my  right  hand! 

2  Place  on  the  Lord  reliance; 

My  soul,  with  courage  wait  ; 
His  truth  be  thine  affiance, 

When  faint  and  desolate ; 
His  might  thy  heart  shall  strengthen, 

His  love  thy  joy  increase; 
Mercy  thy  days  shall  lengthen; 

The  Lord  will  give  thee  peace. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

This  excellent  hymn  is  founded  on  the  first  part 
of  Psa.  xxvii : 

"  The  Lord  is  my  light  and  my  salvation  ;  whom 
shall  1  fear  ?  the  Lord  is  the  strength  of  my  life  ; 


of  whom  shall  I  be  afraid  ?  When  the  wicked,  even 
mine  enemies  and  my  foes,  came  upon  me  to  eat  up 
my  fiesh,  they  stumbled  and  fell.  Though  a  host 
should  encamp  against  me,  my  heart  shall  not  fear : 
though  war  should  rise  against  me,  in  this  will  I  be 
confident." 

In  the  fifth  line  of  the  second  stanza,  the  original 
has  "  thine  heart." 

From  Songs  of  Zion,  1822. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  5. 


640   The  pilgrims  of  Jesus  7,  6. 

0 HAPPY  band  of  pilgrims, 
If  onward  ye  will  tread, 
With  Jesus  as  your  Fellow, 

To  Jesus  as  your  Head ! 
O  happy,  if  ye  labor 

As  Jesus  did  for  men; 
O  happy,  if  ye  hunger 
As  Jesus  hungered  then ! 

2  The  cross  that  Jesus  carried 
He  carried  as  your  due : 

The  crown  that  Jesus  weareth 

He  weareth  it  for  you. 
The  faith  by  which  ye  see  him, 

The  hope  in  which  ye  yearn, 
The  love  that  through  all  trouble 

To  him  alone  will  turn, — 

3  What  are  they  but  forerunners 
To  lead  you  to  his  sight? 

What  are  they  save  the  effluence 

Of  uncreated  Light? 
The  trials  that  beset  you, 

The  sorrows  ye  endure, 
The  manifold  temptations 

That  death  alone  can  cure, — 

4  What  are  they  but  his  jewels 
Of  right  celestial  worth? 

What  are  they  but  the  ladder, 
Set  up  to  heaven  on  earth? 

O  happy  band  of  pilgrims, 
Look  upward  to  the  skies, 

Where  such  a  light  affliction 
Shall  win  so  great  a  prize. 

JOSEPH  OF  THE  STUDIUM. 
TR.  BY  J.  M.  NEALE. 

From  Hymns  of  the  Eastern  Church.  London, 
1862. 

One  word  has  been  changed,  the  original  has 
"  vaunt-couriers  "  in  the  first  line  of  the  third  stanza 
instead  of  "forerunners." 

Joseph  of  the  Studium  was  a  Greek  monk  of  the 
ninth  century.  Dr.  Neale  relates  the  following 
legend  concerning  his  death : 

"  A  citizen  of  Constantinople  betook  himself  to 


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the  Church  of  Saint  Theodore,  in  the  hope  of  ob- 
taining some  benefit  from  the  intercessions  of  that 
martyr.  He  waited  three  days  in  vain  ;  then,  just 
as  he  was  about  to  leave  the  church  in  despair, 
Saint  Theodore  appeared.  '  I,'  said  the  vision, 
'and  the  other  saints,  whom  the  poet  Joseph  has 
celebrated  in  his  Canons,  have  been  attending  his 
soul  to  Paradise,  hence  my  absence  from  my 
church.' " 


641        Peace  and  joy  7,  6. 

SOMETIMES  a  light  surprises 
The  Christian  while  he  sings ; 
It  is  the  Lord  who  rises 

With  healing  on  his  wings ; 
When  comforts  are  declining, 

He  grants  the  soul  again 
A  season  of  clear  shining, 
To  cheer  it  after  rain. 

2  In  holy  contemplation, 
We  sweetly  then  pursue 

The  theme  of  God's  salvation, 

And  find  it  ever  new : 
Set  free  from  present  sorrow, 

We  cheerfully  can  say, 
Let  the  unknown  to-morrow 

Bring  with  it  what  it  may. 

3  It  can  bring  with  it  nothing 
But  he  will  bear  us  through ; 

Who  gives  the  lilies  clothing, 
Will  clothe  his  people  too ; 

Beneath  the  spreading  heavens 
No  creature  but  is  fed ; 

And  he  who  feeds  the  ravens 
Will  give  his  children  bread. 

4  Though  vine  nor  fig-tree  neither 
Their  wonted  fruit  should  bear, 

Though  all  the  fields  should  wither, 
Nor  flocks  nor  herds  be  there ; 

Yet  God  the  same  abiding, 

His  praise  shall  tune  my  voice ; 

For  while  in  him  confiding, 
I  cannot  but  rejoice. 

WILLIAM  COWFER. 

Title :  Joy  and  Peace  in  Believing. 

This  is  not  a  hymn,  strictly  speaking,  but  it  is  a 
very  fine  little  poem.  It  is  from  the  Olney  Hymns, 
1779.    Sometimes  it  is  accredited  to  John  Newton. 

The  Olney  Hymns  were  composed  by  Newton 
and  Cowper,  and  edited  by  Newton,  who  desig- 
nated Cowper's  hymns  by  prefixing  the  letter  C.  to 
them.  In  most  editions  of  the  Olney  Hymns  we 
find  this  piece  so  marked ;  but  in  John  Newton's 
Works,  published  about  ten  years  before  his  death, 
(second  edition,  1816,  about  ten  years  after  he  died,) 
this  hymn  has  no  C.  prefixed  to  it.    This  may  be  a 


typographical  error.  If  so,  it  is  strange  that  it  was 
not  corrected  in  the  second  edition. 

The  third  stanza  contains  happy  allusions  to 
Christ's  Sermon  on  the  Mount,  Matt,  vi,  and  the 
last  stanza  is  a  successful  paraphrase  of  Hab. 
hi,  17,  18. 

One  line  has  been  altered,  verse  two,  line  seven. 
The  author  wrote : 

"  E'en  let  the  unknown  to-morrow." 


642  I  will fear  no  change.  7,  6„ 

IN  heavenly  love  abiding, 
No  change  my  heart  shall  fear; 
And  safe  is  such  confiding, 

For  nothing  changes  here. 
The  storm  may  roar  without  me, 

My  heart  may  low  be  laid, 
But  God  is  round  about  me, 
And  can  I  be  dismayed? 

2  Wherever  he  may  guide  me, 
No  want  shall  turn  me  back ; 

My  Shepherd  is  beside  me, 

And  nothing  can  I  lack. 
His  wisdom  ever  waketh, 

His  sight  is  never  dim, 
He  knows  the  way  he  taketh, 

And  I  will  walk  with  him. 

3  Green  pastures  are  before  me, 
Which  yet  I  have  not  seen ; 

Bright  skies  will  soon  be  o'er  me, 
Where  darkest  clouds  have  been. 

My  hope  I  cannot  measure, 
My  path  to  life  is  free, 

My  Saviour  has  my  treasure, 
And  he  will  walk  with  me. 

ANNA  L.  WARING. 

"  I  will  fear  no  evil ;  for  thou  art  with  me."  Psa. 
xxiii,  4. 

Miss  Waring's  hymns  are  characterized  by  sim- 
plicity, beauty,  and  a  rational,  child-like  faith.  This 
is  unaltered  and  entire. 

From  Hymns  and  Meditations.  London,  1850. 

See  No.  510. 


643  The  cross  accepted.  8,  1. 

JESUS,  I  my  cross  have  taken, 
All  to  leave,  and  follow  thee; 
Naked,  poor,  despised,  forsaken, 

Thou,  from  hence,  my  all  shalt  be : 
Perish  every  fond  ambition, 

All  I've  sought,  and  hoped,  and  known; 
Yet  how  rich  is  my  condition, 

God  and  heaven  are  still  my  own ! 


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2  Let  the  world  despise  and  leave  me, 
They  have  left  my  Saviour,  too; 

Human  hearts  and  looks  deceive  me ; 

Thou  art  not,  like  man,  untrue ; 
And,  while  thou  shalt  smile  upon  me, 

God  of  wisdom,  love,  and  might, 
Foes  may  hate,  and  friends  may  shun  me ; 

Show  thy  face,  and  all  is  bright. 

3  Go,  then,  earthly  fame  and  treasure ! 
Come,  disaster,  scorn,  and  pain ! 

In  thy  service,  pain  is  pleasure ; 

With  thy  favor,  loss  is  gain. 
I  have  called  thee,  11  Abba,  Father;  " 

I  have  stayed  my  heart  on  thee : 
Storms  may  howl,  and  clouds  may  gather, 

All  must  work  for  good  to  me. 

4  Man  may  trouble  and  distress  me, 
'Twill  but  drive  me  to  thy  breast ; 

Life  with  trials  hard  may  press  me, 
Heaven  will  bring  me  sweeter  rest. 

O  'tis  not  in  grief  to  harm  me, 
While  thy  love  is  left  to  me ; 

O  'twere  not  in  joy  to  charm  me, 
Were  that  joy  unmixed  with  thee. 

5  Know,  my  soul,  thy  full  salvation ; 
Rise  o'er  sin,  and  fear,  and  care ; 

Joy  to  find  in  every  station 

Something  still  to  do  or  bear. 
Think  what  Spirit  dwells  within  thee ; 

What  a  Father's  smile  is  thine ; 
What  a  Saviour  died  to  win  thee : 

Child  of  heaven,  shouldst  thou  repine? 

6  Haste  thee  on  from  grace  to  glory, 
Armed  by  faith,  and  winged  by  prayer ; 

Heaven's  eternal  day's  before  thee, 

God's  own  hand  shall  guide  thee  there. 

Soon  shall  close  thy  earthly  mission, 
Swift  shall  pass  thy  pilgrim  days, 

Hope  shall  change  to  glad  fruition, 
Faith  to  sight,  and  prayer  to  praise. 

HENRY  F.  LYTE. 

Title :  Lo,  we  have  left  all  and  followed  Thee. 

This  favorite  hymn  appeared  in  Montgomery's 
Christian  Psalmist  (1825)  without  the  name  of  the 
author.    He  doubtless  found  it  in  some  periodical. 

The  third  line  of  verse  one  the  author  wrote : 

"  Destitute,  despised,  forsaken." 

And  the  first  line  of  the  fifth  verse  was : 
"  Take  my  soul,  thy  full  savation." 

From  Poems,  Chiefly  Religious,  by  Henry  Francis 
Lyte.    London,  1833. 
See  No.  27. 


644  Only  waiting.  8,  7. 

ONLY  waiting,  till  the  shadows 
Are  a  little  longer  grown : 
Only  waiting,  till  the  glimmer 

Of  the  day's  last  beam  is  flown ; 
Till  the  light  of  earth  is  faded 

From  the  hearts  once  full  of  day; 
Till  the  stars  of  heaven  are  breaking 
Through  the  twilight  soft  and  gray. 

2  Only  waiting,  till  the  reapers 
Have  the  last  sheaf  gathered  home ; 

For  the  summer-time  is  faded, 

And  the  autumn  winds  have  come. 

Quickly,  reapers,  gather  quickly 
These  last  ripe  hours  of  my  heart, 

For  the  bloom  of  life  is  withered, 
And  I  hasten  to  depart. 

3  Only  waiting,  till  the  shadows 
Are  a  little  longer  grown : 

Only  waiting,  till  the  glimmer 
Of  the  day's  last  beam  is  flown. 

Then,  from  out  the  gathered  darkness 
Holy,  deathless  stars  shall  rise, 

By  whose  light  my  soul  shall  gladly 
Tread  its  pathway  to  the  skies. 

FRANCES  L.  MACE. 

This  fine  hymn  was  written  in  1854,  and  first 
published  in  the  Waterville  Mail,  a  local  paper  in 
Maine,  Sept.  7,  1854.  The  author  was  then  a 
school-girl,  and  contributed  to  the  poet's  corner  of 
this  paper  under  the  nom  de  plume  of  "  Inez."  It 
was  widely  copied,  and  appeared  in  various  hymn 
books  as  "  Anon."  A  few  years  ago  an  inquiry 
was  made  as  to  the  authorship,  and  Mrs.  Mace  ac- 
knowledged it. 

The  title  and  burden  of  the  poem  are  not  original 
with  the  author.  A  poor  old  man  in  an  almshouse 
being  asked  what  he  was  doing  now,  replied,  "  Only 
waiting."  Mrs.  Mace  heard  of  this,  and  based  the 
poem  upon  it.  Several  lines  have  been  slightly 
altered,  and  one  stanza,  the  third, has  been  omitted: 

•  3  "  Only  waiting  till  the  angels 

Open  wide  the  mystic  gate, 
At  whose  feet  I  long  have  lingered 

Weary,  poor,  and  desolate ; 
Even  now  I  hear  their  footsteps, 

And  their  voices  far  away, 
If  they  call  me  I  am  waiting, 

Only  waiting  to  obey." 

The  author  writes :  "  Nothing  was  further  from 
my  thoughts,  when  I  sent  these  simple  lines  to  the 
Waterville  Mail,  than  that  they  would  ever  receive 
more  than  a  passing  notice  of  the  readers  of  that 
paper." 

Miss  Frances  Laughton  was  born  in  Orono, 
Maine,  in  1836.  In  1855  she  was  married  to  Beni. 
H.  Mace,  Esq.,  a  lawyer  of  Bangor.  A  dainty  vol- 
ume of  Mrs.  Mace's  poems,  entitled  Legends,  Lyrics, 
and  Sonnets,  was  published  in  Boston  in  1883. 


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64:5  In  deep  affliction.  8,  7. 

FULL  of  trembling  expectation, 
Feeling  much,  and  fearing  more, 
Mighty  God  of  my  salvation, 
I  thy  timely  aid  implore. 

2  Suffering  Son  of  man,  be  near  me, 
In  my  sufferings  to  sustain ; 

By  thy  sorer  griefs  to  cheer  me, 
By  thy  more  than  mortal  pain. 

3  By  thy  most  severe  temptation 
In  that  dark  Satanic  hour, 

By  thy  last  mysterious  passion, 

Screen  me  from  the  adverse  power. 

4  By  thy  fainting  in  the  garden, 
By  thy  dreadful  death,  I  pray, 

Write  upon  my  heart  the  pardon ; 
Take  my  sins  and  fears  away. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  author's  title  was :  For  a  Woman  Near  the 
Time  of  her  Travail. 

Eour  double  stanzas,  the  second  and  fourth 
are  omitted. 

The  second  line  in  the  last  stanza  Wesley  wrote  : 

"  By  Thy  bloody  sweat  I  pray." 

From  Hymns  for  the  Use  of  Families.  Bristol, 
1767. 


646  Gently  lead  us,  8,  7,  4. 

GENTLY,  Lord,  O  gently  lead  us 
Through  this  gloomy  vale  of  tears ; 
And,  O  Lord,  in  mercy  give  us 
Thy  rich  grace  in  all  our  fears. 

O  refresh  us, 
Traveling  through  this  wilderness. 

2  When  temptation's  darts  assail  us, 
When  in  devious  paths  we  stray, 

Let  thy  goodness  never  fail  us, 
Lead  us  in  thy  perfect  way. 

3  In  the  hour  of  pain  and  anguish, 

In  the  hour  when  death  draws  near, 
Suffer  not  our  hearts  to  languish, 
Suffer  not  our  souls  to  fear. 

4  When  this  mortal  life  is  ended, 
Bid  us  in  thine  arms  to  rest, 

Till,  by  angel-bands  attended, 
We  awake  among  the  blest. 

THOMAS  HASTINGS. 

Author's  title :  Pilgrimage. 
This  hymn  first  appeared  in  Spiritual  Songs  for 
Social  Worship.    Words  and  music  arranged  by 


Thomas  Hastings,  of  Utica,  and  Lowell  Mason,  of 
Boston.    Utica,  1832. 

As  then  published,  the  hymn  had  no  refrain. 
The  first  stanza  has  been  changed  from  this  form  : 

"  Gently,  Lord,  0  gently  lead  us 
Through  this  lonely  vale  of  tears  • 

TJirough  the  changes  thou'st  decreed  us 
Till  our  last  great  change  appears*" 

The  last  stanza  began : 

"  And  when  mortal  life  is  ended." 

The  rest  is  verbatim. 
See  No.  177. 


64:7    Worldly  pleasures  renounced.  8,7. 

YAIN  are  all  terrestrial  pleasures; 
Mixed  with  dross  the  purest  gold ; 
Seek  we,  then,  for  heavenly  treasures, 

Treasures  never  waxing  old. 
Let  our  best  affections  center 

On  the  things  around  the  throne : 
There  no  thief  can  ever  enter ; 

Moth  and  rust  are  there  unknown. 

2  Earthly  joys  no  longer  please  us ; 
Here  would  we  renounce  them  all ; 

Seek  our  only  rest  in  Jesus, 
Him  our  Lord  and  Master  call. 

Faith,  our  languid  spirits  cheering, 
Points  to  brighter  worlds  above ; 

Bids  us  look  for  his  appearing ; 
Bids  us  triumph  in  his  love. 

3  May  our  lights  be  always  burning, 
And  our  loins  be  girded  round, 

Waiting  for  our  Lord's  returning, 
Longing  for  the  welcome  sound. 

Thus  the  Christian  life  adorning, 
Never  need  we  be  afraid, 

Should  he  come  at  night  or  morning, 
Early  dawn,  or  evening  shade. 

DAVID  E.  FORD. 

Title  :  The  Watchful  Servants. 
It  was  written  upon  Luke  xii,  35-40. 
A  few  changes  have  been  made  by  the  hymn 
editors. 

The  Eev.  David  Everard  Ford  was  an  English 
Congregational  minister,  ordained  in  1821.  In  1828 
he  published  his  Hymns  chiefly  on  the  Parables  of 
Christ,  from  which  this  is  taken. 


648      The  pilgrim's  Guide.      L.  M.  6  1. 

LEADER  of  faithful  souls,  and  Guide 
Of  all  that  travel  to  the  sky, 
Come  and  with  us,  e'en  us,  abide, 
Who  would  on  thee  alone  rely; 
On  thee  alone  our  spirits  stay, 
While  held  in  life's'  uneven  way. 


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2  Strangers  and  pilgrims  here  below, 
This  earth,  we  know,  is  not  our  place; 

But  hasten  through  the  vale  of  woe, 

And,  restless  to  behold  thy  face, 
Swift  to  our  heavenly  country  move, 
Our  everlasting  home  above. 

3  We've  no  abiding  city  here, 
But  seek  a  city  out  of  sight; 

Thither  our  steady  course  we  steer, 

Aspiring  to  the  plains  of  light, 
Jerusalem,  the  saints'  abode, 
Whose  founder  is  the  living  God. 

4  Patient  the  appointed  race  to  run, 
This  weary  world  we  cast  behind ; 

From  strength  to  strength  we  travel  on, 

The  New  Jerusalem  to  find : 
Our  labor  this,  our  only  aim, 
To  find  the  New  Jerusalem. 

5  Through  thee,   who  all  our  sins  hast 

borne, 

Freely  and  graciously  forgiven, 
With  songs  to  Zion  we  return, 

Contending  for  our  native  heaven ; 
That  palace  of  our  glorious  King, — 
We  find  it  nearer  while  we  sing. 

6  Raised  by  the  breath  of  love  divine, 

We  urge  our  way   with  strength  re- 
newed ; 

The  church  of  the  first-born  to  join, 

We  travel  to  the  mount  of  God ; 
With  joy  upon  our  heads  arise, 
And  meet  our  Saviour  in  the  skies. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Original  title :  The  Traveler. 
Two  stanzas,  the  fifth  and  seventh,  have  been 
omitted : 

5  "  Thither  in  all  our  thoughts  we  tend, 
And  still  with  longing  eyes  look  up, 

Our  hearts  and  prayers  before  us  send, 
Our  ready  scouts  of  faith  and  hope, 

Who  bring  us  news  of  Sion  near, 

We  soon  shall  see  the  towers  appear." 

7  "  Even  now  we  taste  the  pleasures  there, 

A  cloud  of  spicy  odors  comes, 
Soft  wafted  by  the  balmy  air, 

Sweeter  than  Araby's  perfumes ; 
From  Sion's  top  the  breezes  blow, 
And  cheer  us  in  the  vale  below." 

In  the  last  line  of  the  hymn  the  author  wrote 
"  Captain''''  instead  of"  Saviour." 

From  Hymns  for  TJwse  that  Seelc  and  Those  that 
Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 
London,  1747. 


649  Steadfast  reliance.  L.  M.  6  1. 

niHOUGH  waves  and  storms  go  o'er  my 
J_  head, 
Though  strength,  and  health,  and  friends 

be  gone ; 

Though  joys  be  withered  all,  and  dead, 
Though  every  comfort  be  withdrawn ; 
On  this  my  steadfast  soul  relies, — 
Father,  thy  mercy  never  dies. 

2  Fixed  on  this  ground  will  I  remain, 
Though  my  heart  fail,  and  flesh  decay ; 

This  anchor  shall  my  soul  sustain, 
When  earth's  foundations  melt  away ; 

Mercy's  full  power  I  then  shall  prove, 

Loved  with  an  everlasting'  love. 

JOHANN  A.  ROTHE. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

These  were  the  last  two  stanzas  of  No.  420, 
(which  see,)  until  the  1849  edition  of  the  hymn 
book,  and  were  printed  with  it. 

The  translation  was  first  published  in  Hymns  and 
Sacred  Poems,  1740. 

These  stanzas  have  not  been  altered. 


650     The  ever-present  Saviour.     L.  M.  6  1. 

JESUS,  to  thee  our  hearts  we  lift, — 
Our  hearts  with  love  to  thee  o'er- 
flow, — 

With  thanks  for  thy  continued  gift, 

That  still  thy  gracious  name  we  know, 
Retain  our  sense  of  sin  forgiven, 
And  wait  for  all  our  inward  heaven. 

2  What  mighty  troubles  hast  thou  shown 
Thy  feeble,  tempted  followers  here ! 

We  have  through  fire  and  water  gone, 

But  saw  thee  on  the  floods  appear, 
And  felt  thee  present  in  the  flame, 
And  shouted  our  Deliverer's  name. 

3  Thou  who  hast  kept  us  to  this  hour, 
O  keep  us  faithful  to  the  end, 

When,  robed  in  majesty  and  power, 

Our  Jesus  shall  from  heaven  descend, 
His  friends  and  witnesses  to  own, 
And  seat  us  on  his  glorious  throne ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  At  Meeting  of  Friends. 

The  original  contains  six  stanzas ;  these  are  the 
first  two  and  the  last. 

Five  lines  were  altered  by  John  Wesley  for  his 
Collection^  1780. 


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Original. 
Verse  one,  line  four : 
"  That  still  thy  precious  name  we  know." 

Verse  three  : 

"  The  grace  which  kept  us  to  this  hour, 
Shall  keep  us  faithful  to  the  end, 

When,  clothed  with  majesty  and  power. 
Our  Jesus  shall  from  heaven  descend, 

His  friends  and  confessors  to  own, 

And  seat  us  on  his  glorious  throne." 

From  the  author's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1749. 


651  I  will  fear  no  evil.  Psa.  xxiii,  4.  L.  M.  6  1. 

PEACE,  doubting  heart !  my  God's  I  am ; 
Who  formed  me  man  forbids  my  fear ; 
The  Lord  hath  called  me  by  my  name ; 

The  Lord  protects,  forever  near : 
His  blood  for  me  did  once  atone, 
And  still  he  loves  and  guards  his  own. 

2  When,  passing  through  the  watery  deep, 
I  ask  in  faith  his  promised  aid, 

The  waves  an  awful  distance  keep, 

And  shrink  from  my  devoted  head : 
Fearless,  their  violence  I  dare ; 
They  cannot  harm,  for  God  is  there ! 

3  To  him  mine  eye  of  faith  I  turn, 
And  through  the  fire  pursue  my  way ; 

The  fire  forgets  its  power  to  burn, 

The  lambent  flames  around  me  play: 
I  own  his  power,  accept  the  sign, 
And  shout  to  prove  the  Saviour  mine. 

4  Still  nigh  me,  O  my  Saviour,  stand, 
And  guard  in  fierce  temptation's  hour ; 

Hide  in  the  hollow  of  thy  hand ; 

Show  forth  in  me  thy  saving  power ; 
Still  be  thy  arms  my  sure  defense, 
Nor  earth,  nor  hell,  shall  pluck  me  thence. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  original  has  seven  stanzas  ;  these  are  the 
Jrst  four,  verbatim.  It  was  inspired  by  a  precious 
passage  from  lsa.,  xliii,  1,  2: 

"  Fear  not :  for  I  have  redeemed  thee,  I  have 
called  thee  by  thy  name ;  thou  art  mine.  When 
thou  passest  through  the  waters,  I  will  be  with 
thee ;  and  through  the  rivers,  they  shall  not  over- 
flow thee:  when  thou  walkest  through  the  fire, 
thou  shalt  not  be  burned ;  neither  shall  the  flame 
kindle  upon  thee." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1739. 


652  Best  for  the  weary.  11,  10. 

COME  unto  me,  when  shadows  darkly 
gather, 

When  the  sad  heart  is  weary  and  dis- 
tressed, 

Seeking  for  comfort  from  your  heavenly  . 
Father, 

Come  unto  me,  and  I  will  give  you  rest. 

2  Large  are  the  mansions  in  thy  father's 

dwelling, 

Glad  are  the  homes  that  sorrows  never 
dim ; 

Sweet  are  the  harps  in  holy  music  swelling, 
Soft  are  the  tones  which  raise  the  heaven- 
ly hymn 

3  There,  like  an  Eden  blossoming  in  glad- 

ness, 

Bloom  the  fair  flowers  the  earth  too  rude- 
ly pressed ; 

Come  unto  me,  all  ye  who  droop  in  sadness, 
Come  unto  me,  and  I  will  give  you  rest. 

CATHARINE  H.  ESLING. 

Author's  title:  Come  Unto  Me. 
The  burden  of  this  beautiful  sacred  poem  is  the 
familiar  invitation  of  Jesus: 

"  Come  unto  me,  all  ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy 
laden,  and  I  will  give  you  rest."  Matt,  xi,  28. 

It  was  written  for  an  annual,  called  the  Christian 
Keepsake,  (1839,)  by  Miss  Catharine  H.  Water- 
man, of  Philadelphia. 

The  original  poem  contains  nine  stanzas.  This 
hymn  is  composed  of  verses  three,  eight,  and  nine, 
slightly  altered. 

Miss  Waterman  was  born  in  1812;  in  1840  she 
married  George  J.  Esling,  of  Philadelphia.  In 
1850  her  poems  were  collected  and  published  under 
the  title:  The  Broken  Bracelet,  and  Other  Poems. 
Mrs.  Esling  claims  connection  with  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church.  This  gem  -of  holy  song  will 
long  preserve  her  name  in  the  Church  of  Christ. 
Mrs.  Esling  died  in  Philadelphia  in  1897. 


653  The  precious  name.  8, 7. 

TAKE  the  name  of  Jesus  with  you, 
Child  of  sorrow  and  of  woe ; 
It  will  joy  and  comfort  give  you; 
Take  it,  then,  where'er  you  go. 
Precious  name,  O  how  sweet! 
Hope  of  earth  and  joy  of  heaven, 

2  Take  the  name  of  Jesus  ever, 
As  a  shield  from  every  snare; 

If  temptations  round  you  gather, 
Breathe  that  holy  name  in  prayer. 


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3  O  the  precious  name  of  Jesus ! 
How  it  thrills  our  souls  with  joy, 

When  his  loving  arms  receive  us, 
And  his  songs  our  tongues  employ ! 

4  At  the  name  of  Jesus  bowing, 
Falling  prostrate  at  his  feet, 

King  of  kings  in  heaven  we'll  crown  him, 
When  our  journey  is  complete. 

MRS.  LYDIA  BAXTER. 

Mrs.  Baxter,  the  writer  of  "  There  is  a  gate  that 
stands  ajar,"  and  other  popular  hymns,  was  born 
in  Petersburg,  N.  Y.,  in  1809.  She  was  converted 
early  in  life,  and  united  with  a  Baptist  ehurch. 
Later  in  life  she  resided  in  New  York  city;  was  an 
invalid  for  many  years,  but  a  patient  and  cheerful 
sufferer.    She  died  in  1874. 

A  volume  of  her  poems,  Gems  by  the  Wayside,  was 
published  in  1855. 


654       Jesus,  as  thou  wilt  6. 

MY  Jesus,  as  thou  wilt : 
O  may  thy  will  be  mine ; 
Into  thy  hand  of  love 

I  would  my  all  resign. 
Through  sorrow  or  through  joy, 

Conduct  me  as  thine  own, 
And  help  me  still  to  say, 

"  My  Lord,  thy  will  be  done." 

2  My  Jesus,  as  thou  wilt : 
Though  seen  through  many  a  tear, 

Let  not  my  star  of  hope 

Grow  dim  or  disappear. 
Since  thou  on  earth  hast  wept 

And  sorrowed  oft  alone, 
If  I  must  weep  with  thee, 

My  Lord,  thy  will  be  done. 

3  My  Jesus,  as  thou  wilt : 
All  shall  be  well  for  me; 

Each  changing  future  scene 

I  gladly  trust  with  thee. 
Straight  to  my  home  above, 

I  travel  calmly  on, 
And  sing  in  life  or  death, 

"  My  Lord,  thy  will  be  done." 

BENJAMIN  SCHMOLKE. 
TR.  BY  MISS  J.  BORTHWICK. 

Title  :  Thy  Will  he  Done. 

"  It  is  the  Lord:  let  him  do  what  seemeth  him 
good."  1  Sam.  iii,  18. 

The  translation  is  from  Hymns  from  the  Land  of 
Luther.  Edinburgh,  1853.  Seven  stanzas  ;  these 
are  the  first,  fourth,  and  last,  verbatim. 

For  sketch  of  translator,  see  No.  352. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Schmolke,  see  No.  228. 


655  e. 

Christian  trial,  suffering,  and  submission. 

THY  way,  not  mine,  O  Lord, 
However  dark  it  be ! 
Lead  me  by  thine  own  hand ; 
Choose  out  the  path  for  me. 

1  dare  not  choose  my  lot ; 
I  would  not  if  I  might ; 

Choose  thou  for  me,  my  God, 
So  shall  I  walk  aright. 

2  The  kingdom  that  I  seek 
Is  thine ;  so  let  the  way 

That  leads  to  it  be  thine, 

Else  I  must  surely  stray. 
Take  thou  my  cup,  and  it 

With  joy  or  sorrow  fill, 
As  best  to  thee  may  seem; 

Choose  thou  my  good  and  ill. 

3  Choose  thou  for  me  my  friends, 
My  sickness  or  my  health ; 

Choose  thou  my  cares  for  me, 

My  poverty  or  wealth. 
Not  mine,  not  mine  the  choice, 

In  things  or  great  or  small ; 
Be  thou  my  guide,  my  strength, 

My  wdsdom  and  my  all. 

HORATIUS  BONAR. 

Author's  title :  Thy  Way  not  Mine. 

Seven  four-lined  stanzas ;  the  second  is  omitted  : 

"  Smooth  let  it  be,  or  rough, 

It  will  be  still  the  best, 
Winding  or  straight,  it  matters  not, 

It  leads  me  to  thy  rest." 

From  Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope,  first  series, 
1857.  Unaltered. 
For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  426. 


656  The  only  refuge.  7, 

JESUS,  Lover  of  my  soul, 
Let  me  to  thy  bosom  fly, 
While  the  nearer  waters  roll, 

While  the  tempest  still  is  high ! 
Hide  me,  O  my  Saviour,  hide, 
Till  the  storm  of  life  is  past ; 
Safe  into  the  haven  guide. 
O  receive  my  soul  at  last ! 

2  Other  refuge  have  I  none ; 

Hangs  my  helpless  soul  on  thee : 
Leave,  O  leave  me  not  alone, 

Still  support  and  comfort  me : 
All  my  trust  on  thee  is  stayed, 

All  my  help  from  thee  I  bring ; 
Cover  my  defenseless  head 

With  the  shadow  of  thy  wing! 


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3  Thou,  0  Christ,  art  all  I  want ; 
More  than  all  in  thee  I  find ; 

Raise  the  fallen,  cheer  the  faint, 
Heal  the  sick,  and  lead  the  blind. 

Just  and  holy  is  thy  name, 
I  am  all  unrighteousness : 

False  and  full  of  sin  I  am, 

Thou  art  full  of  truth  and  grace. 

4  Plenteous  grace  with  thee  is  found, 
Grace  to  cover  all  my  sin : 

Let  the  healing  streams  abound ; 

Make  and  keep  me  pure  within. 
Thou  of  life  the  fountain  art, 

Freely  let  me  take  of  thee : 
Spring  thou  up  within  my  heart, 

Rise  to  all  eternity. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  author's  title  is :  In  Temptation. 

This  is  probably  the  most  popular  and  widely 
used  hymn  in  the  English  language.  One  stanza, 
the  third,  has  been  omitted : 

3  "Wilt  Thou  not  regard  my  call  ? 

Wilt  Thou  not  accept  my  prayer  ? 
Lo !  1  sink,  I  faint,  I  fall — 

Lo  on  Thee  I  cast  my  care  : 
Eeach  me  out  Thy  gracious  hand  ! 

While  I  of  Thy  strength  receive, 
Hoping  against  hope  I  stand, 

Dying,  and,  behold,  1  live  ! " 

There  are  several  stories  concerning  the 
origin  of  this  hymn.  One  is  that  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Wesley  brothers  was  broken  up 
by  a  mob.  They  took  refuge  in  a  spring- 
house.  There  the  author,  inspired  by  gratitude 
for  their  providential  escape,  wrote  the  hymn 
with  a  piece  of  lead  which  he  hammered  into  a 
pencil.  Another  is  that  the  writer  was  one  day 
sitting  at  an  open  window,  when  a  little  bird,  pur- 
sued by  a  hawk,  flew  in  and  took  refuge  in  the 
poet's  bosom.  This  incident,  it  is  said,  suggested 
the  hymn.  Neither  of  these  stories  can  be  verified. 
They  are  doubtless  pure  myths.  The  original  title 
gives  us  some  light,  and  the  omitted  stanza,  es- 
pecially in  connection  with  the  first  verse,  shows 
that  some  of  the  imagery  and  language  of  this  hymn 
were  borrowed  from  the  story  of  Peter's  attempt 
to  walk  on  the  Sea  of  Galilee.  Matt,  xiv,  28-31. 
The  author's  genius  and  his  rough  experience  on 
the  Atlantic  account  for  the  rest. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


657         Bliss-inspiring  hope.      C.  P.  M. 

COME  on,  my  partners  in  distress, 
My  comrades  through  the  wilderness, 
Who  still  your  bodies  feel ; 
Awhile  forget  your  griefs  and  fears, 
And  look  beyond  this  vale  of  tears, 
To  that  celestial  hill. 


2  Beyond  the  bounds  of  time  and  space, 
Look  forward  to  that  heavenly  place, 

The  saints'  secure  abode; 
On  faith's  strong  eagle  pinions  rise, 
And  force  your  passage  to  the  skies, 

And  scale  the  mount  of  God. 

3  Who  suffer  with  our  Master  here, 
We  shall  before  his  face  appear 

And  by  his  side  sit  down ; 
To  patient  faith  the  prize  is  sure, 
And  all  that  to  the  end  endure 

The  cross,  shall  wear  the  crown. 

4  Thrice  blessed,  bliss-inspiring  hope! 
It  lifts  the  fainting  spirits  up, 

It  brings  to  life  the  dead : 
Our  conflicts  here  shall  soon  be  past, 
And  you  and  I  ascend  at  last, 

Triumphant  with  our  Head. 

5  That  great  mysterious  Deity 
We  soon  with  open  face  shall  see ; 

The  beatific  sight 
Shall  fill  the  heavenly  courts  with  praise, 
And  wide  diffuse  the  golden  blaze 

Of  everlasting  light. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


This  hymn  was  published  without  a  title.  Two 
words  are  changed.  The  original  has  "  the  vale" 
instead  of  "this  vale"  in  the  first  stanza,  and 
"  happy  place"  instead  of  " heavenly  place "  in 
the  second.  The  third  and  last  two  stanzas  are 
omitted : 

3  "  See  where  the  Lamb  in  glory  stands, 
Encircled  with  His  radiant  bands, 

And  join  the  angelic  powers. 
For  all  that  height  of  glorious  bliss, 
Our  everlasting  portion  is, 

And  all  that  heaven  is  ours." 

7  "The  Father  shining  on  His  throne, 
The  glorious  co-eternal  Son, 

The  Spirit  one  and  seven, 
Conspire  our  rapture  to  complete : 
And,  lo  !  we  fall  before  his  feet, 

And  silence  heightens  heaven. 

8  "  In  Hope  of  that  ecstatic  pause, 
Jesus,  we  now  sustain  Thy  cross, 

And  at  Thy  footstool  fall, 
'Till  Thou  our  hidden  life  reveal, 
'Till  Thou  our  ravish' d  spirits  fill, 

And  God  is  all  in  all." 


From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
vol.  ii.    Bristol,  1749. 


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658 

The  aged  pilgrim.  C.  P.  M. 

THY  mercy  heard  my  infant  prayer ; 
Thy  love,  with  all  a  mother's  care, 
Sustained  my  childish  days : 
Thy  goodness  watched  my  ripening  youth, 
And  formed  my  heart  to  love  thy  truth, 
And  filled  my  lips  with  praise. 

2  And  now,  in  age  and  grief,  thy  name 
Doth  still  my  languid  heart  inflame, 

And  bow  my  faltering  knee : 
O  yet  this  bosom  feels  the  fire ; 
This  trembling  hand  and  drooping  lyre 

Have  yet  a  strain  for  thee ! 

3  Yes;  broken,  tuneless,  still,  O  Lord, 
This  voice,  transported,  shall  record 

Thy  goodness,  tried  so  long ; 
Till,  sinking  slow,  with  calm  decay, 
Its  feeble  murmurs  melt  away 

Into  a  seraph's  song. 

SIR  ROBERT  GRANT. 
Written  upon  Psalm  lxxi. 

This  hymn  is  not  altered,  except  in  the  first  part 
of  the  second  stanza,  which  the  author  wrote : 

"  Then  even  in  age  and  grief,  thy  name 
Shall  still  my  languid  heart  inflame." 

Verses  one  and  three  are  omitted.  They  are  very 
touching : 

1  "  With  years  oppress'd,  with  sorrow  worn, 
Dejected,  harrass'd,  sick,  forlorn, 

To  thee,  O  God,  I  pray: 
To  thee  my  wither'd  hands  arise, 
To  thee  I  lift  these  failing  eyes, 

0  !  cast  me  not  away." 

3  "0,  Saviour!  has  thy  grace  declined? 
Can  years  affect  th'  Eternal  Mind  ? 

Or  time  its  love  decay  ? 
A  thousand  ages  pass  thy  sight, 
And  all  their  long  and  weary  flight, 

Is  gone  like  yesterday." 

From  the  author's  Sacred  Poems,  1839. 
See  No.  140. 


6  5  9        Heavenly  rest  anticipated.       C.  M. 

WHEN  I  can  read  my  title  clear 
To  mansions  in  the  skies, 

1  bid  farewell  to  every  fear, 
And  wipe  my  weeping  eyes. 

2  Should  earth  against  my  soul  engage, 
And  fiery  darts  be  hurled, 

Then  I  can  smile  at  Satan's  rage, 
And  face  a  frowning  world. 


3  Let  cares  like  a  wild  deluge  come, 
Let  storms  of  sorrows  fall, 

So  I  but  safely  reach  my  home, 
My  God,  my  heaven,  my  all. 

4  There  I  shall  bathe  my  weary  soul 
In  seas  of  heavenly  rest, 

And  not  a  wave  of  trouble  roll 
Across  my  peaceful  breast, 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

The  author's  title  was:  The  Hopes  of  Heaven  our 
Support  Under  Trials  on  Earth. 

Only  two  words  have  been  changed.  The  orig- 
inal has  hellish  darts"  instead  of  "fiery  darts" 
in  the  second  stanza,  and  "  MayV  instead  of  "  So 
I  "  in  the  third. 

The  order  of  the  words  of  the  first  line  of  the 
last  stanza  was : 

"  There  shall  I  bathe  my  weary  soul." 

_  Father  Bates,  an  old  itinerant,  used  to  sing  this 
line  as  follows : 


"  There  I  shall  bathe  my  happy  soul." 

He  ridiculed  the  idea  of  a  soul  being  "  weary  "  in 
iaven. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


660         God-s  pavilion.  C.  M. 

GRANT  me  within  thy  courts  a  place, 
Among  thy  saints  a  seat, 
Forever  to  behold  thy  face, 
And  worship  at  thy  feet; — 

2  In  thy  pavilion  to  abide, 
When  storms  of  trouble  blow, 

And  in  thy  tabernacle  hide, 
Secure  from  every  foe. 

3  "  Seek  ye  my  face!  "    Without  delay, 
When  thus  I  hear  thee  speak, 

My  heart  would  leap  for  joy,  and  say, 
"Thy  face,  Lord,  will  I  seek." 

4  Then  leave  me  not  when  griefs  assail, 
And  earthly  comforts  flee ; 

When  father,  mother,  kindred  fail, 
My  God,  remember  me  ! 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Founded  on  the  last  part  ot  Psa.  xxvii.  The 
original  contains  seven  stanzas.  These  are  verses 
two  to  five,  verbatim. 

The  four  stanzas  of  this  hymn  were  written  on 
verses  four,  five,  eight,  and  ten  of  the  Psalm : 

"  One  thing  have  I  desired  of  the  Lord,  that  will 
I  seek  after;  that  I  may  dwell  in  the  house  of  the 


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Lord  all  the  days  of  my  life,  to  behold  the  beauty 
of  the  Lord,  and  to  inquire  in  his  temple.  For  in 
the  time  of  trouble  he  shall  hide  me  in  his  pavilion  : 
in  the  secret  of  his  tabernacle  shall  he  hide  me : 
he  shall  set  me  up  upon  a  rock.  When  thou  saidst, 
Seek  ye  my  face  ;  my  heart  said  unto  thee,  Thy 
face,  Lord,  will  I  seek.  When  my  father  and  my 
mother  forsake  me,  then  the  Lord  will  take  me  up." 

From  Songs  of  Zion,  1822. 
See  No.  5. 


661    Fullness  of  joy  in  His  presence.  CM. 

THY  gracious  presence,  O  my  God, 
All  that  I  wish  contains ; 
With  this,  beneath  affliction's  load, 
My  heart  no  more  complains. 

2  This  can  my  every  care  control, 
Gild  each  dark  scene  with  light : 

This  is  the  sunshine  of  the  soul; 
Without  it  all  is  night. 

3  O  happy  scenes  above  the  sky, 
Where  thy  full  beams  impart 

Unclouded  beauty  to  the  eye, 
And  rapture  to  the  heart ! 

4  Her  portion  in  those  realms  of  bliss, 
My  spirit  longs  to  know ; 

My  wishes  terminate  in  this, 
Nor  can  they  rest  below. 

5  Lord,  shall  the  breathings  of  my  heart 
Aspire  in  vain  to  thee? 

Confirm  my  hope,  that  where  thou  art 
I  shall  forever  be. 

6  Then  shall  my  cheerful  spirit  sing 
The  darksome  hours  away, 

And  rise  on  faith's  expanded  wing, 
To  everlasting  day. 

ANNE  STEELE. 

Title :  The  Presence  of  God  the  Only  Comfort  in 
Affliction. 

The  original  contains  ten  stanzas  ;  this  hymn  is 
composed  of  the  fourth,  fifth,  and  the  last  four. 
Four  lines  have  been  altered. 

Verse  one,  line  two,  the  author  wrote : 

"  My  every  wish  contains." 

Verse  three,  line  one  : 

"  0  happy  scenes  of  pure  delight." 

Verse  three,  line  three : 

"Unclouded  beautv  to  the  sight." 

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Verse  four,  line  one  :         •  , 

"  Her  part  in  those  fair  realms  of  bliss." 

From  Miscellaneous  Pieces  in  Verse  and  Pros^ 
by  Theodosia.    Bristol,  1780. 
See  No.  63. 


662   Vanity  of  earthly  enjoyments.   C.  M. 

HOW  vain  are  all  things  here  below ! 
How  false,  and  yet  how  fair ! 
Each  pleasure  hath  its  poison  too, 
And  every  sweet  a  snare. 

2  The  brightest  things  below  the  sky 
Give  but  a  nattering  light ; 

We  should  suspect  some  danger  nigh, 
Where  we  possess  delight. 

3  Our  dearest  joys,  and  nearest  friends, 
The  partners  of  our  blood, — 

How  they  divide  our  wavering  minds, 
And  leave  but  half  for  God. 

4  The  fondness  of  a  creature's  love, — 
How  strong  it  strikes  the  sense ! 

Thither  the  warm  affections  move, 
Nor  can  we  call  them  thence. 

5  My  Saviour,  let  thy  beauties  be 
My  soul's  eternal  food ; 

And  grace  command  my  heart  away 
From  all  created  good. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title  :  Love  to  the  Creatures  is  Dangerous. 

It  is  said  that  the  author  wrote  this  hymn  when 
suffering  under  the  pain  and  mortification  of  a  re- 
jection of  his  marriage  proposal. 

The  beautiful  and  accomplished  Miss  Singer  (aft- 
erward Mrs.  Eowe)  was  herself  a  poet,  and  pub- 
lished fugitive  pieces  under  the  pseudonym,  "Phil- 
omela." Watts  was  permitted  to  examine  some  of 
her  unpublished  pieces.  In  July,  1706,  he  wrote  a 
little  poem  to  the  lady  in  praise  of  her  work.  There 
is  no  doubt  that  his  regard  for  the  Singer  had  some- 
thing to  do  with  his  extravagant  appreciation  of  her 
songs.    In  the  closing  lines  ne  says : 

"  Now  be  my  harp  forever  dumb, 

My  Muse  attempt  no  more ;  'twas  long  ago 
I  bid  adieu  to  mortal  things, 

To  Grecian  tales  and  wars  of  Rome ; 
'Twas  long  ago  I  broke  all  but  th'  immortal  strings : 

Now  those  immortal  strings  have  no  employ, 
Since  a  fair  angel  dwells  below, 

To  turn  the  notes  of  heaven  and  propagate  the  joy : 
Let  all  my  powers  with  awe  profound, 

While  Philomela  sings, 
Attend  the  rapture  of  the  sound, 

And  my  devotion  rise  on  her  seraphic  wings." 

Miss  Singer  was  equally  an  admirer  of  Dr.  Watts's 
writings ;  as  can  be  learned  from  a  poem  that  she 


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dedicated  to  him  in  the  same  month,  July,  1706. 
Two  of  the  eight  stanzas  are  as  follows : 

"  Seraphic  heights  I  seem  to  gain, 

And  sacred  transports  feel, 
While,  Watts  !  to  thy  celestial  strain, 

Surprised  I  listen  still. 

"  The  gliding  streams  their  course  forbear, 

When  I  thy  lays  repeat, 
The  bending  forest  lends  an  ear,, 

The  birds  their  notes  forget." 

It  is  evident  that  at  this  time  Mr.  Watts  and  Miss 
Singer  were,  to  say  the  least,  good  friends ;  but 
Watts's  great  musical  soul  was  enshrined  in  an  in- 
significant and  enfeebled  body.  Miss  Singer  said 
that  while  she  "  prized  the  jewel,  she  could  not  ad- 
mire the  casket  that  held  it."  Other  suitors  were 
pressing  their  claims.  Another  won  the  prize,  and 
Watts  lost  it.  The  next  year  Hymns  and  /Spiritual 
Songs  appeared,  containing  this  hymn  with  its  sig- 
nificant title. 

Those  who  read  the  hymn  in  the  light  of  these 
facts  must  confess  that  only  triumphant  grace  could 
enable  the  author  to  close  with  a  prayer  of  conse- 
cration : 

"  Dear  Saviour,  let  thy  beauties  be,"  etc. 


This  vow  Dr.  Watts  faithfully  kept, 
and  died — wedded  only  to  Christ, 


He  lived 


CM. 


663  Radiant  hope. 

OWHO,  in  such  a  world  as  this, 
Could  bear  his  lot  of  pain, 
Did  not  one  radiant  hope  of  bliss 
Unclouded  yet  remain? 


2  That  hope  the  sovereign  Lord  has  given 
Who  reigns  above  the  skies ; 

Hope  that  unites  the  soul  to  heaven 
By  faith's  endearing  ties. 

3  Each  care,  each  ill  of  mortal  birth, 
Is  sent  in  pitying  love, 

To  lift  the  lingering  heart  from  earth, 
And  speed  its  flight  above. 

4  And  every  pang  that  wrings  the  breast, 
And  every  joy  that  dies, 

Bid  us  to  seek  a  purer  rest, 
And  trust  to  holier  ties. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY.  (?) 

This  is  a  part  of  hymn  No.  1115  in  the  Plymouth 
Collection,  edited  by  Henry  Ward  Beecher.  Brook- 
lyn, 1855.    It  begins: 

"  The  broken  ties  of  happier  days." 

It  is  not  found  in  Montgomery's  Original  Hymns, 
which  he  collected  a  year  before  his  death. 


664 


Deliverance  at  hand. 


C.  M. 


MY  span  of  life  will  soon  be  done, 
The  passing  moments  say ; 
As  lengthening  shadows  o'er  the  mead 
Proclaim  the  close  of  day. 

2  O  that  my  heart  might  dwell  aloof 
From  all  created  things, 

And  learn  that  wisdom  from  above, 
Whence  true  contentment  springs ! 

3  Courage,  my  soul !  thy  bitter  cross, 
In  every  trial  here, 

Shall  bear  thee  to  thy  heaven  above, 
But  shall  not  enter  there. 

4  The  sighing  ones,  that  humbly  seek 
In  sorrowing  paths  below, 

Shall  in  eternity  rejoice, 

Where  endless  comforts  flow. 

5  Soon  will  the  toilsome  strife  be  o'er 
Of  sublunary  care, 

And  life's  dull  vanities  no  more 
This  anxious  breast  ensnare. 

6  Courage,  my  soul !  on  God  rely ; 
Deliverance  soon  will  come ; 

A  thousand  ways  has  Providence 
To  bring  believers  home. 

FRANCES  M.  COWPER. 

The  authoi''s  title  was:  The  Consolation. 

The  original  has  five  eight-lined  stanzas.  This 
hymn  is  composed  of  the  first  three,  unaltered.  The 
other  two  have  no  special  value. 

From  Original  Poems  on  Various  Occasions. 
By  a  Lady.  Ee vised  by  William  Cowper,  Esq.,  of 
the  Inner  Temple,  1792. 

The  lady  author  was  Maria  Frances  Cowper, 
(1727-1797,)  wife  of  Major  Cowper.  She  was  a 
sister  of  the  Bev.  Martin  Madan,  and  cousin,  by  the 
mother's  side,  of  William  Cowper,  the  poet. 


665  Deprofundis.  C.  M. 

OUT  of  the  depths  to  thee  I  cry, 
Whose  fainting  footsteps  trod 
The  paths  of  our  humanity, 
Incarnate  Son  of  God ! 

2  Thou  Man  of  grief,  who  once  apart 
Didst  all  our  sorrows  bear, — 

The  trembling  hand,  the  fainting  heart, 
The  agony,  and  prayer ! 

3  Is  this  the  consecrated  dower, 
Thy  chosen  ones  obtain, 

To  know  thy  resurrection  power 
Through  fellowship  of  pain? 


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4  Then,  O  my  soul,  in  silence  wait ; 
Faint  not,  O  faltering  feet ; 

Press  onward  to  that  blest  estate, 
In  righteousness  complete. 

5  Let  faith  transcend  the  passing  hour, 
The  transient  pain  and  strife, 

Upraised  by  an  immortal  power, — 
The  power  of  endless  life. 

MRS.  E.  E.  MARCY. 

Mrs  Elisabeth  Eunice  Marcy,  the  wife  of  Oliver 
Marcy,  LL.D.,  Professor  of  Natural  History  in  the 
North-western  University,  Evanston,  Illinois,  was 
born  in  1822.  She  contributed  this  hymn  to  the 
Hymnal  in  1877. 


666        No  cross,  no  croion.  C.  M. 

MUST  Jesus  bear  the  cross  alone, 
And  all  the  world  go  free? 
No,  there's  a  cross  for  every  one, 
And  there's  a  cross  for  me. 

2  How  happy  are  the  saints  above, 
Who  once  went  sorrowing  here ! 

But  now  they  taste  unmingled  love, 
And  joy  without  a  tear. 

3  The  consecrated  cross  I'll  bear, 
Till  death  shall  set  me  free ; 

And  then  go  home  my  crown  to  wear, 
For  there's  a  crown  for  me. 

THOMAS  SHEPHERD,  ALT. 

Sometimes  this  hymn  has  been  erroneously  at- 
tributed to  Prof.  Geo.  N.  Allen.  Mr.  Allen  wrote 
the  tune  Maitland;  or,  Cross  and  Crown,  to  which 
it  is  usually  sung,  about  1850. 

The  first  verse  is  altered  from  the  following  lines, 
found  in  Thomas  Shepherd's  Penitential  Cries, 
1692: 

"Shall  Simon  bear  thy  Cross  alone, 

And  other  Saints  be  free  ? 
Each  Saint  of  thine  shall  find  his  own, 

And  there  is  one  for  me." 

TheEev.  Thomas  Shepherd  was  an  Englishman, 
born  in  1665,  educated  at  one  of  the  great  universi- 
ties, and  took  orders  in  the  Established  Church.  In 
1694  he  became  a  Congregationalist,  and  was  the 
pastor  of  a  church  in  Braintree,  Essex,  for  forty 
years,  from  1700  till  the  time  of  his  death  in  1739. 


667        For  victorious  faith.  C.  M. 

OFOR  a  faith  that  will  not  shrink, 
Though  pressed  by  every  foe, 
That  will  not  tremble  on  the  brink 
Of  any  earthly  woe ! 


2  That  will  not  murmur  nor  complain 
Beneath  the  chastening  rod, 

But,  in  the  hour  of  grief  or  pain, 
Will  lean  upon  its  God ; 

3  A  faith  that  shines  more  bright  and 

clear 

When  tempests  rage  without; 
That  when  in  danger  knows  no  fear, 
In  darkness  feels  no  doubt ; 

4  That  bears,  unmoved,  the  world's  dread 

frown, 

Nor  heeds  its  scornful  smile ; 
That  seas  of  trouble  cannot  drown, 
Nor  Satan's  arts  beguile ; 

5  A  faith  that  keeps  the  narrow  way 
Till  life's  last  hour  is  fled, 

And  with  a  pure  and  heavenly  ray 
Illumes  a  dying  bed. 

6  Lord,  give  us  such  a  faith  as  this, 
And  then,  whate'er  may  come, 

W e'll  taste,  e'en  here,  the  hallowed  bliss 
Of  an  eternal  home. 

WILLIAM  H.  BATHURST,  ALT. 

Title :  The  Power  of  Faith. 
Scripture  basis,  Luke  xvii,  5  : 

"  Increase  our  faith." 

Each  stanza,  except  the  third,  has  been  altered 
by  the  hymn  mender,  more  or  less. 

Original  Lines. 

Verse  one,  line  four : 

"  Of  poverty  or  woe." 

Verse  two,  line  four : 

"  Can  lean  upon  its  God." 

Verse  four,  lines  three  and  four  : 

"  That  siris  wild  ocean  cannot  drown, 
Nor  its  soft  arts  beguile." 

Verse  five,  lines  two  and  four  : 

"  Till  life's  last  sparh  is  fled." 
"  Lights  up  a  dying  bed." 

Verse  six,  lines  one  and  three : 

"  Lord,  give  me  such  a  faith  as  this." 
"  /  taste  e'en  now  the  hallowed  bliss." 

From  Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Public  and  Private 
Use.    By  W.  H.  Bathurst.  'London,  1831. 

The  preface  date  is  Barwick-in-Elmett,  Nov.  15, 
1830.    Bathurst  was  rector  there  at  the  time. 

See  No.  61. 


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668  cm. 

Strength  renewed  in  waiting  upon  the  Lord. 

LORD,  I  believe  thy  every  word, 
Thy  every  promise  true ; 
And  lo !  I  wait  on  thee,  my  Lord, 
Till  I  my  strength  renew. 

2  If  in  this  feeble  flesh  I  may 
Awhile  show  forth  thy  praise, 

Jesus,  support  the  tottering  clay, 
And  lengthen  out  my  days. 

3  If  such  a  worm  as  I  can  spread 
The  common  Saviour's  name, 

Let  him  who  raised  thee  from  the  dead, 
Quicken  my  mortal  frame. 

4  Still  let  me  live  thy  blood  to  show, 
Which  purges  every  stain ; 

And  gladly  linger  out  below 
A  few  more  years  in  pain. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

"  They  that  wait  upon  the  Lord  shall  renew  their 
strength."    Isa.  xl,  31. 

The  original  contains  fourteen  stanzas  ;  these  are 
the  first  four,  verbatim. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


669  cm. 

To  live  is  Christ,  and  to  die  is  gain.  Phil,  i,  21. 

LORD,  it  belongs  not  to  my  care 
Whether  I  die  or  live ; 
To  love  and  serve  thee  is  my  share, 
And  this  thy  grace  must  give. 

2  If  life  be  long,  I  will  be  glad 
That  I  may  long  obey ; 

If  short,  yet  why  should  I  be  sad 
To  soar  to  endless  day? 

3  Christ  leads  me  through  no  darker  rooms 
Than  he  went  through  before ; 

He  that  unto  God's  kingdom  comes 
Must  enter  by  his  door. 

4  Come,  Lord,  when  grace  hath  made  me 

meet 

Thy  blessed  face  to  see ; 
For,  if  thy  work  on  earth  be  sweet, 
What  will  thy  glory  be? 

5  Then  I  shall  end  my  sad  complaints, 
And  weary,  sinful  days, 

And  join  with  the  triumphant  saints 
Who  sing  Jehovah's  praise. 


6  My  knowledge  of  that  life  is  small ; 

The  eye  of  faith  is  dim : 
But  'tis  enough  that  Christ  knows  all, 

And  I  shall  be  with  him. 

RICHARD  BAXTER,  ALT. 

This  is  a  part  of  a  hymn  of  eight  double-stanzas, 
entitled  The  Covenant  and  Confidence  of  Faith. 
These  are  verses  four,  seven,  and  eight,'  slightly 
altered. 

Original  Lines. 
Verse  one,  line  one  : 

"  Now  it  belongs  not  to  my  care." 

Verse  two,  line  four : 

"  Tliat  shall  have  the  same  pay.'1'' 

Verse  three,  lines  three  and  four  : 

"  He  that  into  God's  kingdom  comes 
Must  enter  by  this  door." 

Verse  six,  line  three  : 

"  But  itfs  enough  that  Christ  knows  all." 

This  was  a  hymn  of  personal  consecration,  which 
the  author  wrote  for  himself.  In  a  note  he  says  : 
';  This  Covenant,  my  dear  Wife,  in  her  former 
Sickness,  subscribed  with  a  cheerful  will." 

The  title  of  the  book  from  which  this  hymn  is 
taken  is  a  curiosity.  It  is  "  Poetical  Fragments: 
Heart- Imp  loyment  with  God  and  Itself.  Concordant 
Discord  of  a  Broken-healed  Heart,  Sorrowing-rejoic- 
ing, Fearing  -  hoping,  Dying  -  livin  g.  W  ritten  partly 
for  himself,  and  partly  for  near  Friends  in  Sickness 
and  other  deep  Affliction.  By  Richard  Baxter. 
London,  1681." 

The  Rev.  Richard  Baxter  was  born  in  1610.  He 
was  largely  self-educated,  took  orders  in  the  Church 
of  England,  and  began  his  ministry  about  1640.  He 
was  a  Puritan  at  heart,  and  on  the  passage  of  the 
"  Act  of  Uniformity  "  renounced  his  living.  In 
1685  he  was  imprisoned  by  the  infamous  Judge 
Jeffries  on  the  charge  of  sedition,  remained  in 
prison  for  a  year  and  a  half,  and  was  then  released. 
He  died  in  1691.  He  was  a  voluminous  writer. 
The  best  known  of  his  works  is  The  Saint's  Ever- 
lasting Rest. 


670      Christ  strengthening  the  weak.       C.  M. 

OTHOU,  whose  filmed  and  failing  eye, 
Ere  yet  it  closed  in  death, 
Behold  thy  mother's  agony, 
The  shameful  cross  beneath! 

2  Remember  them,  like  her,  through  whom 
The  sword  of  grief  is  driven, 

And  O,  to  cheer  their  cheerless  gloom, 
Be  thy  dear  mercy  given. 

3  Let  thine  own  word  of  tenderness 
Drop  on  them  from  above ; 

Its  music  shall  the  lone  heart  bless, 
Its  touch  shall  heal  with  love. 


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4  O  Son  of  Mary,  Son  of  God, 
The  way  of  mortal  ill, 

By  thy  blest  feet  in  triumph  trod, 
Our  feet  are  treading  still. 

5  But  not  with  strength  like  thine,  we  go 
This  dark  and  dreadful  way ; 

As  thou  wert  strengthened  in  thy  woe, 
So  strengthen  us,  we  pray. 

ALEXANDER  It.  THOMPSON. 

Written  in  1869  for  Hymns  of  the  Church — the 
hymnal  of  the  Reformed  Dutch  Church,  of  which 
the  author  is  a  member.  It  has  not  been  essen- 
tially altered. 

The  Eev.  Alexander  Ramsay  Thompson,  D.D., 
was  born  in  1822,  and  was  graduated  at  the  Univer- 
sity in  New  York  in  1842.  Dr.  Thompson  is  the 
author  and  translator  of  a  number  of  valuable 
hymns.    He  died  1895. 


671  cm. 

Blessed  are  they  that  mourn.  Matt,  v,  4. 

FROM  lips  divine,  like  healing  balm 
To  hearts  oppressed  and  torn, 
The  heavenly  consolation  fell,. 
"Blessed  are  they  that  mourn." 

2  Unto  the  hopes  by  sorrow  crushed 
A  noble  faith  succeeds ; 

And  life,  by  trials  furrowed,  bears 
The  fruit  of  loving  deeds. 

3  How  rich,  how  sweet,  how  full  of  strength 
Our  human  spirits  are, 

Baptized  into  the  sanctities 
Of  suffering  and  of  prayer ! 

4  Yes,  heavenly  wisdom,  love  divine, 
Breathed  through  the  lips  which  said, 

11  O  blessed  are  the  hearts  that  mourn; 
They  shall  be  comforted." 

WELLIAM  H.  BURLEIGH. 

This  hymn  is  a  part  of  a  poem  of  four  eight-lined 
stanzas,  and  is  made  up  of  the  last  part  of  the  first, 
the  last  pai't  of  the  second,  and  the  fourth  verses. 

Original. 

1  "0  deem  not  that  earth's  crowning  bliss 
Is  found  in  joy  alone  ; 

For  sorrow,  bitter  though  it  be, 

Hath  blessings  all  its  own  ; 
From  lips  divine,  like  healing  balm,"  etc. 

2  "As  blossoms  smitten  by  the  rain 
Their  sweetest  odors  yield — 

As  where  the  plowshare  deepest  strikes 

Rich  harvests  crown  the  field, 
/So,  to  the  hopes  by  sorrows  crushed,"  etc. 


3  "  Who  never  mourned,  hath  never  known 

What  treasures  grief  reveals: 
The  sympathies  that  humanize, 

The  tenderness  that  heals, 
The  power  to  look  within  the  veil 

And  learn  the  heavenly  lore, 
The  key-word  to  life's  mysteries, 

So  dark  to  us  before." 

In  the  first  line  of  the  last  stanza  of  the  hymn, 
the  author  wrote : 

"  Supernal  wisdom,"  etc.  , 

William  Henry  Burleigh  was  born  in  Connecti- 
cut in  1812 ;  was  brought  up  on  his  father's  farm, 
and  attended  the  district  school.  He  was  a  born 
reformer ;  and,  living  in  New  England,  in  his  time 
and  with  his  disposition,  naturally  identified  him- 
self with  the  radical  abolitionists  and  prohibition- 
ists. His  business  was  that  of  editor  and  lecturer, 
Poetry  was  his  recreation.  The  poem,  Blessed  are 
they  that  Mourn,  was  born  of  sorrow.  Within  the 
space  of  two  years  he  buried  his  father,  wife,  eld- 
est daughter,  and  eldest  son.  Let  no  one  imagine 
that  the  strong,  calm  faith  of  this  hymn  was  at- 
tained without  difficulty.  In  a  letter  to  a  friend 
he  said  :  "  It  is  not  without  strong  wrestlings  that 
doubt  and  murmurings  are  put  under  my  feet,  and 
I  am  enabled  to  struggle  up  into  the  purer  atmos- 
phere of  faith." 

Mr.  Burleigh  lived  until  1871. 

From  the  author's  poems,  1871. 


FIRST  PART.  S.  M. 

Whoso  putteth  his  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  be  safe. 

COMMIT  thou  all  thy  griefs 
And  ways  into  His  hands, 
To  his  sure  trust  and  tender  care 
Who  earth  and  heaven  commands. 

2  Who  points  the  clouds  their  course, 
Whom  winds  and  seas  obey, 

He  shall  direct  thy  wandering  feet, 
He  shall  prepare  thy  way. 

3  Thou  on  the  Lord  rely, 
So,  safe,  shalt  thou  go  on ; 

Fix  on  his  work  thy  steadfast  eye, 
So  shall  thy  work  be  done. 

4  No  profit  canst  thou  gain 
By  self-consuming  care ; 

To  him  commend  thy  cause ;  his  ear 
Attends  the  softest  prayer. 

5  Thy  everlasting  truth,  » 
Father,  thy  ceaseless  love, 

Sees  all  thy  children's  wants,  and  knows 
What  best  for  each  will  prove. 


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6  Thou  every- where  hast  sway, 
And  all  things  serve  thy  might ; 

Thy  every  act  pure  blessing  is, 
Thy  path  unsullied  light. 

PAUL  GERHAKDT.   TK.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 


SECOND  PART. 

673    He  ruleth  all  things  well.         S.  M. 

GIVE  to  the  winds  thy  fears ; 
Hope,  and  be  undismayed; 
God  hears  thy  sighs  and  counts  thy  tears ; 
God  shall  lift  up  thy  head. 

2  Through  waves,  and  clouds,  and  storms, 
He  gently  clears  thy  way ; 

Wait  thou  his  time,  so  shall  this  night 
Soon  end  in  joyous  day. 

3  Still  heavy  is  thy  heart  ? 
Still  sink  thy  spirits  down? 

Cast  off  the  weight,  let  fear  depart, 
And  every  care  be  gone. 

4  What  though  thou  rulest  not  ? 
Yet  heaven,  and  earth,  and  hell 

Proclaim,  ' '  God  sitteth  on  the  throne, 
And  ruleth  all  things  well." 

5  Leave  to  his  sovereign  sway 
To  choose  and  to  command: 

So  shalt  thou,  wondering,  own  his  way, 
How  wise,  how  strong  his  hand ! 

6  Far,  far  above  thy  thought 
His  counsel  shall  appear, 

When  fully  he  the  work  hath  wrought 
That  caused  thy  neeedless  fear. 

PAUL  GERHARDT.   TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

This  is  called  Gerhardt's  Hymn  of  Trust. 

It  was  doubtless  written  by  him  when  he  was 
suffering  wrongfully  for  "  the  faith  which  was  once 
delivered  unto  the  saints."  • 

Wesley  published  this  translation  in  Hymns  and 
Sacred  Poems,  (1739,)  with  the  title,  Trust  in  Prov- 
idence. 

Four  stanzas ;  the  sixth,  eighth,  and  last  two  are 
omitted.  The  hymn  is  founded  on  Psalm  xxxvii,  5  : 

"Commit  thy  way  unto  the  Lord;  trust  also  in 
him;  and  he  shall  bring  it  to  pass." 

These  twelve  stanzas  have  not  been  altered. 
See  No.  212. 


6  The  soul's  only  refuge.       S.  M. 

THOU  Refuge  of  my  soul, 
On  thee,  when  sorrows  rise, 
On  thee,  when  waves  of  trouble  roll, 
My  fainting  hope  relies. 


2  To  thee  I  tell  my  grief, 
For  thou  alone  canst  heal ; 

Thy  word  can  bring  a  sweet  relief 
For  every  pain  I  feel. 

3  But  O  when  doubts  prevail, 
I  fear  to  call  thee  mine ; 

The  springs  of  comfort  seem  to  fail, 
And  all  my  hopes  decline. 

4  Yet,  Lord,  where  shall  I  flee? 
Thou  art  my  only  trust ; 

And  still  my  soul  would  cleave  to  thee, 
Though  prostrate  in  the  dust. 

ANNE  STEELE,  ALT. 

Title :  God  the  Only  Refuge  of  the  Troubled 
Mind. 

Eight  stanzas ;  these  are  the  first,  third,  fourth, 
and  fifth,  altered  from  common  meter.  The  first 
line  of  each  stanza  has  been  changed  : 

1  "  Dear  refuge  of  my  weary  soul." 

2  "To  thee  I  tell  each  rising  grief." 

3  "  But  oh  !  when  gloomy  doubts  prevail." 

4  "Yet,  gracious  God,  where  shall  I  flee?" 

From  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly  Devotional,  by 
Theodosia.    London,  1760. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  63. 


675  Contented  piety.  8,  6. 

FATHER,  I  know  that  all  my  life 
Is  portioned  out  for  me ; 
And  the  changes  that  are  sure  to  come 

I  do  not  fear  to  see;  • 
But  I  ask  thee  for  a  present  mind 
Intent  on  pleasing  thee. 

2  I  ask  thee  for  a  thoughtful  love, 
Through  constant  watching  wise, 

To  meet  the  glad  with  joyful  smiles, 
And  wipe  the  weeping  eyes; 

And  a  heart  at  leisure  from  itself, 
To  soothe  and  sympathize. 

3  I  would  not  have  the  restless  will 
That  hurries  to  and  fro, 

Seeking  for  some  great  thing  to  do, 

Or  secret  thing  to  know ; 
I  would  be  treated  as  a  child, 

And  guided  where  I  go. 

4  Wherever  in  the  world  I  am, 
In  whatsoe'er  estate, 

I  have  a  fellowship  with  hearts, 

To  keep  and  cultivate ; 
And  a  work  of  lowly  love  to  do 

For  the  Lord  on  whom  I  wait. 


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5  So  I  ask  thee  for  the  daily  strength, 
To  none  that  ask  denied, 

And  a  mind  to  blend  with  outward  life, 

While  keeping  at  thy  side ; 
Content  to  fill  a  little  space, 

If  thou  be  glorified. 

6  And  if  some  things  I  do  not  ask 
In  my  cup  of  blessing  be, 

I  would  have  my  spirit  filled  the  more 

With  grateful  love  to  thee ; 
More  careful,  not  to  serve  thee  much, 

But  to  please  thee  perfectly. 

ANNA  L.  WARING. 

Title  :  My  times  are  in  Thy  hand.  Psa.  xxxi,  15. 
This  is  the  first  poem  in  the  author's  Hymns  and 
Meditations,  18-"  0 
There  are  two  additional  stanzas  : 

"  There  are  briers  besetting  every  path, 

That  call  for  patient  care ; 
There  is  a  cross  in  every  lot, 

And  an  earnest  need  for  prayer  : 
But  a  lowly  heart  that  leans  on  Thee 

Is  happy  anywhere. 

"  In  a  service  which  Thy  will  appoints, 

There  are  no  bonds  for  me ; 
For  my  inmost  heart  is  taught  '  the  truth ' 

That  makes  thy  children  '  free ; ' 
And  a  life  of  self-renouncing  love, 

Is  a  life  of  liberty." 

[t  is  unaltered. 

The  reader  will  perceive  that  the  meter  is  a  little 
irregular. 
See  No.  510. 


676  Go  not  far  from  me,  Omy  Strength.    8,  6. 

GO  not  far  from  me,  O  my  Strength, 
Whom  all  my  times  obey ; 
Take  from  me  any  thing  thou  wilt, 

But  go  not  thou  away ; 
And  let  the  storm  that  does  thy  work 
Deal  with  me  as  it  may. 

2  No  suffering,  while  it  lasts,  is  joy, 
How  blest  soe'er  it  be ; 

Yet  may  the  chastened  child  be  glad 

His  Father's  face  to  see ; 
And  O,  it  is  not  hard  to  bear 

What  must  be  borne  in  thee. 

3  Safe  in  thy  sanctifying  grace, 
Almighty  to  restore; 

Borne  onward,  sin  and  death  behind, 

And  love  and  life  before, 
O  let  my  soul  abound  in  hope, 

And  praise  thee  more  and  more ! 


4  Deep  unto  deep  may  call,  but  I 
With  peaceful  heart  will  say, 

"  Thy  loving-kindness  hath  a  charge 
No  waves  can  take  away ; " 

And  let  the  storm  that  speeds  me  home, 
Deal  with  me  as  it  may. 

ANNA  L.  WARING, 

Part  of  a  long  hymn  of  fourteen  stanzas,  prefaced 
by  this  passsge  from  Psa.  xlii,  7,  8  : 

"  Deep  calleth  unto  deep  at  the  noise  of  thy  water- 
spouts :  all  thy  waves  and  thy  billows  are  gone  over 
me.  Yet  the  Lord  will  command  his  loving-kind- 
ness in  the  day-time,  and  in  the  night  his  song 
shall  be  with  me,  and  my  prayer  unto  the  God  of  my 
life." 

It  is  evident  that  the  author  knew  the  discipline 
of  severe  physical  suffering,  sustained  by  a  strong 
submissive  faith  in  Christ.  In  one  of  the  omitted 
stanzas  she  says : 

"  What  hand  should  pluck  me  from  the  flood, 

That  casts  my  soul  on  Thee  ? 
Who  would  not  suffer  pain  like  mine, 
To  be  consoled  like  me?" 

The  effect  of  sorrow  and  affliction  on  the  unre- 
generate  heart  is  to  make  it  hard  and  bitter  ;  but  it 
sweetens  the  Christian's  spirit  and  ripens  it  for 
heaven.  The  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  one, 
eleven,  thirteen,  and  fourteen,  verbatim.  From 
Hymns  and  Meditations.    London,  1850. 

See  No.  510. 


677  7,6,7. 

Fearless  in  the  furnace  of  affliction. 

OD  of  Israel's  faithful  three, 

X  Who  braved  a  tyrant's  ire, 
Nobly  scorned  to  bow  the  knee, 

And  walked,  unhurt,  in  fire; 
Breathe  their  faith  into  my  breast, 

Arm  me  in  this  fiery  hour ; 
Stand,  O  Son  of  man,  confessed 

In  all  thy  saving  power ! 

2  For  while  thou,  my  Lord,  art  nigh, 

My  soul  disdains  to  fear; 
Sin  and  Satan  I  defy, 

Still  impotently  near ; 
Earth  and  hell  their  wars  may  wage; 

Calm  I  mark  their  vain  design, 
Smile  to  see  them  idly  rage 

Against  a  child  of  thine. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  The  Three  Children  in  the  Fiery  Furnace. 

Five  stanzas  ;  these  are  the  first  and  third.  The 
last  begins  with  "  But"  instead  of  "  For;"  other- 
wise they  are  not  altered. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


678  7,6,8. 

The  shadow  of  a  great  Rock. 

TO  the  haven  of  thy  breast, 
0  Son  of  man,  I  fly; 
Be  my  refuge  and  my  rest, 
For  O  the  storm  is  high ! 
Save  me  from  the  furious  blast ; 

A  covert  from  the  tempest  be: 
Hide  me,  Jesus,  till  o'erpast 
The  storm  of  sin  I  see. 

2  Welcome  as  the  water-spring 
To  a  dry,  barren  place, 

O  descend  on  me,  and  bring 
Thy  sweet,  refreshing  grace; 

O'er  a  parched  and  weary  land. 
As  a  great  rock  extends  its  shade, 

Hide  me,  Saviour,  with  thy  hand, 
And  screen  my  naked  head. 

3  In  the  time  of  my  distress 
Thou  hast  my  succor  been ; 

In  my  utter  helplessness, 

Restraining  me  from  sin; 
O  how  swiftly  didst  thou  move 

To  save  me  in  the  trying  hour ! 
Still  protect  me  with  thy  love, 

And  shield  me  with  thy  power. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  hymn  has  six  stanzas  in  the  original ;  these 
are  the  first  three,  unaltered.  It  is  founded  upon 
Isa.  xxxii,  2 : 

"  And  a  man  shall  be  as  a  hiding  place  from  the 
wind,  and  a  covert  from  the  tempest ;  as  rivers  of 
water  in  a  dry  place,  as  the  shadow  of  a  great  rock 
in  a  weary  land." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


679  The  firm  foundation.  11. 

HOW  firm  a  foundation,  ye  saints  of  the 
Lord, 

Ts  laid  for  your  faith  in  his  excellent  word ! 
What  more  can  he  say,  than  to  you  he  hath 
said, 

To  you,  who  for  refuge  to  Jesus  have  fled? 

2  "Fear  not,  I  am  with  thee,  O  be  not  dis- 
mayed, 

For  I  am  thy  God,  I  will  still  give  thee 
aid; 

I'll  strengthen  thee,  help  thee,  and  canse  thee 
to  stand ; 

Upheld  by  my  gracious,  omnipotent  hand. 


3  ' '  When  through  the  deep  waters  I  call  thee 

.  to  go, 

The  rivers  of  sorrow  shall  not  overflow; 
For  I  will  be  with  thee  thy  trials  to  bless, 
And  sanctify  to  thee  thy  deepest  distress. 

4  ' '  When  through  fiery  trials  thy  pathway 

shall  lie, 

My  grace,  all-sufficient,  shall  be  thy  sup- 
ply, 

The  flame  shall  not  hurt  thee ;  I  only  de- 
sign 

Thy  dross  to  consume,  and  thy  gold  to 
refine. 

5  ' '  E'en  down  to  old  age  all  my  people  shall 

prove 

My  sovereign,  eternal,  unchangeable  love; 
And  when  hoary  hairs  shall  their  temples 
adorn, 

Like  lambs  they  shall  still  in  my  bosom  be 
borne. 

6  "The  soul  that  on  Jesus  hath  leaned  for 

repose, 

1  will  not,  I  will  not  desert  to  Ms  foes; 
That  soul,  though  all  hell  should  endeavor 

to  shake, 

I'll  never,  no  never,  no  never  forsake !  " 

GEORGE  KEITH. 

Title :  Exceeding  great  and  precious  promises. 

2  Pet.  i,  4. 

The  second  stanza  of  the  original  is  omitted : 

3  "In  every  condition,  in  sickness,  in  health, 
In  poverty's  vale,  or  abounding  in  wealth  ; 
At  home  and  abroad,  on  the  land,  on  the  sea, 

As  thy  days  may  demand  shall  thy  strength  ever  be." 

Slight  verbal  changes  appear  in  five  lines. 
Verse  one,  line  four : 

"  You  who  unto  Jesus  for  ref  uge  have  fled." 

Verse  two,  lines  two  and  four: 

"  /,  I  am  thy  God,  and  will  still  give  thee  aid ;" 
"  Upheld  by  my  righteous,  omnipotent  hand." 

Verse  three,  lines  two  and  three : 

"  The  rivers  of  woe  shall  not  thee  o'erflow; 
For  I  will  be  with  thee,  thy  troubles  to  bless." 

This  hymn  first  appeared  in  Rippon's  Selection, 

1787,  where  it  was  marked  K  .    Some  hymn 

editors  have  taken  this  to  mean  Kennedy  ;  others, 
Kirkham  ;  still  others,  Keith.  Daniel  Sedgwick, 
the  great  English  hymnologist,  assigned  it  to  George 
Keith,  a  London  publisher. 


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680     Fearless  in  tribulation.        7,  8,  7. 

HEAD  of  the  Church  triumphant, 
We  joyfully  adore  thee ; 
Till  thou  appear,  thy  members  here 

Shall  sing  like  those  in  glory: 
We  lift  our  hearts  and  voices 

With  blest  anticipation ; 
And  cry  aloud,  and  give  to  God 
The  praise  of  our  salvation. 

2  Thou  dost  conduct  thy  people 
Through  torrents  of  temptation ; 

Nor  will  we  fear,  while  thou  art  near, 

The  fire  of  tribulation : 
The  world,  with  sin  and  Satan, 

In  vain  our  march  opposes ; 
By  thee  we  shall  break  through  them  all, 

And  sing  the  song  of  Moses. 

3  By  faith  we  see  the  glory 

To  which  thou  shalt  restore  us : 
The  cross  despise  for  that  high  prize 

Which  thou  hast  set  before  us : 
And  if  thou  count  us  worthy, 

We  each,  as  dying  Stephen, 
Shall  see  thee  stand  at  God's  right  hand, 

To  take  us  up  to  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  was  published  without  a  title  in  Hymns  for 
Times  of  Trouble  and  Persecution,  second  edition. 
London,  1745. 

The  second  stanza  is  omitted : 

2  "  While  in  affliction's  furnace, 

And  passing  through  the  fire, 
Thy  love  we  praise  which  knows  our  days, 

And  ever  brings  us  nigher : 
We  clap  our  hands  exulting 

In  thine  almighty  favor ; 
The  love  Divine,  which  made  us  Thine, 

Shall  keep  us  Thine  forever." 

In  the  first  line  the  author  wrote  "  Thy  Church,'' 
and  "  Through  Thee,"  etc.,  in  verse  two,  line  seven. 


681  Passionate  longing  for  heaven.  £ 

STILL  out  of  the  deepest  abyss 
Of  trouble,  I  mournfully  cry ; 
And  pine  to  recover  my  peace, 
And  see  my  Redeemer,  and  die. 

1  cannot,  I  cannot  forbear, 

These  passionate  longings  for  home ; 
O  when  shall  my  spirit  be  there? 
O  when  will  the  messenger  come? 

2  Thy  nature  I  long  to  put  on, 
Thine  image  on  earth  to  regain ; 

And  then  in  the  grave  to  lay  down 
This  burden  of  body  and  pain. 


O  Jesus,  in  pity  draw  near, 

And  lull  me  to  sleep  on  thy  breast, 

Appear,  to  my  rescue  appear, 
And  gather  me  into  thy  rest ! 

3  To  take  a  poor  fugitive  in, 

The  arms  of  thy  mercy  display, 
And  give  me  to  rest  from  all  sin, 

And  bear  me  triumphant  away ; 
Away  from  a  world  of  distress, 

Away  to  the  mansions  above ; 
The  heaven  of  seeing  thy  face, 

The  heaven  of  feeling  thy  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Published  without  title.  The  fourth  line  of  the 
first  stanza  begins : 

"  To  see  my  Kedeemer,"  etc. 

From  Hymns  for  Those  that  Seek  and  Those  that 
Have  Redemption-  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 
London,  1747. 


683  Lead,  kindly  Light.  10,  4, 10. 

LEAD,  kindly  Light,  amid  the  encircling 
gloom, 
Lead  thou  me  on ! 
The  night  is  dark,  and  I  am  far  from  home ; 

Lead  thou  me  on ! 
Keep  thou  my  feet ;  I  do  not  ask  to  see 
The  distant  scene ;  one  step  enough  for  me. 

2  I  was  not  ever  thus,  nor  prayed  that  thou 

Shouldst  lead  me  on ; 
I  loved  to  choose  and  see  my  path ;  but  now 

Lead  thou  me  on ! 
I  loved  the  garish  day,  and,  spite  of  fears, 
Pride  ruled  my  will.    Remember  not  past 
years ! 

3  So  long  thy  power  hath  blest  me,  sure  it 

still 

Will  lead  me  on 
O'er  moor  and  fen,  o'er  crag  and  torrent, 
till 

The  night  is  gone, 
And  with  the  morn  those  angel  faces  smile 
Which  I  have  loved  long  since,  and  lost 

awhile ! 

JOHN  H.  NEWMAN. 

Author's  title :  Tlie  Pillar  of  the  Cloud. 

Written  on  the  Mediterranean  Sea  in  1833.  The 
mingled  gloom  and  faith,  apparent  throughout  this 
hymn,  doubtless  correctly  reveal  the  feelings  of  the 
author  at  the  time  of  writing.  It  has  not  been 
altered. 

From  Verses  on  Various  Occasions,  1868. 
For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  207. 


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683  Come,  ye  disconsolate.  11,  10. 

COME,  ye  disconsolate,  where'er  ye  lan- 
guish; 

Come  to  the  mercy-seat,  fervently  kneel ; 
Here  bring  your  wounded  hearts,  here  tell 

your  anguish; 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  that  Heaven  cannot 

heal. 

2  Joy  of  the  desolate,  light  of  the  straying, 
Hope  of  the  penitent,  fadeless  and  pure, 

Here  speaks  the  Comforter,  tenderly  saying, 
' '  Earth  has  no  sorrow  that  Heaven  can- 
not cure." 

3  Here  see  the  bread  of  life;  see  waters 

flowing 

Forth  from  the  throne  of  God,  pure  from 
above ; 

Come  to  the  feast  of  love ;  come,  ever  know- 
ing 

Earth  has  no  sorrow  but  Heaven  can  re- 
move. 

THOMAS  MOORE,  ALT. 

This  hymn  has  been  altered.  In  very  nearly 
this  form  it  appears  in  Spiritual  Songs  for  Social 
Worship,  1832.  The  changes  were  probably  made 
by  Thomas  Hastings,  one  of  the  compilers  of  that 
book. 

The  following  is  the  original : 

1  "Come,  ye  disconsolate,  where'er  you  languish, 
Come,  at  God's  altar  fervently  kneel ; "  etc. 

2  "  Joy  of  the  desolate,  light  of  the  straying, 
Hope,  when  all  others  die,  fadeless  and  pure, 

Here  speaks  the  Comforter,  in  God's  name  saying, 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  that  Heaven  cannot  cure. 

3  "  Go,  ask  the  infidel  what  boon  he  brings  us, 
What  charm  for  aching  hearts  he  can  reveal, 

Sweet  as  that  heavenly  promise  Hope  sings  us — 
Earth  has  no  sorrow  that  God  cannot  heal.'1'' 

From  Poetical  Works  of  Thomas  Moore,  correct- 
ed by  himself.    London,  1868. 
For  biography  of  the  author,  see  No.  611. 


684  The  mercy-seat.  L.  M. 

FROM  every  stormy  wind  that  blows, 
From  every  swelling  tide  of  woes, 
There  is  a  calm,  a  sure  retreat : 
'Tis  found  beneath  the  mercy-seat. 

2  There  is  a  place  where  Jesus  sheds 
The  oil  of  gladness  on  our  heads ; 
A  place  than  all  besides  more  sweet : 
It  is  the  blood-bought  mercy-seat. 


3  There  is  a  scene  where  spirits  blend, 
Where  friend  holds  fellowship  with  friend : 
Though  sundered  far,  by  faith  they  meet 
Around  one  common  mercy-seat. 

4  Ah !  whither  could  we  flee  for  aid, 
When  tempted,  desolate,  dismayed? 
Or  how  the  hosts  of  hell  defeat, 
Had  suffering  saints  no  mercy-seat? 

5  There,  there  on  eagle  wings  we  soar, 
And  sin  and  sense  molest  no  more ; 

And  heaven  comes  down  our  souls  to  greet, 
While  glory  crowns  the  mercy-seat. 

HUGH  STOWELL. 

A  Selection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns  Suited  to  the 
Services  of  the  Church  of  England,  by  the  Rev.  H. 
Stowell,  M.A.,  Manchester,  England,  1831,  con- 
tained this  hymn  and  a  few  others  by  the  same 
writer. 

Changes  are  found  in  four  lines. 

Original. 
Verse  two,  line  four : 

"  It  is  the  \Aoodi-stained  mercy-seat." 

Verse  three,  line  one : 

"There  is  a  spot  where  spirits  blend." 

Verse  five,  lines  two  and  four : 

"  And  time  and  sense  seem  all  no  more  ;  " 
"  And  glory  crowns  the  mercy-seat." 

The  last  stanza  is  omitted : 

6  "  Oh !  may  my  hand  forget  her  skill, 
My  tongue  be  silent,  stiff,  and  still ; 
My  bounding  heart  forget  to  beat, 
If  I  forget  the  mercy-seat." 

The  Eev.  Hugh  Stowell,  an  able  and  popular 
minister  of  the  Church  of  England,  was  born  in 
1799  ;  was  graduated  at  Oxford  in  1822,  and  took 
holy  orders  in  the  following  year.  He  was  the 
author  of  many  sermons  and  addresses;  but  this 
hymn  will  outlive  them  all.    He  died  in  1865. 


685         Dedication  to  the  Lord. 

OLORD,  thy  heavenly  grace  impart, 
And  fix  my  frail,  inconstant  heart; 
Henceforth  my  chief  desire  shall  be 
To  dedicate  myself  to  thee. 


2  Whate'er  pursuits  my  time  employ, 
One  thought  shall  fill  my  soul  with  joy: 
That  silent,  secret  thought  shall  be, 
That  all  my  hopes  are  fixed  on  thee. 


L.  M. 


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3  Thy  glorious  eye  pervadeth  space; 
Thy  presence,  Lord,  fills  every  place ; 
And  vvheresoe'er  my  lot  may  be, 
Still  shall  my  spirit  cleave  to  thee. 

4  Renouncing  every  worldly  thing. 
And  safe  beneath  thy  spreading  wing, 
My  sweetest  thought  henceforth  shall  be, 
That  all  I  want  I  rind  in  thee. 

JEAN  F.  OBERLIN. 
TR.  BY  MRS.  D.  WILSON. 

This  hymn  first  appeared  in  its  English  form  in 
Memoirs  of  John  Frederick  OberUn.  London,  1830, 
p.  239.  The  first  and  third  stanzas  have  this  refrain : 

"  To  Thee,  my  God,  to  Thee." 

The  second : 

"  On  Thee,  my  God,  on  Thee." 
The  fourth : 

"  In  Thee,  my  God,  in  Thee." 

Two  lines  have  been  changed.  The  original 
has,  in  the  second  line  of  the  third  stanza : 

"  Thov?rt  present,  Lord,  in  every  place ; " 

and  in  the  second  line  of  the  last  stanza : 

"  Safe  'neath  the  covert  of  thy  wing." 

The  book  was  published  anonymously.  Sir 
Eoundell  Palmer,  (Lord  Selborne,)  in  his  Book  of 
Praise,  gives  the  name  of  the  editor  and  translator. 
It  was  Mrs.  Daniel  Wilson,  of  Islington. 

Oberlin  was  a  Lutheran  divine,  born  in  Star- 
burg  in  1740;  piously  trained  and  liberally  edu- 
cated. At  the  age  of  twenty  he  wrote  out  and 
signed  a  solemn  dedication  of  himself  to  God. 
About  1766  he  accepted  the  pastorate  of  the  village 
of  Waldbach.  The  region  was  wild  and  desolate, 
and  the  people  sunken  in  poverty  and  ignorance. 
Here  he  remained  for  sixty  years ;  and  by  almost 
incredible  devotion,  labor,  and  perseverance  raised 
the  people  to  a  high  state  of  Christian  civilization. 
He  died,  universally  beloved,  in  1826. 


686         The  Spirit1  s  guidance.  L.  M. 

JESUS,  my  Saviour,  Brother,  Friend, 
On  whom  I  cast  my  every  care, 
On  whom  for  all  things  I  depend, 

Inspire,  and  then  accept,  my  prayer. 

2  If  I  have  tasted  of  thy  grace, 

The  grace  that  sure  salvation  brings ; 
If  with  me  now  thy  Spirit  stays, 

And,  hovering,  hides  me  in  his  wings ; 

3  Still  let  him  with  my  weakness  stay, 
Nor  for  a  moment's  space  depart ; 

Evil  and  danger  turn  away, 
And  keep  till  he  renews  my  heart. 


4  If  to  the  right  or  left  I  stray, 
His  voice  behind  me  may  I  hear, 

' '  Return,  and  walk  in  Christ,  thy  AVay ; 
Fly  back  to  Christ,  for  sin  is  near !  " 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  Watch  in  all  things.  2  Tim.  iv,  5. 

The  original  contains  fifteen  stanzas.  No.  497  is 
a  part  of  the  same.  These  are  the  first  four 
stanzas.  Only  one  word  has  been  changed.  The 
last  stanza  of  the  author's  text  begins  with  "  When  " 
instead  of  "  If." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


687       The  pure  Light  of  souls.         L.  M. 

OTHOU  pure  Light  of  souls  that  love, 
True  Joy  of  every  human  breast, 
Sower  of  life's  immortal  seed, 
Our  Saviour  and  Redeemer  blest ! 

2  Be  thou  our  guide,  be  thou  our  goal ; 

Be  thou  our  pathway  to  the  skies ; 
Our  joy,  when  sorrow  fills  the  soul; 

In  death  our  everlasting  prize. 

BREVIARY. 

Original  title :  Salutis  humance  Sator. 
These  are  the  first  and  last  verses  of  a  hymn  of 
five  stanzas. 

The  last  line  of  the  first  verse  has  "  Our  Maker,1 
instead  of  "  Our  Saviour." 

The  translator  is  the  Rev.  Edward  Caswall.  It 
is  found  in  his  Hymns  and  Poems,  Original  and 
Translated.  London,  second  edition,  1873 ;  and 
in  Lyria  Catliolica,  1848. 


688        Sweet  hour  of  prayer.  L.  M. 

SWEET  hour  of  prayer,  sweet  hour  of 
prayer, 

That  calls  me  from  a  world  of  care, 
And  bids  me,  at  my  Father's  throne, 
Make  all  my  wants  and  wishes  known ! 
In  seasons  of  distress  and  grief, 
My  soul  has  often  found  relief, 
And  oft  escaped  the  tempter's  snare, 
By  thy  return,  sweet  hour  of  prayer, 

2  Sweet  hour  of  prayer,  sweet  hour  of 
prayer, 

Thy  wings  shall  my  petition  bear 

To  Him,  whose  truth  and  faithfulness 

Engage  the  waiting  soul  to  bless : 

And  since  he  bids  me  seek  his  face, 

Believe  his  word,  and  trust  his  grace, 

I'll  cast  on  him  my  every  care, 

And  wait  for  thee,  sweet  hour  of  prayer. 


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3  Sweet  hour  of  prayer,  sweet  hour  of 
prayer, 

May  I  thy  consolation  share, 

Till,  from  Mount  Pisgah's  lofty  height, 

I  view  my  home,  and  take  my  flight : 

This  robe  of  flesh  I'll  drop,  and  rise, 

To  seize  the  everlasting  prize ; 

And  shout,  while  passing  through  the  air, 

Farewell,  farewell,  sweet  hour  of  prayer ! 

W.  W.  WALFORD. 

Mr.  Butterworth,  in  his  Story  of  the  Hymns, 
says  :  "  This  hymn  was  written  by  Kev.  Mr.  Wal- 
ford,  an  English  blind  preacher ;  and  was  given  to 
the  public  in  the  New  York  Observer,  Sept.  13, 1845. 

The  second  stanza  has  been  omitted : 

2  "  Sweet  hour  of  prayer,  sweet  hour  of  prayer, 

Thy  joy  I  feel,  the  bliss  1  share, 

Of  those  whose  anxious  spirits  burn 

With  strong  desire  for  thy  return ; 

With  such  I  hasten  to  the  place 

Where  God,  my  Saviour,  shows  his  face, 

And  gladly  take  my  station  there, 

To  wait  for  thee,  sweet  hour  of  prayer." 


689  Design  of  prayer.  L.  M. 

PRAYER  is  appointed  to  convey 
The  blessings  Gfod  designs  to  give : 
Long  as  they  live  should  Christians  pray ; 
They  learn  to  pray  when  first  they  live. 

2  If  pain  afflict,  or  wrongs  oppress ; 
If  cares  distract,  or  fears  dismay; 

If  guilt  deject,  if  sin  distress; 

In  every  case,  still  watch  and  pray. 

3  'Tis  prayer  supports  the  soul  that's  weak, 
Though  thought  be  broken,  language 

lame; 

Pray,  if  thou  canst  or  canst  not  speak ; 
But  pray  with  faith  in  Jesus'  name 

4  Depend  on  him ;  thou  canst  not  fail ; 
Make  all  thy  wants  and  wishes  known ; 

Fear  not ;  his  merits  must  prevail : 
Ask  but  in  faith,  it  shall  be  done. 

JOSEPH  HART. 

Title :  Pray  without  ceasing.  1  Thess.  v.  17. 
Two  stanzas,  the  second  and  third,  of  the  original 
are  omitted : 

2  "The  Christian's  heart  his  prayer  ind;tes : 
He  speaks  as  prompted  from  within, 

The  Spirit  his  petition  writes  : 
And  Christ  receives  and  gives  it  in. 

3  "  And  wilt  thou  in  dead  silence  lie, 
When  Christ  stands  waiting  for  thy  prayer? 

My  soul,  thou  hast  a  Friend  on  high, 
Arise,  and  try  thy  interest  there." 


Some  changes  have  been  made.  In  the  first  line 
the  author  wrote : 

"Prayer  was  appointed,"  etc. 
In  the  last  line  of  the  first  verse : 

"  For  only  while  they  pray  they  live." 
The  last  line  of  the  second  stanza  was : 

"  The  remedy's  before  thee.   Pray  ; " 
and  the  last  line  of  the  hymn  : 

"  Ask  what  thou  wilt,  it  shall  be  done." 

From  the  Appendix  to  HarPs  Hymns  on  Various 
Subjects,  1765. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  29. . 


690  Blessings  of  prayer.  L.  M. 

WHAT  various  hindrances  we  meet 
In  coining  to  a  mercy-seat ! 
Yet  who  that  knows  the  worth  of  prayer, 
But  wishes  to  be  often  there? 

2  Prayer  makes  the  darkened  cloud  with- 

draw: 

Prayer  climbs  the  ladder  Jacob  saw ; 
Gives  exercise  to  faith  and  love ; 
Brings  every  blessing  from  above. 

3  Restraining  prayer,  we  cease  to  fight ; 
Prayer  keeps  the  Christian's  armor  bright ; 
And  Satan  trembles  when  he  sees 

The  weakest  saint  upon  his  knees. 

4  Were  half  the  breath  that's  vainly  spent, 
To  heaven  in  supplication  sent, 

Our  cheerful  song  would  oftener  be, 

"  Hear  what  the  Lord  has  done  for  me." 

WILLIAM  COWPER. 

Author's  title :  Exhortation  to  Prayer. 

Two  stanzas,  the  fourth  and  fifth,  are  omitted. 
One  of  them  illustrates  the  value  of  prayer,  and  the 
other  answers  a  common  excuse : 

4  "  While  Moses  stood  with  arms  spread  wide, 
Success  was  found  on  Israel's  side  ; 

But  when,  through  weariness,  they  failed, 
That  moment  Amalek  prevailed." 

See  Exodus  xvii,  11. 

5  "  Have  you  no  words  ?  Ah,  think  again, 
Words  flow  apace  when  you  complain, 
And  fill  a  fellow-creature's  ear 

With  the  sad  tale  of  all  your  care." 

In  the  last  verse,  first  line,  the  original  hiis  "  thus  " 
instead  of  "  that's,"  and  the  third  line  begins  with 
"  Your"  instead  of  "Our." 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 

See  No.  44. 


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691        The  joy  of  loving  hearts.        L.  M. 

JESUS,  thou  Joy  of  loving  hearts ! 
Thou  Fount  of  life !  thou  Light  of  men  ! 
From  the  best  bliss  that  earth  imparts, 
We  turn  unfilled  to  thee  again. 

2  Thy  truth  unchanged  hath  ever  stood ; 
Thou  savest  those  that  on  thee  call ; 

To  them  that  seek  thee,  thou  art  good, 
To  them  that  find  thee,  all  in  all. 

3  We  taste  thee,  O  thou  Living  Bread, 
And  long  to.  feast  upon  thee  still ; 

We  drink  of  thee,  the  Fountain  Head, 
And  thirst  our  souls  from  thee  to  fill ! 

4  Our  restless  spirits  yearn  for  thee, 
Where'er  our  changeful  lot  is  cast; 

Glad,  when  thy  gracious  smile  we  see, 
Blest,  when  our  faith  can  hold  thee  fast. 

5  O  Jesus,  ever  with  us  stay ; 

Make  all  our  moments  calm  and  bright ; 
Chase  the  dark  night  of  sin  away, 
Shed  o'er  the  world  thy  holy  light ! 

BERNARD  OP  CLAIRVAUX. 

TR.  BY  R.  PALMER. 

Title  :  Delight  in  Christ. 

This  translation  was  contributed  to  the  Sabbath 
Hymn  Book,  1858. 

It  is  a  free  rendering  of  selected  stanzas  from 
Bernard's  Jem  dulcis  memoria.  The  Rev.  E.  Oas- 
wall  and  others  have  translated  the  same.  It  is 
unaltered  and  entire. 


692      God1  s  praises  crown  eternity .     L.  M. 
OD  of  my  life,  through  all  my  days 


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My  grateful  powers  shall  sound  thy 
praise ; 

The  song  shall  wake  with  opening  light, 
And  warble  to  the  silent  night. 

2  When  anxious  cares  would  break  my  rest, 
And  griefs  would  tear  my  throbbing  breast, 
Thy  tuneful  praises,  raised  on  high, 

Shall  check  the  murmur  and  the  sigh. 

3  When  death  o'er  nature  shall  prevail, 
And  all  my  powers  of  language  fail, 

Joy  through  my  swimming  eyes  shall  break, 
And  mean  the  thanks  I  cannot  speak. 

4  But  O,  when  that  last  conflict's  o'er, 
And  I  am  chained  to  earth  no  more, 
With  what  glad  accents  shall  I  rise 
To  join  the  music  of  the  skies ! 


5  Soon  shall  I  learn  the  exalted  strains 
Which  echo  o'er  the  heavenly  plains ; 
And  emulate,  with  joy  unknown, 
The  glowing  seraphs  round  thy  throne. 

6  The  cheerful  tribute  will  I  give, 
Long  as  a  deathless  soul  can  live : 
A  work  so  sweet,  a  theme  so  high, 
Demands  and  crowns  eternity ! 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title:  Praising  God  through  the  Whole  of  our 
Existence. 

"While  I  live  will  I  praise  the  Lord:  I  will 
sing  praises  unto  my  God  while  I  have  any  being." 
Psa.  cxlvi,  2. 

Only  two  words  are  changed.  In  the  second  line 
of  the  third  stanza  the  original  has  "  its  "  instead 
of  "my;"  and  in  the  second  line  of  the  fourth, 
"flesh  "  instead  of  "  earth." 

The  first  line  of  the  third  stanza  is  happily  ex- 
pressed. It  recognizes  man's  natural  immortality, 
and  regards  death  as  an  "  enemy." 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures.  London,  1755. 

For  biography  of  author,  see  No.  78. 


693  His  loving  kin  dness  better  than  life.  L .  M , 

OGOD,  thou  art  my  God  alone ; 
Early  to  thee  my  soul  shall  cry ; 
A  pilgrim  in  a  land  unknown, 

A  thirsty  land,  whose  springs  are  dry. 

2  Thee,  in  the  watches  of  the  night, 
When  I  remember  on  my  bed, 

Thy  presence  makes  the  darkness  light ; 
Thy  guardian  wings  are  round  my  head. 

3  Better  than  life  itself,  thy  love ; 
Dearer  than  all  beside  to  me ; 

For  whom  have  I  in  heaven  above, 

Or  what  on  earth,  compared  with  thee? 

4  Praise  with  my  heart,  my  mind,  my  voice. 
For  all  thy  mercy  I  will  give ; 

My  soul  shall  still  in  God  rejoice, 
My  tongue  shall  bless  thee  while  I  live. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title  :  Remembrance  and  Resolution. 
It  is  a  paraphrase  of  Psa.  lxiii. 
Two  stanzas,  the  second  and  third,  of  the  original 
are  omitted : 

2  "  Oh  !  that  it  were  as  it  hath  been, 
When,  praying  in  the  holy  place, 

Thy  power  and  glory  I  have  seen, 
And  marked  the  footsteps  of  Thy  grace  I 


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3  "  Yet  through  this  rough  and  thorny  maze, 

I  follow  hard  on  Thee",  my  God  ! 
Thine  hand  unseen  upholds  my  ways, 

I  safely  tread  where  Thou  hast  trod." 

Unaltered.    From  the  author's  Songs  of  Zion. 
London,  1822. 
See  No.  5. 


694  l.  m 

1  shall  be  satisfied,  when  I  awake  with  Thy  likeness. 

LORD  Jesus  Christ,  my  Life,  my  Light, 
My  strength  by  day,  my  trust  by  night, 
On  earth  I'm  but  a  passing  guest, 
And  sorely  Avith  my  sins  oppressed. 

2  O  let  thy  sufferings  give  me  power 
To  meet  the  last  and  darkest  hour, 
Thy  cross,  the  staff  whereon  I  lean, 

My  couch,  the  grave  where  thou  hast  been. 

3  Since  thou  hast  died,  the  pure,  the  just, 
I  take  my  homeward  way  in  trust ; 

The  gates  of  heaven,  Lord,  open  wide, 
When  here  I  may  no  more  abide. 

4  And  wThen  the  last  great  day  is  come, 
And  thou,  our  Judge,  shall  sj)eak  the  doom, 
Let  me  with  joy  behold  the  light, 

And  set  me  then  upon  thy  right. 

5  Eenew  this  wasted  flesh  of  mine, 
That  like  the  sun  it  there  may  shine 
Among  the  angels  pure  and  blight, 
Yea,  like  thyself,  in  glorious  light. 

6  Ah,  then  I  have  my  heart's  desire, 
When,  singing  with  the  angels'  choir, 
Among  the  ransomed  of  thy  grace, 
Forever  I  behold  thy  face ! 

M.  BEHEMB.  TR.  BY  MISS  C.  TVEtsK WORTH. 

Title:  In  Weakness  and  Distress  of  Mind. 

In  Lyra  Germanica,  second  series,  1858,  the  trans- 
lation consists  of  eleven  stanzas.  These  verses  are 
the  first,  the  first  half  of  the  fourth,  the  last  half  of 
the  seventh,  the  eighth,  ninth,  tenth,  and  eleventh, 
verbatim.    It  was  first  published  in  1608. 

The  author's  title  was  :  A  prayer  for  the  Dying. 

The  Eev.  Martin  Behemb  was  born  in  Lusatia, 
North  Germany,  in  1557.  He  studied  theology  at 
the  University  of  Strasburg,  and  afterward  became 
pastor  of  the  Lutheran  church  in  his  native  town 
of  Laubau,  where  he  died  in  1622. 


695        The  fairest  of  the  fair.  L.  M. 

THOUGH  all  the  world  my  choice  deride, 
Yet  Jesus  shall  my  portion  be ; 
For  I  am  pleased  with  none  beside ; 
The  fairest  of  the  fair  is  he. 


2  Sweet  is  the  vision  of  thy  face, 
And  kindness  o'er  thy  lips  is  shed; 

Lovely  art  thou,  and  full  of  grace, 
And  glory  beams  around  thy  head. 

3  Thy  sufferings  I  embrace  with  thee, 
Thy  poverty  and  shameful  cross ; 

The  pleasures  of  the  world  I  flee, 
And  deem  its  treasures  only  dross. 

4  Be  daily  dearer  to  my  heart, 
And  ever  let  me  feel  thee  near ; 

Then  willingly  with  all  I'd  part, 
Nor  count  it  worthy  of  a  tear. 

GERHARD  TERSTEEGEN. 

Title  :  Entire  Surrender. 

The  translation  appeared  in  Original  Hymns  by 
Various  Authors,  edited  by  the  Eev.  J.  Leifchild, 
13. D.  London,  1843.  In  this  work  it  has  eight 
stanzas.  These  are  verses  two,  three,  five,  and  seven, 
unaltered. 

It  was  translated  by  Samuel  Jackson,  1832. 
For  biographical  sketch  of  Tersteegen,  see  No.  47. 


696    At  home  with  God  anywhere.        L.  M. 

MY  Lord,  how  full  of  sweet  content, 
I  pass  my  years  of  banishment ! 
Wherer  I  dwell,  I  dwell  with  thee, 
In  heaven,  in  earth,  or  on  the  sea. 
To  me  remains  nor  place  nor  time ; 
My  country  is  in  every  clime : 

1  can  be  calm  and  free  from  care 
On  any  shore,  since  God  is  there. 

2  While  place  we  seek,  or  place  we  shun, 
The  soul  finds  happiness  in  none ; 

But  with  a  God  to  guide  our  way, 
'Tis  equal  joy  to  go  or  stay. 
Could  I  be  cast  where  thou  art  not, 
That  were  indeed  a  dreadful  lot; 
But  regions  none  remote  I  call, 
Secure  of  fiuding  God  in  all. 

MAT).  J.  M.  B.  DE  LA  MOTHE  GUYON. 

TR.  BY  WM.  COWPER. 

Title :  The  Soul  that  Loves  God  finds  Him  Every- 
ivhere. 

The  translation  in  Coirpefs  Poetical  Works  con- 
sists of  nine  four- lined  stanzas.    It  begins  thus : 

1  "0  Thou,  by  long  experience  tried, 
Near  whom  no  grief  can  long  abide ; 
My  Love!  how  full  of  sweet  content 

1  pass  my  years  of  banishment. 

2  "  All  scenes  alike  engaging  prove 
To  souls  impressed  with  sacred  Love  ! 
Where'er  they  dwell,  they  dwell  in  Thee 
In  heaven,  in  earth,  or  on  the  sea." 

It  will  be  seen  that  the  first  stanza  of  the  liymn 


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is  made  up  of  parts  of  the  first  two  stanzas  of  the 
translation,  somewhat  altered. 

Jeanne  Marie  Bouvieres  de  la  Motte  Guyon,  the 
French  Mystic,  was  born  in  1648  ;  was  educated 
in  a  convent,  and  desired  to  take  the  veil, 
but  her  parents  refused  consent.  Her  married 
life  was  not  happy,  and  she  sought  peace 
in  religion.  A  Franciscan  monk  told  her 
to  "seek  God  in  her  heart."  She  dated 
her  conversion,  July  22,  1668,  and  says:  "I 
was  on  a  sudden  so  altered  that  I  was  hardly  to  be 
known,  either  by  myself  or  by  others  .  .  .  nothing 
was  more  easy  to  me  now  than  to  practice  prayer." 
After  the  death  of  her  husband,  in  1676,  she  de- 
voted her  life  to  teaching  religion  and  writing 
books.  Madam  Guyon  was  eminently  spiritual, 
and  professed  entire  sanctification,  perfect  faith, 
and  perfect  love.  She  was  accused  by  the  Eoman 
Church  of  heresy,  and  at  one  time  was  banished, 
and  at  another  imprisoned.    But  she  says : 

"  Nor  castle  walls,  nor  dungeons  deep, 

Exclude  His  quickening  beams ; 
There  I  can  sit,  and  sing,  and  weep 
And  dwell  on  heavenly  themes." 

Cowper  translated  a  number  of  her  hymns.  John 
Wesley  said  :  "  The  grand  source  of  all  her  mis- 
takes was  this,  the  not  being  guided  by  the  written 
word."  That  was  the  mistake  of  her  age  and 
Church.  Her  last  years  were  spent  in  quietness, 
and  she  died  in  full  communion  with  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  in  1717. 


697       Thou  dear  Redeemer.         C.  M. 

THOU  dear  Redeemer,  dying  Lamb, 
I  love  to  hear  of  thee ; 
No  music's  like  thy  charming  name, 
Nor  half  so  sweet  can  be. 

2  O  let  me  ever  hear  thy  voice 
In  mercy  to  me  speak ; 

In  thee,  my  Priest,  will  I  rejoice, 
And  thy  salvation  seek. 

3  My  Jesus  shall  be  still  my  theme, 
While  in  this  world  I  stay ; 

I'll  sing  my  Jesus'  lovely  name 
When  all  things  else  decay. 

4  When  I  appear  in  yond  er  cloud, 
With  all  thy  favored  throng, 

Then  will  I  sing  more  sweet,  more  loud, 
And  Christ  shall  be  my  song. 

JOHN  CENNICK. 

Title  :  Thou  art  a  Priest  forever  after  the  Order 
of  MelcMsedech. 
Five  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original  Form. 

Verse  one,  lines  three  and  four : 

"  No  music  like  thy  charming  name 
Is  half  so  sweet  to  me." 


Verse  two,  lines  three  and  four  : 

"  And  in  my  Priest  will  1  rejoice, 
My  great  MelcMsedech." 

Verse  four,  line  two  : 

"  With  all  his  favored  throng." 

_  From  Sacred  Hymns  for  the  use  of  Religious  So- 
cieties, by  John  Cennick,  part  iii.    London,  1744. 
For  biographical  notes,  see  No.  450. 


698     God  my  sufficient  Portion.     C.  M. 

MY  God,  my  Portion,  and  my  Love, 
My  everlasting  All, 
IVe  none  but  thee  in  heaven  above, 
Or  on  the  earthly  ball. 

2  What  empty  things  are  all  the  skies, 
And  this  inferior  clod ! 

There's  nothing  here  deserves  my  joys, 
There's  nothing  like  my  God. 

3  To  thee  I  owe  my  wealth  and  friends, 
And  health,  and  safe  abode: 

Thanks  to  thy  name  for  meaner  things; 
But  they  are  not  my  God. 

4  How  vain  a  toy  is  glittering  wealth, 
If  once  compared  to  thee ! 

Or  what's  my  safety,  or  my  health, 
Or  all  my  friends  to  me? 

5  Were  I  possessor  of  the  earth, 
And  called  thy  stars  my  own, 

Without  thy  graces  and  thyself, 
I  were  a  wretch  undone. 

6  Let  others  stretch  their  arms  like  seas, 
And  grasp  in  all  the  shore ; 

Grant  me  the  visits  of  thy  grace, 
And  I  desire  no  more. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  title :  God  My  Only  Happiness. 

"  Whom  have  I  in  heaven  but  thee  ?  and  there  is 
none  upon  earth  that  I  desire  besides  thee."  Psa. 
lxxiii,  25. 

Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  fourth,  of  the  original 
are  omitted : 

3  "In  vain  the  bright,  the  burning  sun 
Scatters  his  feeble  light; 

'Tis  thy  sweet  beams  create  my  noon, 
If  thou  withdraw  'tis  night. 

4  "  And  whilst  upon  my  restless  bed, 
Amongst  the  shades  I  roll  ; 

If  my  Eedeemer  shows  his  head, 
'Tis  morning  with  my  soul." 


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The  only  change  is  in  the  first  line  of  the  third 
stanza : 

"  To  thee  we  owe  our  wealth  and  friends." 

This  is  a  perfect  hymn,  of  its  kind,  and  is  special- 
ly adapted  to  private  devotion.  The  last  two 
stanzas  are  indeed  grand. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


699 


Praise  delightful. 


C.  M. 


MY  Saviour,  my  almighty  Friend, 
When  I  begin  thy  praise, 
Where  will  the  growing  numbers  end, 
The  numbers  of  thy  grace? 

2  I  trust  in  thy  eternal  word ; 
Thy  goodness  I  adore : 

Send  down  thy  grace,  O  blessed  Lord, 
That  I  may  love  thee  more. 

3  My  feet  shall  travel  all  the  length 
Of  the  celestial  road ; 

And  march,  with  courage  in  thy  strength, 
To  see  the  Lord  my  God. 

4  Awake !  awake !  my  tuneful  powers, 
With  this  delightful  song ; 

And  entertain  the  darkest  hours, 
Nor  think  the  season  long. 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT. 

Title:  Christ,  our  Strength  and  Righteousness. 

Founded  on  the  last  part  of  Psa.  lxxi.  Seven 
stanzas ;  these  are  the  first  three  and  last. 

Three  lines  of  the  second  stanza  have  been 
altered.    Watts  wrote  it: 

2  "  Thou  art  my  everlastiny  trust, 

Thy  goodness  I  adore, 
And  since  I  knew  thy  graces  first, 

I  speak  thy  glories  more.'''' 

The  last  line  of  the  third  verse  was  : 
"  To  see  my  Father  God ; " 

and  the  third  line  of  the  last  stanza : 
UPU  entertain,"  etc. 

From  the  author's  Psalms  of  David  Imitated  in 
the  Language  of  the  New  Testament,  1719. 


FIRST  PAET. 


700        The  sweetest  name. 

JESUS,  the  very  thought  of  thee 
With  sweetness  fills  the  breast ; 
But  sweeter  far  thy  face  to  see, 
And  in  thy  presence  rest. 


C.  M. 


2  No  voice  can  sing,  no  heart  can  frame, 
Nor  can  the  memory  find 

A  sweeter  sound  than  Jesus'  name, 
The  Saviour  of  mankind. 

3  O  Hope  of  every  contrite  heart, 
O  Joy  of  all  the  meek, 

To  those  who  ask,  how  kind  thou  art ! 
How  good  to  those  who  seek ! 

4  But  what  to  those  who  find?  Ah,  this 
Nor  tongue  nor  pen  can  show : 

The  love  of  Jesus,  what  it  is, 
None  but  his  loved  ones  know. 

5  Jesus,  our  only  joy  be  thou, 
As  thou  our  prize  wilt  be ; 

In  thee  be  all  our  glory  now, 
And  through  eternity. 

BERNARD  OP  CLAIRVAUX. 
TR.  BY  E.  CASWALL. 

Title :  Jesu  dulcis  memoria. 

The  original,  in  Thesaurus  Hymnologicus,  con- 
tains forty-eight  quatrains. 

This  translation  was  contributed  to  Lyra  Cathol- 
ica,  1848.  It  is  also  found  in  Hymns  and,  Poems, 
Original  and  Translated,  by  Edward  Caswall, 
second  edition.    London,  1873. 

A  number  of  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original. 

Verse  two,  lines  one,  three,  and  four : 

11  Nor  voice  can  sing,  nor  heart  can  frame," 
"A  sweeter  sound  than  Thy  blest  name, 
0  Saviour  of  mankind." 

Verse  three,  line  three : 
"  To  those  who  fall,  how  kind  thou  art !  " 

Verse  four,  line  four : 
**  None  but  his  lovers  know." 

Verse  five,  line  three : 
"  Jesus,  be  Thou  our  glory  now." 


SECOND  PART. 


701     The  Conqueror  renowned.  CM. 

0 JESUS,  King  most  wonderful, 
Thou  Conqueror  renowned, 
Thou  sweetness  most  ineffable, 
In  whom  all  joys  are  found! 

2  When  once  thou  visitest  the  heart, 
Then  truth  begins  to  shine, 

Then  earthly  vanities  depart, 
Then  kindles  love  divine. 


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3  O  Jesus,  Light  of  all  below, 
Thou  Fount  of  living  fire, 

Surpassing  all  the  joys  we  know, 
And  all  we  can  desire ! 

4  Jesus,  may  all  confess  thy  name, 
Thy  wondrous  love  adore, 

And,  seeking  thee,  themselves  inflame 
To  seek  thee  more  and  more. 

5  Thee,  Jesus,  may  our  voices  bless ; 
Thee  may  we  love  alone; 

And  ever  in  our  lives  express 
The  image  of  thine  own. 

BERNARD  OP  CLAIRVAUX. 
TR.  BY  E.  CASWALL. 

Title :  Jesu  Rex  admirabilis. 
The  translator  wrote  verse  four,  lines  one,  two, 
and  three : 

"  May  every  heart  confess  thy  name, 

And  ever  Thee  adore ; 
And  seeking  Thee  itself  inflame." 

Verse  live,  line  one : 

"  Thee  may  our  tongues  forever  bless." 


THIRD  PART. 

703     The  King  in  his  beauty.       C.  M. 

0 JESUS,  thou  the  beauty  art 
Of  angel- worlds  above; 
Thy  name  is  music  to  the  heart, 
Inflaming  it  with  love. 

2  O  Jesus,  Saviour,  hear  the  sighs 
Which  unto  thee  we  send ; 

To  thee  our  inmost  spirit  cries, 
To  thee  our  prayers  ascend. 

3  Abide  with  us,  and  let  thy  light 
Shine,  Lord,  on  every  heart ; 

Dispel  the  darkness  of  our  night, 
And  joy  to  all  impart. 

4  Jesus,  our  love  and  joy !  to  thee, 
The  Virgin's  holy  Son, 

All  might,  and  praise,  ano  glory  be, 
While  endless  ages  run ! 

BERNARD  OP  CLAIRVAUX. 
TR.  BY  E.  CASWALL. 

Title :  Jesu  decus  angelicum,. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  one,  line  four : 

"  Enchanting  it  with  love. 

2.  "  O  my  sweet  Jesus  hear  the  sighs 

Which  unto  Thee  /send  ; 
To  Thee  mine  inmost  spirit  cries  • 

My  being' 's  hope  and  end. 

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3  "  Stay  with  us,  Lord,  and  ivith  thy  light 
Illume  the  souls  abyss  • 

Scatter  the  darkness  of  our  night, 
And  Jill  the  world  with  bliss. 

4  "  O  Jesus!  spotless  Virgin  flower  I 
Our  life  and  joy,  to  Thee 

Be  praise,  beatitude,  and  power 
'Through  all  eternity." 


C.  M 


703      The  rapture  of  love. 

O'TIS  delight  without  alloy, 
Jesus,  to  hear  thy  name : 
My  spirit  leaps  with  inward  joy; 
I  feel  the  sacred  flame. 

2  My  passions  hold  a  pleasing  reign, 
When  love  inspires  my  breast, — - 

Love,  the  divinest  of  the  train, 
The  sovereign  of  the  rest. 

3  This  is  the  grace  must  live  and  sing, 
When  faith  and  hope  shall  cease, 

And  sound  from  every  joyful  string 
Through  all  the  realms  of  bliss. 

4  Swift  I  ascend  the  heavenly  place, 
And  hasten  to  my  home ; 

I  leap  to  meet  thy  kind  embrace  ; 
I  come,  O  Lord,  I  come. 

5  Sink  down,  ye  separating  hills! 
Let  sin  and  death  remove ; 

'Tis  love  that  drives  my  chariot  wheels, 
And  death  must  yield  to  love. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  title :  Ascending  to  Him  in  Heaven. 
Several  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original. 
Verse  one,  line  one: 

"  'Tis  pure  Delight  without  Alloy." 

Verse  two,  line  two : 

"  While  Love  inspires  my  Breast." 

Verse  three,  lines  two,  three,  and  four : 

"  When  Faith  and  Fear  shall  cease, 
Must  sound  from  every  joyful  String, 
Thro'  the  sweet  Groves  of  Bliss." 

Verse  five,  line  two : 

"  Let  Quilt  and  Death  remove." 

One  stanza,  the  fourth,  of  the  original  is  omitted : 

4  "  Let  Life  immortal  seize  my  Clay, 

Yet  Love  refine  my  Blood. 
Her  Flames  can  bear  my  Soul  away, 

Can  bring  me  near  my  Cod." 

There  is  a  holy  rapture  in  the  last  two  stanzas 
of  this  hymn.    From  Horoe  Tyricce,  1709. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


7  04  Triumphant  joy.  C.  M. 

MY  God,  the  spring  of  all  my  joys, 
The  life  of  my  delights, 
The  glory  of  my  brightest  days, 
And  comfort  of  my  nights ! 

2  In  darkest  shades,  if  thou  appear, 
My  dawning  is  begun ; 

Thou  art  my  soul's  bright  morning  star, 
And  thou  my  rising  sun. 

3  The  opening  heavens  around  me  shine 
With  beams  of  sacred  bliss, 

If  Jesus  shows  his  mercy  mine, 
And  whispers  I  am  his. 

4  My  soul  would  leave  this  heavy  clay 
At  that  transporting  word, 

Run  up  with  joy  the  shining  way, 
To  see  and  praise  my  Lord. 

5  Fearless  of  hell  and  ghastly  death, 
I'd  break  through  every  foe ; 

The  wings  of  love  and  arms  of  faith 
Would  bear  me  conqueror  through. 

ISAAC  WATTS.  ALT. 

Title :  God's  Presence  is  Light  in  Darkness. 

Original  Form. 

Verse  two,  lines  one,  three,  and  four : 

"  In  darkest  shades  if  he  appear," 
"He  is  my  soul's  sweet  morning  star, 
And  he  my  rising  sun." 

Verse  three,  line  three  : 

"  While  Jesus  shows  his  heart  is  mine." 

Verse  four,  line  four : 

"  T  embrace  my  dearest  Lord." 

Verse  five,  line  four : 

"  Should  bear  me  conqueror  through." 

These  changes  were  made  by  John  Wesley,  who 
edited  this  hymn  for  his  Collection  of  Psalms  and 
Hymns,  1738. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


705         Perpetual  praise.  CM. 

YES,  I  will  bless  thee,  O  my  God, 
Through  all  my  fleeting  days ; 
And  to  eternity  prolong 

Thy  vast,  thy  boundless  praise. 

2  Nor  shall  my  tongue  alone  proclaim 

The  honors  of  my  God; 
My  life,  with  all  its  active  powers, 

Shall  spread  thy  praise  abroad. 


3  Nor  will  I  cease  thy  praise  to  sing 
AVhen  death  shall  close  mine  eyes ; 

My  thoughts  shall  then  to  nobler  heights 
And  sweeter  raptures  rise. 

4  Then  shall  my  lips,  in  endless  praise, 
Their  grateful  tribute  pay ; 

The  theme  demands  an  angel's  tongue, 
And  an  eternal  day. 

OTTIWELL  HEGINBOTHAM.  ALT. 

Title :  Praise  to  God  in  Life  and  Death. 
The  first  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"  My  soul  shall  praise  Thee,  0  my  God, 
Through  all  my  mortal  days,"  etc. 

Two  stanzas,  the  second  and  third,  are  omitted : 

"  In  each  bright  hour  of  peace  and  hope, 

Be  this  my  sweet  employ  ! 
Devotion  heightens  all  my  bliss, 

And  sanctifies  my  joy. 

"  When  gloomy  care  or  keen  distress 

Invades  my  throbbing  breast, 
My  tongue  shall  learn  to  speak  Thy  praise, 

And  soothe  my  pains  to  rest." 

The  third  stanza  of  the  hymn  is  altered  consid- 
erably : 

3  "  And  thoi/gh  these  lips  shall  cease  to  move, 
Though  death  shall  close  these  eyes, 

Yet  shall  my  soul  to  nobler  heights 
Of  joy  and  transport  rise." 

The  author  wrote  the  first  line  of  the  fourth 
stanza : 

"  Then  shall  ray  powers  in  endless  strains.'''' 

The  thought  of  the  last  two  lines  of  the  hymn  is 
very  grand.  Verified  by  Lyra  Britannica,  Rogers. 
London,  (second  edition,)  1868. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  294. 


706  Prayer.  CM. 

PRAYER  is  the  breath  of  God  in  man, 
Returning  whence  it  came ; 
Love  is  the  sacred  fire  within, 
And  prayer  the  rising  flame. 

2  It  gives  the  burdened  spirit  ease, 
And  soothes  the  troubled  breast ; 

Yields  comfort  to  the  mourners  here, 
And  to  the  weary  rest. 

3  When  God  inclines  the  heart  to  pray, 
He  hath  an  ear  to  hear ; 

To  him  there's  music  in  a  groan, 
And  beauty  in  a  tear. 


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4  The  humble  suppliant  cannot  fail 

To  have  his  wants  supplied, 
Since  He  for  sinners  intercedes, 

Who  once  for  sinners  died. 

BENJAMIN  BEDDOME. 

The  author's  title  was :  Importance  of  Prayer. 

The  hymn  is  not  altered. 

One  stanza,  the  second,  is  omitted : 

2  "  The  Christian  life,  with  it  concludes, 

And  with  it  doth  begin  ; 
'Tis  this  invigorates  the  soul, 

And  is  the  death  of  sin. 

God's  love  for  true  penitence  is  poetically  ex- 
pressed in  the  last  part  of  the  third  stanza. 

From  Hymns  Adapted  to  Public  Worship  or 
Family  Devotion,  1818. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  285. 


707      Prayer  moves  Omnipotence.  CM. 

THERE  is  an  eye  that  never  sleeps 
Beneath  the  wing  of  night; 
There  is  an  ear  that  never  shuts, 
When  sink  the  beams  of  light. 

2  There  is  an  arm  that  nevers  tires, 
When  human  strength  gives  way; 

There  is  a  love  that  never  fails, 
When  earthly  loves  decay. 

3  That  eye  is  fixed  on  seraph  throngs ; 
That  arm  upholds  the  sky ; 

That  ear  is  filled  with  angel  songs ; 
That  love  is  throned  on  high. 

4  But  there's  a  power  which  man  can  wield, 
When  mortal  aid  is  vain, 

That  eye,  that  arm,  that  love  to  reach, 
That  listening  ear  to  gain. 

5  That  power  is  prayer,  which  soars  on  high, 
Through  Jesus,  to  the  throne, 

And  moves  the  hand  which  moves  the  world, 
To  bring  salvation  down. 

JAMES  C.  WALLACE. 

It  is  said  that  this  hymn  first  appeared  in  the 
Scottish  Christian  Herald,  1839. 

It  has  been  altered.  How  much  I  cannot  tell,  as 
I  have  never  seen  the  original. 

The  Rev.  James  Covvden  Wallace  was  a  minis- 
ter in  the  Unitarian  Church,  England.  He  was 
born  in  1793.    Died  1841. 


The  two  worlds. 


C.  M. 


708 

UNVEIL,  O  Lord,  and  on  us  shine 
In  glory  and  in  grace ; 
The  gaudy  world  grows  pale  before 
The  beauty  of  thy  face. 


2  Till  thou  art  seen,  it  seems  to  be 
A  sort  of  fairy  ground, 

Where  suns  unsetting  light  the  sky, 
And  flowers  and  fruits  abound. 

3  But  when  thy  keener,  purer  beam 
Is  poured  upon  our  sight, 

It  loses  all  its  power  to  charm, 
And  what  was  day  is  night. 

4  Its  noblest  toils  are  then  the  scourge 
Which  made  thy  blood  to  flow ; 

Its  joys  are  but  the  treacherous  thorns 
Which  circled  round  thy  brow. 

5  And  thus,  when  we  renounce  for  thee 
Its  restless  aims  and  fears, 

The  tender  memories  of  the  past, 
The  hopes  of  coming  years, — 

6  Poor  is  our  sacrifice,  whose  eyes 
Are  lighted  from  above ; 

We  offer  what  we  cannot  keep, 
What  we  have  ceased  to  love. 

JOHN  H.  NEWMAN. 

Original  title :  The  Two  Worlds. 
This  hymn  was  written  in  1862.    Only  one  word 
has  been  changed.    The  author  wrote :  " 

"  This  gaudy  world,"  etc., 

in  the  the  third  line  of  the  first  stanza. 

From  Verses  on  Various  Occasions,  by  J.  H. 
Newman,  1868. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  207. 


709         Evening— solitude.         C.  M. 

I LOVE  to  steal  awhile  away 
From  every  cumbering  care, 
And  spend  the  hours  of  setting  day 
In  humble,  grateful  prayer. 

2  I  love  in  solitude  to  shed 
The  penitential  tear, 

And  all  his  promises  to  plead 
Where  none  but  God  can  hear. 

3  I  love  to  think  on  mercies  past, 
And  future  good  implore, 

And  all  my  cares  and  sorrows  cast 
On  him  whom  I  adore. 

4  I  love  by  faith  to  take  a  view 
Of  brighter  scenes  in  heaven ; 

The  prospect  doth  my  strength  renew, 
While  here  by  tempests  driven. 


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5  Thus,  when  life's  toilsome  day  is  o'er, 

May  its  departing  ray 
Be  calm  as  this  impressive  hour, 

And  lead  to  endless  day. 

MRS.  PHCEBE  H.  BROWN. 

Phoebe  Hinsdale  Brown  was  a  humble  Christian 
woman,  who  lived  from  1783  to  1861.  This  poem 
was  written  in  Ellington,  Conn.,  in  1818.  The 
author  lived  in  a  small  house,  and  having  no  re- 
tired room  in  which  to  pray,  was  accustomed  to 
stroll  along  under  the  elms  by  the  quiet  country 
road-side,  and  commune  with  God.  One  day  she 
met  a  rich  neighbor  at  the  house  of  her  pastor,  the 
Eev.  Mr.  Hyde.  This  lady  had  observed  the  twi- 
light walks  of  Mrs.  Brown,  and,  misapprehending 
her  object,  grieved  her  sensitive  soul.  '"  Why," 
said  she,  "  do  you  walk  back  and  forth  between 
your  house  and  mine  ?  If  there  is  any  thing  you 
want,  come  in  and  get  it."  That  evening  Mrs. 
Brown  wrote  the  verses,  which  she  headed,  An 
Apology  for  my  Twilight  Rambles,  Addressed  to  a 
Lady. 

The  original  contained  nine  stanzas.  It  is  given 
by  the  Rev.  F.  M.  Bird  in  the  Independent  of  Jan. 
6,  1881.  This  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  two, 
four,  five,  seven,  and  nine;  edited,  probably,  by 
Dr.  Nettleton,  for  his  Village  Bymns,  1824. 

Original. 
Verse  one,  lines  two  and  four : 

"  From  little  ones  and  care," 
"  In  gratitude  and  prayer." 

Verse  two,  lines  three  and  four: 

"  And  all  God's  promises  to  plead, 
Where  none  can  see  or  hear." 

Verse  three,  line  two : 

"And  future  ones  implore." 

Verse  four,  lines  two,  three,  and  four : 

"  Of  blissful  scenes  in  heaven, 
The  sight  'doth  all  my  strength  renew 
While  here  by  storms  Pm  driven." 

Some  readers  will  be  glad  to  see  the  omitted 
stanzas : 

1  "Yes,  when  the  toilsome  day  is  done, 
And  night,  with  banners  gray, 

Steals  silently  the  glade  alone, 
In  twilight's  soft  array — 

3  "  I  love  to  feast  on  Nature's  scenes, 
When  falls  the  evening  dew  ; 

And  dwell  upon  her  silent  themes 
Forever  rich  and  new." 

6  "  I  love  to  meditate  on  death  ; 

"When  shall  his  message  come 
With  friendly  smiles,  to' steal  my  breath, 

And  take  an  exile  home." 


8  "I  love  this  silent  twilight  hour, 

Far  better  than  the  rest  \ 
It  is,  of  all  the  twenty-four, 

The  happiest  and  the  best." 

It  is  not  at  all  wonderful  that  such  a  praying 
mother  gave  to  the  Church  a  Christian  missionary, 
the  Eev.  Samuel  E.  Brown,  D.D. 


710 

What  is  prayer  ?  C.  M. 

PRAYER  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire, 
Uttered  or  unexpressed ; 
The  motion  of  a  hidden  fire 
That  trembles  in  the  breast. 

2  Prayer  is  the  burden  of  a  sigh, 
The  falling  of  a  tear, 

The  upward  glancing  of  an  eye, 
When  none  but  God  is  near. 

3  Prayer  is  the  simplest  form  of  speech 
That  infant  lips  can  try; 

Prayer  the  sublimest  strains  that  reach 
The  Majesty  on  high. 

4  Prayer  is  the  contrite  sinner's  voice, 
Returning  from  his  ways ; 

While  angels  in  their  songs  rejoice 
And  cry,  "Behold,  he  prays!  " 

5  Prayer  is  the  Christian's  vital  breath, 
The  Christian's  native  air, 

His  watchword  at  the  gates  of  death ; 
He  enters  heaven  with  prayer. 

6  O  Thou,  by  whom  we  come  to  God, 
The  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way; 

The  path  of  prayer  thyself  hast  trod : 
Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray ! 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

The  author's  title  was  :  What  is  Prayer? 

This  fine  hymn  was  written  in  1818,  at  the  re- 
quest of  the  Eev.  E.  Bickersteth,  for  his  Treatise 
on  Prayer. 

Two  stanzas,  the  sixth  and  seventh,  have  been 
omitted : 

6  "The  saints  in  prayer  appear  as  one 
In  word,  in  deed,  and  mind ; 

While  with  the  Father  and  the  Son 
Sweet  fellowship  they  find. 

7  "  Nor  prayer  is  made  by  man  alone, 
The  Holy  Spirit  pleads. 

And  Jesus,  on  the  eternal  throne 
For  sinners  intercedes." 

Montgomery  gave  an  autograph  copy  of  this 
favorite  hymn  tc  George  John  Stevenson,  the  well- 
known  English  hymnoloffist,  who  still  has  it  in 
his  possession.  It  was  published  in  the  Christian 
Psalmist,  1825. 

See  No.  5. 


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711        Communion  with  God.       C.  M. 

SWEET  is  the  prayer  whose  holy  stream 
In  earnest  pleading  flows ; 
Devotion  dwells  upon  the  theme, 
And  warm  and  warmer  grows. 

2  Faith  grasps  the  blessing  she  desires ; 
Hope  points  the  upward  gaze ; 

And  Love,  celestial  Love,  inspires 
The  eloquence  of  praise. 

3  But  sweeter  far  tlie  still,  small  voice, 
Unheard  by  human  ear, 

When  God  has  made  the  heart  rejoice, 
And  dried  the  bitter  tear. 

4  JSTo  accents  flow,  no  words  ascend ; 
All  utterance  faileth  there; 

But  God  himself  doth  comprehend 
And  answer,  silent  prayer. 

UNKNOWN. 

This  beautiful  little  hymn  has  been  traced  to 
Selections  of  Hymns  for  Christian  Worship.  Man- 
chester, (Eng.,)  1829.  It  was  then  anonymous, 
and  still  remains  so ;  although  the  Rev.  S.  F. 
Smith,  author  of  My  Country,  His  of  Thee,  and 
other  hymns,  writes  me  :  "  i  think  this  hymn  is 
one  of  my  own,  though  I  am  not  entirely  sure." 

In  the  earlier  books  the  last  two  lines  are : 

"  But  sainted  spirits  comprehend, 
And  God  accepts  the  prayer." 


712         Talking  with  God.  C.  M. 

rPALK  with  us,  Lord,  thyself  reveal, 
1    While  here  o'er  earth  we  rove ; 
Speak  to  our  hearts,  and  let  us  feel 
The  kindling  of  thy  love. 

2  With  thee  conversing,  we  forget 
All  time,  and  toil,  and  care ; 

Labor  is  rest,  and  pain  is  sweet, 
If  thou,  my  God,  art  here. 

3  Here,  then,  my  God,  vouchsafe  to  stay, 
And  bid  my  heart  rejoice ; 

My  bounding  heart  shall  own  thy  sway, 
And  echo  to  thy  voice. 

4  Thou  callest  me  to  seek  thy  face, — 
'Tis  all  I  wish  to  seek; 

To  attend  the  whispers  of  thy  grace, 
And  hear  thee  inly  speak. 

5  Let  this  my  every  hour  employ, 
Till  I  thy  glory  see ; 

Enter  into  my  Master's  joy, 
And  find  my  heaven  in  thee. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


Author's  title :  On  a  Journey. 
The  first  stanza  is  omitted  : 

1  "  Saviour,  who  ready  art  to  hear, 

(Readier  than  I  to  pray,) 
Answer  my  scarcely  uttered  prayer, 

And  meet  me  on  the  way." 

Verses  one  and  two  were  written  in  the  singular 
number. 

"  Talk  with  me,"  etc. 

In  the  second  stanza  the  author,  perhaps  uncon- 
sciously, quoted  Milton : 

"  With  thee  conversing,  I  forget  all  time," 

is  what  Eve  says  to  Adam,  in  Paradise  Lost,  book 
iv,  line  639. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


713     Retirement  and  meditation    C.  M. 

FAR  from  the  world,  O  Lord,  I  flee, 
From  strife  and  tumult  far ; 
From  scenes  where  Satan  wages  still 
His  most  successful  war. 

2  The  calm  retreat,  the  silent  shade, 
With  prayer  and  praise  agree, 

And  seem  by  thy  sweet  bounty  made 
For  those  who  follow  thee. 

3  There,  if  thy  Spirit  touch  the  soul, 
And  grace  her  mean  abode, 

O  with  what  peace,  and  joy,  and  love, 
Does  she  commune  with  God ! 

4  Author  and  Guardian  of  my  life, 
Sweet  Source  of  light  divine, 

And  all  harmonious  names  in  one, 
My  Saviour !  thou  art  mine ! 

5  The  thanks  I  owe  thee,  and  the  love, 
A  boundless,  endless  store, 

Shall  echo  through  the  realms  above 
When  time  shall  be  no  more. 

WILLIAM  COWPER. 

Title :  Retirement. 

This  hymn  was  written  by  Cowper  soon  after 
his  conversion. 
Verse  three,  line  four,  the  author  wrote  : 

"  She  communes  with  her  God." 

One  stanza,  the  fourth — a  very  poetic  one — is 
omitted : 

4  "  There,  like  the  nightingale,  she  pours 

Her  solitary  lays ; 
Nor  asks  a  witness  of  her  song, 

Nor  thirsts  for  human  praise." 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 
See  No.  44. 


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714  CM. 

Whom  having  not  seen,  ye  love.  1  Pet.  i,  8. 

JESUS,  these  eyes  have  never  seen 
That  radiant  form  of  thine ; 
The  veil  of  sense  hangs  dark  between 
Thy  blessed  face  and  mine. 

2  I  see  thee  not,  I  hear  thee  not, 
Yet  art  thou  oft  with  me ; 

And  earth  hath  ne'er  so  dear  a  spot 
As  where  I  meet  with  thee. 

3  Like  some  bright  dream  that  comes  un- 

sought 

When  slumbers  o'er  me  roll, 
Thine  image  ever  fills  my  thought, 
And  charms  my  ravished  soul. 

4  Yet  though  I  have  not  seen,  and  still 
Must  rest  in  faith  alone, 

I  love  thee,  dearest  Lord,  and  will, 
Unseen,  but  not  unknown. 

5  When  death  these  mortal  eyes  shall  seal, 
And  still  this  throbbing  heart, 

The  rending  veil  shall  thee  reveal, 
All-glorious  as  thou  art. 

RAY  PALMER. 

The  author's  title  is :  Unseen — not  Unknown. 
"  Whom  having  not  seen,  ye  love."  1  Pet.  i,  8. 

This  hymn  was  contributed  to  The  Sabbath  Hymn 
Book,  1858.  It  was  also  published  in  the  author's 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Pieces.  New  York,  1865.  It  is 
unaltered  and  entire. 

The  Rev.  Eay  Palmer,  D.D.,  a  Congregationalist 
clergyman,  was  born  in  Rhode  Island  in  1808  ;  was 
graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1830  ;  and  his  first 
and  most  famous  hymn  was  written  in  the  same 
year.  (See  No.  762.)  He  is  the  author  of  several 
volumes  of  poetry  which  contain  valuable  contri- 
butions to  hymnology — both  original  hymns  and 
translations.   He  died  March'29,1887. 


71b         Pray  without  ceasing.  CM. 

SHEPHERD  Divine,  our  wants  relieve, 
In  this  our  evil  day ; 
To  all  thy  tempted  followers  give 
The  power  to  watch  and  pray. 

2  Long  as  our  fiery  trials  last, 
Long  as  the  cross  we  bear, 

O  let  our  souls  on  thee  be  cast 
In  never-ceasing  prayer. 

3  Till  thou  thy  perfect  love  impart, 
Till  thou  thyself  bestow, 

Be  this  the  cry  of  every  heart, 
4 '  I  will  not  let  thee  go ; 


4  "  I  will  not  let  thee  go,  unless 
Thou  tell  thy  name  to  me, 

With  all  thy  great  salvation  bless, 
And  make  me  all  like  thee. 

5  "Then  let  me  on  the  mountain-top 
Behold  thy  open  face, 

Where  faith  in  sight  is  swallowed  up, 
And  prayer  in  endless  praise." 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  Desiring  to  Pray. 

One  stanza,  the  third,  is  omitted : 

3  "  The  Spirit  of  interceding  grace, 

Give  us  in  faith  to  claim, 
To  wrestle  till  we  see  Thy  face, 

And  know  Thy  hidden  name." 

In  this,  as  in  the  two  following  stanzas,  there  is 
a  plain  reference  to  the  wrestling  of  Jacob.  See 
Gen.  xxxii. 

Unaltered.  From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and 
Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


716        The  Lord's  Prayer.  0.  M. 

OUR  Father,  God,  who  art  in  heaven, 
All  hallowed  be  thy  name ; 
Thy  kingdom  come ;  thy  will  be  done 
In  heaven  and  earth  the  same. 

2  Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread ; 
And  as  we  those  forgive 

Who  sin  against  us,  so  may  we 
Forgiving  grace  receive. 

3  Into  temptation  lead  us  not ; 
From  evil  set  us  free ; 

And  thine  the  kingdom,  thine  the  power 
And  glory  ever  be. 

ADONIRAM  JUDSON. 

This  hymn,  a  metrical  version  of  the  Lord's 
Prayer,  is  a  remarkable  piece  of  work.  A  com- 
parison with  the  form  given  in  Matthew  vi  will 
show  how  little  change  has  been  made.  This  ver- 
sion contains  sixty-eight  words — only  two  more 
than  the  text  in  Matthew,  and  four  less  than  the 
original  Greek.  The  author  dated  it,  "  Prison, 
Ava,  March,  1825."  He  was  released,  after  having 
been  incarcerated  nineteen  months. 

The  Rev.  Adoniram  Judson,  D.D.,  the  famous 
missionary,  was  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1788, 
and  was  educated  at  Brown  University  and  Ando- 
ver  Divinity  School.  It  was  while  a  student  at 
Andover  that  Judson  and  a  few  other  young  men 
became  deeply  interested  in  foreign  missionary 
work.  Soon  afterward,  "  The  American  Board  oi 
Commissioners  for  Foreign  Missions  "  was  organ- 
ized ;  and  in  1812,  Judson  sailed  for  India  as  their 
first  missionary.  On  the  voyage  he  changed  his 
views  concerning  baptism,  and  was  immersed  by 
Dr.  Carey,  a  Baptist  missionary  at  Serampore.  The 


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East  India  Company  were  so  opposed  to  missionary 
work  at  that  time,  that  they  ordered  him  to  leave 
the  country.  Dr.  Judson  at  length  accepted  Bur- 
mah  as  his  mission  held.  He  became  familiar  with 
the  language,  and  the  great  work  of  his  life  was  the 
translation  of  the  whole  Bible  into  the  Burmese 
language.  In  1845  Dr.  Judson  returned  to  America ; 
but  the  next  year  he  sailed  again  for  India.  He 
died  on  a  voyage  for  his  health  in  1850,  and  was 
buried  at  sea. 


717  every-where.  7. 

THEY  who  seek  the  throne  of  grace, 
Find  that  throne  in  every  place ; 
If  we  live  a  life  of  prayer, 
,God  is  present  every- where. 

2  In  our  sickness  or  our  health, 
In  our  want  or  in  our  wealth, 
If  we  look  to  God  in  prayer, 
God  is  present  every- where. 

3  When  our  earthly  comforts  fail, 
When  the  foes  of  life  prevail, 
'Tis  the  time  for  earnest  prayer; 
God  is  present  every- where. 

4  Then,  my  soul,  in  every  strait 
To  thy  Father  come  and  wait ; 
He  will  answer  every  prayer ; 
God  is  present  every-where. 

OLIVER  HOLDEN,  ALT. 
Title :  Secret  Prayer. 

This  hymn  has  been  altered  from  a  long  meter  of 
six  stanzas,  beginning : 

<;  All  those  who  seek  a  throne  of  grace." 

In  an  old  book,  The  Young  Convert' 's  Companion, 
Boston,  1806,  this  and  several  other  hymns  are 
marked  H.  In  a  later  book  some  of  the  same  hymns 
are  attributed  to  Holden.  It  is  supposed  that  they 
were  written  by  Oliver  Holden,  an  editor  and  com- 
poser of  music.  He  wrote  Concord,  Coronation, 
and  other  valuable  tunes,  and  published  them  in 
The  Union,  Harmony.    Boston,  1793. 


718     Encouragements  to  pray.  7. 

COME,  my  soul,  thy  suit  prepare, 
Jesus  loves  to  answer  prayer ; 
He  himself  invites  thee  near, 
Bids  thee  ask  him,  waits  to  hear. 

2  Lord,  I  come  to  thee  for  rest  ; 
Take  possession  of  my  breast ; 
There  thy  blood-bought  right  maintain, 
And  without  a  rival  reign. 


3  While  I  am  a  pilgrim  here, 
Let  thy  love  my  spirit  cheer; 

As  my  guide,  my  guard,  my  friend, 
Lead  me  to  my  journey's  end. 

4  Show  me  what  I  have  to  do ; 
Every  hour  my  strength  renew ; 
Let  me  live  a  life  of  faith, 

Let  me  die  thy  people's  death. 

JOHN  NEWTON. 

Title  :  Ash  what  I  shall  give  thee.  1  Kings  hi,  5. 
The  second,  third,  and  fifth  stanzas  are  omitted : 

2  "  Thou  art  coming  to  a  King, 
Large  petitions  with  thee  bring ; 
For  his  grace  and  power  are  such, 
None  can  ever  ask  too  much. 

3  "  With  my  burden  I  begin, 
Lord,  remove  this  load  of  sin ! 
Let  thy  blood,  for  sinners  spilt? 
Set  my  conscience  free  from  guilt." 

5  "  As  the  image  in  the  glass 
Answers  the  beholder's  face  ; 
Thus  unto  my  heart  appear, 
Print  thine  own  resemblance  there." 

The  last  couplet  of  the  first  stanza  has  been 
changed.    Newton  wrote : 

"  He  himself  has  bid  you  pray, 
TJierefore  will  not  say  thee  nay." 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 
See  No.  23. 


719  7. 

Partnership  of  the  saints  in  light. 

JESUS  is  our  common  Lord, 
He  our  loving  Saviour  is ; 
By  his  death  to  life  restored, 
Misery  we  exchange  for  bliss ; 

2  Bliss  to  carnal  minds  unknown, 
O  'tis  more  than  tongue  can  tell ! 

Only  to  believers  shown, 
Glorious  and  unspeakable. 

3  Christ,  our  Brother  and  our  Friend, 
Shows  us  his  eternal  love : 

Never  shall  our  triumphs  end, 
Till  we  take  our  seats  above. 

4  Let  us  walk  with  him  in  white, 
For  our  bridal  day  prepare, 

For  our  partnership  in  light, 
For  our  glorious  meeting  there. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 
Title  :  Receiving  a  Christian  Friend. 


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The  first  two  stanzas  have  been  omitted.  They 
are  necessary,  as  well  as  the  original  title,  to  fully 
appreciate  the  thought  of  the  author : 

1  "  Welcome  Mend,  in  that  great  name, 
Whence  our  every  blessing  flows, 

Enter,  and  increase  the  flame 
Which  in  all  our  bosoms  glows. 

2  "  Sent  of  God  we  thee  receive  : 
Hail  the  providential  guest ! 

If  in  Jesus  we  believe 
Let  us  on  his  mercies  feast." 

The  last  line  of  the  third  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

''Till  we  join  the  host  above." 

It  was  changed  for  the  Collection  of  1780. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


720        Thepilg?  'ims'  song.  7. 

CHILDREN  of  the  heavenly  King, 
As  we  journey  let  us  sing; 
Sing  our  Saviour's  worthy  praise, 
Glorious  in  his  works  and  ways. 

2  We  are  traveling  home  to  God, 
In  the  way  our  fathers  trod ; 
They  are  happy  now,  and  we 
Soon  their  happiness  shall  see. 

3  O  ye  banished  seed,  be  glad ; 
Christ  our  Advocate  is  made : 
Us  to  save  our  flesh  assumes, 
Brother  to  our  souls  becomes. 

4  Lift  your  eyes,  ye  sons  of  light ; 
Zion's  city  is  in  sight; 

There  our  endless  home  shall  be, 
There  our  Lord  we  soon  shall  see. 

5  Fear  not,  brethren,  joyful  stand 
On  the  borders  of  our  land ; 
Jesus  Christ,  our  Father's  Son, 
Bids  us  undismayed  go  on. 

6  Lord,  obediently  we'll  go, 
Gladly  leaving  all  below : 
Only  thou  our  Leader  be, 
And  we  still  will  follow  thee, 

JOHN  CENNICK. 

Published  without  title  in  Sacred  Hymns  for  the 
Children  of  God,  in  the  Days  of  their  Pilgrimage, 
by  J.  C.    London,  1742. 

The  original  has  twelve  stanzas.  These  are  verses 
one,  two,  four,  six,  seven,  and  eight. 

Slight  changes  have  been  made  in  a  few  lines. 


Original. 

Verse  one,  lines  two  and  three : 

"As  ye  journey  sweetly  sing, 

Sing  your  Saviour's  worthy  praise." 

Verse  two,  line  two  : 

"  In  the  way  the  fathers  trod." 

Verse  five,  lines  two,  three,  and  four : 

"  On  the  borders  of  your  land, 
Jesus  Christ,  your  Father's  Son, 
Bids  you  undismayed  go  on." 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  450. 


1  Christ,  the  source  of  every  blessing.  7. 

CHRIST,  of  all  my  hopes  the  ground, 
Christ,  the  spring  of  all  my  joy, 
Still  in  thee  may  I  be  found, 

Still  for  thee  my  powers  employ. 

2  Fountain  of  o'erflowing  grace, 
Freely  from  thy  fullness  give ; 

Till  I  close  my  earthly  race, 

May  I  prove  it  "  Christ  to  live!  " 

3  Firmly  trusting  in  thy  blood, 
Nothing  shall  my  heart  confound ; 

Safely  I  shall  pass  the  flood, 

Safely  reach  Immanuel's  ground. 

4  When  I  touch  the  blessed  shore, 
Back  the  closing  waves  shall  roll, 

Death's  dark  stream  shall  nevermore 
Part  from  thee  my  ravished  soul. 

5  Thus,  O  thus  an  entrance  give 
To  the  land  of  cloudless  sky ; 

Having  known  it  "  Christ  to  live," 
Let  me  know  it  "  Gain  to  die." 

RALPH  WARDLAW. 

From  A  Selection  of  Hymns  for  Public  Worship, 
by  Ralph  Wardlaw,  L>.D.,  1817. 
The  Scripture  basis  of  this  hymn  is  Phil,  i,  21  : 

"To  live  is  Christ,  and  to  die  is  gain." 

This  is  part  of  a  hymn  of  thirteen  stanzas  ;  these 
are  verses  one,  six,  nine,  ten  and  eleven,  verbatim. 

The  Rev.  Ralph  Wardlaw^  D.D.,  a  Scotch  Con- 
gregational divine  and  author,  was  born  in  1779 ; 
in  1803  was  ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  a 
church  in  Glasgow  ;  and  in  1811  appointed  Pro- 
fessor of  Theology  in  the  Seminary  of  the  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Scotland,  which  position  he 
held  until  his  death,  in  1853. 


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7  /&  a      For  humility  and  protection.  7. 

GOD  of  love,  who  hearest  prayer, 
Kindly  for  thy  people  care, 
Who  on  thee  alone  depend : 
Love  us,  save  us  to  the  end . 

2  Save  us,  in  the  prosperous  hour, 
From  the  flattering  tempter's  power, 
From  his  unsuspected  wiles, 

From  the  world's  pernicious  smiles. 

3  Save  us  from  the  great  and  wise, 
Till  they  sink  in  their  own  eyes, 
Tamely  to  thy  yoke  submit, 

Lay  their  honor  at  thy  feet. 

4  Never  let  the  world  break  in ; 
Fix  a  mighty  gulf  between ; 
Keep  us  little  and  unknown, 
Prized  and  loved  by  God  alone. 

5  Let  us  still  to  thee  look  up, 
Thee,  thy  Israel's  strength  and  hope ; 
Nothing  know,  or  seek,  beside 
Jesus,  and  him  crucified. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  hymn  was  published  without  title.  The 
original  contains  six  eight-lined  stanzas  ;  these  are 
the  first,  the  last  half  of  the  fourth,  and  the  fifth. 

Only  two  lines  have  been  changed. 

Wesley  wrote : 

"  God  of  love  that  hearest  prayer." 
Changed  for  the  edition  of  1849. 
In  the  third  verse : 

"  Till  they  to  Thy  yoke  submit." 

Changed  for  the  Wesleyan  Collection,  1780. 

The  author  claims  that  there  is  no  higher  honor 
than  to  be  a  Christian.  The  hymn  closes  with  these 
vigorous  lines: 

"  Far  above  created  things, 
Look  we  down  on  earthly  Icings, 
Taste  our  glorious  liberty, 
Find  our  happy  all  in  Thee." 

From  Hymns  for  Those  that  Seek  and  Those  that 
Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus-  Christ. 
London,  1747. 


723  The  Litany.  7. 

SAVIOUR,  when,  in  dust,  to  thee 
Low  we  bend  the  adoring  knee ; 
When,  repentant,  to  the  skies 
Scarce  we  lift  our  weeping  eyes; 
O  by  all  thy  pains  and  woe 
Suffered  once  for  man  below, 
Bending  from  thy  throne  on  high, 
Hear  our  solemn  litany. 


2  By  thy  helpless  infant  years; 
By  thy  life  of  want  and  tears ; 
By  thy  days  of  sore  distress, 
In  the  savage  wilderness ; 

By  the  dread  mysterious  hour 
Of  the  insulting  tempter's  power; 
Turn,  O  turn  a  favoring  eye, 
Hear  our  solemn  litany ! 

3  By  the  sacred  griefs  that  wept 
O'er  the  grave  where  Lazarus  slept ; 
By  the  boding  tears  that  flowed 
Over  Sa*lem's  loved  abode; 

By  the  anguished  sigh  that  told 
Treachery  lurked  within  thy  fold; 
From  thy  seat  above  the  sky, 
Hear  our  solemn  litany ! 

4  By  thine  hour  of  dire  despair ; 
By  thine  agony  of  prayer ; 

By  the  cross,  the  nail,  the  thorn, 
Piercing  spear,  and  torturing  scorn ; 
By  the  gloom  that  veiled  the  skies 
O'er  the  dreadful  sacrifice ; 
Listen  to  our  humble  cry, 
Hear  our  solemn  litany ! 

5  By  thy  deep,  expiring  groan ; 
By  the  sad  sepulchral  stone ; 
By  the  vault  whose  dark  abode 
Held  in  vain  the  rising  God ; 

O  from  earth  to  heaven  restored, 
Mighty,  re-ascendecl  Lord, 
Listen,  listen  to  the  cry 
Of  our  solemn  litany! 

SIR  ROBERT  GRANT. 

The  author's  title  was  :  Litany. 

The  hymn  was  copied  verbatim  from  Sacred  Po- 
ems, published  by  the  brother  of  the  author,  Lord 
Glenelg,  in  1839.  It  first  appeared  in  the  Chris- 
tian Observer,  1815. 

No.  417,  in  the  Hymnal,  was  manufactured  by 
some  hymn  editor  out  of  this  hymn. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  140. 


724   Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee.  6, 4,  6. 

NEARER,  my  God,  to  thee ! 
Nearer  to  thee, 
E'en  though  it  be  a  cross 

That  raiseth  me ; 
Still  all  my  song  shall  be, 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 
Nearer  to  thee ! 


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2  Though  like  the  wanderer, 
The  sun  gone  down, 

Darkness  be  over  me, 

My  rest  a  stone, 
Yet  in  my  dreams  I'd  be 
Nearer,  my  God  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee ! 

3  There  let  the  way  appear, 
Steps  unto  heaven ; 

All  that  thou  sendest  me, 

In  mercy  given ; 
Angels  to  beckon  me 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee ! 

4  Then,  with  my  waking  thoughts 
Bright  with  thy  praise, 

Out  of  my  stony  griefs 

Bethel  I'll  raise ; 
So  by  my  woes  to  be 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee ! 

5  Or  if,  on  joyful  wing 
Cleaving  the  sky, 

Sun,  moon,  and  stars  forgot, 

Upward  I  fly, 
Still  all  my  song  shall  be, 
Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee, 

Nearer  to  thee ! 

MRS.  SARAH  F.  ADAMS. 
Title :  Nearer  to  God. 

This  favorite  hymn  was  written  in  1841,  and  con- 
tributed to  Hymns  and  Anthems,  edited  by  the 
Rev.  William  Johnson  Fox.  It  was  the  fruitage  of 
a  gifted  mind  and  a  pious  heart.  It  io  founded 
upon  the  story  of  Jacob's  journey,  as  giveu  in  Gen. 
xxviii,  10-19  : 

"And  Jacob  went  out  from  Beer-sheba,  and 
went  toward  Haran.  And  he  lighted  upon  a  cer- 
tain place,  and  tarried  there  all  night,  because  the 
sun  was  set ;  and  he  took  of  the  stones  of  that  place, 
and  put  them  for  his  pillows,  and  lay  down  in  that 
place  to  sleep.  And  he  dreamed,  and  behold  a 
ladder  set  up  on  the  earth,  and  the  top  of  it  reached 
to  heaven  :  and  behold  the  angels  of  God  ascend- 
ing and  descending  on  it.  .  .  .  And  Jacob  rose  up 
early  in  the  morning,  and  took  the  stone  that  he 
had  put  for  his  pillows,  and  set  it  up  for  a  pillar, 
and  poured  oil  upon  the  top  of  it.  And  he  called 
the  name  of  that  place  Beth-el." 

One  word  only  has  been  changed. 
The  author  wrote,  in  the  fifth  line  of  the  first 
stanza : 

"  Still  all  my  song  would  be." 

Mrs  Sarah  Flower  Adams  was  the  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Flower,  an  English  editor  and  author, 
and  was  bora  at  Cambridge  in  1805.  She  was  the 
author  of  several  other  hymns,  but  none  so  famous 
as  this.    She  died  in  1848  or  1849  ;  authorities  differ 


as  to  the  date.  Mrs.  Adams  was  connected  with  the 
Unitarian  church  of  which  the  Rev.  W.  J.  Fox 
was  pastor. 


725       More  love  to  Thee.  6,  4,  6. 

MORE  love  to  thee,  O  Christ, 
More  love  to  thee ! 
Hear  thou  the  prayer  I  make, 

On  bended  knee ; 
This  is  my  earnest  plea, 
More  love,  O  Christ,  to  thee, 
More  love  to  thee! 

2  Once  earthly  joy  I  craved, 
Sought  peace  and  rest ; 

Now  thee  alone  I  seek, 

Give  what  is  best : 
This  all  my  prayer  shall  be, 
More  love,  O  Christ,  to  thee, 

More  love  to  thee ! 

3  Then  shall  my  latest  breath 
Whisper  thy  praise ; 

This  be  the  parting  cry 

My  heart  shall  raise, 
This  still  its  prayer  shall  be, 
More  love,  O  Christ,  to  thee, 

More  love  to  thee ! 

MRS.  ELIZABETH  P.  PRENTISS. 

One  stanza  of  this  sweet  hymn,  the  third,  has 
been  omitted  : 

3  "  Let  sorrow  do  its  work, 

Send  grief  or  pain ; 
Sweet  are  thy  messengers, 

Sweet  their  refrain, 
When  they  can  sing  with  me ; 
More  love,  O  Christ  to  thee, 

More  love  to  thee." 

It  has  not  been  altered. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Payson  Prentiss,  the  daughter  of 
the  Rev.  Edward  Payson,  of  sainted  memory,  was 
born  in  Portland,  Me.,  in  1818,  and  lived  until 
1878.  Mrs.  Prentiss  was  the  author  of  Stepping 
Heavenward,  and  other  prose  works  ;  also  of  Golden, 
Hours  ;  or,  Hymns  and  Songs  of  the  Christian  Life. 
New  York,  1874.  The  above  hymn  was  taken  from 
this  volume.  It  is,  without  doubt,  a  heart  song, 
and  sounds  the  key-note  of  the  Christian  life  of  the 
author.    Her  Hymns  and  Songs  are  full  of  Christ. 


726  .8,7. 

Hitherto  hath  the  Lord  helped  us.  1  Sam.  vii,  12. 

COME,  thou  Fount  of  every  blessing, 
Tune  my  heart  to  sing  thy  grace ; 
Streams  of  mercy,  never  ceasing, 
Call  for  songs  of  loudest  praise. 
Teach  me  some  melodious  sonnet, 
Sung  by  naming  tongues  above ; 
Praise  the  mount — I'm  fixed  upon  it — 
Mount  of  thy  redeeming  love ! 


IIYMN  STUDIES. 


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2  Here  I'll  raise  mine  Ebenezer ; 
Hither  by  thy  help  I'm  come; 

And  I  hope,  by  thy  good  pleasure, 

Safely  to  arrive  at  home. 
Jesus  sought  me  when  a  stranger, 

Wandering  from  the  fold  of  God ; 
He,  to  rescue  me  from  danger, 

Interposed  his  precious  blood. 

3  O  to  grace  how  great  a  debtor 
Daily  I'm  constrained  to  be! 

Let  thy  goodness,  like  a  fetter, 
Bind  my  wandering  heart  to  thee : 

Prone  to  wander,  Lord,  I  feel  it, 
Prone  to  leave  the  God  I  love; 

Here's  my  heart,  O  take  and  seal  it ; 
Seal  it  for  thy  courts  above. 

ROBERT  ROBINSON. 

Title  :  Desiring  to  Praise  Worthily. 

This  old  hymn  has  been  a  fount  of  blessing  to 
multitudes,  and  was  published  in  A  Collection 
of  Hymns  for  Social  Worship,  by  George  White- 
field,  late  of  Pembroke  College,  Oxford;  and 
Chaplain  to  the  Rt.  Hon.  the  Countess  of  Hunting- 
don. A  copy  of  the  thirty-third  edition  is  the  only 
one  I  have  ever  seen.  London,  1790. 

Six  lines  have  been  slightly  altered. 

Verse  one,  lines  seven  and  eight : 

"  Praise  the  mount — Oh  fix  me  on  it, 
Mount  of  God's  unchanging  love." 

Verse  two,  lines  one,  two,  and  eight : 

"  Here  /  raise  my  Ebenezer, 
Hither  by  thine  Help  I'm  come," 

"  Interposed  with  precious  Blood." 

Verse  three,  line  three : 

"  Let  that  Grace,  now  like  a  Fetter." 

At  one  time  in  Robinson's  life  he  was  skeptical, 
and,  of  course,  miserable.  It  is  said  that  a  lady 
once  sang  this  hymn  in  his  presence,  and  spoke  of 
the  spiritual  benefit  she  had  derived  from  the  use 
of  it.  Robinson  was  deeply  moved,  for  he  was  a 
man  of  quick  sensibilities,  and  with  much  emotion 
said  :  "  Madam,  I  am  the  poor  unhappy  man  who 
composed  that  hymn  many  years  ago  ;  and  I  would 
give  a  thousand  worlds,  if  I  had  them,  to  enjoy  the 
feelings  I  had  then." 

This  hymn  is  found  in  the  first  edition  of  Lady 
Huntingdon's  Hymn  Book,  and  some  hymnologists 
attribute  the  authorship  to  her. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Robinson,  see  No. 
148. 


4 1&  4         The  harmonious  chorus.  8,  7. 

HERE  on  earth,  where  foes  surround  us, 
While  our  trembling  souls  within 
Feel  the  fetters  which  have  bound  us, 
Feel  the  burden  of  our  sin; 


Lord,  on  thee  alone  relying, 

Strength  we  crave  to  burst  our  chain, 
Ever  pleading,  ever  crying, 

"  Lord,  for  us  the  Lamb  was  slain." 

2  In  those  high  and  holy  regions 
Where  the  blest  thy  praise  prolong, 

Cherubs  and  seraphic  legions 
Know  no  theme  of  nobler  song; 

White-robed  saints,  who  there  adore  thee 
Throned  above  the  grassy  main, 

Sing,  and  cast  their  crowns  before  thee, 
"Lord,  for  us  the  Lamb  was  slain." 

3  Thus  thy  Church,  whate'er  her  dwelling, 
Heaven  above  or  earth  below, 

One  harmonious  chorus  swelling, 
Loves  her  Saviour's  praise  to  show : 

Here  in  trial,  there  in  glory, 

Changeless  rings  the  immortal  strain, 

Changeless  sounds  the  wondrous  story, 
"  Lord,  for  us  the  Lamb  was  slain." 

UNKNOWN. 

All  that  I  have  been  able  to  learn  concerning  this 
hymn  is  that  it  appeared  in  the  British  Magazine, 
September,  1832,  marked  B.  J.  W. 


728  What  a  Friend  we  have  in  Jesus.   8,  7. 

WHAT  a  Friend  we  have  in  Jesus, 
All  our  sins  and  griefs  to  bear ! 
What  a  privilege  to  carry 

Every  thing  to  God  in  prayer ! 
O  what  peace  we  often  forfeit, 

O  what  needless  pain  we  bear, 
All  because  we  do  not  carry 
Every  thing  to  God  in  prayer ! 

2  Have  we  trials  and  temptations  ? 
Is  there  trouble  anywhere? 

We  should  never  be  discouraged, 
Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer. 

Can  we  find  a  friend  so  faithful 
Who  will  all  our  sorrows  share? 

Jesus  knows  our  every  weakness, 
Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer. 

3  Are  we  weak  and  heavy  laden, 
Cumbered  with  a  load  of  care? — 

Precious  Saviour,  still  our  refuge, — 
Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer. 

Do  thy  friends  despise,  forsake  thee? 
Take  it  to  the  Lord  in  prayer ; 

In  his  arms  he'll  take  and  shield  thee, 
Thou  wilt  find  a  solace  there. 

JOSEPH  SCRIVEN. 


284  HYMN  STUDIES. 


This  hymn  has  been  a  favorite  in  gospel  meet- 
ings. It  has  been  attributed  for  years  to  Horatius 
Bonar;  but,  in  answer  to  a  letter  of  inquiry,  Dr. 
Bonar  wrote  :  "  The  hymn,  '  What  a  Friend/  etc., 
is  not  mine.  .  .  .  I  know  not  who  wrote  it." 

The  author,  Joseph  Scriven,  a  lay  preacher,  was 
born  in  Ireland,  1820,  and  died  in  Canada,  1886. 


4  a\d       Praise  to  the  Deity.  8,7. 

OMY  God,  how  thy  salvation 
Fills  my  soul  with  peace  and  joy, 
Patience  gives,  and  consolation 

Which  the  world  cannot  destroy! 
Praise  to  God,  the  glorious  giver, 
Christ,  the  Saviour  of  the  lost, 
And  the  Comforter  forever, 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost! 

2  For  that  love  whose  tender  mercies  ' 

Purest  joys  do  daily  bring, 
I  will  in  my  life  confess  thee, 

With  my  mouth  thy  praises  sing : 
Praise  to  God,  the  glorious  giver, 

Christ,  the  Saviour  of  the  lost, 
And  the  Comforter  forever, 

Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost ! 

JOHN  S.  B.  MONSELL. 

"  0  magnify  the  Lord  with  me,  and  let  us  exalt 
his  name  together."  Psa.  xxxiv,  3. 

These  are  the  last  two  verses  of  a  hymn  of  five 
stanzas. 

From  Hymns  of  Love  and  Praise  for  the  Church?  s 
Year,  1863.  In  his  preface  the  author  says  of  his 
hymns:  "Their  name  tells  what  they  desire  to 
express,  love  to  and  praise  of  God ;  and  if  they 
tend  in  any  degree  to  make  that  love  in  others  more 
fervent  and  real,  that  praise  more  joyous  and  bright, 
they  have  not  been  written  in  vain." 

See  No.  232. 


730         Before  His  cross.  8, 7. 

SWEET  the  moments,  rich  in  blessing, 
Which  before  the  cross  I  spend ; 
Life,  and  health,  and  peace  possessing, 
From  the  sinner's  dying  Friend. 

2  Truly  blessed  is  this  station, 
Low  before  his  cross  to  lie ; 

While  I  see  divine  compassion 
Beaming  in  his  gracious  eye. 

3  Here  it  is  I  find  my  heaven 
While  upon  the  cross  I  gaze ; 

Love  I  much?  I've  much  forgiven; 
I'm  a  miracle  of  grace. 

4  Love  and  grief  my  heart  dividing, 
With  my  tears  his  feet  I'll  bathe : 

Constant  still,  in  faith  abiding, 
Life  deriving  from  his  death. 


5  Here  in  tender,  grateful  sorrow 
With  my  Saviour  will  I  stay ; 

Here  new  hope  and  strength  will  borrow ; 
Here  will  love  my  fears  away. 

JAMES  ALLEN. 
ALT.  BY  WALTER  SHIRLEY. 

The  original  of  this  familiar  hymn  appeared 
in  A  Collection  of  Hymns  for  the  Use  of  Those  that 
Seek  and  Those  that  Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood 
of  Jesus  Christ.    Kendal,  1757. 

It  was  edited  by  James  Allen  and  Christopher 
Batty.  The  hymn  contained  six  eight-lined  stanzas, 
and  began : 

"  While  my  Jesus  I'm  possessing." 

It  was  a  strange  and  crude  production,  yet  full  of 
love  for  Christ,  and  of  faith  in  his  saving  power. 
It  was  rewritten  for  the  Collection  of  Hymns  for 
the  Countess  of  Huntingdon'' s  Chapels; it  is  supposed 
to  have  been  altered  by  Walter  Shirley,  the  editor 
of  that  collection.  Neither  Allen  nor  Shirley  wrote 
the  last  verse  as  given  in  the  Hymnal.  Who  did 
write  it  is  unknown. 

The  original  of  the  first  four  stanzas  is  here 
given  : 

1  "  Oh  !  how  happy  are  the  moments, 
Which  I  here  in  transport  spend  ; 

Life  deriving  from  His  torments 
Who  remains  the  sinner's  Friend: 

2  "  Really  blessed  is  the  portion 
Destin'd  me  by  sovereign  grace ; 

Still  to  view  divine  compassion 
In  the  Saviour's  bruised  face. 

3  "  Here  it  is  I  find  my  heaven, 
While  upon  my  Lamb  I  gaze  ; 

Love  I  much,  I've  more  forgiven  ; 
I'm  a  miracle  of  grace  : 

4  "Fill'd  with  sinner-like  contrition, 
With  my  tears  his  feet  I'll  bathe ; 

Happy  in  the  sweet  fruition 
Of  my  Saviour's  painful  death." 

James  Allen  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  Eng.,  in 
1734,  and  was  awakened  under  the  preaching  of 
Mr.  Ingham.  In  1752  he  joined  the  Inghamites, 
and  was  a  popular  preacher  among  them  for  several 
years.  Afterward  he  built  a  chapel  for  himself, 
in  which  he  officiated  to  the  end  of  his  days.  He 
died  in  1804. 


731    Lo,  I  am  with  you  alway.        8,  7. 

ALWAYS  with  us,  always  with  us; — 
Words  of  cheer  and  words  of  love ; 
Thus  the  risen  Saviour  whispers, 

From  his  dwelling-place  above. 
With  us  when  we  toil  in  sadness, 
Sowing  much,  and  reaping  none  ; 
Telling  us  that  in  the  future 
Golden  harvests  shall  be  won. 


HYMN 


2  With  us  when  the  storm  is  sweeping 

O'er  our  pathway  dark  and  drear; 
Waking  hope  within  our  bosoms, 

Stilling  every  anxious  fear. 
With  us  in  the  lonely  valley, 

When  we  cross  the  chilling  stream ; 
Lighting  up  the  steps  to  glory 

With  salvation's  radiant  beam. 

EDWIN  H.  NEVIN. 

Written  about  1856.  The  original  contains  seven 
four-lined  stanzas,  and  is  found  in'  Lyra  Sacra 
Americana,  edited  by  Charles  Dexter  Cleveland, 
1868. 

This  hymn  is  made  up  of  verses  one,  five,  four, 
and  six,  slightly  altered.  The  author  wrote,  "  Al- 
ways with  and  so  throughout,  in  the  first  per- 
son.   Instead  of  the  last  line,  the  author  wrote : 

"  Like  the  ancient  prophet's  dream.'''' 

The  Eev.  Edwin  H.  Nevin  was  born  in  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1814 ;  was  graduated  at  Jefferson  College, 
and  studied  theology  at  Princeton.  He  was  a  pas- 
tor in  the  Presbyterian  church  for  some  years. 
Failing  health  compelled  him  to  resign  his  pastoral 
labors.  Dr.  Nevin  died  (in  Philadelphia)  June  2, 
1889. 


732  Life  of  life.  8,7. 

LABORING!  and  heavy  laden, 
Wanting  help  in  time  of  need, 
Fainting  by  the  way  from  hunger, 
"Bread  of  Life!"  on  thee  we  feed. 

2  Thirsting  for  the  springs  of  waters 
That,  by  love's  eternal  law, 

From  the  stricken  Rock  are  flowing, 
"Well  of  life !  "  from  thee  we  draw. 

3  In  the  land  of  cloud  and  shadow, 
Where  no  human  eye  can  see, 

Light  to  those  who  sit  in  darkness, 
"  Light  of  life !  "  we  walk  in  thee. 

4  Thou  the  grace  of  life  supplying, 
Thou  the  crown  of  life  wilt  give ; 

Dead  to  sin,  and  daily  dying, 
' '  Life  of  life !  "  in  thee  we  live. 

JOHN  S.  B.  MONSELL. 

Title :  Christ  our  life.  Col.  iii,  4. 

The  original  has  eight  stanzas.  These  are  verses 
one,  two,  four,  and  eight,  unaltered. 

From  the  author's  Hymns  of  Love  and  Praise. 
London.  (Second  edition,  1866.) 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  232. 


STUDIES.  285 


733  HallelvjaJi.  8,7,4. 

OTHOU  God  of  my  salvation, 
My  Redeemer  from  all  sin ; 
Moved  by  thy  divine  compassion, 
Who  hast  died  my  heart  to  win, 

I  will  praise  thee ; 
Where  shall  I  thy  praise  begin? 

2  Though  unseen,  I  love  the  Saviour; 
He  hath  brought  salvation  near ; 

Manifests  his  pardoning  favor ; 
And  when  Jesus  doth  appear, 

Soul  and  body 
Shall  his  glorious  image  bear. 

3  While  the  angel  choirs  are  crying, 
"  Glory  to  the  great  I  AM," 

I  with  them  will  still  be  vying — 
Glory !  glory  to  the  Lamb ! 

O  how  precious 
Is  the  sound  of  Jesus'  name ! 

4  Angels  now  are  hovering  round  us, 
Unperceived  amid  the  throng; 

Wondering  at  the  love  that  crowned  us, 
Glad  to  join  the  holy  song: 

Hallelujah, 
Love  and  praise  to  Christ  belong! 

THOMAS  OLIVERS. 

The  original  title  was :  An  Hymn  of  Praise  to  Christ. 
There  are  two  additional  stanzas : 

5  "  Now  I  see  with  joy  and  wonder, 
Whence  the  gracious  spring  arose ; 

Angel  minds  are  lost  to  ponder, 
Dying  love's  mysterious  cause ; 

But  the  blessing 
Down  to  all,  to  me  it  flows. 

6  "This  has  set  me  all  on  fire, 
Strongly  glows  the  flame  of  love ; 

Higher  mounts  my  soul,  and  higher 
Struggles  for  its  swift  remove, 

Then  I'll  praise  thee, 
In  a  nobler  strain  above." 

This  hymn  is  attributed  to  Thomas  Olivers,  but 
only  on  internal  and  circumstantial  evidence.  It 
first  appeared,  appended  to  a  short  account  of  the 
death  of  Mary  Langson,  of  Taxall,  in  Cheshire ; 
who  died  January  29,  1769,  when  Olivers  was  sta- 
tioned on  that  circuit. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  1075. 


734    .  s,  7. 

King  of  heaven,  God  of  grace. 

PRAISE,  my  soul,  the  King  of  heaven ; 
To  his  feet  thy  tribute  bring; 
Ransomed,  healed,  restored,  forgiven, 
Evermore  his  praises  sing : 
Hallelujah!  Hallelujah! 
Praise  the  everlasting  King. 


286 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


2  Praise  him  for  his  grace  and  favor 
To  our  fathers  in  distress ; 

Praise  him,  still  the  same  as  ever, 
Slow  to  chide,  and  swift  to  bless : 

Hallelujah !  Hallelujah ! 
Glorious  in  his  faithfulness. 

3  Father-like  he  tends  and  spares  us, 
Well  our  feeble  frame  he  knows; 

In  his  hands  he  gently  bears  us, 
Rescues  us  from  all  our  foes : 

Hallelujah!  Hallelujah! 
Praise  with  us  the  God  of  grace. 

HENRY  F.  LYTE,  ALT. 

Title :  Psalm  ciii. 

From  The  Spirit  of  the  Psalms,  (first  edition, 
1834.) 

The  original  has  "  Praise  Him  "in  place  of  "  Hal- 
lelujah "  in  each  stanza.  Two  other  lines  have  been 
altered. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  one,  line  four  : 

"  Who  like  me  His  praise  should  sing." 

Verse  three,  line  six : 

"  Widely  as  His  mercy  floivs." 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas  in  the  origi- 
nal. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  27. 


735  The  power  of  prayer.        L.  M.  6  1. 

0 WONDROUS  power  of  faithful  prayer ! 
What  tongue  can  tell  the  almighty 
grace? 

God's  hands  or  bound  or  open  are, 

As  Moses  or  Elijah  prays: 
Let  Moses  in  the  Spirit  groan, 
And  God  cries  out,  ' '  Let  me  alone ! 

2  1 1  Let  me  alone,  that  all  my  wrath 
May  rise  the  wicked  to  consume ; 

While  justice  hears  thy  praying  faith, 

It  cannot  seal  the  sinner's  doom : 
My  Son  is  in  my  servant's  prayer, 
And  Jesus  forces  me  to  spare." 

3  Father,  we  ask  in  Jesus'  name, 
In  Jesus'  power  and  spirit  pray; 

Divert  thy  vengeful  thunder's  aim, 

O  turn  thy  threatening  wrath  away ! 
Our  guilt  and  punishment  remove, 
And  magnify  thy  pardoning  love. 


4  Father,  regard  thy  pleading  Son ! 

Accept  his  all-availing  prayer, 
And  send  a  peaceful  answer  down, 

In  honor  of  our  Spokesman  there, 
Whose  blood  proclaims  our  sins  forgiven, 
And  speaks  thy  rebels  up  to  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


Published  without  title  in  Hymns  for  Those  that 
Seek  and  Those  that  Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood 
of  Jesus  Christ,  1747. 

These  are  verses  one,  two,  four,  and  eight,  ver- 
batim.   The  original  has  eight  stanzas. 


736      Jesus  all,  and  in  all.       L.  M  6  1. 

THOU  hidden  Source  of  calm  repose, 
Thou  all-sufficient  Love  divine, 
My  help  and  refuge  from  my  foes, 

Secure  I  am  while  thou  art  mine : 
And  lo !  from  sin,  and  grief,  and  shame, 

1  hide  me,  Jesus,  in  thy  name. 

2  Thy  mighty  name  salvation  is, 
And  keeps  my  happy  soul  above : 

Comfort  it  brings,  and  power,  and  peace, 

And  joy,  and  everlasting  love : 
To  me,  with  thy  great  name,  are  given 
Pardon,  and  holiness,  and  heaven. 

3  Jesus,  my  all  in  all  thou  art ; 
My  rest  in  toil,  my  ease  in  pain ; 

The  medicine  of  my  broken  heart ; 

In  war,  my  peace;  in  loss,  my  gain; 
My  smile  beneath  the  tyrant's  frown ; 
In  shame,  my  glory  and  my  crown  : 

4  In  want,  my  plentiful  supply ; 

In  weakness,  my  almighty  power; 
In  bonds,  my  perfect  liberty ; 

My  light,  in  Satan's  darkest  hour ; 
In  grief,  my  joy  unspeakable ; 
My  life  in  death,  my  all  in  all. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  Hymns  for  Believers.  For  the  Morn- 
ing. 

W  esley  wrote  the  last  line : 

"  My  life  in  death,  my  heaven  in  hell;  " 

and  so  it  remains  in  the  Collection  for  the  use  of 
the  people  called  Methodists  to  this  day.    It  was 
changed  for  the  Supplement  to  the  Methodist  Pocket 
Hymn  Book,  1808. 
The  change  makes  the  line  read  more  smoothly, 


HYMN  STUDIES.  287 


but  it  deranges  the  author's  climax,  and  makes  him 
end  as  he  began  in  the  first  line  of  the  third 
stanza. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


FIRST  PART. 

737  Wrestling  Jacob — the  struggle.  L.  M.  6 1. 

COME,  O  thou  Traveler  unknown, 
Whom  still  I  hold  but  cannot  see; 
My  company  before  is  gone, 

And  I  am  left  alone  with  thee : 
"With  thee  all  night  I  mean  to  stay, 
And  wrestle  till  the  break  of  day. 

2  I  need  not  tell  thee  who  I  am, 
My  sin  and  misery  declare ; 

Thyself  hast  called  me  by  my  name, 

Look  on  thy  hands,  and  read  it  there : 
But  who,  I  ask  thee,  who  art  thou? 
Tell  me  thy  name,  and  tell  me  now. 

3  In  vain  thou  strugglest  to  get  free, 
I  never  will  unloose  my  hold : 

Art  thou  the  Man  that  died  for  me? 

The  secret  of  thy  love  unfold : 
Wrestling,  I  will  not  let  thee  go, 
Till  I  thy  name,  thy  nature  know. 

4  Wilt  thou  not  yet  to  me  reveal 
Thy  new,  unutterable  name? 

Tell  me,  I  still  beseech  thee,  tell ; 

To  know  it  now  resolved  I  am : 
Wrestling,  I  will  not  let  thee  go, 
Till  I  thy  name,  thy  nature  know. 

5  What  though  my  shrinking  flesh  complain, 
And  murmur  to  contend  so  long? 

I  rise  superior  to  my  pain ; 

When  I  am  weak  then  I  am  strong : 
A.nd  when  my  all  of  strength  shall  fail, 
\  shall  with  the  God-man  prevail. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  Wrestling  Jacob. 

Fourteen  stanzas ;  two,  the  fifth  and  seventh,  are 
omitted : 

5  "  'Tis  all  in  vain  to  hold  Thy  tongue, 
Or  touch  the  hollow  of  my  thigh : 

Though  every  sinew  be  unstrung, 
Out  of  my  arms  Thou  shalt  not  fly  ; 

Wrestling,  I  will  not  let  Thee  go, 

Till  I  Thy  name,  Thy  nature  know." 

7  "  My  strength  is  gone,  my  nature  dies : 
I  sink  beneath  Thy  weighty  hand ; 

Faint  to  revive,  and  fall  to  rise  : 
1  fall,  and  yet  by  faith  I  stand. 

I  stand,  and  will  not  let  Thee  go, 

Till  I  Thy  name,  Thy  nature  know." 


SECOND  PART. 
738  The  name  revealed.  L.  M.  6  1. 

YIELD  to  me  now,  for  I  am  weak, 
But  confident  in  self-despair; 
Speak  to  my  heart,  in  blessing  speak, 
Be  conquered  by  my  instant  prayer: 
Speak,  or  thou  never  hence  shalt  move, 
And  tell  me  if  thy  name  be  Love. 

2  'Tis  Love !  'tis  Love !  thou  diedst  for  me ! 
I  hear  thy  whisper  in  my  heart; 

The  morning  breaks,  the  shadows  flee; 

Pure,  universal  love  thou  art : 
To  me,  to  all,  thy  bowels  move ; 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

3  My  prayer  hath  power  with  God;  the 

grace 

Unspeakable  I  now  receive ; 
Through  faith  I  see  thee  face  to  face, 

I  see  thee  face  to  face  and  live ! 
In  vain  I  have  not  wept  and  strove; 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

4  I  know  thee,  Saviour,  who  thou  art, 
Jesus,  the  feeble  sinner's  Friend ; 

Nor  wilt  thou  with  the  night  depart. 

But  stay  and  love  me  to  the  end : 
Thy  mercies  never  shall  remove ; 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


THIRD  PART. 

739  Victorious  rapture.  L.  M.  6 

THE  Sun  of  righteousness  on  me 
Hath  risen  with  healing  in  his  wings : 
Withered  my  nature's  strength,  from  thee 

My  soul  its  life  and  succor  brings : 
My  help  is  all  laid  up  above ; 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

2  Contented  now,  upon  my  thigh 

I  halt,  till  life's  short  journey  end; 
All  helplessness,  all  weakness,  I 

On  thee  alone  for  strength  depend, 
Nor  have  I  power  from  thee  to  move ; 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

3  Lame  as  I  am,  I  take  the  prey ; 

Hell,  earth,  and  sin,  with  ease  o'ercome: 
I  leap  for  joy,  pursue  my  way, 

And  as  a  bounding  hart  fly  home, 
Through  all  eternity  to  prove 
Thy  nature  and  thy  name  is  Love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


288     ■  HYMN  STUDIES. 


This  is,  doubtless,  the  most  celebrated  lyric 
poem  that  Charles  Wesley  ever  wrote.  It  is  found- 
ed upon  Gen.  xxxii,  24-26  : 

"  And  Jacob  was  left  alone ;  and  there  wrestled 
a  man  with  him,  until  the  breaking  of  the  day. 
And  when  he  saw  that  he  prevailed  not  against 
him,  he  touched  the  hollow  of  his  thigh  :  and  the 
hollow  of  Jacob's  thigh  was  out  of  joint,  as  he 
wrestled  with  him.  And  he  said,  Let  me  go,  for 
the  day  breaketh  :  and  he  said,  I  will  not  let  thee 
go,  except  thou  bless  me." 

The  climax  of  the  hymn  is  reached  in  the  second 
stanza  of  the  second  part — a  stanza  that  is  sublime 
indeed,  and  something  more. 

Charles  Wesley's  brief  obituary — Minutes  of  the 
Methodist  Conferences,  1788 — probably  written  by 
his  brother  John,  closes  as  follows : 

"  His  least  praise  was  his  talent  for  poetry  ;  al- 
though Dr.  Watts  did  not  scruple  to  say  that  '  that 
single  poem,  '  Wrestling  Jacob,'  was  worth  all  the 
verses  he  himself  had  written.'  " 

Dr.  Watts,  however,  must  be  understood  "  poet- 
ically." He  simply  meant  that  he  greatly  admired 
the  production. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


740  Everlasting  praises.  L.  P.M. 

I'LL  praise  my  Maker  while  I've  breath, 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 
Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers ; 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 
Or  immortality  endures. 

2  Happy  the  man  whose  hopes  rely 
On  Israel's  God ;  he  made  the  sky, 

And  earth,  and  seas,  with  all  their  train ; 
His  truth  forever  stands  secure ; 
He  saves  the  oppressed,  he  feeds  the  poor, 

And  none  shall  find  his  promise  vain. 

3  The  Lord  pours  eye-sight  on  the  blind ; 
The  Lord  supports  the  fainting  mind ; 

He  sends  the  laboring  conscience  peace ; 
He  helps  the  stranger  in  distress, 
The  widow  of  the  fatherless, 

And  grants  the  prisoner  sweet  release. 

4  I'll  praise  him  while  he  lends  me  breath, 
And  when  my  voice  is  lost  in  death, 

Praise  shall  employ  my  nobler  powers; 
My  days  of  praise  shall  ne'er  be  past, 
While  life,  and  thought,  and  being  last, 

Or  immortality  endures. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

The  author's  title  was :  Praise  to  God  for  his 
Goodness  and  Truth. 

A  metrical  version  of  Psa.  cxlvi. 

The  original  contained  six  stanzas ;  the  second 
and  fifth  have  been  omitted. 


Watts  wrote  the  first  line  : 

"I'll  praise  my  Maker  with  my  breath," 

and  the  first  line  of  the  third  stanza : 

"  The  Lord  hath  eyes  to  give  the  blind," 

which  is  awkward  enough.  These  changes  were 
made  by  John  Wesley,  who  edited  the  psalm  for 
his  Psalms  and  Hymns,  1741.  In  the  second 
change  he  consciously  or  unconsciously  borrowed 
from  Pope's  Messiah : 

"  He  from  thick  films  shall  purge  the  visual  ray, 
And  on  the  sightless  eye-bull  pour  the  day." 

This  is  the  hymn  that  seemed  to  dwell  in  the 
mind  of  John  Wesley  during  the  last  two  days  of 
his  earthly  life.  Again  and  again,  in  his  extreme 
feebleness,  he  attempted  to  sing: 

"I'll  praise  my  Maker  while  I've  breath." 
First  published  in  1719. 


741        Jesus  is  mine.        6,  4,  6. 

FADE,  fade,  each  earthly  joy; 
Jesus  is  mine. 
Break  every  tender  tie; 

Jesus  is  mine. 
Dark  is  the  wilderness, 
Earth  has  no  resting-place, 
Jesus  alone  can  bless ; 
Jesus  is  mine. 

2  Tempt  not  my  soul  away; 

Jesus  is  mine. 
Here  would  I  ever  stay ; 

Jesus  is  mine. 
Perishing  things  of  clay, 
Born  but  for  one  brief  day, 
Pass  from  my  heart  away ; 

Jesus  is  mine. 

3  Farewell,  ye  dreams  of  night ; 

Jesus  is  mine. 
Lost  in  this  dawning  bright, 

Jesus  is  mine. 
All  that  my  soul  has  tried 
Left  but  a  dismal  void ; 
Jesus  has  satisfied; 

Jesus  is  miDe. 

4  Farewell,  mortality; 

Jesus  is  mine. 
Welcome,  eternity; 

Jesus  is  mine. 
Welcome,  O  loved  and  blest, 
Welcome,  sweet  scenes  of  rest, 
Welcome,  my  Saviour's  breast; 

Jesus  is  mine. 

MRS.  HORATIUS  BONAH,  ALT. 


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The  Rev  J.  H.  Wilson,  M.A.,  editor  of  The 
Service  of  Praise,  London,  1867,  accredits  this 
hymn  to  Mrs.  H.  Bonar,  and  claims  that  it  was  "  in 
serted  by  special  permission."    The  version  he 
gives  differs  from  this  hymn  in  the  following  lines  : 

Verse  one,  lines  one,  three,  and  six : 

"  Pass  aivay,  earthly  joy." 
"Break  every  mortal  tie." 
"  Distant  the  resting-place." 

Verse  three,  lines  one  and  three  : 

"  Fare  ye  well,  dreams  of  night." 
"  Mine  is  a  dawning  bright." 

Verse  four,  lines  five,  six,  and  seven  : 

"  Welcome,  ye  scenes  of  rest, 
Welcome,  ye  mansions  blest, 
Welcome,  a  Saviour's  breast." 

Mrs.  Jane  Catherine  Bonar,  the  wife  of  the  Eev. 
Horatius  Bonar,  of  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  died  1884. 


742    I  give  myself  to  Thee.     6,  6,  4. 

SAVIOUR,  who  died  for  me, 
I  give  myself  to  thee ; 
Thy  love,  so  full,  so  free, 
Claims  all  my  powers. 
Be  this  my  purpose  high, 
To  serve  thee  till  I  die, 
Whether  my  path  shall  lie 
'Mid  thorns  or  flowers. 

2  But,  Lord,  the  flesh  is  weak; 
Thy  gracious  aid  I  seek, 

For  thou  the  word  must  speak, 

That  makes  me  strong. 
Then  let  me  hear  thy  voice, 
Thou  art  my  only  choice ; 

0  bid  my  heart  rejoice, 
Be  thou  my  song. 

3  May  it  be  joy  to  me 
To  follow  only  thee ; 
Thy  faithful  servant  be, 

Thine  to  the  end. 
For  thee,  I'll  do  and  dare, 
For  thee,  the  cross  I'll  bear, 
To  thee  direct  my  prayer, 

On  thee  depend. 

4  Saviour,  with  me  abide ; 
Be  ever  near  my  side ; 
Support,  defend,  and  guide ; 

I  look  to  thee. 

1  lay  my  hand  in  thine, 
And  fleeting  joys  resign, 
If  I  may  call  thee  mine 

Eternally. 

MISS  MARY  J.  MASON. 

19 


Written  in  1871,  and  published  by  Biglow  & 
Main,  New  York.  The  author  does  not  wish  to 
be  known  to  the  public,  and  her  wish  must  be  re- 
spected.   The  hymn  is  full  of  Christian  submission. 


743    Make  His  praise  glorious.       C.  P.  M. 

0 COULD  I  speak  the  matchless  worth, 
O  could  I  sound  the  glories  forth, 
Which  in  my  Saviour  shine, 
I'd  soar  and  touch  the  heavenly  strings, 
And  vie  with  Gabriel  while  he  sings 
In  notes  almost  divine. 

2  I'd  sing  the  precious  blood  he  spilt, 
My  ransom  from  the  dreadful  guilt 

Of  sin,  and  wrath  divine ; 
I'd  sing  his  glorious  righteousness, 
In  which  all-perfect,  heavenly  dress 
My  soul  shall  ever  shine. 

3  I'd  sing  the  characters  he  bears, 
And  all  the  forms  of  love  he  wears, 

Exalted  on  his  throne ; 
In  loftiest  songs  of  sweetest  praise, 
I  would  to  everlasting  days 
Make  all  his  glories  known. 

4  Well,  the  delightful  day  will  come 
When  my  dear  Lord  will  bring  me  home, 

And  I  shall  see  his  face ; 
Then  with  my  Saviour,  Brother,  Friend, 
A  blest  eternity  I'll  spend, 
Triumphant  in  his  grace. 

SAMUEL  MEDLEY. 

"  Sing  forth  the  honor  of  his  name :  make  his 
praise  glorious."  Psa.  Ixvi,  2. 

The  original  contains  eight  stanzas.  These  are 
verses  two,  five,  six,  and  eight,  verbatim. 

This  is  the  first  piece  in  the  author's  book,  the 
full  title  of  which  is  :  Hymns.  The  Public  Worship 
and  Private  Devotions  of  True  Christians  Assisted,  in 
Some  Thoughts  in  Verse,  Principally  Drawn  from  Se- 
lect Passages  of  the  Word  of  God.  By  Samuel' Medley. 
See  No.  193. 


C.  P.  M. 


744       Always  rejoicing. 

HOW  happy,  gracious  Lord,  are  we, 
Divinely  drawn  to  follow  thee ! 
Whose  hours  divided  are 
Betwixt  the  mount  and  multitude ; 
Our  day  is  spent  in  doing  good, 
Our  night  in  praise  and  prayer. 

2  With  us  no  melancholy  void, 
No  moment  lingers  unemployed, 

Or  unimproved,  below : 
Our  weariness  of  life  is  gone, 
Who  live  to  serve  our  God  alone, 

And  only  thee  to  know. 


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3  The  winter's  night,  the  summer's  day, 
Glide  imperceptibly  away, 

Too  short  to  sing  thy  praise ; 
Too  few  we  find  the  happy  hours, 
And  haste  to  join  those  heavenly  powers 

In  everlasting  lays. 

4  With  all  who  chant  thy  name  on  high, 
And,  "Holy,  holy,  holy,"  cry, — 

A  bright,  harmonious  throng! 
We  long  thy  praises  to  repeat, 
And  ceaseless  sing  around  thy  seat 

The  new,  eternal  song. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  one  of  eleven  hymns  published  in  a  pam- 
phlet, in  1744,  entitled  Hymns  for  the  Watch-night. 

In  verse  two,  line  two,  the  author  wrote  "period" 
instead  of  "  moment." 

It  is  said  that  watch-night  services  originated 
among  the  colliers  of  Kingswood.  Before  they  were 
•converted,  they  had  been  in  the  habit  of  spending 
every  Saturday  night  at  the  ale-house  in  drinking 
and  revelry.  Now  they  resolved  to  devote  that 
night  to  prayer  and  spiritual  songs.  The  practice, 
at  length,  grew  quite  general.  At  first  watch-night 
meetings  were  held  once  a  month,  then  once  a 
quarter,  and  at  length  only  once  a  year,  on  New 
Year's-eve. 


7,6,7. 
Psa.  cxxi.  2. 


74:5  FIRST  PART 

My  help  cometh from  the  Lord 

TO  the  hills  I  lift  mine  eyes, 
The  everlasting  hills ; 
Streaming  thence  in  fresh  supplies, 

My  soul  the  Spirit  feels : 
Will  he  not  his  help  afford? 

Help,  while  yet  I  ask,  is  given : 
God  comes  down ;  the  God  and  Lord 
Who  made  both  earth  and  heaven. 

2  Faithful  soul,  pray  always ;  pray, 
And  still  in  God  confide ; 

He  thy  feeble  steps  shall  stay, 

Nor  suffer  thee  to  slide ; 
Lean  on  thy  Redeemer's  breast ; 

He  thy  quiet  spirit  keeps ; 
Rest  in  him,  securely  rest ; 

Thy  Watchman  never  sleeps. 

3  Neither  sin,  nor  earth,  nor  hell, 
Thy  Keeper  can  surprise ; 

Careless  slumbers  cannot  steal 

On  his  all-seeing  eyes ; 
He  is  Israel's  sure  defense ; 

Israel  all  his  care  shall  prove ; 
Kept  by  watchful  providence, 

And  ever-waking  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY* 


746         SECOND  PART.  7?  g,  7. 

The  Lord  is  thy  Keeper.    Psa.  cxxi,  5. 

SEE  the  Lord,  thy  Keeper,  stand 
Omnipotently  near : 
Lo !  he  holds  thee  by  thy  hand, 

And  banishes  thy  fear : 
Shadows  with  his  wings  thy  head ; 

Guards  from  all  impending  harms ; 
Round  thee  and  beneath  are  spread 
The  everlasting  arms. 

2  Christ  shall  bless  thy  going  out, 

Shall  bless  thy  coming  in ; 
Kindly  compass  thee  about, 

Till  thou  art  saved  from  sin; 
Like  thy  spotless  Master,  thou, 

Filled  with  wisdom,  love,  and  power, 
Holy,  pure,  and  perfect  now, 

Henceforth  and  evermore. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  a  paraphrase  of  Psalm  cxxi.  It  is  inter- 
esting to  compare  the  hymn  with  the  psalm :  ' 

"  I  will  lift  up  mine  eyes  unto  the  hills,  from 
whence  cometh  my  help.  My  help  cometh  from 
the  Lord,  which  made  heaven  and  earth.  He  will 
not  suffer  thy  foot,  to  be  moved  :  he  that  keepeth 
thee  will  not  slumber.  Behold,  he  that  keepeth 
Israel  shall  neither  slumber  nor  sleep.  The  Lord 
is  thy  keeper:  the  Lord  is  thy  shade  upon  thy 
right  hand.  The  sun  shall  not  smite  thee  by  day, 
nor  the  moon  by  night.  The  Lord  sh;ill  preserve 
thee  from  all  evil :  he  shall  preserve  thy  soul. 
The  Lord  shall  preserve  thy  going  out  and  thy 
coming  in  trom  this  time  forth,  and  even  for  ever- 
more. 

One  stanza,  the  fifth,  has  been  omitted : 

5  "  Thee,  in  evil's  scorching  day, 

The  sun  shall  never  smite  ; 
Thee,  the  moon's  malignest  ray, 

Shall  never  blast  by  night. 
Safe  from  known  or  secret  foes, 

Free  from  sin  and  Satan's  thrall, 
God,  when  flesh,  earth,  hell  oppose, 

Shall  keep  thee  safe  from  all. 

Verse  one,  line  eight,  of  the  first  part  begins  in 
the  original :  "  That  made,"  etc.  The  paraphrase 
is  otherwise  unaltered. 

From  A  Collection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns,  11 43. 


*/ '47         Preciousness  of  Jesus.  8. 

HOW  tedious  and  tasteless  the  hours 
When  Jesus  no  longer  I  see ! 
Sweet  prospects,  sweet  birds,  and  sweet 
flowers, 

Have  all  lost  their  sweetness  to  me; 
The  midsummer  sun  shines  but  dim, 

The  fields  strive  in  vain  to  look  gay; 
But  when  I  am  happy  in  him, 

December's  as  pleasant  as  May. 


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2  His  name  yields  the  richest  perfume, 
And  sweeter  than  music  his  voice ; 

His  presence  disperses  my  gloom, 
And  makes  all  within  me  rejoice; 

I  should,  were  he  always  thus  nigh, 
Have  nothing  to  wish  or  to  fear ; 

No  mortal  so  happy  as  I, 

My  summer  would  last  all  the  year. 

3  Content  with  beholding  his  face, 
My  all  to  his  pleasure  resigned, 

No  changes  of  season  or  place 

Would  make  any  change  in  my  mind : 

While  blest  wTith  a  sense  of  his  love, 
A  palace  a  toy  would  appear ; 

And  prisons  would  palaces  prove, 
If  Jesus  would  dwell  with  me  there. 

4  My  Lord,  if  indeed  I  am  thine, 
If  thou  art  my  sun  and  my  song, 

Say,  why  do  I  languish  and  pine? 

And  why  are  my  winters  so  long? 
O  drive  these  dark  clouds  from  my  sky, 

Thy  soul-cheering  presence  restore ; 
Or  take  me  to  thee  up  on  high, 

Where  winter  and  clouds  are  no  more. 

JOHN  NEWTON. 

"  None  upon  earth  I  desire  besides  thee."  Psa. 
lxxiii,  25. 

.  The  only  changes  are  in  the  last  stanza.  Newton 
wrote : 


and, 


"  Dear  Lord,  if  indeed  I  am  thine  ;  " 
"  Or  take  me  unto  thee  on  high." 


This  joyous  hymn  has  been  in  every  edition  of 
our  hymn  book  from  the  first.  It  truly  represents 
the  fact  that  communion  with  Christ  makes  a 
heaven  on  earth. 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 

See  No.  23. 


748  Longing  for  closer  communion.  8. 

THOU  Shepherd  of  Israel,  and  mine, 
The  joy  and  desire  of  my  heart, 
For  closer  communion  I  pine, 

I  long  to  reside  where  thou  art : 
The  pasture  I  languish  to  find, 

Where  all,  who  their  Shepherd  obey, 
Are  fed,  on  thy  bosom  reclined, 
And  screened  from  the  heat  of  the  day. 

2  'Tis  there,  with  the  lambs  of  thy  flock, 

There  only,  I  covet  to  rest ; 
To  lie  at  the  foot  of  the  rock, 

Or  rise  to  be  hid  in  thy  breast : 


'Tis  there  I  would  always  abide, 
And  never  a  moment  depart, 

Concealed  in  the  cleft  of  thy  side, 
Eternally  held  in  thy  heart. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  17t>2. 
It  is  founded  on  the  Song  of  Solomon  i,  7  : 

"  Tell  me,  O  thou  whom  my  soul  loveth,  where 
thou  feedest,  where  thou  makest  thy  flock  to  rest  at 
noon :  for  why  should  I  be  as  one  that  turneth  aside 
by  the  flocks  of  thy  companions?  " 

The  second  verse  is  omitted,  for  which  the  reason 
is  evident : 

2  "  Ah  show  me  that  happiest  place, 

That  place  of  Thy  people's  abode, 
Where  saints  in  an  ecstasy  gaze, 

And  hang  on  a  crucified  God  : 
Thy  love  for  a  sinner  declare, 

Thy  passion  and  death  on  t lie  tree, 
My  spirit  to  Calvary  bear, 

To  suffer,  and  triumph  with  Thee." 


749  The  tender  mercy  of  the  Lord.    S.  M. 

0 BLESS  the  Lord,  my  soul ! 
His  grace  to  thee  proclaim; 
And  all  that  is  within  me,  join 
To  bless  his  holy  name. 

2  The  Lord  forgives  thy  sins, 
Prolongs  thy  feeble  breath ; 

He  healeth  thine  infirmities, 
And  ransoms  thee  from  death. 

3  He  clothes  thee  with  his  love, 
Upholds  thee  with  his  truth ; 

And  like  the  eagle  he  renews 
The  vigor  of  thy  youth. 

4  Then  bless  bis  holy  name 

Whose  grace  hath  made  thee  whole ; 
Whose  loving-kindness  crowns  thy  days : 


O  bless  the  Lord, 


my  soul ! 

THOMAS  COTTERILL. 


This  is  a  fine  metrical  version  of  the  first  part  of 
Psa.  ciii : 

"  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my  soul :  and  all  that  is  with- 
in me,  bless  his  holy  name.  Bless  the  Lord,  O  my 
soul,  and  forget  not  all  his  benefits  :  who  forgivefch 
all  thine  iniquities ;  who  healeth  all  thy  diseases  ; 
who  redeemeth  thy  life  from  destruction ;  who 
crowneth  thee  with  loving-kindness  and  tender 
mercies ;  who  satisfieth  thy  mouth  with  good 
things;  so  that  thy  youth  is  renewed  like  the 
eagle's." 


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Eight  lines  are  omitted  between  verses  one  and 
two : 

"  O  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul ! 

His  mercies  bear  in  mind; 
Forget  not  all  his  benefits, 

The  Lord  to  thee  is  kind. 

"  He  will  not  always  chide ; 

He  will  with  patience  wait ; 
His  wrath  is  ever  slow  to  rise, 

And  ready  to  abate. 

He  pardons  all  thy  sins,"  etc. 

Some  books  erroneously  ascribe  this  hymn  to 
Montgomery,  and  some  to  Watts.  It  appeared  in 
Dr.  Cotterill's  Sheffield  Collection,  1819  edition, 
perhaps  earlier,  and  was  probably  versified  by  him. 


750         Pray  evermore.  S.  M, 

COME  at  the  morning  hour, 
Come,  let  us  kneel  and  pray ; 
Prayer  is  the  Christian  pilgrim's  staff 
To  walk  with  God  all  day. 

2  At  noon,  beneath  the  Rock 
Of  ages,  rest  and  pray; 

Sweet  is  that  shelter  from  the  sun 
In  weary  heat  of  day. 

3  At  evening,  in  thy  home, 
Around  its  altar,  pray; 

And  finding  there  the  house  of  God, 
With  heaven  then  close  the  day. 

4  When  midnight  veils  our  eyes, 
O  it  is  sweet  to  say, 

' '  I  sleep,  but  my  heart  waketh,  Lord, 
With  thee  to  watch  and  pray." 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY,  ALT. 
Title :  Daily  Prayer. 

"  And  he  spake  a  parable  unto  them  to  this  end, 
that  men  ought  always  to  pray,  and  not  to  faint." 
Luke  xviii,  1. 

At  least  half  the  lines  of  this  hymn  have  been  con- 
siderably altered  in  spite  of  the  author's  protest. 
In  the  preface  to  his  Original  Hymns  he  reminds 
the  "borrowers"  that  if  they  " cannot  conscien- 
tiously adopt  his  diction  and  doctrine,  it  is  a  little 
questionable  in  them  to  impose  upon  him  theirs, 
which  he  may  as  honestly  hesitate  to  receive." 

It  is  just  for  this  reason,  because  it  is  neither  fair 
nor  honest,  that  we  claim  that  whenever  a  hymn  has 
been  essentially  changed  from  its  authorized  form, 
it  should  be  plainly  marked  altered.  It  is  simply 
ovtrageous,  after  men  are  dead  and  can  no  longer 
defend  themselves,  to  make  them  responsible  for 
what  they  never  said. 

The  authorized  text  of  this  hymn  can  be  found  in 
Montgomery's  Original  Hymns,  1853. 

We  must  add,  in  simple  justice,  that  this  author 
is  not  entitled  to  as  much  sympathy  as  some  others, 
because  he  was  a  notorious  hymn-mender  himself. 


751 


.Heaven  upon  earth 


S.  M. 


MY  God,  my  Life,  my  Love, 
To  thee,  to  thee  I  call ; 

1  cannot  live  if  thou  remove, 
For  thou  art  all  in  all. 

2  Thy  shining  grace  can  cheer 
This  dungeon  where  I  dwell; 

'Tis  paradise  when  thou  art  here ; 
If  thou  depart,  'tis  hell. 

3  The  smilings  of  thy  face, 
How  amiable  they  are ! 

'Tis  heaven  to  rest  in  thine  embrace, 
And  nowhere  else  but  there. 

4  Not  all  the  harps  above 
Can  make  a  heavenly  place, 

If  God  his  residence  remove, 
Or  but  conceal  his  face. 

5  Thou  art  the  sea  of  love, 
Where  all  my  pleasures  roll : 

The  circle  where  my  passions  move, 
And  center  of  my  soul. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title  :  God  all  and  in  all. 

Text :  "  Whom  have  I  in  heaven  but  thee  ?"  Psa. 
lxxiii,  25. 

Eight  stanzas ;  the  fourth,  sixth,  and  last  are 
omitted : 

4  "  To  thee  and  thee  alone 

The  angels  owe  their  bliss ; 
They  sit  around  thy  gracious  throne 

And  dwell  where  Jesus  is." 

6  "  Nor  earth  nor  all  the  sky 

Can  one  delight  afford, 
No,  not  a  drop  of  real  joy, 

Without  thy  presence,  Lord." 

8  "  To  thee  my  spirits  fiy 

With  infinite  desire, 
And  yet  how  far  from  thee  I  lie  ! 

Dear  Jesus  raise  me  higher." 

The  stanzas  given  are  unaltered. 

The  common  thought,  that  the  essential  part  of 
heaven  is  God's  presence  and  favor,  is  beautifully 
expressed  in  the  third  and .  fourth  stanzas  of  this 
hymn. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


752 


The  hour  of  prayer. 


8,  8,  8,  4. 


MY  God,  is  any  hour  so  sweet, 
From  blush  of  morn  to  evening  star, 
As  that  which  calls  me  to  thy  feet, 
The  hour  of  prayer? 


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2  Blest  is  that  tranquil  hour  of  morn, 
And  blest  that  solemn  hour  of  eve. 

When,  on  the  wings  of  prayer  upborne, 
The  world  I  leave. 

3  Then  is  my  strength  by  thee  renewed ; 
Then  are  my  sins  by  thee  forgiven ; 

Then  dost  thou  cheer  my  solitude 
With  hopes  of  heaven. 

4  No  words  can  tell  what  sweet  relief 
Here  for  my  every  want  I  find : 

What  strength  for  warfare,  balm  for  grief, 
What  peace  of  mind. 

5  Hushed  is  each  doubt,  gone  every  fear ; 
My  spirit  seems  in  heaven  to  stay; 

.And  e'en  the  penitential  tear 
Is  wiped  away. 

6  Lord,  till  I  reach  that  blissful  shore, 
No  privilege  so  dear  shall  be, 

As  thus  my  inmost  soul  to  pour 
In  prayer  to  thee. 

CHARLOTTE  ELLIOTT. 

Author's  title  :  The  Hour  of  Prayer. 
One  verse,  the  third,  has  been  omitted  : 

3  "  For  then  a  Day-spring  shines  on  me, 
Brighter  than  morn's  ethereal  glow ; 

And  richer  dews  descend  from  Thee 
Than  earth  can  know." 

From  Hours  of  Sorrow  Cheered  and  Comforted, 
by  Charlotte  Elliott.  No  date  given.  This  hymn 
is  found  in  print  as  early  as  1829. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  363. 


753         The  spirit  of  prayer.       S.  M. 

THE  praying  spirit  breathe, 
The  watching  power  impart, 
From  all  entanglements  beneath 

Call  off  my  peaceful  heart ; 
My  feeble  mind  sustain, 

By  worldly  thoughts  oppressed ; 
Appear,  and  bid  me  turn  again 
To  my  eternal  rest. 

2  Swift  to  my  rescue  come, 

Thine  own  this  moment  seize ; 
Gather  my  wandering  spirit  home, 

And  keep  in  perfect  peace : 
Suffered  no  more  to  rove 

O'er  all  the  earth  abroad, 
Arrest  the  prisoner  of  thy  love, 

And  shut  me  up  in  God. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


The  author's  title  was:  For  Believers,  In  an 
Hurry  of  Business. 
The  first  stanza  is  omitted : 

"Help,  Lord,  the  busy  foe 

Is  as  a  fiood  come  in  ! 
Lift  up  a  standard,  and  o'erthrow 

This  soul-distracting  sin : 
This  sudden  tide  of  care 

Stem  by  that  bloody  tree, 
Nor  let  the  rising  torrent  bear 

My  soul  away  from  Thee." 

In  the  fourth  line  of  the  hymn  the  author  wrote : 

"  Call  off  my  anxious  heart." 

The  change  was  made  for  the  Collection  of  1780. 
I  like  the  original  better.  The  heart  is  "  anxious  " 
and  troubled,  and  therefore  prays  for  victory  and 
peace. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


754  Hay  my  sins  on  Jesus.       7,  6. 

I LAY  my  sins  on  Jesus, 
The  spotless  Lamb  of  God ; 
He  bears  them  all,  and  frees  us 
From  the  accursed  load : 

1  bring  my  guilt  to  Jesus, 

To  wash  my  crimson  stains 
White  in  his  blood  most  precious, 
Till  not  a  stain  remains. 

2  I  lay  my  wants  on  Jesus ; 
All  fullness  dwells  in  him ; 

He  healeth  my  diseases, 
He  doth  my  soul  redeem : 

I  lay  my  griefs  on  Jesus, 
My  burdens  and  my  cares ; 

He  from  them  all  releases, 
He  all  my  sorrows  shares. 

3  I  rest  my  soul  on  Jesus, 
This  weary  soul  of  mine ; 

His  right  hand  me  embraces, 

I  on  his  breast  recline : 
I  love  the  name  of  Jesus, 

Immanuel,  Christ,  the  Lord ; 
Like  fragrance  on  the  breezes, 

His  name  abroad  is  poured. 

4  I  long  to  be  like  Jesus, 
Meek,  loving,  lowly,  mild; 

I  long  to  be  like  Jesus, 

The  Father's  holy  child : 
I  long  to  be  with  Jesus 

Amid  the  heavenly  throng, 
To  sing  with  saints  his  praises, 

And  learn  the  angels'  song. 

HORATIUS  BONAR. 


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HYMN   STUD  IE  8. 


The  author's  title  was :  The  Substitute. 
It  dates  back  to  the  Bible  Hymn  Book,  1844. 
Only  one  word  has  been  changed,  and  that  is  for 
the  better.    The  last  line  the  author  wrote : 

"  To  learn  the  angels'  song." 

From  Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope.  First  series, 
1857. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  426. 


755  Never  separated  from  Christ.    7,  6. 

I KNOW  no  life  divided, 
O  Lord  of  life,  from  thee ; 
la  thee  is  life  provided 
For  all  mankind  and  me: 

1  know  no  death,  O  Jesus, 
Because  I  live  in  thee ; 

Thy  death  it  is  which  frees  us 
From  death  eternally. 

2  I  fear  no  tribulation, 
Since,  whatsoe'er  it  be, 

It  makes  no  separation 

Between  my  Lord  and  me. 

If  thou,  my  God  and  Teacher, 
Vouchsafe  to  be  my  own, 

Though  poor,  I  shall  be  richer 
Than  monarch  on  his  throne. 

3  If,  while  on  earth  I  wander, 
My  heart  is  light  and  blest, 

Ah,  what  shall  I  be  yonder, 
In  perfect  peace  and  rest? 

O  blessed  thought !  in  dying 
We  go  to  meet  the  Lord, 

Where  there  shall  be  no  sighing, 
A  kingdom  our  reward. 

CARL  J.  P.  SPITTA. 
TR.  BY  R.  MASSIE. 

This  translation  from  the  German  is  found  in 
Lyra  Domestica.  London.  (First  edition,  1860.) 

Title  :  Life  and  Contentment  in  Jesus. 

Eight  stanzas  ;  these  are  verses  four,  five,  and 
six,  verbatim. 

Carl  Johann  Philipp  Spitta,  a  German  theologian 
and  poet,  was  bora  in  1801.  His  early  years  were 
without  special  promise,  and  he  was  apprenticed  to 
a  watchmaker.  While  learning  this  trade  he  began 
the  study  of  languages,  and  in  1821  entered  the 
University  of  Gottingen  to  study  theology.  After 
graduating,  he  was  engaged  as  tutor  in  a  private 
family  for  some  time  ;  but  from  1828  till  1859,  the 
date  of  his  death,  he  was  a  popular  and  successful 
pastor  of  several  Lutheran  churches.  His  reputa- 
tion rests  principally  upon  his  hymns,  which  are 
deeply  spiritual  and  very  popular  in  his  native 
land.  His  Psalter  and  Harfe:  Leipzic,  (first 
edition,  1833,)  was  translated  by  Richard  Massie  in 


756    /  love  to  tell  the  story.         7,  6. 

I LOVE  to  tell  the  story, 
Of  unseen  things  above, 
Of  J esus  and  his  glory, 
Of  Jesus  and  his  love. 

1  love  to  tell  the  story, 
Because  I  know  'tis  true ; 

It  satisfies  my  longings, 
As  nothing  else  can  do. 

I  love  to  tell  the  story, 

'Twill  be  my  theme  in  glory, 

To  tell  the  old,  old  story 
Of  Jesus  and  his  love. 

2  I  love  to  tell  the  story ; 
More  wonderful  it  seems 

Than  all  the  golden  fancies 
Of  all  our  golden  dreams. 

I  love  to  tell  the  story, 
It  did  so  much  for  me ; 

And  that  is  just  the  reason 
I  tell  it  now  to  thee. 

3  I  love  to  tell  the  story ; 
'Tis  pleasant  to  repeat 

What  seems,  each  time  I  tell  it, 

More  wonderfully  sweet. 
I  love  to  tell  the  story ; 

For  some  have  never  heard 
The  message  of  salvation 

From  God's  own  holy  word. 

4  I  love  to  tell  the  story; 
For  those  who  know  it  best 

Seem  hungering  and  thirsting 

To  hear  it  like  the  rest. 
And  when,  in  scenes  of  glory, 

I  sing  the  new,  new  song, 
'Twill  be  the  old,  old  story 

That  I  have  loved  so  long. 

CATHARINE  HANKEY. 

The  author  has  prefaced  this  favorite  hymn  with 
a  selection  from  Psa.  xcvi,  2: 

"  Shew  forth  his  salvation  from  day  to  day." 

One  word  only  has  been  altered.  The  author 
wrote,  verse  one,  line  eight : 

"  As  nothing  else  tvould  do." 

The  chorus  has  been  added  by  another  writer. 
From  a  small  volume,  entitled  Heart  to  Heart, 
Hymns,  by  the  author  of  The  Old,  Old  Story,  1876. 

The  poem, 

"  Tell  me  the  old,  old  story 
Of  unseen  things  above," 


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by  the  same  author,  contains  fifty -five  four-lined 
stanzas,  and  closes  as  follows  : 

';  Soon,  soon,  our  eyes  shall  see  Him ! 

And,  in  our  Home  above, 
We'll  sing  "  the  old,  old  Story 

Of  Jesus  and  His  Love." 

Miss  Hankey  was  an  English  author.  Hymn 
756  was  written  about  1865. 


757      The  foretaste  of  endless  bliss.       11, 12 

MY  God,  I  am  thine ;  what  a  comfort  di- 
vine, 

What  a  blessing  to  know  that  my  Jesus  is 
mine ! 

In  the  heavenly  Lamb  thrice  happy  I  am, 
And  my  heart  doth  rejoice  at  the  sound  of 
his  name. 

2  True  pleasures  abound  in  the  rapturous 

sound, 

And  whoever  hath  found  it,  hath  paradise 
found : 

My  Redeemer  to  know,  to  feel  his  blood 
flow, 

This  is  life  everlasting — 'tis  heaven  below. 

3  Yet  onward  I  haste  to  the  heavenly  feast ; 
That  indeed  is  the  fullness,  but  this  is  the 

taste ; 

And  this  I  shall  prove,  till  with  joy  I  re- 
move 

To  the  heaven  of  heavens  in  Jesus's  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  one  of  a  number  of  Hymns  for  Believers. 
From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Po- 
ems, in  two  volumes,  1749. 
The  last  line  of  the  first  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"My  heart  it  doth  dance  at  the  sound  of  Thy 
f  name," 

and  so  it  remains  in  the  Wesleyan  Collection.  But, 
in  this  country,  Methodists  have  not  even  allowed 
their  hearts  to  "  dance."  They  are  permitted  to 
"  rejoiced 

This  change  was  made  for  the  first  official 
hymn  book  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
entitled  A  Pocket  Hymn  Book  Designed  as  a  Con- 
stant Companion  for  the  Pious. 


758        Worldly  vanity  renounced.  10,11. 

OTELL  me  no  more  of  this  world's  vain 
store, 

The  time  for  such  trifles  with  me  now  is  o'er ; 
A   country  I've   found  where  true  joys 
abound, 

To  dwell  I'm  determined  on  that  happy 
ground. 


2  The  souls  that  believe  in  paradise  live, 
And  me  in  that  number  will  Jesus  receive: 
My  soul,  don't  delay;  he  calls  thee  away; 
Rise,   follow  thy  Saviour,  and  bless  the 

glad  day. 

3  No  mortal  doth  know  what  he  can  be- 

stow, 

What  light,  strength,  and  comfort — go  after 
him,  go; 

Lo,  onward  I  move  to  a  city  above, 
None  guesses  how  wondrous  my  journey 
will  prove. 

4  Great  spoils  I  shall  win  from  death,  hell, 

and  sin, 

'Midst  outward  afflictions  shall  feel  Christ 
within : 

And  when  I'm  to  die,  "  Receive  me,"  I'll 
cry, 

For  Jesus  hath  loved  me,  I  cannot  tell  why : 

5  But  this  I  do  find,  we  two  are  so  joined, 
He'll  not  live  in  glory  and  leave  me  behind  : 
So  this  is  the  race  I'm  running  through 

grace, 

Henceforth,  till  admitted  to  see  my  Lord's 
face. 

6  And  now  I'm  in  care  my  neighbors  may 

share 

These  blessings :  to  seek  them  will  none  of 
you  dare  ? 

In  bondage,  O  why,  and  death  will  you 
lie, 

When  one  here  assures  you  free  grace  is  so 


nigh? 


JOHN  GAMBOLD. 


From  Moravian  Collection,  1754. 

This  hymn  is  found  in  the  Woi'ks  of  the  Eev. 
John  Gambold,  A.M.,  late  one  of  the  Bishops  of 
the  United  Brethren.    Glasgow,  1823. 

The  author  wrote  verse  three,  line  three  : 

"Lo,  onward  1  move,  And,  but  Christ  above;  " 

and  verse  five,  line  three: 

"  Zo,  this  is  the  race,"  etc. 

The  original  is  arranged  in  fourteen  three-lined 
stanzas :  the  eighth  and  ninth  are  omitted : 

8  "  Perhaps  for  his  name, 
Poor  dust  that  I  am 

Some  works  I  shall  finish  with  glad  loving  aim. 

9  "I  still  (which  is  best) 
Shall  in  his  dear  breast 

As  at  the  beginning,  find  pardon  and  rest." 

The  Rev.  John  Gambold  was  born  in  South 
Wales  in  1711 ;  was  educated  at  Christ  Church. 


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Oxford,  and  entered  the  ministry  in  the  Established 
Church.  In  1742  he  joined  the  Moravians,  and  in 
1754  was  consecrated  Bishop.  He  was  the  author 
of  several  prose  works,  and  the  editor  of  a  volume 
of  hymns,  1748.    He  died  in  1771. 

Bishop  Gambold  wrote  the  following  epitaph  on 
himself : 

"  Ask  not,  who  ended  here  his  span? 
His  name,  reproach,  and  praise,  was  man. 
Did  no  great  deeds  adorn  his  course  ? 
No  Deed  of  his,  but  show'd  him  worse : 
One  thing  was  great,  which  God  supplied, 
He  suffered  human  life — and  died. 
What  points  of  knowledge  did  he  gain? 
That  life  was  sacred  all, — and  vain  : 
Sacred  how  high,  and  vain  how  low 
He  knew  not  here,  but  died  to  know." 


759  My  Beloved.  11,8. 

OTHOU,  in  whose  presence  my  soul  takes 
delight, 
On  whom  in  affliction  I  call, 
My  comfort  by  day,  and  my  song  in  the 
night, 

My  hope,  my  salvation,  my  all ! 

2  Where  dost  thou,  dear  Shepherd,  resort 

with  thy  sheep, 
To  feed  them  in  pastures  of  love? 
Say,  why  in  the  valley  of  death  should  I 
weep, 

Or  alone  in  this  wilderness  rove? 

3  O  why  should  I  wander  an  alien  from 

thee, 

Or  cry  in  the  desert  for  bread  ? 
Thy  foes  will  rejoice  when  my  sorrows  they 
see, 

And  smile  at  the  tears  I  have  shed. 

4  Ye  daughters  of  Zion,  declare,  have  you 

seen 

The  star  that  on  Israel  shone? 
Say,  if  in  your  tents  my  Beloved  has  been, 
And  where  with  his  flocks  he  has  gone. 

5  He  looks!  and  ten  thousands  of  angels 

rejoice, 

And  myriads  wait  for  his  word ; 
He  speaks!  and  eternity,  filled  with  his 
voice, 

Re-echoes  the  praise  of  the  Lord. 

6  Dear  Shepherd,  I  hear,  and  will  follow 

thy  call; 

I  know  the  sweet  sound  of  thy  voice ; 
Restore  and  defend  me,  for  thou  art  my  all, 
And  in  thee  I  will  ever  rejoice. 

JOSEPH  SWAIN. 


Title :  A  Description  of  Christ  by  His  Grace  and 
Power  •  from  Solomon's  Song. 

The  original,  containing  nine  eight-lined  stanzas, 
is  found  in  the  author's  Experimental  Essays  on 
Divine  Subjects  in  Verse.  London,  1791.  Some 
verbal  changes  have  been  made,  and  the  last  verse 
has  been  added  by  another  pen. 

The  Eev.  Joseph  Swain,  a  successful  English 
Baptist  minister,  was  born  in  1761.  By  trade  he 
was  an  engraver.  After  his  conversion  he  held 
meetings,  and  in  1792  was  ordained  pastor  of  a 
church  in  Walworth,  where  he  remained  till  his 
early  and  lamented  death,  in  1796.  He  was  the 
author  of  Walworth  Hymns.    London,  1792. 


760   Ineed  Thee  every  hour.    6, 4, 7. 

I NEED  thee  every  hour, 
Most  gracious  Lord ; 
No  tender  voice  like  thine 
Can  peace  afford. 

I  need  thee,  O  I  need  thee; 

Every  hour  I  need  thee ; 
O  bless  me  now,  my  Saviour, 
I  come  to  thee ! 

2  I  need  thee  every  hour  ; 
Stay  thou  near  by ; 

Temptations  lose  their  power 
When  thou  art  nigh. 

3  I  need  thee  every  hour, 
In  joy  or  pain ; 

Come  quickly  and  abide, 
Or  life  is  vain. 

4  I  need  thee  every  hour ; 
Teach  me  thy  will ; 

And  thy  rich  promises 
In  me  fulfill. 

5  I  need  thee  every  hour, 
Most  Holy  One ; 

O  make  me*thine  indeed, 
Thou  blessed  Son! 

MRS.  ANNIE  S.  HAWKS. 

In  a  letter  to  the  author  the  Eev  Eobert  Lowry, 
D.D.,  writes : 

"  'I  Need  Thee  Every  Hour'  was  written  by 
Mrs.  Annie  S.  Hawks,  in  1872,  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
1  believe  it  was  the  expression  of  her  own  experi-. 
ence.  It  came  to  me  in  the  form  of  five  simple 
stanzas,  to  which  I  added  the  chorus  to  make  it 
more  serviceable.  It  inspired  me  at  its  first  read- 
ing. It  first  appeared  in  a  small  collection  of  origi- 
nal songs  prepared  for  the  National  Baptist  Sun- 
day-school Association,  held  in  Cincinnati,  in  No- 
vember, 1872,  and  was  sung  on  that  occasion." 

Mrs.  Annie  Sherwood  Hawks  was  born  in  New 
York  State,  in  1835.  For  some  years  she  has  re- 
sided in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


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761  Exultant  trust.  6,  8,  4. 

MY  Shepherd's  mighty  aid, 
His  dear  redeeming  love, 
His  all- protecting  power  displayed, 

I  joy  to  prove : 
Led  onward  by  my  guide, 

I  view  the  verdant  scene, 
Where  limpid  waters  gently  glide 
Through  pastures  green. 

2  In  error's  maze  my  soul 
Shall  wander  now  no  more ; 

His  Spirit  shall,  with  sweet  control, 

The  lost  restore ; 
My  willing  steps  shall  lead 

In  paths  of  righteousness ; 
His  power  defend ;  his  bounty  feed ; 

His  mercy  bless. 

3  Affliction's  deepest  gloom 
Shall  but  his  love  display ; 

He  will  the  vale  of  death  illume 

With  living  ray : 
My  failing  flesh  his  rod 

Shall  thankfully  adore ; 
My  heart  shall  vindicate  my  God 

For  evermore. 

4  His  goodness  ever  nigh, 
His  mercy  ever  free, 

Shall  while  I  live,  shall  when  I  die, 

Still  follow  me ; 
Forever  shall  my  soul 

His  boundless  blessings  prove ; 
And  while  eternal  ages  roll, 

Adore  and  love. 

THOMAS  ROBERTS. 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Roberts,  A.M.  (1765-1832),  was 
a  Wesleyan  minister.  This  hymn,  based  upon  the 
Twenty-third  Psalm,  appeared  in  the  Methodist  Mag- 
azine for  March,  1804.  One  stanza  has  been  omitted. 


762 


Before  the  cross. 


MY  faith  looks  up  to  thee, 
Thou  Lamb  of  Calvary, 
Saviour  divine : 
Now  hear  me  while  I  pray, 
Take  all  my  guilt  away, 
O  let  me  from  this  day 
Be  wholly  thine. 

2  May  thy  rich  grace  impart 
Strength  to  my  fainting  heart, 

My  zeal  inspire ; 
As  thou  hast  died  for  me, 
O  may  my  love  to  thee 
Pure,  warm,  and  changeless  be,- 

A  living  fire. 


6,4 


3  While  life's  dark  maze  I  tread, 
And  griefs  around  me  spread, 

Be  thou  my  guide ; 
Bid  darkness  turn  to  day, 
Wipe  sorrow's  tears  away, 
Nor  let  me  ever  stray 

From  thee  aside. 

4  When  ends  life's  transient  dream, 
When  death's  cold,  sullen  stream 

Shall  o'er  me  roll ; 
Blest  Saviour,  then,  in  love, 
Fear  and  distrust  remove; 
O  bear  me  safe  above, — 

A  ransomed  soul. 

RAY  PALMER. 

The  original  title  of  this  valuable  and  favorite 
hymn  was  Self- Consecration.  The  author  says  he 
wrote  it  "  with  a  deep  consciousness  of  his  own 
needs,"  and  without  the  "  slightest  thought  of 
writing  for  another  eye ;  least  of  all  of  writing  a 
hymn  for  Christian  worship."  It  was  written  in 
New  York  city  in  1830,  and  copied  into  a  pocket 
note-book.  It  was  first  published  in  Spiritual 
Songs  for  Social  Worship,  compiled  by  Thomas 
Hastings,  of  Utica,  N.  Y.,  and  Lowell  Mason,  of 
Boston,  1832.  One  word  only  is  here  different 
from  the  original.  When  first  published  the  fifth 
line  of  the  last  stanza  read : 

"Fear  and  distress  remove." 

This,  however,  may  have  been  a  typographical 
error. 
See  No.  714. 


The  Church  immovable. 


C.  M. 


763 

0 WHERE  are  kings  and  empires  now, 
Of  old  that  went  and  came? 
But,  Lord,  thy  Church  is  praying  yet, 
A  thousand  years  the  same. 

2  We  mark  her  goodly  battlements, 
And  her  foundations  strong ; 

We  hear  within  the  solemn  voice 
Of  her  unending  song. 

3  For  not  like  kingdoms  of  the  world 
Thy  holy  Church,  O  God ! 

Though  earthquake  shocks  are  threatening 
her, 

And  tempests  are  abroad ; 

4  Unshaken  as  eternal  hills, 
Immovable  she  stands, 

A  mountain  that  shall  fill  the  earth, 
A  house  not  made  by  hands. 

A.  CLEVELAND  COXE.  ALT. 


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From  the  author's  Christian  Ballads.  They 
were  contributed  to  the  Churchman  in  1839,  and 
collected  in  a  volume  in  1840.  This  hymn  is  taken 
from  a  ballad  of  ten  eight-lined  stanzas,  entitled 
Chelsea ;  and  is  composed  of  the  first  half  of  the 
sixth  stanza,  the  last  half  of  the  eighth,  and  the 
whole  of  the  seventh.  It  has  been  altered  in  sev- 
eral lines. 

OEIGINAL  LINES. 

Verse  one,  lines  one,  two,  and  three : 

"  And  where  are  kings  and  empires  now, 

Since  then  that  went  and  came  ? 
But  holy  Church  is  praying  yet." 

Verse  two  lines  one,  three,  and  four. 

Oh  mark  her  holy  battlements," 
"  And  hear,  within,  her  ceaseless  voice, 
And  her  unending  song  ! " 

Verse  three  lines  two,  three,  and  four. 

"  The  holy  Church  of  God  ! 
Though  earthquake  shocks  be  rocking  it, 
And  tempest  is  abroad  ;" 

Verse  four  lines  two  and  four. 

"  Unmovable  it  stands" 

"  A  fane  unbuilt  by  hands." 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  202. 


764:  Founded  on  a  Rock.  C.  M. 

\T7ITH  stately  towers  and  bulwarks 
V  V  strong, 

Unrivaled  and  alone, 
Loved  theme  of  many  a  sacred  song, 
God's  holy  city  shone. 

2  Thus  fair  was  Zion's  chosen  seat, 
The  glory  of  all  lands ; 

Yet  fairer,  and  in  strength  complete, 
The  Christian  temple  stands. 

3  The  faithful  of  each  clime  and  nge 
This  glorious  Church  compose ; 

Built  on  a  Rock,  with  idle  rage 
The  threatening  tempest  blows. 

4  Fear  not;  though  hostile  bands  alarm, 
Thy  God  is  thy  defense ; 

And  weak  and  powerless  every  arm 
Against  Omnipotence. 

HARRIET  AUBER. 

Psa.  xlviii,  1,  2  : 

"  Great  is  the  Lord,  and  greatly  to  be  praised  in 
the  city  of  our  God,  in  the  mountain  of  his  holiness. 
Beautiful  for  situation,  the  joy  of  the  whole 
earth,  is  mount  Zion." 


The  last  stanza  was  originally  written : 

"  In  vain  may  hostile  bands  alarm, 

For  God  is  her  defense : 
Row  weak,  how  powerless  each  arm, 

Against  Omnipotence." 

From  The  Spirit  of  the  Psalms.  London,  1829. 
See  No.  33. 


765        The  kingdoms  one.  C.  M. 

HAPPY  the  souls  to  Jesus  joined, 
And  saved  by  grace  alone ; 
Walking  in  all  his  ways,  they  find 
Their  heaven  on  earth  begun. 

2  The  Church  triumphant  in  thy  love, 
Their  mighty  joys  we  know: 

They  sing  the  Lamb  in  hymns  above, 
And  we  in  hymns  below. 

3  Thee  in  thy  glorious  realm  they  praise, 
And  bow  before  thy  throne ; 

We  in  the  kingdom  of  thy  grace : 
The  kingdoms  are  but  one. 

4  The  holy  to  the  holiest  leads, 
And  thence  our  spirits  rise; 

For  he  that  in  thy  statutes  treads, 
Shall  meet  thee  in  the  skies. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Published  without  title  in  Hymns  on  the  lord's 
Supper,  1745. 
In  the  first  stanza  the  original  is  : 

"  "Walking  in  all  Thy  ways  we  find 
Our  heaven  on  earth  begun  ;" 

and  in  the  last  stanza : 

"  From  hence  our  spirits  rise 
And  he  that  in  Thy  statutes  treads." 

The  first  change  was  made  for  the  collection  of 
1780  ;  the  last  is  much  later. 


766       The  sure  Foundation.  C.  M. 

BEHOLD  the  sure  Foundation-stone 
Which  God  in  Zion  lays, 
To  build  our  heavenly  hopes  upon, 
And  his  eternal  praise. 

2  Chosen  of  God,  to  sinners  dear, 
We  now  adore  thy  name ; 

We  trust  our  whole  salvation  here, 
Nor  can  we  suffer  shame. 

3  The  foolish  builders,  scribe  and  priest, 
Reject  it  with  disdain ; 

Yet  on  this  Rock  the  Church  shall  rest, 
And  envy  rage  in  vain. 


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4  What  though  the  gates  of  hell  withstood? 

Yet  must  this  building  rise ; 
'Tis  thine  own  work,  Almighty  God, 

And  wondrous  in  our  eyes. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  Christ  the  Foundation  of  his  Church. 
The  hymn  was  written  on  Psa.  cxviii,  22,  23  : 

"The stone  which  the  builders  refused  is  become 
the  head  stone  of  the  corner.  This  is  the  Lord's 
doing;  it  is  marvelous  in  our  eyes." 

The  last  three  lines  of  the  second  stanza  have 
been  changed.    Watts  wrote  : 

"  And  saints  adore,  the  name ; 
They  trust  their  whole  salvation  here, 
Nor  shall  they  suffer  shame." 

This  was  the  first  hymn  in  the  supplement  to 
the  hymn  book,  edited  by  Dr.  Nathan  Bangs  in 
1836.    He  may  have  made  these  changes. 


767  Good  news  for  Zion.  8,  7,  4. 

ON  the  mountain's  top  appearing, 
Lo !  the  sacred  herald  stands, 
Welcome  news  to  Zion  bearing, 
Zion,  long  in  hostile  lands : 

Mourning  captive ! 
God  himself  shall  loose  thy  bands. 

2  Has  thy  night  been  long  and  mournful? 
Have  thy  friends  unfaithful  proved? 

Have  thy  foes  been  proud  and  scornful, 
By  thy  sighs  and  tears  unmoved? 

Cease  thy  mourning; 
Zion  still  is  well  beloved. 

3  God,  thy  God,  will  now  restore  thee; 
He  himself  appears  thy  Friend ; 

All  thy  foes  shall  flee  before  thee ; 
Here  their  boasts  and  triumphs  end : 

Great  deliverance 
Zion's  King  will  surely  send. 

4  Peace  and  joy  shall  now  attend  thee; 
All  thy  warfare  now  is  past ; 

God  thy  Saviour  will  defend  thee ; 
Victory  is  thine  at  last : 

All  thy  conflicts 
End  in  everlasting  rest. 

THOMAS  KELLY. 

From  the  author's  Hymns  on  Various  Passages  of 
Scripture. 

The  passage  on  which  this  is  based  is  Isa.  lii,  7  : 

"How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the  feet 
of  him  that  bringeth  good  tidings." 


This  hymn  appeared  in  the  first  edition  of  the 
author's  hymns.  Dublin,  1804.  Some  changes 
were  made  by  him  for  later  editions.  As  here 
given  it  corresponds  with  the  author's  text,  last 
edition,  with  these  exceptions  : 

In  the  last  line  of  the  third  verse  : 

"  Zion's  King  vouchsafes  to  send  ; " 

and  in  the  first  part  of  the  last  verse  : 

"  Enemies  no  more  shall  trouble, 
All  thy  wrongs  shall  be  redressed/ 

For  thy  shame  thou  shalt  have  double 
In  thy  Maker's  favor  blessed. 

All  thy  conflicts 
End  in  everlasting  rest." 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  54. 


768  Jehovah,  the  defense  of  Zion.  8,  7, 4. 

ZION  stands  with  hills  surrounded, 
Zion,  kept  by  power  divine : 
All  her  foes  shall  be  confounded, 
Though  the  world  in  arms  combine : 

Happy  Zion, 
What  a  favored  lot  is  thine ! 

2  Every  human  tie  may  perish ; 
Friend  to  friend  unfaithful  prove ; 

Mothers  cease  their  own  to  cherish ; 
Heaven  and  earth  at  last  remove ; 

But  no  changes 
Can  attend  Jehovah's  love. 

3  In  the  furnace  God  may  prove  thee, 
Thence  to  bring  thee  forth  more  bright, 

But  can  never  cease  to  love  thee ; 
Thou  art  precious  in  his  sight : 

God  is  with  thee, 
God,  thine  everlasting  light, 

THOMAS  KELLY. 

Title :  As  the  mountains  are  round  about  Jeru- 
salem, so  the  Lord  is  round  about  his  people  from 
henceforth  even  forever.  Psa.  exxv,  2. 

Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  fourth,  are  omitted : 

3  "  Zion's  friend  in  nothing  alters, 
Though  all  others  may  and  do : 

His  is  love  that  never  falters, 
Always  to  its  object  true. 

Happy  Zion ! 
Crowned  with  mercies  ever  new. 

4  "  If  thy  God  should  show  displeasure, 
'Tis  to  save,  and  not  destroy  ; 

If  he  punish,  'tis  in  measure ; 
'Tis  to  rid  thee  of  alloy. 

Be  thou  patient ; 
Soon  thy  grief  shall  turn  to  joy." 

Unaltered.   From  Hymns  on  Various  Passages  of 
Scripture,  1804. 
See  No.  54. 


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769  The  trull/  bUst,  C.  Iff. 

HOW  lovely  are  thy  dwellings,  Lord. 
From  noise  and  trouble  free ! 
How  beautiful  the  sweet  accord 
Of  souls  that  pray  to  thee ! 

2  Lord  God  of  hosts  that  reign'st  on  high! 
They  are  the  truly  blest 

Who  only  will  on  thee  rely, 
In  thee  alone  will  rest. 

3  They  pass  refreshed  the  thirsty  vale. 
The  dry  and  barren  ground, 

As  through  a  fruitful,  watery  dale. 
Where  springs  and  showers  abound. 


on  from 


•4  They  journey 
strength. 

With  joy  and  gladsome  cheer, 
Till  all  before  our  God  at  length 

In  Zion's  courts  appear. 

JOHST  MIX  TON 


trength 


to 


ALT. 


This  is  a  part  of  the  author's  version  of  Psa. 
lxxxiv.  These  four  stanzas  are  written  ou  verses 
one,  twelve,  six.  and  seven  of  the  psahn,  and  of 
Milton's  paraphrase.  They  have  been  eonsider- 
ably  altered. 

Origi>'ai.. 

1  "How  lovely  are  thy  dwellings  /air, 
O  Lord  of  hosts,  hour  dear 

The  p/easant  tabernacles  are 
Where  thou  dost  died!  so  near. 

2  '•  Lord  God  of  hosts  that  reign'st  on  high  ! 
That  man  is  truly  blest 

Who  only  on  thee  doth  rely 
And  in  thee  on  ly  rest. 

3  "  Thev  pass  through  Jhca's  thirsty  vale, 
That  dry  and  barren  ground,"  etc.  ^ 

Verse  four,  line  four : 
"  In  Sion  do  appear." 

For  biography,  see  No.  145. 


770  Love  for  Zion.  S.  M. 

ILO YE  thy  kingdom.  Lord, 
The  house  of  thine  abode, 
The  Church  our  blest  Redeemer  saved 
With  his  own  precious  blood. 

2  I  love  thy  Church,  O  God ! 

Her  walls  before  thee  stand. 
Dear  as  the  apple  of  thine  eye, 

And  graven  on  thy  hand. 


3  For  her  my  tears  shall  fall. 
For  her  my  prayers  ascend ; 

To  her  my  cares  and  toils  be  given, 
Till  toils  and  cares  shall  end. 

•i  Beyond  my  highest  joy 
I  prize  her  heavenly  ways. 

Her  sweet  communion,  solemn  vows, 
Her  hymns  of  love  and  praise. 

5  Sure  as  thy  truth  shall  last. 

To  Zion  shall  be  given 
The  brightest  glories  earth  can  yield, 

And  brighter  bliss  of  heaven. 

TIMOTHY  D WIGHT. 

The  author's  title  was  :  Lore  to  the  Church. 
It  was  written  on  Psa.  exxxvii,  5,  6  : 

"If  I  forget  thee,  O  Jerusalem,  let  my  right  hand 
forget  her  cunning.  If  1  do  not  remember  thee, 
let  my  tongue  cleave  to  the  roof  of  my  mouth  ;  if  I 
prefer  not  Jerusalem  above  my  chief  joy" 

Three  stanzas,  the  third,  fourth,  and  seventh, 
are  omitted.  Some  will  be  glad  to  see  the  whole 
of  this  precious  and  valuable  hyrun : 

S  "If  e'er  to  bless  thy  sons 

My  voice,  or  hands,  deny, 
These  hands  let  useful  skill  forsake, 

This  voice  in  silence  die. 

4  "  If  e'er  my  heart  forget 

Her  welfare,  or  her  woe, 
Let  every  joy  this  heart  torsake, 

And  every  grief  o'erflow. 

7  "  Jesus,  thou  Friend  divine, 

Our  Saviour  and  our  King, 
Thy  hand  from  every  snare  and  foe 

Shall  great  deliverance  bring." 

Contributed  to  an  edition  of  Dr.  Watts*  s  Ttodms^ 
edited  bv  Dr.  Dwi^rht  in  1S00. 


771  Tor  a  revival.  S.  M. 

OLORD.  thy  work  revive. 
In  Zion's  gloomy  hour. 
And  let  our  dying  graces  live 
By  thy  restoring  power. 

2  O  let  thy  chosen  few 
Awake  to  earnest  prayer; 

Their  covenant  again  renew, 
And  walk  in  filial  fear. 

3  Thy  Spirit  then  will  speak 
Through  lips  of  humble  clay, 

Till  hearts  of  adamant  shall  break, 
Till  rebels  shall  obey. 


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4  Now  lend  thy  gracious  ear; 

Now  listen  to  our  cry : 
O  come,  and  bring  salvation  near ; 

Our  souls  on  thee  rely. 

PHOEBE  H.  BROWN. 

This  hymn  is  founded  upon  the  prayer  of  Ha- 
bakkuk  iii,  2 : 

"  0  Lord,  revive  thy  work." 

The  text  is  the  same  here  as  in  its  first  printed 
form  in  Spiritual  Songs  for  Social  Worship,  1833 
edition  ;  but  it  differs  considerably  from  the  copy 
furnished  by  the  author  to  the  Rev.  Elias  Nason 
fpr  Tfoe  Congregational  Hymn  Booh,  1857.  It  was 
probably  edited  by  Thomas  Hastings. 

Phoebe  Hinsdale  Brown  was  the  daughter  of 
George  Hinsdale,  and  was  born  in  Canaan,  N.  Y., 
in  1783.    She  died  October  10,  1861. 

See  No.  709. 


772  s.m. 

Ito  Church' 's  confidence  and  security. 

WHO  in  the  Lord  confide, 
And  feel  his  sprinkled  blood, 
In  storms  and  hurricanes  abide 

Firm  as  the  mount  of  God : 
Steadfast,  and  fixed,  and  sure, 

His  Zion  cannot  move; 
His  faithful  people  stand  secure 
In  Jesus'  guardian  love. 

2  As  round  Jerusalem 

The  hilly  bulwarks  rise, 
So  God  protects  and  covers  them 

From  all  their  enemies. 
On  every  side  he  stands, 

And  for  his  Israel  cares ; 
And  safe  in  his  almighty  hands 

Their  souls  forever  bears. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  a  paraphrase  of  Psa.  exxv. 

Six  stanzas;  these  are  the  first  two,  unaltered, 
and  are  founded  on  the  first  two  verses  of  the 
psalm : 

"  They  that  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  be  as  mount 
Zion,  which  cannot  be  removed,  but  abideth  for- 
ever. As  tli  e  mountains  are  round  about  Jerusa- 
lem, so  the  Lord  is  round  about  his  people  from 
henceforth  even  forever." 

It  was  first  published  in  A  Collection  of  Psalms 
and  Hymns,  1743. 


7  7  o       The  forty-sixth  Psalm.  L.  M. 

GOD  is  the  refuge  of  his  saints, 
When  storms  of  sharp  distress  invade ; 
Ere  we  can  offer  our  complaints, 
Behold  him  present  with  his  aid. 


2  Let  mountains  from  their  seats  be  hurled 
Down  to  the  deep,  and  buried  there, 

Convulsions  shake  the  solid  world, — 
Our  faith  shall  never  yield  to  fear. 

3  Loud  may  the  troubled  ocean  roar; 
In  sacred  peace  our  souls  abide ; 

While  every  nation,  every  shore, 

Trembles,  and  dreads  the  swelling  tide. 

4  There  is  a  stream  whose  gentle  flow 
Supplies  the  city  of  our  God, 

Life,  love,  and  joy,  still  gliding  through, 
And  watering  our  divine  abode. 

5  That  sacred  stream,  thine  holy  word, 
Our  grief  allays,  our  fear  controls; 

Sweet  peace  thy  promises  afford, 

And  give  new  strength  to  fainting  souls. 

6  Zion  enjoys  her  Monarch's  love, 
Secure  against  a  threatening  hour ; 

Nor  can  her  firm  foundation  move, 

Built  on  his  truth,  and  armed  with  power. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  The  Church's  Safety  and  Triumph  among 
National  Desolations. 

The  hymn  is  based  on  the  first  five  verses  of 
Psa.  xlvi. 

"  God  is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very  present 
help  iu  trouble.  Therefore  will  not  we  fear,  though 
the  earth  be  removed,  and  though  the  mountains 
be  carried  into  the  midst  of  the  sea ;  though  the 
waters  thereof  roar  and  be  troubled,  though  the 
mountains  shake  with  the  swelling  thereof.  There 
is  a  river,  the  streams  whereof  shall  make  glad  the 
city  of  God,  the  holy  place  of  the  tabernacles  of  the 
most  High.  God  is  in  the  midst  of  her ;  she  shall 
not  be  moved:  God  shall  help  her,  and  that  right 
early." 

The  second  line  of  the  fifth  stanza  "Watts  wrote : 

"  Tliat  all  our  raging  fear  controls." 

This  was  one  of  Dr.  Dwight's  improvements. 
Published  in  1719. 


7 74  Th,e  river  of  life.  L.  M. 

GREAT  Source  of  being  and  of  love! 
Thou  waterest  all  the  worlds  above; 
And  all  the  joys  which  mortals  know, 
From  thine  exhaustless  fountain  flow. 

2  A  sacred  spring,  at  thy  command, 
From  Zion's  mount,  in  Canaan's  land, 
Beside  thy  temple  cleaves  the  ground, 
And  pours  its  limpid  stream  around. 


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3  Close  by  its  banks,  in  order  fair, 
The  blooming  trees  of  life  appear; 
Their  blossoms  fragrant  odors  give, 
And  on  their  frnit  the  nations  live. 


with 


glory 


4  Flow,    wondrous  stream 
crowned, 

Flow  on  to  earth's  remotest  bound: 

v 

And  bear  us,  on  thy  gentle  wave, 
To  him  who  all  thy  virtues  gave. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 


Title  :  The  Waters  of  the  Sanctuary  Healing  the 
Bead  Sea.  Ezek.  xlvii,  1-12. 

This  is  a  beautiful  hymn  founded  on  a  beautiful 
parable.  Two  stanzas',  the  third  and  fifth,  have 
been  omitted : 

3  "  The  limpid  Stream  with  sudden  Force 
Swells  to  a  River  in  its  Course ; 
Thro'  desert  Kealins  its  Windings  play, 
And  scatter  Blessings  all  the  Way. 

5  To  the  dead  Sea  the  Waters  now, 
And  carry  Healing  as  they  go  ; 
Its  poys'nous  Dregs  their  Pow'r  confess, 
And  all  its  Shores'the  Fountain  bless. 

In  verse  one,  line  three,  the  author  wrote  "  we 
mortals." 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures.    London,  1755. 
See  No.  78. 


775     AzcaJce,  Jerusalem,  awake! 
WAKE,  Jerusalem,  awake  ! 


L.  M. 


A 


No  longer  in  thy  sins  lie  down : 
The  garment  of  salvation  take ; 

Thy  beauty  and  thy  strength  put  on. 

2  Shake  off  the  dust  that  blinds  thy  sight, 
And  hides  the  promise  from  thine  eyes; 

Arise,  and  struggle  into  light ; 

The  great  Deliverer  calls,  "Arise!" 

3  Shake  off  the  bands  of  sad  despair ; 
Zion,  assert  thy  liberty ; 

Look  up,  thy  broken  heart  prepare, 
And  God  shall  set  the  captive  free. 

4  Vessels  of  mercy,  sons  of  grace, 
Be  purged  from  every  sinful  stain ; 

Be  like  your  Lord,  his  word  embrace, 
Nor  bear  his  hallowed  name  in  vain. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  a  long  hymn  of  three  parts,  thirty-two 
stanzas  in  all.  These  are  verses  one,  three,  and 
four  of  part  one,  and  verse  two  of  part  three,  ver- 
batim..   The  whole  is  founded  on  Isa.  lii. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


776      God  in  tlu  midst  of  her.  8,7. 

GLORIOUS  things  of  thee  are  spoken. 
Zion,  city  of  our  God ; 
He,  whose  word  cannot  be  broken, 
Formed  thee  for  his  own  abode; 
On  the  Rock  of  ages  founded. 

What  can  shake  thy  sure  repose? 
With  salvation's  walls  surrounded, 
Thou  mayst  smile  at  all  thy  foes. 

2  See,  the  streams  of  living  waters, 
Springing  from  eternal  love. 

Still  supply  thy  sons  and  daughters, 
And  all  fear  of  want  remove : 

Who  can  faint  while  such  a  river 
Ever  flows  our  thirst  to  assuage? 

Grace,  which,  like  the  Lord,  the  giver, 
Never  fails  from  age  to  age. 

3  Round  each  habitation  hovering, 
See  the  cloud  and  fire  appear, 

For  a  glory  and  a  covering, 
Showing  that  the  Lord  is  near! 

He  who  gives  us  daily  manna, 
He  who  listens  when  we  cry, 

Let  liim  hear  the  loud  hosanna 
Rising  to  his  throne  on  high. 

JOHN  XEWTON. 

Title :  Zion  ;  or,  the  City  of  God. 
The  hymn  is  written  upon  Isa.  xxxiii,  20,  21, 
and  contains  references  to  various  other  Scripture 


passages. 

The  last  four  lines  have  been  altered, 
trior  wrote : 


The  au- 


"  Thus  deriving  from  their  banner, 
Light  by  night  and  shade  by  day  ; 

Safe  they  feed  upon  the  manna, 

Whieh  he  gives  them  when  they  pray.'''' 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas: 

4  "  Blest  inhabitants  of  Zion, 
Washed  in  the  Eedeemer's  blood ! 

Jesus,  whom  their  souls  rely  on, 

Makes  them  kings  and  priests  to  God ; 

'Tis  his  love  his  people  raises 
Over  self  to  reign  as  kings ; 

And  as  priests,  his  solemn  praises 
Each  for  a  thank-offering  brings. 

5  "  Saviour,  if  of  Zion's  city 

I  through  grace  a  member  am ; 
Let  the  world  deride  or  pity, 

I  will  glory  in  thy  name : 
Fading  is  the  worldling's  pleasure, 

All  his  boasted  pomp  and  show ; 
Solid  joys  and  lasting  treasure, 

None  but  Zion's  children  know." 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 
See  No.  23. 


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777  ne)'  everlasting  light.         8,  7. 

HEAR  what  God  the  Lord  hath  spoken : 
O  my  people,  faint  and  few, 
Comfortless,  afflicted,  broken, 
Fair  abodes  I  build  for  you. 
Scenes  of  heartfelt  tribulation 

Shall  no  more  perplex  your  ways ; 
You  shall  name  your  walls  "  Salvation," 
And  your  gates  shall  all  be  "Praise." 

2  There,  like  streams  that  feed  the  garden, 
Pleasures  without  end  shall  flow, 

For  the  Lord,  your  faith  rewarding, 

All  his  bounty  shall  bestow. 
Still  in  undisturbed  possession, 

Pence  and  righteousness  shall  reign, 
Never  shall  you  feel  oppression, 

Hear  the  voice  of  war  again. 

3  Ye,  no  more  your  suns  descending, 
Waning  moons  no  more  shall  see; 

But,  your  griefs  forever  ending, 

Find  eternal  noon  in  me : 
God  shall  rise,  and,  shining  o'er  you, 

Change  to  day  the  gloom  of  night; 
He,  the  Lord,  shall  be  your  glory, 

God  your  everlasting  light. 

WILLIAM  COWPER. 


Title :  The  Future  Peace  and  Glory  of  the  Church. 
It  is  founded  upon  Isa.  lx,  18-20  : 

"Violence  shall  no  more  be  heard  in  thy  land, 
wasting  nor  destruction  within  thy  borders;  but 
thou  shalt  call  thy  walls  Salvation,  and  thy  gates 
Praise.  The  sun  shall  be  no  more  thy  light  by 
day ;  neither  for  brightness  shall  the  moon  give 
light  unto  thee:  but  the  Lord  shall  be  unto  thee  an 
everlasting  light,  and  thy  God  thy  glory.  Thy  sun 
shall  no  more  go  down;  neither  shall  thy  moon 
withdraw  itself:  for  the  Lord  shall  be  thine  ever- 
lasting light,  and  the  days  of  thy  mourning  shall 
be  ended." 

Instead  of  "Scenes,"  verse  one,  line  five,  some 
editions  have  "  Themes,"  and  some  "  Thorns." 
From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  44. 


778 


Daughter  of  Zion. 


11. 


DAUGHTER  of  Zion,  awake  from  thy 
sadness ; 

Awake,  for  thy  foes  shall  oppress  thee  no 
more ; 

Bright  o'er  thy  hills  dawns  the  day-star  of 
gladness ; 

Arise,  for  the  night  of  thy  sorrow  is  o'er. 


2  Strong  were  thy  foes;  but  the  arm  that 

subdued  them, 
And  scattered  their  legions,  was  mightier 
far; 

They  fled  like  the  chaff  from  the  scourge 
that  pursued  them ; 
Vain  were  their  steeds  and  their  chariots 
of  war. 

3  Daughter  of  Zion,  the  power  that  hath 

saved  thee 
Extolled  with  the  harp  and  the  timbrel 
should  be; 

Shout,  for  the  foe  is  destroyed  that  enslaved 
thee ; 

The  oppressor  is  vanquished,  and  Zion  is 
free ! 

UNKNOWN. 

This  fine  hymn  evidently  drew  its  inspiration 
from  the  prophecies  of  Isaiah.  So  far  as  is  known 
it  first  appeared  in  1830. 


779  For  the  extension,  of  the  Church.  7,61. 

ON"  thy  Church,  O  Power  divine, 
Cause  thy  glorious  face  to  shine, 
Till  the  nations  from  afar, 
Hail  her  as  their  guiding  star ; 
Till  her  sons  from  zone  to  zone, 
Make  thy  great  salvation  known. 

2  Then  shall  God,  with  lavish  hand, 
Scatter  blessings  o'er  the  land ; 
Earth  shall  yield  her  rich  increase, 
Every  breeze  shall  whisper  peace, 
And  the  world's  remotest  bound 
With  the  voice  of  praise  resound. 

HARRIET  AUBER. 

This  hymn  is  written  on  verses  one,  two,  six,  and 
seven  of  Psa.  lxvii : 

"  God  be  merciful  unto  us,  and  bless  us  ;  and 
cause  his  face  to  shine  upon  us  ;  that  thy  way 
may  be  know  upon  earth,  thy  saving  health  among 
all  nations.  Then  shall  the  earth  yield  her  increase ; 
and  God,  even  our  own  God,  shall  bless  us.  God 
shall  bless  us  ;  and  all  the  ends  of  the  earth  shall 
fear  him." 

Verbatim  and  entire  from  The  Spirit  of  the 
Psalms,  1829. 
See  No.  33. 


780         Tlie  golden  chain.  0.  M. 

HOW  sweet,  how  heavenly  is  the  sight, 
When  those  who  love  the  Lord 
In  one  another's  peace  delight, 
And  so  fulfill  his  word ! 


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2  When  each  can  feel  his  brother's  sigh, 
And  with  him  bear  a  part ! 

When  sorrow  flows  from  eye  to  eye, 
And  joy  from  heart  to  heart ! 

3  When,  free  from  envy,  scorn,  and  pride, 
Our  wishes  all  above, 

Each  can  his  brother's  failings  hide, 
And  show  a  brother's  love ! 

4  Let  love,  in  one  delightful  stream, 
Through  every  bosom  flow, 

And  union  sweet,  and  dear  esteem, 
In  every  action  glow. 

5  Love  is  the  golden  chain  that  binds 
The  happy  souls  above ; 

And  he's  an  heir  of  heaven  who  finds 
His  bosom  glow  with  love. 

JOSEPH  SWAIN. 

Title :  The  Grace  of  Christian  Love. 

Some  slight  verbal  changes  have  been  made  in 
this  line  hymn.  The  original  has  "that"  instead 
of  "  who  "  in  the  second  line  of  the  first  stanza. 

The  fourth  verse  was  written  : 

"  When  love,  in  one  delightful  stream, 

Through  every  bosom  flows  : 
When  union  sweet,  and  dear  esteem 

In  every  action  glows." 

From  the  author's  Walworth  Hymns.  London, 
1792. 

For  biography,  see  No.  759. 


*7  8  1  Come  with  its:  C.  M. 

GOME  in,  thou  blessed  of  the  Lord, 
Stranger  nor  foe  art  thou : 
We  welcome  thee  with  warm  accord, 
Our  friend,  our  brother,  now. 

2  The  hand  of  fellowship,  the  heart 
Of  love,  we  offer  thee : 

Leaving  the  world,  thou  dost  but  part 
From  lies  and  vanity. 

3  Come  with  us ;  we  will  do  thee  good, 
As  God  to  us  hath  done ; 

Stand  but  in  him,  as  those  have  stood 
Whose  faith  the  victory  won. 

4  And  when,  by  turns,  we  pass  away, 
As  star  by  star  grows  dim, 

May  each,  translated  into  day, 
Be  lost  and  found  in  him. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 
Title :  Reception  into  Church  Fellowship. 


Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  fourth,  are  omitted : 

3  "  The  cup  of  blessing  which  we  bless, 
The  heavenly  bread  we  break ; 

Our  Saviour's  blood  and  righteousness 
Freely  with  us  partake. 

4  "  In  weal  or  woe,  in  joy  or  care, 
Thy  portion  shall  be  ours ; 

Christians  their  mutual  burthen  share, 
They  lend  their  mutual  powers." 

Unaltered.  From  the  author's  Original  Hymns, 
For  biography,  see  No.  5. 


782      United — though  separate.     C.  M. 

BLEST  be  the  dear  uniting  love, 
That  will  not  let  us  part : 
Our  bodies  may  far  off  remove, 
We  still  are  one  in  heart. 

2  Joined  in  one  spirit  to  our  Head, 
Where  he  appoints  we  go ; 

And  still  in  Jesus'  footsteps  tread, 
And  show  his  praise  below. 

3  O  may  we  ever  walk  in  him,  ' 
And  nothing  know  beside; 

Nothing  desire,  nothing  esteem, 
But  Jesus  crucified. 

4  Closer  and  closer  let  us  cleave 
To  his  beloved  embrace ; 

Expect  his  fullness  to  receive, 
And  grace  to  answer  grace. 

5  Partakers  of  the  Saviour's  grace, 
The  same  in  mind  and  heart, 

Nor  joy,  nor  grief,  nor  time,  nor  place, 
Nor  life,  nor  death  can  part. 

6  Then  let  us  hasten  to  the  day 
Which  shall  our  flesh  restore ; 

When  death  shall  all  be  done  away, 
And  bodies  part  no  more. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Original  title  :  At  Parting. 
Some  slight  changes  were  made  for  the  Collection 
of  1780. 
Verse  one,  line  four : 

"  We  still  are  joined  in  heart." 

Verse  two,  line  four : 

"  And  do  His  work  below." 

Verse  three,  line  one : 

"  O  let  us  ever  walk  in  Him." 


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The  fifth  and  sixth  stanzas  have  been  left  out : 

5  "  While  thus  we  walk  with  Christ  in  light, 
Who  shall  our  souls  disjoin? 

Souls  which  Himself  vouchsafes  to  unite 
In  fellowship  Divine. 

6  "  We  all  are  one  who  Him  receive, 
And  each  with  each  agree  ; 

In  Him,  the  One,  the  Truth,  we  live, 
Blest  point  of  unity." 

These  two  stanzas,  we  admit,  are  comparatively 
valueless ;  but  they  complete  the  original  hymn. 
The  last  stanza  began : 

"  But  let  us  hasten,  etc." 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


783    Love,  the  test  of  discipleship.  CM. 

OUR  God  is  love ;  and  all  his  saints 
His  image  bear  below, 
The  heart  with  love  to  God  inspired, 
With  love  to  man  will  glow. 

2  Teach  us  to  love  each  other,  Lord, 
As  we  are  loved  by  thee; 

None  who  are  truly  born  of  God 
Can  live  in  enmity. 

3  Heirs  of  the  same  immortal  bliss, 
Our  hopes  and  fears  the  same, 

With  bonds  of  love  our  hearts  unite, 
With  mutual  love  inflame. 

4  So  may  the  unbelieving  world 
See  how  true  Christians  love ; 

And  glorify  our  Saviour's  grace, 
And  seek  that  grace  to  prove. 

THOMAS  COTTERILL,  ALT. 

Title  :  For  Christian  Love. 

It  has  been  altered  considerably. 

Obiginal  Lines. 
Verse  two,  lines  one,  three,  and  four : 

"  0  may  ive  love  each  other,  Lord," 
"  For  none  are  truly  born  of  God 
Who  live  in  enmity." 

Verse  three,  lines  three  and  four : 

"  The  cords  of  love  our  hearts  should  bind 
The  law  of  love  inflame." 

Verse  four : 

"  So  shall  the  vain  contentious  world 

Our  peaceful  lives  approve, 
And  wondering  say,  as  they  of  old, 

See  how  these  Christians  love." 

This  hymn  is  none  the  less  valuable  for  being 
partly  didactic  and  partly  devotional. 
From  the  author's  Selection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns. 
See  No.  281. 

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784  The  lam  of  Christ.  C.  M. 

TRY  us,  O  God  and  search  the  ground 
Of  every  sinful  heart ;  ■ 
Whate'er  of  sin  in  us  is  found, 
O  bid  it  all  depart. 

2  If  to  the  right  or  left  we  stray, 
Leave  us  not  comfortless ; 

But  guide  our  feet  into  the  way 
Of  everlasting  peace. 

3  Help  us  to  help  each  other.  Lord, 
Each  other's  cross  to  bear ; 

Let  each  his  friendly  aid  afford, 
And  feel  his  brother's  care. 

4  Help  us  to  build  each  other  up, 
Our  little  stock  improve ; 

Increase  our  faith,  confirm  our  hope, 
And  perfect  us  in  love. 

5  Up  into  thee,  our  living  Head, 
Let  us  in  all  things  grow, 

Till  thou  hast  made  us  free  indeed, 
And  spotless  here  below. 

6  Then,  when  the  mighty  work  is  wrought, 
Receive  thy  ready  bride ; 

Give  us  in  heaven  a  happy  lot 
With  all  the  sanctified. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

A  Prayer  for  Persons  Joined  in  Fellowship.  A 
hymn  of  four  parts  ;  this  is  part  one,  entire. 

One  word  was  changed  for  the  Collection  of  1780 
The  last  line  of  the  fifth  stanza  read  "sinless" 
instead  of  "  spotless." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


TJie  loadstone  of  His  love.       C.  M. 

JESUS,  united  by  thy  grace, 
And  each  to  each  endeared, 
With  confidence  we  seek  thy  face, 
And  know  our  prayer  is  heard. 

2  Still  let  us  own  our  common  Lord, 
And  bear  thine  easy  yoke ; 

A  band  of  love,  a  threefold  cord, 
Which  never  can  be  broke. 

3  Make  us  into  one  spirit  drink; 
Baptize  into  thy  name ; 

And  let  us  always  kindly  think, 
And  sweetly  speak,  the  same. 

4  Touched  by  the  loadstone  of  thy  love, 
Let  all  our  hearts  agree, 

And  ever  toward  each  other  move, 
And  ever  move  toward  thee. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


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Part  of  the  same  hyrnn  as  the  last,  (see  title.) 
These  are  the  first  four  stanzas  of  part  four,  verbatim. 
These  hymns  are  full  of  the  spirit  of  the  Gospel, 
and  they  are  well  adapted  to  congregational  sing- 
ing. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


786  Rejoicing  in  hope.  CM. 

LIFT  up  your  hearts  to  things  above, 
Ye  followers  of  the  Lamb, 
And  join  with  us  to  praise  his  love, 
And  glorify  his  name. 

2  To  Jesus'  name  give  thauks  and  sing, 
Whose  mercies  never  end : 

Eejoice!  rejoice!  the  Lord  is  King; 
The  King  is  now  our  friend ! 

3  We  for  his  sake  count  all  things  loss ; 
On  earthly  good  look  down; 

And  joyfully  sustain  the  cross, 
Till  we  receive  the  crown. 

4  O  let  us  stir  each  other  up, 
Our  faith  by  works  to  approve, 

By  holy,  purifying  hope, 
And  the  sweet  task  of  love. 

5  Let  all  who  for  the  promise  wait, 
The  Holy  Ghost  receive ; 

And,  raised  to  our  unsinning  state, 
With  God  in  Eden  live : — 

6  Live,  till  the  Lord  in  glory  come, 
And  wait  his  heaven  to  share : 

He  now  is  fitting  up  your  home ; 
Go  on,  well  meet  you  there. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


This  is  one  of  the  Hymns  for  Christian  Friends. 
Twelve  stanzas  ;  these  are  verses  one,  two,  four, 
five,  eleven,  and  twelve. 

The  third  stanza  in  the  original  began : 

"  Who  for  his  sake,  etc." 

Otherwise  it  has  not  been  altered. 
From  the  author's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1749. 


787 

Ye  are  come  unto  Mount  Sion.  Ileb.  xii, 

NOT  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lord, 
The  tempest,  fire,  and  smoke; 
Not  to  the  thunder  of  that  word 
Which  God  on  Sinai  spoke ; — 


C.  M. 

22. 


2  But  we  are  come  to  Zion's  hill, 
The  city  of  our  God ; 

Where  milder  words  declare  his  will, 
And  speak  his  love  abroad. 

3  Behold  the  innumerable  host 
Of  angels  clothed  in  light ! 

Behold  the  spirits  of  the  just, 
Whose  faith  is  turned  to  sight. 

4  Behold  the  blest  assembly  there, 
Whose  names  are  writ  in  heaven, 

And  God,  the  Judge  of  all,  declare 
Their  vilest  sins  forgiven ! 

5  The  saints  on  earth  and  all  the  dead 
But  one  communion  make ; 

All  join  in  Christ,  their  living  Head, 
And  of  his  grace  partake. 

6  In  such  society  as  this 

My  wear}7  soul  would  rest : 
The  man  that  dwells  where  Jesus  is 
Must  be  forever  blest. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title:  Sinai  and  Sion. 

Written  on  Heb.  xii,  18,  19,  22-24: 

"  For  ye  are  not  come  unto  the  mount  that  might 
be  touched,  and  that  burned  with  fire,  nor  unto 
blackness,  and  darkness,  and  tempest,  and  the 
sound  of  a  trumpet,  and  the  voice  of  words  ;  which 
voice  they  that  heard  entreated  that  the  word  should 
not  be  spoken  to  them  any  more  :  but  ye  are  come 
unto  mount  Sion,  and  unto  the  city  of  the  living 
God,  the  heavenly  Jerusalem,  and  to  an  innumera- 
ble company  of  angels,  to  the  general  assembly 
and  church  of  the  firstborn,  which  are  written  in 
heaven,  and  to  God  the  Judge  of  all,  and  to  the 
spirits  of  just  men  made  perfect,  and  to  Jesus  the 
mediator  of  the  new  covenant,  and  to  the  blood  of 
sprinkling,  that  speaketh  better  things  than  that 
of  Abel." 

The  author  wrote  "  spread  "  instead  of  "  speak" 
in  verse  two,  line  four. 

From  Watts's  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book 
ii,  1707. 


788  The  bond  of  love.  C.  M. 

THE  glorious  universe  around, 
The  heavens  with  all  their  train, 
Sun,  moon,  and  stars,  are  firmly  bound 
In  one  mysterious  chain. 

2  In  one  fraternal  bond  of  love, 

One  fellowship  of  mind, 
The  saints  below  and  saints  above 

Their  bliss  and  glory  find. 


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3  Here,  in  their  house  of  pilgrimage, 
Thy  statutes  are  their  song ; 

There,  through  one  bright,  eternal  age, 
Thy  praises  they  prolong. 

4  Lord,  may  our  union  form  a  part 
Of  that  thrice  happy  whole; 

Derive  its  pulse  from  thee,  the  heart ; 
Its  life  from  thee,  the  soul. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title  :  The  Unity  of  the  Spirit  in  the  Bond  of 
P  net. 

The  second  and  third  stanzas  of  the  original  have 
been  omitted.    They  are  a  little  peculiar  : 

2  "  The  earth,  the  ocean,  and  the  sky, 
To  form  one  world  ngree, 

Where  all  that  walk,  or  swim,  or  lly, 
Compose  one  family. 

3  "  God  in  creation  thus  displays 
His  wisdom  and  His  might, 

While  all  His  works  and  all  His  ways 
Harmoniously  unite." 

Unaltered.  From  the  author's  Christian  Psalmist, 
1825.    It  first  appeared  in  a  Leeds  Collection.  1822. 
See  No.  5. 


789     Harmony  and  joy  unspeakable.   C.  M. 

ALL  praise  to  our  redeeming  Lord, 
Who  joins  us  by  his  grace, 
And  bids  us,  each  to  each  restored, 
Together  seeks  his  face. 

2  He  bids  us  build  each  other  up ; 
And,  gathered  into  one. 

To  our  high  calling's  glorious  hope, 
We  hand  in  hand  go  on. 

3  The  gift  which  he  on  one  bestows, 
We  all  delight  to  prove; 

The  grace  through  every  vessel  flows, 
In  purest  streams  of  love. 

4  E"en  now  we  think  and  speak  the  same. 
And  cordially  agree. 

United  all,  through  Jesus'  name, 
In  perfect  harmony. 

5  We  all  partake  the  joy  of  one ; 
The  common  peace  we  feel ; 

A  peace  to  sensual  minds  unknown, 
A  joy  unspeakable. 

6  And  if  our  fellowship  below 
In  Jesus  be  so  sweet, 

WTiat  height  of  rapture  shall  we  know 
When  round  his  throne  we  meet ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


Title  :  At  Meetiny  rf  Friends. 
The  only  change  in  this  hymn  is  a  transposition 
of  words  in  the  first  line  of  the  fourth  stanza. 
Charles  Wesley  wrote : 

"E'en  now  we  speak  and  think  the  same." 

John  Wesley  arranged  the  line  f  >r  his  Collection, 
17S0,  as  given  in  the  hymn.  This  little  change 
well  illustrates  the  mental  characteristics  of  the  two 
brothers.  Charles  Wesley  gave  the  line  a  poetical 
arrangement.  We  not  only  speak  but  think  the 
same.  John  Wesley,  who  was  evidently  of  the 
opinion  that  Christians  ought  to  think  before  they 
speak,  changed  the  order  and  gave  the  line  a 
logical  arrangement. 

From  Hymns  for  Those  that  Seek  and  Those  that 
Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 
London,  1747. 


790         Safety  in  union.  C.  M. 

JESUS,  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep, 
To  thee  for  help  we  fly : 
Thy  little  flock  in  safety  keep, 
For  O,  the  wolf  is  nigh ! 

2  He  comes,  of  hellish  malice  full, 
To  scatter,  tear,  and  slay : 

He  seizes  everv  straggling  soul 
As  his  own  lawful  prey. 

3  Us  into  thy  protection  take, 
And  gather  with  thine  arm ; 

Unless  the  fold  we  first  forsake, 
The  wolf  can  never  harm. 

4  We  laugh  to  scorn  his  cruel  power 
While  by  our  Shepherd's  side ; 

The  sheep  he  never  can  devour, 
Unless  he  first  divide. 

5  O  do  not  suffer  him  to  part 
The  souls  that  here  agree ; 

But  make  us  of  one  mind  and  heart, 
And  keep  us  one  in  thee. 

6  Together  let  us  sweetly  live, 
Together  let  us  die ; 

And  each  a  starry  crown  receive, 
And  reign  above  the  sky. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  one  of  the  Hymns  for  Believers.  The 
original  has  one  additional  stanza : 

7  "  Keep  us  till  theu  in  perfect  peace, 

And  call  us  each  to  prove 
An  endless  age  of  heavenly  bliss, 

An  endless  age  of  love." 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1749. 


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791    Welcome  to  Church  fellowship.     L.  M. 

BRETHREN  in  Christ,  and  well  beloved. 
To  Jesus  and  his  servants  dear. 
Enter,  and  show  yourselves  approved  ; 
Enter,  and  find  that  God  is  here. 

2  Welcome  from  earth :  lo,  the  right  hand 
Of  fellowship  to  you  we  give ! 

With  open  hearts  and  hands  we  stand, 
And  you  in  Jesus'  name  receive. 

3  Jesus,  attend;  thyself  reveal; 

Are  we  not  met  in  thy  great  name? 
Thee  in  the  midst  we  wait  to  feel; 
We  wait  to  catch  the  spreading  flame. 

4  Truly  our  fellowship  below 
With  thee  and  with  the  Father  is : 

Id  thee  eternal  life  we  know. 
And  heaven's  unutterable  bliss. 

5  Though  but  in  part  we  know  thee  here, 
We  wait  thy  coming  from  above ; 

And  we  shall  then  behold  thee  near, 
And  be  forever  lost  in  love. 

CHAELES  WESLEY,  ALT. 

Title  :  On  the  Admission  of  any  Person  into  the 
Society. 

Eight  stanzas :  these  are  verses  one,  three,  five, 
seven,  and  eight.  There  are  verbal  changes  in  ten 
lines  of  this  hymn,  which  first  appeared  in  this 
form  in  the  Supplement  to  the  Wesleyan  Collection, 
edited  by  Bichard  Watson  and  Thomas  Jackson, 
at  the  request  of  the  Conference. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


*y  Q  g  first  part.  L.  M. 

Stririjig  together  for  the  faith  of  the  gospel. 

U CHANGEABLE,  almighty  Lord, 
Our  souls  upon  thy  truth  we  stay; 
Accomplish  now  thy  faithful  word, 
And  give,  O  give  us  all  one  wav. 

2  O  let  us  all  join  hand  in  hand, 
Who  seek  redemption  in  thy  blood ; 

Fast  in  one  mind  and  spirit  stand, 
And  build  the  temple  of  our  God. 

3  Thou  only  canst  our  wills  control, 
Our  wild,  unruly  passions  bind, 

Tame  the  old  Adam  in  our  soul, 

And  make  us  of  one  heart  and  mind. 

4  Speak  but  the  reconciling  word, — 

The  winds  shall  cease,  the  waves  subside ; 
We  all  shall  praise  our  common  Lord, 
Our  Jesus,  and  him  crucified. 

CHAELES  WESLEY. 


SECO>~D  PAET. 

7  9  3      One  fold  and  one  Shepherd.       L.  M. 

GIVER  of  peace  and  unity, 
Send  down  thy  mild,  pacific  Dove; 
We  all  shall  then  in  one  agree, 
And  breathe  the  spirit  of  thy  love. 

'2  We  all  shall  speak  and  think  the  same 
Delightful  lesson  of  thy  grace ; 

One  undivided  Christ  proclaim, 
And  jointly  glory  in  thy  praise. 

3  O  let  us  take  a  softer  mold, 
Blended  and  gathered  into  thee ; 

Under  one  Shepherd  make  one  fold, 
Where  all  is  love  and  harmony. 

4  Regard  thine  own  eternal  prayer, 
And  send  a  peaceful  answer  down ; 

To  us  thy  Father's  name  declare; 
Unite  and  perfect  us  in  one. 

5  So  shall  the  world  believe  and  know 
That  God  hath  sent  thee  from  above, 

When  thou  art  seen  in  us  below. 
And  every  soul  displays  thy  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

These  are  parts  of  a  long  hymn  of  thirty -four 
stanzas,  written  on  Isa.  xxviii,  16 : 

"  He  that  believeth  shall  not  make  haste." 

The  author  published  the  hymn  in  four  parts. 
Nos.  792  and  793  are  composed  of  part  three,  verba- 
tim . 

Erom  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


T'Q^i      Tke  heavenly  Guest  invited.        L.  M. 

SAVIOUR  of  all,  to  thee  we  bow. 
And  own  thee  faithful  to  thy  word ; 
We  hear  thy  voice,  and  open  now 
Our  hearts  to  entertain  our  Lord. 

2  Come  in,  come  in,  thou  heavenly  Guest ; 
Delight  in  what  thyself  hast  given ; 

On  thy  own  gifts  and  graces  feast, 
And  make  the  contrite  heart  thy  heaven. 

3  Smell  the  sweet  odor  of  our  prayers ; 
Our  sacrifice  of  praise  approve ; 

And  treasure  up  our  gracious  tears, 
Who  rest  in  thy  redeeming  love. 

4  Beneath  thy  shadow  let  us  sit ; 

Call  us  thy  friends,  and  love,  and  bride, 
And  bid  us  freely  drink  and  eat 
Thy  dainties,  and  be  satisfied. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


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This  was  taken  from  a  long  hymn  of  thirty-six 
stanzas,  entitled  Unto  the  Angel  of  the  Church  of 
the  Laodieeans.  This  hymn  is  divided  into  three 
parts.  These  are  tiie  first  four  verses  of  part  three, 
unaltered.    The  basis  of  the  hymn  is  Eev.  iii,  20  : 

u  If  any  man  hear  my  voice,  and  open  the  door,  I 
will  come  in  to  him,  and  will  sup  with  him,  and  he 
with,  me." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


7  9  5>       Glorious  and  spotless.         L.  M. 

JESUS,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow, 
Great  Builder  of  thy  Church  below, 
If  now  thy  Spirit  move  my  breast, 
Hear,  and  fulfill  thine  own  request. 

2  The  few  that  truly  call  thee  Lord, 
And  wait  thy  sanctifying  word, 

And  thee  their  utmost  Saviour  own, — 
Unite  and  perfect  them  in  one. 

3  O  let  them  all  thy  mind  express, 
Stand  forth  thy  chosen  witnesses, 
Thy  power  unto  salvation  show, 
And  perfect  holiness  below. 

4  In  them  let  all  mankind  behold 
How  Christians  lived  in  days  of  old ; 
Mighty  their  envious  foes  to  move, 
A  proverb  of  reproach — and  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Author's  title  :  Primitive  Christianity. 

The  original  contains  thirty  stanzas,  divided  into 
two  parts.  These  are  verses  one,  two,  six,  and 
eight  of  part  second,  unaltered.  The  hymn  was 
first  published  by  John  Wesley,  in  1743,  at  the  end 
of  An  Earnest  Appeal  to  Men  of  Reason  and  Re- 
ligion. It  was  a  great  favorite  with  Wesley,  and 
with  Fletcher  of  Madeley  as  well.  Two  of  the 
omitted  stanzas  show  the  "manner  of  spirit"  of 
these  men : 

12  "  O  might  my  lot  be  cast  with  these ; 
The  least  of  Jesus'  witnesses ; 
O  that  my  Lord  would  count  me  meet 
To  wash  His  dear  disciples  feet." 

14  "  After  my  lowly  Lord  to  go. 
And  wait  upon  Thy  saints  below  ; 
Enjoy  the  grace  to  angels  given 
And  serve  the  royal  heirs  of  heaven." 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred 
Poems,  1749. 


796      One  now,  one  forever.  L. 

STILL  one  in  life  and  one  in  death, 
One  in  our  hope  of  rest  above, 
One  in  our  joy,  our  trust,  our  faith, 
One  in  each  other's  faithful  love ; 


M. 


2  Yet  must  we  part,  and  parting  weep; 
What  else  has  earth  for  us  in  store? 

Our  farewell  pangs,  how  sharp  and  deep! 
Our  farewell  words,  how  sad  and  sore ! 

3  Yet  shall  we  meet  again  in  peace, 
To  sing  the  song  of  festal  joy, 

Where  none  shall  bid  our  gladness  cease, 
And  none  our  fellowship  destroy : 

4  Where  none  shall  beckon  us  away, 
Nor  bid  our  festival  be  done ; 

Our  meeting-time  the  eternal  day, 
Our  meeting-place  the  eternal  throne. 

5  There,  hand  in  hand,  firm-linked  at  last, 
And  heart  to  heart  enfolded  all, 

We'll  smile  upon  the  troubled  past, 
And  wonder  why  we  wept  at  all. 

HORATIUS  BONAR. 

Author's  title  :  Quis  Separabit. 

The  first  and  last  stanzas  have  been  omitted  : 

1  "  'Tis  thus  they  press  the  hand  and  part, 
Thus  have  they  bid  farewell  again  ; 

Yet  still  they  commune,  heart  with  heart, 
Linked  by  a  never-broken  chain." 

7  "  Then  let  them  press  the  hand  and  part, 
The  dearly  loved,  the  fondly  loving, 

Still,  still  in  spirit  and  in  heart, 
The  undivided,  unremoving." 

In  this  hymn  the  first  person  has  been  substi- 
tuted for  the  third,  and  a  number  of  words  have 
necessarily  been  changed. 

From  Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope,  first  series, 
1857. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  426. 


S.  M. 


797  Sympathy  and  mutual  love. 

BLEST  be  the  tie  that  binds 
Our  hearts  in  Christian  love ; 
The  fellowship  of  kindred  minds 
Is  like  to  that  above. 


2  Before  our  Father's  throne, 
We  pour  our  ardent  prayers ; 

Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one, 
Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 

3  We  share  our  mutual  woes, 
Our  mutual  burdens  bear ; 

And  often  for  each  other  flows 
The  sympathizing  tear. 

4  When  we  asunder  part, 
It  gives  us  inward  pain ; 

But  we  shall  still  be  joined  in  heart, 
And  hope  to  meet  again. 


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5  This  glorious  hope  revives 
Our  courage  by  the  way; 

While  each  in  expectation  lives, 
And  longs  to  see  the  day. 

6  From  sorrow,  toil,  and  pain, 
And  sin  we  shall  be  free ; 

And  perfect  love  and  friendship)  reign 
Through  all  eternity. 

JOHN  FAWCETT. 

Author's  title :  Brotherly  Love. 

This  hymn  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

In  1772  Dr.  Fawcett  received  a  call  to  a  prosper- 
ous church  in  London,  and  decided  to  go.  After 
his  goods  were  loaded,  his  people  at  Wainsgate  met 
to  bid  him  farewell ;  but  they  felt  that  they  could 
not  give  up  their  beloved  pastor,  and  with  tears  en- 
treated him  to  remain.  Their  love  prevailed;  he 
was  convinced  that  it- was  his  duty  to  remain,  and 
he  did  remain  with  them  until  his  death,  in  1817. 
It  is  said  that  Dr.  Fawcett  wrote  this  hymn  at  the 
time,  (1772,)  and  that  it  was  inspired  by  the  love 
that  bound  him  to  his  humble  people. 

From  Hymns  Adapted  to  the  Circumstances  of 
Public  Worship  and  Private  Devotion,  1782. 

See  No.  31. 


798       Meeting,  after  absence.        S.  M. 


AND  are  we  yet  alive, 
And  see  each  other's  face? 
Glory  and  praise  to  Jesus  give, 

For  his  redeeming  grace. 
Preserved  by  power  divine 

To  full  salvation  here, 
Again  in  Jesus'  praise  we  join, 
And  in  his  sight  appear. 

2  "What  troubles  have  we  seen, 
What  conflicts  have  we  passed, 

Fightings  without,  and  fears  within, 

Since  we  assembled  last! 
But  out  of  all  the  Lord 

Hath  brought  us  by  his  love ; 
And  still  he  doth  his  help  afford, 

And  hides  our  life  above. 

3  Then  let  us  make  our  boast 
Of  his  redeeming  power, 

Which  saves  us  to  the  uttermost, 

Till  we  can  sin  no  more ; 
Let  us  take  up  the  cross, 

Till  we  the  crown  obtain ; 
And  gladly  reckon  all  things  loss, 
So  we  may  Jesus  gain. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  one  of  the  Hymns  for  Christian  Friends. 
A  few  words  were  changed  for  the  Collection  of 
1780  by  John  Wesley. 


The  author  wrote  in  the  first  stanza  : 
"  For  His  almighty  grace  ;  " 

and  in  the  second  : 

"  What  mighty  conflict  passed  ; " 

and : 

"  Yet  oat  of  all  the  Lord." 

One  stanza,  the  last,  is  omitted : 

"  Jesus  to  Thee  we  bow, 

And  for  Thy  coming  wait, 
Give  us  for  good  some  token  now 

In  our  imperfect  state  ; 
Apply  the  hallowing  word, 

Tell  each  who  looks  for  Thee, 
Thou  shalt  be  perfect  as  thy  Lord, 

Thou  shalt  be  all  like  Me." 

This  hymn  is  frequently  sung  at  the  opening 
session  of  an  Annual  Conference,  and  it  is  espe- 
cially appropriate  for  such  an  occasion. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


799         Blest  communion.  S.  M. 

BLEST  are  the  sons  of  peace, 
Whose  hearts  and  hopes  are  one ; 
Whose  kind  designs  to  serve  and  please 
Through  all  their  actions  run. 

2  Blest  is  the  pious  house 
Where  zeal  and  friendship  meet ; 

Their  songs  of  praise,  their  mingled  vows, 
Make  their  communion  sweet. 

3  Thus  on  the  heavenly  hills 
The  saints  arc  blest  above, 

Where  joy  like  morning  dew  distills, 
And  all  the  air  is  love. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title:  Communion  of Saints  ;  or,  Love  and  Wor- 
ship in  a  Family. 

This  hymn  is  written  on  Psa.  cxxxiii.  It  has 
not  been  altered. 

One  stanza,  the  third,  is  omitted : 

3  "  Thus  when  on  Aaron's  head, 
They  poured  the  rich  perfume, 

The  oil  through  all  his  raiment  spread, 
And  pleasure  filled  the  room." 

Published  in  1719. 


800  s.m. 

One  Lord,  one  faith,  one  baptism.    Eph.  iv,  5. 

ONE  sole  baptismal  sign, 
One  Lord  below,  above, 
One  faith,  one  hope  divine, 

One  only  watchword,  love ; 
From  different  temples  though  it  rise, 
One  song  ascendeth  to  the  skies. 


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2  Our  Sacrifice  is  one ; 

One  Priest  before  the  throne, 
The  slain,  the  risen  Son, 

Redeemer,  Lord  alone : 
Thou  who  didst  raise  him  from  the  dead, 
Unite  thy  people  in  their  Head. 

3  O  may  that  holy  prayer. 
His  tenderest  and  his  last, 

His  constant,  latest  care 

Ere  to  his  throne  be  passed, 
No  longer  unfulfilled  remain, 
The  world's  offense,  his  people's  stain ! 

4  Head  of  thy  Church  beneath, 
The  catholic,  the  true, 

On  all  her  members  breathe, 
Her  broken  frame  renew : 
Then  shall  thy  perfect  will  be  done, 
When  Christians  love  and  live  as  one. 

GEORGE  ROBINSON. 

Title  :  Christian  Fellowship. 

Written  in  1842,  and  first  published  in  Original 
Hymns  Adapted  to  General  Worship  and  Special 
Occasions,  by  various  authors.  Edited  by  Kev.  J. 
Leifchild,  D.D,  London,  1843. 

Three  lines  have  been  altered.  The  author 
wrote,  verse  one,  line  three : 

"  Zion,  one  faith  is  thine." 
Verse  two,  lines  five  and  six : 

"And  sighs  from  contrite  hearts  that  spring 
Our  chief,  our  choicest  offering." 

These  last  lines  were  altered  by  Prof.  F.  M.  Bird, 
of  Lehigh  University,  in  1865. 
The  third  stanza  has  been  omitted : 

3  "  Oh  why  should  they  who  love 

One  gospel  to  unfold, 
Who  seek  one  home  above, 

On  earth  be  strange  and  cold  ? 
Why,  subjects  of  the  Prince  of  Peace, 
In  strife  abide,  and  bitterness  ?  " 

The  personal  history  of  the  author  I  have  not 
been  able  to  obtain. 


801  H.M. 

Bear  ye  one  another 's  burdens. 

THOU  God  of  truth  and  love, 
We  seek  thy  perfect  way, 
Ready  thy  choice  to  approve, 
Thy  providence  to  obey ; 
Enter  into  thy  wise  design, 
And  sweetly  lose  our  will  in  thine. 


2  Why  hast  thou  cast  our  lot 
In  the  same  age  and  place? 

And  why  together  brought 
To  see  each  other's  face ; 
To  join  with  softest  sympathy, 
And  mix  our  friendly  souls  in  thee? 

3  Didst  thou  not  make  us  one, 
That  we  might  one  remain ; 

Together  travel  on, 

And  bear  each  other's  pain ; 
Till  all  thy  utmost  goodness  prove, 
And  rise  renewed  in  perfect  love? 

4  Surely  thou  didst  unite 
Our  kindred  spirits  here, 

That  all  hereafter  might 
Before  thy  throne  appear ; 
Meet  at  the  marriage  of  the  Lamb, 
And  all  thy  gracious  love  proclaim. 

5  Then  let  us  ever  bear 
The  blessed  end  in  view, 

And  join,  with  mutual  care, 
To  fight  our  passage  through ; 
And  kindly  help  each  other  on, 
Till  all  receive  the  starry  crown. 

6  O  may  thy  Spirit  seal 
Our  souls  unto  that  day, 

With  all  thy  fullness  fill, 
And  then  transport  away, — 
Away  to  our  eternal  rest, 
Away  to  our  Redeemer's  breast ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

One  of  the  Hymns  for  Christian  Friends. 

Charles  Wesley  was  betrothed  to  Miss  Sarah 
Gwynne,  in  December,  1748.  They  were  married 
the  next  x4.pril.  From  internal  evidence  we  judge 
that  most  of  these  hymns  were  written  for  u  A 
Christian  Friend,"  and  that  friend  was  the  lady 
who  became  his  wife.  They  must  have  been  writ- 
ten during  his  engagement,  or  soon  after,  for  they 
were  published  in  the  year  of  his  marriage — 1749. 
This  hymn  has  been  edited  twice,  and  its  original 
design  somewhat  obscured,  but  not  obliterated. 
There  is  an  additional  stanza : 

7  "  There,  only  there,  we  shall 
Fulfil  Thy  great  design, 

And  in  Thy  praise  with  all 
Our  eldstr  brethren  join  ; 
And  hymn,  in  songs  which  never  end, 
Our  heavenly,  everlasting  Friend." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems ,  1749. 


803  Sweet  counsel.  7. 

GLORY  be  to  God  above, 
God,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow ; 
Make  we  mention  of  his  love, 
Publish  we  his  praise  below : 


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2  Called  together  "by  his  grace, 
We  are  met  in  Jesus'  name ; 

See  with  joy  each  other's  face, 
Followers  of  the  bleeding  Lamb. 

3  Bnild  we  each  the  other  up ; 
Pray  we  for  our  faith's  increase ; 

Solid  comfort,  settled  hope. 

Constant  joy,  and  lasting  peace. 

4  More  and  more  let  love  abound; 
Let  us  never,  never  rest, 

Till  we  are  in  Jesus  found, 
Of  our  paradise  possessed. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  At  the  Meeting  of  Christian  Friends. 

Six  eight-lined  stanzas.  This  hymn  is  composed 
of  the  first,  the  last  half  of  the  second,  and  the  first 
half  of  the  third. 

The  last  part  of  the  third  stanza  of  this  hymn, 
Wesley  wrote : 

"  Lasting  comfort,  steadfast  hope, 
Solid  joy,  and  settled  peace;" 

jnd  the  second  line  of  the  last  stanza  : 
"  Sever,  never  may  we  rest." 

The  changes  were  made  for  the  Collection  for  the 
vse  of  the  people  called  Methodists,  17S0. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


803    Love,  the  bond  of  union.  7. 

TT^HILE  we  walk  with  God  in  light, 
\  \    God  our  hearts  doth  still  unite ; 
Dearest  fellowship  we  prove, 
Fellowship  in  Jesus'  love: 
Sweetly  each,  with  each  combined, 
In  the  bonds  of  duty  joined, 
Feels  the  cleansing  blood  applied. 
Daily  feels  that  Christ  hath  died. 

2  Still,  O  Lord,  our  faith  increase, 
Cleanse  from  all  unrighteousness; 
Thee  the  unholy  cannot  see, 
Make,  O  make  us  meet  for  thee ; 
Every  vile  affection  kill. 

Root  out  every  seed  of  ill, 

Utterly  abolish  sin, 

"Write  thy  law  of  love  within. 

3  Hence  may  all  our  actions  flow, 
Love  the  proof  that  Christ  we  know; 
Mutual  love  the  token  be. 

Lord,  that  we  belong  to  thee : 
Love,  thine  image,  love  impart; 
Stamp  it  now  on  every  heart  : 
Only  love  to  us  be  given ; 
Lord,  we  ask  no  other  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


Title :   The  Love-Feast. 

Taken  from  a  long  hymn  of  twenty-two  stanzas, 
in  five  parts.  Thisls  part  four,  witli  the  first  verse 
omitted : 

1  "  Partners  of  a  glorious  hope, 
Lift  your  hearts  and  voices  up ; 
Jointly  let  us  rise  and  sing, 
Christ  our  Prophet,  Priest,  and  King. 
Monuments  of  Jesus'  grace, 
Speak  we  by  our  livesTlis  praise, 
Walk  in  Him  we  have  received, 
Show  we  not  in  vain  believed." 

"  Thy"  has  been  changed  to  "thine"  in  the  fifth 
line  of  the  last  stanza. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


804   Of  one  heart  and  mind.  7. 

JESUS,  Lord,  we  look  to  thee; 
Let  us  in  thy  name  agree; 
Show  thyself  the  Prince  of  peace ; 
Bid  our  jars  forever  cease. 

2  By  thy  reconciling  love, 
Everv  stumblino--block  remove; 
Each  to  each  unite,  endear. 
Come,  and  spread  thy  banner  here. 

3  Make  us  of  one  heart  and  mind, 
Courteous,  pitiful,  and  kind, 
Lowly,  meek,  in  thought  and  word, 
Altogether  like  our  Lord. 

4  Let  us  for  each  other  care. 
Each  the  other's  burden  bear; 
To  thy  Church  the  pattern  give, 
Show  how  true  believers  live. 

5  Free  from  anger  and  from  pride, 
Let  us  thus  in  God  abide ; 

All  the  depths  of  love  express, 
All  the  heights  of  holiness. 

6  Let  us  then  with  joy  remove 
To  the  family  above ; 

On  the  wings  of  angels  fly; 
Show  how  true  believers  die. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Author'?,  title  :  For  a  Family. 
This  is  one  of  the  Hymns  for  Believers. 
The  author  wrote  the  first  couplet  of  the  fourth 
stanza  thus : 

"  Let  us  each  for  other  care, 
Each  his  brother's  burden  bear." 

It  was  changed  for  the  CoUeetion  of  1780.  For  a 
hundred  years  it  has  been  used  in  various  editions 
of  our  hymn  book  without  a  word  of  change.  The 
editors  evidently  agree  that  it  is  all  right.  It  cer- 
tainly adds  to  the  value  of  this  excellent  hymn  to 
know  that  it  was  written  11  for  a  family." 

From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poem  s. 
1749. 


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805        Witnesses  for  Jesus.  7. 

COME,  and  let  us  sweetly  join, 
Christ  to  praise  in  hymns  divine ; 
Give  we  all,  with  one  accord, 
Glory  to  our  common  Lord ; 
Hands,  and  hearts,  and  voices  raise; 
Sing  as  in  the  ancient  days ; 
Antedate  the  joys  above, 
Celebrate  the  feast  of  love. 

2  Strive  we,  in  affection  strive ; 
Let  the  purer  flame  revive, 
Such  as  in  the  martyrs  glowed, 
Dying  champions  for  their  God: 
We  like  them  may  live  and  love ; 
Called  we  are  their  joys  to  prove, 
Saved  with  them  from  future  wrath, 
Partners  of  like  precious  faith. 

3  Sing  we,  then,  in  Jesus'  name, 
Now  as  yesterday  the  same ; 
One  in  every  time  and  place, 
Full  for  all  of  truth  and  grace : 
We  for  Christ,  our  Master,  stand, 
Lights  in  a  benighted  land : 

We  our  dying  Lord  confess ; 
We  are  Jesus'  witnesses. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  The  Love- Feast. 

These  are  the  first  three  stanzas  of  a  long  hymn 
of  five  parts,  twenty-two  stanzas. 
These  stanzas  have  not  been  altered. 
No.  803  is  a  part  of  the  same. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


806  Many,  but  one.  7. 

CHRIST,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow, 
Perfecting  the  saints  below, 
Hear  us,  who  thy  nature  share, 
Who  thy  mystic  body  are. 
Join  us,  in  one  spirit  join, 
Let  us  still  receive  of  thine ; 
Still  for  more  on  thee  we  call, 
Thou  who  fillest  all  in  all. 

2  Move,  and  actuate,  and  guide, 
Divers  gifts  to  each  divide ; 
Placed  according  to  thy  will, 
Let  us  all  our  work  fulfill ; 
Never  from  our  office  move ; 
Needful  to  each  other  prove ; 
Let  us  daily  growth  receive, 
More  and  more  in  Jesus  live. 

3  Sweetly  may  we  all  agree, 
Touched  with  softest  sympathy; 
Kindly  for  each  other  care ; 
Every  member  feel  its  share. 


Many  are  we  now  and  one, 
We  who  Jesus  have  put  on ; 
Names,  and  sects,  and  parties  fall: 
Thou,  O  Christ,  art  all  in  all. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  author  wrote  a  hymn  of  thirty-nine  stanzas, 
divided  into  six  parts,  entitled  The  Communion  of 
Saints. 

Part  four  has  five  stanzas,  each  of  which  con- 
tributes to  make  up  this  hymn.  We  give  the  last 
two  entire : 

4  "Sweetly  now  we  all  agree, 
Touched  with  softest  sympathy, 
Kindly  for  each  other  care ; 
Every  member  feels  its  share: 
Wounded  by  the  grief  of  one, 
All  the  suffering  members  groan  : 
Honored  if  one  member  is, 

All  partake  the  common  bliss. 

5  "  Many  are  we  now,  and  one, 
We  who  Jesus  have  put  on  ; 
There  is  neither  bond  nor  free, 
Male  nor  female,  Lord,  in  Thee. 
Love,  like  death,  hath  all  destroyed, 
Rendered  all  distinctions  void  : 
Names,  and  sects,  and  parties  fall ; 
Thou,  0  Christ,  art  all  in  all." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Foems,  1740. 


807 


6,  5. 


When  shall  we  meet  again  ? 


"TTJHEN  shall  we  meet  again, 
VV   Meet  ne'er  to  sever? 
When  will  peace  wreathe  her  chain 

Round  us  forever? 
Our  hearts  will  ne'er  repose, 
Safe  from  each  blast  that  blows, 
In  this  dark  vale  of  woes, 

Never — no,  never! 

2  When  shall  love  freely  flow 
Pure  as  life's  river? 

When  shall  sweet  friendship  glow 

Changeless  forever? 
Where  joys  celestial  thrill, 
Where  bliss  each  heart  shall  fill, 
And  fears  of  parting  chill 

Never — no,  never! 

3  Up  to  that  world  of  light 
Take  us,  dear  Saviour ; 

May  we  all  there  unite, 

Happy  forever ; 
Where  kindred  spirits  dwell, 
There  may  our  music  swell, 
And  time  our  joys  dispel 

Never — no,  never! 


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4  Soon  shall  we  meet  again, 

Meet  ne'er  to  sever ; 
Soon  shall  peace  wreathe  her  chain 

Bound  us  forever; 
Our  hearts  will  then  repose 
Secure  from  worldly  woes ; 
Our  songs  of  praise  shall  close 

Never — no,  never! 

ALARIC  A.  WATTS  AND  S.  F.  SMITH. 

Alaric  Alexander  Watts,  editor,  literator,  and 
poet,  was  born  in  London  in  1797,  and  lived  until 
1864. 

Watts  wrote  only  the  first  stanza  of  this  hymn. 
It  was  part  of  a  piece  published  in  his  Poetical 
Sketches,  1822.  The  remaining  stanzas  were  irreg- 
ular in  meter,  and  not  singable.  The  Eev.  S.  F. 
Smith  wrote  the  rest  of  the  hymn  at  the  request  of 
Lowell  Mason,  who  gave  him  the  first  stanza,  and 
asked  him  to  write  three  more  in  the  same  meas- 
ure. 

See  No.  92. 


808         Ministers'  grayer.         7, 6. 

LORD  of  the  living  harvest 
That  whitens  o'er  the  plain, 
Where  angels  soon  shall  gather 

Their  sheaves  of  golden  grain ; 
Accept  these  hands  to  labor, 

These  hearts  to  trust  and  love, 
And  deign  with  them  to  hasten 
Thy  kingdom  from  above. 

2  As  laborers  in  thy  vineyard, 
Send  us,  O  Christ,  to  be 

Content  to  bear  the  burden 

Of  weary  days  for  thee ; 
"We  ask  no  other  wages, 

When  thou  shalt  call  us  home, 
But  to  have  shared  the  travail 

Which  makes  thy  kingdom  come. 

3  Come  down,  thou  Holy  Spirit ! 
And  fill  our  souls  with  light, 

Clothe  us  in  spotless  raiment, 

In  linen  clean  and  white ; 
Beside  thy  sacred  altar 

Be  with  us,  where  we  stand, 
To  sanctify  thy  people 

Through  all  this  happy  land. 

JOHN  S.  B.  MONSELL. 

Tifle:  An  Ordination  Hymn. 

The  first  stanza  was  written  upon  John  iv,  35 : 

"  Say  not  ye,  There  are  yet  four  months,  and 
then  cometh  harvest?  behold,  I  say  unto  you, 
.  Lift  up  your  eyes,  and  look  on  the  fields ;  for  they 
are  white  already  to  harvest." 


The  second  stanza  was  founded  on  Matt,  ix,  38 : 

"  Pray  ye  therefore  the  Lord  of  the  harvest,  that 
he  will  send  forth  laborers  into  his  harvest." 

The  hymn  closes  with  this  doxology: 

"  Be  with  us,  God  the  Father, 

Be  with  us,  God  the  Son, 
And  God  the  Holy  Spirit, 

O  Blessed  Three  in  One. 
Make  us  a  royal  priesthood, 

Thee  rightly  to  adore  ; 
And  rill  us  with  Thy  fullness 

Now  and  for  evermore." 

From  Hymns  of  Love  and  Praise  for  the  Churches 
Year,  1863. 
See  No.  232. 


809    Entire  dependence  on  Clirist.     C.  P.  M. 

EXCEPT  the  Lord  conduct  the  plan, 
The  best  concerted  schemes  are  vain, 
And  never  can  succeed ; 
We  spend  our  wretched  strength  for  naught ; 
But  if  our  works  in  thee  be  wrought, 
They  shall  be  blest  indeed. 

2  Lord,  if  thou  didst  thyself  inspire 
Our  souls  with  this  intense  desire 

Thy  goodness  to  proclaim ; 
Thy  glory  if  we  now  intend, 
O  let  our  deeds  begin  and  end 

Complete  in  Jesus'  name. 

3  Now,  Jesus,  now  thy  love  impart, 
To  govern  each  devoted  heart, 

And  fit  us  for  thy  will ; 
Deep  founded  in  the  truth  of  grace, 
Build  up  thy  rising  Church,  and  place 

The  city  on  the  hill. 

4  O  let  our  love  and  faith  abound ; 
O  let  our  lives,  to  all  around, 

With  purest  luster  shine ; 
That  all  around  our  works  may  see, 
And  give  the  glory,  Lord,  to  thee, 

The  heavenly  light  divine. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  For  a  Family  of  Believers. 
Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  fourth,  of  the  original 
are  omitted : 

3  "  In  Jesus'  name  behold  we  meet, 
Far  from  an  evil  world  retreat, 

And  all  its  frantic  ways, 
One  only  thing  resolved  to  know, 
And  square  our  useful  lives  below 

By  reason  and  by  grace. 


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4  "  Not  in  the  tombs  we  pine  to  dwell, 
Not  in  the  dark  monastic  cell 

By  vows  and  grates  confined  ; 
Freely  to  all  ourselves  we  give, 
Constrained  by  Jesus'  love  to  live 

The  servants  of  mankind." 

These  two  omitted  stanzas  reveal  the  real  mis- 
sionary spirit  of  the  Wesley  family.  A  few  slight 
changes  nave  been  made. 

From  Hymns  for  the  Use  of  Families,  1767. 


810  Heralds  of  the  cross.  L.  M. 

GO  forth,  ye  heralds,  in  My  name, 
Sweetly  the  gospel  trumpet  sound; 
The  glorious  jubilee  proclaim, 

Where'er  the  human  race  is  found. 

2  The  joyful  news  to  all  impart. 

And  teach  them  where  salvation  lies ; 
With  care  bind  up  the  broken  heart, 

And  wipe  the  tears  from  weeping  eyes. 

3  Be  wise  as  serpents,  where  you  go, 
But  harmless  as  the  peaceful  dove; 

And  let  your  heaven-taught  conduct  show 
Ye  are  commissioned  from  above. 

4  Freely  from  me  ye  have  received, 
Freely,  in  love,  to  others  give ; 

Thus  shall  your  doctrines  be  believed, 
And,  by  your  labors,  sinners  live. 

JAMES  MAXWELL. 

In  many  editions  of  the  Hymnal  this  is  attribut- 
ed to  John  Logan.  James  Maxwell,  born  1720, 
was  one  of  the  early  Wesley  an  ministers.  He  was 
the  author  of  Sacred  Poems,  1756  ;  and  Psalms  and 
Hymns,  1759. 


oil  He  giveth  the  increase.  L.  M. 

HIGH  on  his  everlasting  throne, 
The  King  of  saints  his  work  surveys ; 
Marks  the  dear  souls  he  calls  his  own, 
And  smiles  on  the  peculiar  race. 

2  He  rests  well  pleased  their  toils  to  see ; 
Beneath  his  easy  yoke  they  move ; 

With  all  their  heart  and  strength  agree 
In  the  sweet  labor  of  his  love. 

3  See  where  the  servants  of  the  Lord, 
A  busy  multitude,  appear ; 

For  Jesus  day  and  night,  employed, 
His  heritage  they  toil  to  clear. 

4  The  love  of  Christ  their  hearts  constrains, 
And  strengthens  their  unwearied  hands ; 

They  spend  their  sweat,  and  blood,  and  pains, 
To  cultivate  Immanuel's  lands. 


5  Jesus  their  toil  delighted  sees, 

Their  industry  vouchsafes  to  crown ; 

He  kindly  gives  the  wished  increase, 
And  sends  the  promised  blessing  down. 

AUGUSTUS  G.  SPANGENBEBG. 

TB.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

Title :  God's  Husbandry. 

This  hymn  is  a  part  of  a  poem  of  thirteen  double 
stanzas,  which  the  author  presented  to  Count  Zin- 
zendori  on  his  birthday,  in  1734.  John  Wesley 
published  his  translation  of  the  whole  hymn  in 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 

This  hymn  is  made  up  of  the  first,  third,  and 
the  first  half  of  the  eighth  stanzas. 

Wesley  wrote  the  first  line  of  the  third  verse : 

"  See  where  the  servants  of  their  God.'''' 

This  hymn  came  into  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
hymn  book  in  one  of  the  editions  of  the  Pocket 
Hymn  Hook,  between  the  ninth  edition  (1788)  and 
the  eighteenth  edition,  (1793.) 

Augustus  Gottlieb  Spangenberg  lived  from  1704 
to  1792.  In  1722  he  entered  the  University  of  Jena 
as  a  law  student,  but  soon  gave  up  the  law  for 
theology.  After  graduating  at  Jena,  he  made  the 
acquaintance  of  Count  Zinzendorf,  and  in  1735  be- 
gan his  ministry  at  Herrnhut.  Subsequently  he 
did  useful  work  in  visiting  the  churches  of  the 
Brethren  in  England  and  America.  In  1744  he 
was  ordained  Bishop  in  the  Moravian  Church,  at 
Herrnhut.  Spangenberg  wrote  some  theological 
works,  and  a  few  very  fine  hymns. 


812  The  ministry  instituted.  L.  M. 

THE  Saviour,  when  to  heaven  he  rose, 
In  splendid  triumph  o'er  his  foes, 
Scattered  his  gifts  on  men  below, 
And  still  his  royal  bounties  flow. 

2  Hence  sprang  the  apostles'  honored  name, 
Sacred  beyond  heroic  fame : 

In  humbler  forms,  before  our  eyes, 
Pastors  and  teachers  hence  arise. 

3  From  Christ  they  all  their  gifts  derive, 
And,  fed  by  Christ,  their  graces  live ; 
While,  guarded  by  his  mighty  hand, 
'Midst  all  the  rage  of  hell  they  stand. 

4  So  shall  the  bright  succession  run 
Through  all  the  courses  of  the  sun ; 
While  unborn  churches,  by  their  care, 
Shall  rise  and  flourish  large  and  fair. 

5  Jesus,  now  teach  our  hearts  to  know 
The  spring  whence  all  these  blessings  flow ; 
Pastors  and  people  shout  thy  praise, 
Through  the  long  round  of  endless  days. 

PHILIP  DODDBIDGE,  ALT. 


316  HYMN  STUDIES. 


Title :  The  Institution  of  a  Gospel  Ministry 
from  Christ. 

Scripture  basis,  Eph.  iv,  11,  12  : 

"  And  he  gave  some,  apostles ;  and  some,  proph- 
ets ;  and  some,  evangelists  ;  and  some,  pastors  and 
teachers ;  for  the  perfecting  of  the  saints,  for  the 
work  of  the  ministry,  for  the  edifying  of  the  body 
of  Christ." 

It  was  written  for  the  ordination  of  the  Rev. 
Abraham  Tozer,  June  20,  1745,  and  contained 
seven  stanzas. 

The  first  stanza  of  the  original  is  omitted,  and 
also  part  of  two  others.  There  are  verbal  changes 
in  nine  of  the  lines.    It  should  be  marked  altered. 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  1755. 

See  No.  78. 


FIRST  PART. 

813         Boldness  in  the  gospel.         L.  M. 

SHALL  I,  for  fear  of  feeble  man, 
The  Spirit's  course  in  me  restrain? 
Or,  undismayed  in  deed  and  word, 
Be  a  true  witness  of  my  Lord? 

2  Awed  by  a  mortal's  frown,  shall  I 
Conceal  the  word  of  God  most  high? 
How  then  before  thee  shall  I  dare 
To  stand,  or  how  thine  anger  bear  ? 

3  Shall  I,  to  soothe  the  unholy  throng, 
Soften  thy  truth,  or  smooth  my  tongue, 
To  gain  earth's  gilded  toys,  or  flee 
The  cross  endured,  my  Lord,  by  thee? 

4  What,  then,  is  he  whose  scorn  I  dread, 
"Whose  wrath  or  hate  makes  me  afraid? 

A  man !  an  heir  of  death !  a  slave 
To  sin!  a  bubble  on  the  wave! 

5  Yea,  let  men  rage ;  since  thou  wilt  spread 
Thy  shadowing  wings  around  my  head ; 
Since  in  all  pain  thy  tender  love 

Will  still  my  sure  refreshment  prove. 

JOHANN  J.  WLNKLER. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 


SECOND  PART. 

814     Christ's  constraining  love.  L.  M. 

SAVIOUR  of  men,  thy  searching  eye 
Doth  all  mine  inmost  thoughts  descry ; 
Doth  aught  on  earth  my  wishes  raise, 
Or  the  world's  pleasures,  or  its  praise? 

2  The  love  of  Christ  doth  me  constrain 
To  seek  the  wandering  souls  of  men ; 
With  cries,  entreaties,  tears,  to  save, — 
To  snatch  them  from  the  gaping  grave. 


3  For  this  let  men  revile  my  name ; 
No  cross  I  shun,  I  fear  no  shame : 

All  hail,  reproach ;  and  welcome,  pain ; 
Only  thy  terrors,  Lord,  restrain. 

4  My  life,  my  blood,  I  here  present, 
If  for  thy  truth  they  may  be  spent; 
Fulfill  thy  sovereign  counsel,  Lord ; 
Thy  will  be  done,  thy  name  adored. 

o  Give  me  thy  strength,  O  God  of  power: 
Then  let  winds  blow,  or  thunders  roar, 
Thy  faithful  witness  will  I  be : 
'Tis  fixed ;  I  can  do  all  through  thee. 

JOHANN  J.  WINKLER. 
TR.  BY  J.  WESLEY. 

From  the  German.  The  translation  is  entitled 
Boldness  in  the  Gospel. 

Something  of  the  dignity  and  responsibility  of 
an  embassador  of  Christ  is  shown  in  this  hymn. 
The  translation  is  from  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1739. 

The  Eev.  Johann  Joseph  "Winkler  lived  from 
1670  to  1722.  He  was  a  German  Pietist ;  an  excel- 
lent and  cultured  man ;  the  pastor  of  a  church  in 
Magdeburg,  and  for  a  time  chaplain  to  the  Protes- 
tant forces  in  the  early  part  of  the  Thirty  Tears'  War. 


815      Tlie  angels  of  the  Churches.      L.  M. 

DRAW  near,  O  Son  of  God,  draw  near ; 
Us  with  thy  flaming  eye  behold ; 
Still  in  thy  Church  do  thou  appear, 
And  let  our  candlestick  be  gold. 

2  Still  hold  the  stars  in  thy  right  hand, 
And  let  them  in  thy  luster  glow, 

The  lights  of  a  benighted  land, 
The  angels  of  thy  Church  below. 

3  Make  good  their  apostolic  boast ; 
Their  high  commission  let  them  prove ; 

Be  temples  of  the  Holy  Ghost, 

And  filled  with  faith,  and  hope,  and  love. 

4  Give  them  an  ear  to  hear  thy  word ; 
Thou  speakest  to  the  churches  now : 

And  let  all  tongues  confess  their  Lord; 
Let  every  knee  to  Jesus  bow. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  author's  title  was :  A  Prayer  for  the  Bishops. 

It  must  be  remembered  that  Charles  Wesley  did 
not  share  with  his  brother  John  in  the  opinion 
"  that  Bishops  and  Presbyters  are  the  same  order, 
and  consequently  have  the  same  right  to  ordain." 
Charles  Wesley  held  certain  High-Church  notions 
all  his  life.  A  Bishop,  with  him,  was  one  in  the 
"  regular  apostolic  succession."  For  such  "  Bish- 
ops" this  "prayer/'  was  written.    Witness  the 


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fourth  and  fifth'  stanzas,  which  have  been  omit- 
ted: 

4  "  The  worthy  successors  of  those 
Who  first  adorned  the  sacred  line, 

Bold  let  them  stand  before  their  foes, 
And  dare  assert  their  right  divine." 

5  "  Their  hearts  from  things  of  earth  remove ; 
Sprinkle  them,  Lord,  from  sin  and  fear  ! 

Fix  their  affections  all  above, 
And  lay  up  all  their  treasure  there." 

The  third  line  of  the  first  verse  was,  originally : 
"  Still  in  Thy  falling  church  appear," 

and  the  last  line  of  the  hymn  was  : 
"  And  let  all  knees  to  Jesus  bow." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


816      Laborers  in  tlie  vineyard.      S.  M. 

AND  let  our  bodies  part, 
To  different  climes  repair ; 
Inseparably  joined  in  heart 
The  friends  of  Jesus  are. 

2  O  let  us  still  proceed 
In  Jesus'  work  below; 

And,  following  our  triumphant  Head, 
To  further  conquests  go. 

3  The  vineyard  of  the  Lord 
Before  his  laborers  lies ; 

And  lo !  we  see  the  vast  reward 
Which  waits  us  in  the  skies. 

4  O  that  our  heart  and  mind 
May  evermore  ascend, 

That  haven  of  repose  to  find, 
Where  all  our  labors  end ; 

5  Where  all  our  toils  are  o'er, 
Our  suffering  and  our  pain ! 

Who  meet  on  that  eternal  shore 
Shall  never  part  again. 

6  O  happy,  happy  place, 
Where  saints  and  angels  meet ! 

There  we  shall  see  each  other's  face, 
And  all  our  brethren  greet : 

7  The  Church  of  the  first-born, 
We  shall  with  them  be  blest, 

And,  crowned  with  endless  joy,  return 
To  our  eternal  rest. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 
The  author's  title  was  :  At  Parting. 


One  of  the  Hymns  for  Christian  Friends.  The 
original  is  in  two  parts  and  comprises  ten  eight- 
lined  stanzas.  This  hymn  is  from  part  one.  Sev- 
eral lines  were  changed  for  the  Collection  of  1780 — 
probably  by  John  Wesley. 

The  original  hymn  is  found  in  Charles  Wesley's 
Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


817  Success  certain.  S.  M. 

LORD,  if  at  thy  command 
The  word  of  life  we  sow, 
Watered  by  thy  almighty  hand, 

The  seed  shall  surely  grow : 
The  virtue  of  thy  grace 

A  large  increase  shall  give, 
And  multiply  the  faithful  race 
Who  to  thy  glory  live. 

2  Now,  then,  the  ceaseless  shower 

Of  gospel  blessings  send, 
And  let  the  soul-converting  power 

Thy  ministers  attend. 
On  multitudes  confer 

The  heart-renewing  love, 
And  by  the  joy  of  grace  prepare 

For  fuller  joys  above. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  valuable  hymn  was  written  upon  Acts  xi,  21 : 

"  And  the  hand  of  the  Lord  was  with  them  :  and 
a  great  number  believed,  and  turned  unto  the  Lord." 

It  was  left  by  the  author  in  manuscript,  and 
was  first  published  in  A  Supplement  to  the  Col- 
lection of  Hymns  for  the  use  of  the  people  called 
Methodists,  1830.    It  has  not  been  altered. 


818     The  laborers  are  few.         S.  M. 

LORD  of  the  harvest,  hear 
Thy  needy  servants'  cry; 
Answer  our  faith's  effectual  prayer, 
And  all  our  wants  supply. 

2  On  thee  we  humbly  wait ; 
Our  wants  are  in  thy  view ; 

The  harvest,  truly,  Lord,  is  great, 
The  laborers  are  few. 

3  Convert  and  send  forth  more 
Into  thy  Church  abroad, 

And  let  them  speak  thy  word  of  power, 
As  workers  with  their  God. 

4  O  let  them  spread  thy  name, 
Their  mission  fully  prove ; 

Thy  universal  grace  proclaim, 
Thine  all-redeeming  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


Title  :  A  Prayer  for  Laborers. 

Two  stanzas,  the  fourth  and  sixth,  are  omitted : 

4  "  Give  the  pure  gospel  word, 

The  word  of  general  grace ; 
Thee  let  them  preach,  the  common  Lord, 

Saviour  of  human  race." 

6  "  On  all  mankind  forgiven 

Empower  them  still  to  call, 
And  tell  each  creature  under  heaven 

That  Thou  hast  died  for  all." 

The  last  part  of  this  stanza  reveals  the  theology 
of  the  author. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


819      For  the  success  of  ministers.      L.  M. 

FATHER  of  mercies,  bow  thine  ear, 
Attentive  to  our  earnest  prayer: 
We  plead  for  those  who  plead  for  thee ; 
Successful  pleaders  may  they  be. 

2  O  clothe  their  words  with  power  divine, 
And  let  those  words  be  ever  thine ; 

To  them  thy  sacred  truth  reveal ; 
Suppress  their  fear,  inflame  their  zeal. 

3  Teach  them  to  sow  the  precious  seed ; 
Teach  them  thy  chosen  flock  to  feed ; 
Teach  them  immortal  souls  to  gain, 
Nor  let  them  labor,  Lord,  in  vain. 

4  Let  thronging  multitudes  around 
Hear  from  their  lips  the  joyful  sound; 
In  humble  strains  thy  grace  implore, 
And  feel  thy  Spirit's  living  power. 

BENJAMIN  BEDDOME,  ALT. 

Author's  title  :  Prayer  for  Ministers. 
Five  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  two,  lines  one  and  two  : 

"  Clothe  thou  with  energy  divine 

Their  words,  and  let  those  words  be  thine." 

Verse  three,  line  one : 

"  Teach  them  aright  to  sow  the  seed." 

Verse  four,  lines  three  and  four : 

"  In  humble  strains  thy  grace  adore 
And  feel  thy  new-creating  power." 

Two  stanzas,  of  little  value,  are  omitted. 
It  first  appeared  in  Ripponh  Selection,  1787. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  285. 


820 

The  commission.  L.  M. 

6  6  f^i  O,  preach  my  gospel, "  saith  the  Lord, 
"Bid  the  whole  world  my  grace 
receive ; 

He  shall  be  saved  who  trusts  my  word ; 
He  shall  be  damned  who  won't  believe. 

2  ' '  I'll  make  your  great  commission  known ; 
And  ye  shall  prove  my  gospel  true, 

By  all  the  works  that  I  have  done, 
By  all  the  wonders  ye  shall  do. 

3  ' '  Teach  all  the  nations  my  commands, 
I'm  with  you  till  the  world  shall  end; 

All  power  is  trusted  in  my  hands, 
I  can  destroy,  and  I  defend." 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  The  Apostle"1  s  Commission  ;  or,  The  Gospel 
attended  by  Miracles. 

The  first  two  stanzas  are  founded  upon  Mark  xvi, 
15,16: 

"  And  he  said  unto  them,  Go  ye  into  all  the 
world,  and  preach  the  gospel  to  every  creature. 
He  that  belie veth  and  is  baptized  shall  be  saved  ; 
but  he  that  believeth  not  shall  be  damned." 

The  last  stanza  was  written  upon  Matt,  xxviii, 
19,20: 

"Go  ye  therefore,  and  teach  all  nations,  baptiz- 
ing them  in  the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the 
Son,  and  of  the  Holy  Ghost:  teaching  them  to 
observe  all  things  whatsoever  I  have  commanded 
you  :  and,  lo,  I  am  with  you  alway,  even  unto  the 
end  of  the  world." 

The  original  has  " that "  instead  of  "who" 
in  the  third  and  fourth  lines  of  the  first  verse. 
Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  fifth,  are  omitted : 

3  "  Go  heal  the  sick,  go  raise  the  dead, 

Go  cast  out  devils  in  my  name, 
Nor  let  my  prophets  be  afraid 

Though  Greeks  reproach  and  Jews  blaspheme." 

5  "  He  spake',  and  light  shone  round  his  head, 
On  a  bright  cloud  to  heaven  he  rode ; 

They  to  the  farthest  nations  spread 
The  grace  of  their  ascended  God." 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  i,  1707. 


821  The  joyful  sound.  S.  M. 

HOW  beauteous  are  their  feet 
Who  stand  on  Zion's  hill, 
Who  bring  salvation  on  their  tongues, 
And  words  of  peace  reveal ! 

2  How  charming  is  their  voice, 

How  sweet  the  tidings  are ! 
"Zion,  behold  thy  Saviour  King; 

He  reigns  and  triumphs  here." 


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3  How  happy  are  our  ears, 
That  hear  the  joyful  sound, 

Which  kings  and  prophets  waited  for, 
And  sought,  but  never  found ! 

4  How  blessed  are  our  eyes, 
That  see  this  heavenly  light ! 

Prophets  and  kings  desired  it  long, 
But  died  without  the  sight. 

5  The  watchmen  join  their  voice, 
And  tuneful  notes  employ; 

Jerusalem  breaks  forth  in  songs, 
And  deserts  learn  the  joy. 

6  The  Lord  makes  bare  his  arm 
Through  all  the  earth  abroad ; 

Let  every  nation  now  behold 
Their  Saviour  and  their  God. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title:  The  Blessedness  of  Gospel  Times;  or,  The 
Revelation  of  Christ  to  Jews  and  Gentiles. 

The  first  two  and  the  last  two  stanzas  of  this 
favorite  hymn  were  written  upon  Isa.  lii,  7-10  : 

"  How  beautiful  upon  the  mountains  are  the  feet 
of  him  that  bringeth  good  tidings,  that  publisheth 
peace ;  that  bringeth  good  tidings  of  good,  that 
publisheth  salvation  ;  that  saith  unto  Zion,  Thy 
God  reigneth!  Thy  watchmen  shall  lift  up  the 
voice  ;  with  the  voice  together  shall  they  sing  :  for 
they  shall  see  eye  to  eye,  when  the  Lord  shall  bring 
again  Zion.  Break  forth  into  joy,  sing  together,  ye 
waste  places  of  Jerusalem  :  for  the  Lord  hath  com- 
forted his  people,  he  hath  redeemed  Jerusalem. 
The  Lord  hath  made  hare  his  holy  arm  in  the  eyes 
of  all  the  nations ;  and  all  the  ends  of  the  earth 
shall  see  the  salvation  of  our  God." 

The  third  and  fourth  stanzas  were  founded  upon 
Matt,  xiii,  16,  17  : 

"  But  blessed  are  your  eyes,  for  they  see :  and 
your  ears,  for  they  hear.  For  verily  I  say  unto  you, 
That  many  prophets  and  righteous  men  have  desired 
to  see  those  things  which  ye  see,  and  have  not  seen 
them  ;  and  to  hear  those  things  which  ye  hear,  and 
have  not  heard  them." 

Unaltered  and  entire  from  Hymns  and  Spiritual 
Songs,  1707. 


822  The  minister's  only  business.     C.  M. 

JESUS !  the  name  high  over  all,  - 
In  hell,  or  earth,  or  sky ; 
Angels  and  men  before  it  fall, 
And  devils  fear  and  fly. 

2  Jesus !  the  name  to  sinners  dear, 

The  name  to  sinners  given ; 
It  scatters  all  their  guilty  fear ; 

It  turns  their  hell  to  heaven. 


3  Jesus  the  prisoner's  fetters  breaks, 
And  bruises  Satan's  head  ; 

Power  into  strengthless  souls  he  speaks, 
And  life  into  the  dead. 

4  O  that  the  world  might  taste  and  see 
The  riches  of  his  grace ! 

The  arms  of  love  that  compass  me 
Would  all  mankind  embrace. 

5  His  only  righteousness  I  show, 
His  saving  truth  proclaim : 

'Tis  all  my  business  here  below, 
To  cry,  "Behold  the  Lamb !  " 

6  Happy,  if  with  my  latest  breath 
I  may  but  gasp  his  name ; 

Preach  him  to  all,  and  cry  in  death, 
"  Behold,  behold  the  Lamb !  " 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  After  Preaching  in  a  Church. 

This  is  part  of  a  long  hymn  of  twenty-two  stanzas, 
and  consists  of  verses  nine,  ten,  twelve,  thirteen, 
eighteen,  and  twenty-two  of  the  original. 

Only  one  word  has  been  changed.  Wesley  wrote 
in  the  fourth  stanza : 

"  The  arms  of  love  which  compass  me." 

This  has  always  been  a  very  popular  hymn  with 
the  Methodists.  The  author  shows  how  much  he 
appreciated  the  Gospel,  and  how  he  loved  to  pro- 
claim it. 

One  of  the  omitted  stanzas,  the  fourteenth,  is  as 
follows : 

14  "0  that  my  Jesus'  heavenly  charms 

Might  every  bosom  move  ! 
Fly,  sinners,  fly  into  those  arms 

Of  everlasting  love." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  vol.  ii,  1749. 


823  The  pastoral  office.  CM. 

LET  Zion's  watchmen  all  awake, 
And  take  the  alarm  they  give ; 
Now  let  them  from  the  mouth  of  God 
Their  solemn  charge  receive. 

2  'Tis  not  a  cause  of  small  import 
The  pastor's  care  demands; 

But  what  might  fill  an  angel's  heart, 
And  filled  a  Saviour's  hands. 

3  They  watch  for  souls  for  which  the  Lord 
Did  heavenly  bliss  forego ; 

For  souls  which  must  forever  live 
In  raptures  or  in  woe. 


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4  May  they  that  Jesus,  whom  they  preach, 

Their  own  Redeemer  see ; 
And  watch  thou  daily  o'er  their  souls, 

That  they  may  watch  for  thee. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Author's  title:  Watching  for  Souls  in  the  View 
of  the  Great  Account. 
Scripture  basis,  Heb.  xiii,  17  : 

"  Obey  them  that  have  the  rule  over  you,  and 
submit  yourselves  :  for  they  watch  for  your  souls,  as 
they  that  must  give  account,  that  they  may  do  it 
with  joy,  and  not  with  grief." 

This  valuable  hymn  was  written  for  the  ordina- 
tion of  a  minister,  and  has  not  been  altered. 
One  stanza,  the  fourth,  has  been  omitted : 

4  "  All  to  the  great  Tribunal  haste, 

Th'  Account  to  render  there  ; 
And  shouldst  thou  strictly  mark  our  Faults, 

Lord,  how  should  we  appear  ?  " 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures.    London,  1755. 
See  No.  78. 


C.  M. 


824         Clothed  with  salvation. 

JESUS,  the  word  of  mercy  give, 
And  let  it  swiftly  run ; 
And  let  the  priests  themselves  believe, 
And  put  salvation  on. 

2  Jesus,  let  all  thy  servants  shine 
Illustrious  as  the  sun ; 

And,  bright  with  borrowed  rays  divine, 
Their  glorious  circuit  run. 

3  As  giants  may  they  run  their  race, 
Exulting  in  their  might ; 

As  burning  luminaries,  chase 
The  gloom  of  hellish  night. 

4  As  the  bright  Sun  of  righteousness, 
Their  healing  wings  display ; 

And  let  their  luster  still  increase 
Unto  the  perfect  day. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures. 

The  first  stanza  is  written  on  2  Chron.  vi,  41 : 

"Let  thy  priests,  O  Lord  God,  be  clothed  with 
salvation." 

The  rest  of  the  hymn  is  founded  on  Judges  v,  31 : 

"  Let  them  that  love  him  be  as  the  sun  when  he 
goeth  forth  in  his  might." 

Wesley  wrote  the  first  line  of  the  second  verse : 

"  Jesus,  let  all  thy  lovers  shine." 


This  was  changed  to  "  servants  "  in  1808,  when 
the  hymn  was  published  in  the  Supplement  to  the 
Methodist  Pocket  Hymn  Book. 

The  first  line  of  the  last  verse  the  author  wrote : 

"  As  the  great  Sun  of  Righteousness." 

"  GreaV  was  changed  to  "bright"  by  John 
Wesley  for  his  Collection  of  1780. 


825  Training  the  soldiers  of  Christ.  L.  M.  6 1. 

CAPTAIN  of  our  salvation,  take 
The  souls  we  here  present  to  thee, 
And  fit  for  thy  great  service  make 

These  heirs  of  immortality; 
And  let  them  in  thine  image  rise, 
And  then  transplant  to  paradise. 

2  Unspotted  from  the  world,  and  pure, 
Preserve  them  for  thy  glorious  cause, 

Accustomed  daily  to  endure 

The  welcome  burden  of  thy  cross ; 
Inured  to  toil  and  patient  pain, 
Till  all  thy  perfect  mind  they  gain. 

3  Train  up  thy  hardy  soldiers,  Lord, 
In  all  their  Captain's  steps  to  tread ; 

Or  send  them  to  proclaim  the  word, 

Thy  gospel  through  the  world  to  spread ; 
Freely  as  they  receive  to  give, 
And  preach  the  death  by  which  we  live. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

By  mistake  this  hymn  was  credited,  in  the  first 
editions  of  the  Hymnal,  to  Henry  John  Gauntlett. 
It  was  written  by  Charles  Wesley,  and  published  in 
Hymns  for  Children.    Bristol,  1763. 

The  last  line  of  the  first  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"And  then  transplant  them  to  the  skies." 

The  last  line  of  the  hymn  was : 
"  And  preach  the  death  by  which  they  live." 

One  stanza,  the  third,  has  been  omitted  : 

3  "  Our  sons  henceforth  be  wholly  Thine, 
And  serve  and  love  Thee  all  their  days ; 

Infuse  the  principle  Divine 
In  all  who  here  expect  Thy  grace  ; 

Let  each  improve  the  grace  bestowed, 

Eise  every  child  a  man  of  God." 


826  Baptismal  hymn. 

AM  baptized  into  thy  name, 


L.  M.  61. 


I 


O  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost! 
Among  thy  seed  a  place  I  claim, 
Among  thy  consecrated  host ; 
Buried  with  Christ  and  dead  to  sin, 
Thy  Spirit  now  shall  live  within. 


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2  My  loving  Father,  here  dost  thou 
Proclaim  me  as  thy  child  and  heir ; 

Thou,  faithful  Saviour,  bidd'st  me  now 

The  fruit  of  all  thy  sorrows  share ; 
Thou,  Holy  Ghost,  wilt  comfort  me 
"When  darkest  clouds  around  I  see. 

3  Hence,  Prince  of  darkness !  hence,  my  foe ! 
Another  Lord  hath  purchased  me ; 

My  conscience  tells  of  sin,  yet  know, 
Baptized  in  Christ,  I  fear  not  thee : 
Away,  vain  world!  sin,  leave  me  now! 
I  turn  from  you ;  God  hears  my  vow. 

4  And  never  let  me  waver  more, 

O  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost; 
Till  at  thy  will  this  life  is  o'er, 

Still  keep  me  in  thy  faithful  host, 
So  unto  thee  I  live  and  die, 
And  praise  thee  evermore  on  high. 

J.   J.  RAMBACH. 
TR.  BY  MISS  C.  WINKWORTH. 

Title :  Renewal  of  the  Vow. 

The  original  contains  seven  stanzas.  These  are 
the  first  two  and  the  last  two,  verbatim. 

The  date  given  in  Lyra  Germanica,  second  series, 
is  1720. 

The  Eev.  Johann  Jakob  Eambach  was  born  at 
Halle  in  1693,  was  a  professor  of  theology,  and  the 
author  of  some  valuable  theological  works.  He 
died  at  Giessen  in  1735. 


827  cm. 

Suffer  the  little  ones  to  come  unto  Me. 

SEE,  Israel's  gentle  Shepherd  stands 
With  all  engaging  charms ; 
Hark,  how  he  calls  the  tender  lambs, 
And  folds  them  in  his  arms ! 

2  "  Permit  them  to  approach,"  he  cries, 
' '  Nor  scorn  their  humble  name ; 

For  'twas  to  bless  such  souls  as  these 
The  Lord  of  angels  came.1' 

3  We  bring  them,  Lord,  in  thankful  hands, 
And  yield  them  up  to  thee ; 

-Joyful  that  we  ourselves  are  thine, 
Thine  let  our  offspring  be. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title:  Christ"1  s  Condescending  Regard  to  Little 
Children. 

"Suffer  the  little  children  to  come  unto  me,  and 
forbid  them  not;  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of 
God."    Mark  x,  14. 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas : 

4  "  Ye  little  Flock,  with  Pleasure  hear  ; 

Ye  Children,  seek  his  Face  ; 
And  fly  wTith  Transport  to  receive 

The  Blessings  of  his  Grace. 
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5  "  If,  Orphans,  they  are  left  behind, 

Thy  guardian  Care  we  trust. 
That  Care  shall  heal  our  bleeding  Hearts, 

While  weeping  o'er  their  Dust." 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures. 

Published  from  the  author's  manuscript,  by 
Job  Orton,  1755. 

See  No.  78. 


828     Children  in  the  arms  of  Jesus.    C.  M. 

BEHOLD  what  condescending  love 
Jesus  on  earth  displays ! 
To  little  children  he  extends 
The  riches  of  his  grace. 

2  He  still  the  ancient  promise  keeps, 
To  our  forefathers  given ; 

Our  infants  in  his  arms  he  takes, 
And  calls  them  heirs  of  heaven. 

3  Forbid  them  not,  whom  Jesus  calls, 
Nor  dare  the  claim  resist, 

Since  his  own  lips  to  us  declare 
Of  such  will  heaven  consist. 

4  With  flowing  tears,  and  thankful  hearts. 
We  give  them  up  to  thee ; 

Receive  them,  Lord,  into  thine  arms ; 
Thine  may  they  ever  be. 

JOHN  PEACOCK,  WATTS,  AND  OTHERS. 

A  Cento,  compiled  from  several  popular  authors. 
The  first  and  third  stanzas  were  written  by  John 
Peacock  ;  from  Songs  of  Praise.    London,  1776. 

The  second  stanza  was  written  by  Isaac  Watts  ; 
from  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  i,  hymn 
113.  The  last  stanza  is  evidently  altered  from 
Philip  Doddridge. 

Compare  it  with  the  last  stanza  of  the  preceding 
hymn. 

The  Rev.  A.  M.  Toplady  compiled  the  hymn  for 
his  Psalms  and  Hymns.  London,  1776.  We  find  it 
composed  of  one  stanza  of  Peacock's  hymn,  one  of 
Watts's,  two  of  Doddridge's,  and  two  others — prob- 
ably by  Toplady  himself. 

Several  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original. 
Verse  one,  line  three : 

"  To  Babes  and  Sucklings  He  extends." 

Verse  two,  lines  one,  two,  and  three : 

"  Jesus,  the  ancient  faith  confirms 

To  our  great  fathers  giv'n  ; 
He  takes  young  children  to  his  arms"  etc. 

Verse  three,  lines  two,  three,  and  four: 

"  Nor  dare  their  Claim  resist ; 

Let  none  the  Infant  Race  despise, 
For  Heaven  of  such  consists." 


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The  Eev.  John  Peacock  was  born  in  1731 ;  was 
awakened  and  converted  under  the  preaching  of 
George  Whitefield  ;  became  an  itinerant  Wesley  an 
preacher  in  1767 ;  and  continued  in  the  work  till 
1796,  when  he  was  obliged  to  retire  on  account  of 
ill-health.  He  died  in  1803.  An  account  of  his 
life  and  triumphant  death  is  given  in  the  Methodist 
(  Wedeyan)  Magazine. 


829      Significance  of  baptism.  CM. 

OLORD.  vrhile  we  confess  the  worth 
Of  this  the  outward  seal, 
Do  thou  the  truths  herein  set  forth 
To  every  heart  reveal. 

2  Death  to  the  world  we  here  avow, 
Death  to  each  fleshly  lust ; 

Xewness  of  life  our  calling  now, 
A  risen  Lord  our  trust. 

3  And  we,  O  Lord,  who  now  partake 
Of  resurrection  life, 

With  every  sin,  for  thy  dear  sake, 
Would  be  at  constant  strife. 

4  Baptized  into  the  Father's  name, 
We'd  walk  as  sons  of  God; 

Baptized  in  thine,  we  own  thy  claim 
As  ransomed  by  thy  blood. 

5  Baptized  into  the  Holy  Ghost, 
We'd  keep  his  temple  pure, 

And  make  thy  grace  our  only  boast, 
And  by  thy  strength  endure 

MART  BOWLT. 

This  baptismal  hymn  is  said  to  have  been 
written  by  Mrs.  Mary  Bowly  Peters,  the  wife  of 
the  Rev.  M*  Williams  Peters,  an  English  clergy- 
man. In  1846  she  published  Hymns  Intended  to 
Help  the  Communion  of  Saints,  containing  fifty- 
eight  pieces.    Mrs.  Peters  died  in  1S56. 


830         Bites  inefficacious.  S.  M. 

RITES  cannot  change  the  heart, 
Undo  the  evil  done, 
Or  with  the  uttered  name  impart 
The  nature  of  thy  Son. 

2  To  meet  our  desperate  want, 
There  gushed  a  crimson  flood : 

O  from  his  heart's  o'erflowing  font 
Baptize  this  soul  with  blood ! 

3  Be  grace  from  Christ  our  Lord, 
And  love  from  God  supreme, 

By  the  communing  Spirit  poured 
In  a  perpetual  stream ! 

WILLIAM  M.  BUXTTNG. 


Original  title  :  A  Parental  Prayer  at  the  Baptism 
of  art  In  fant. 

This  is  part  of  a  hymn  of  six  stanzas,  found  in 
The  Sew  Supplement  to  the  Wesleyan  Collection, 
1675.  These  are  verses  three,  four,  and  five, 
verbatim. 

The  Eev.  William  Maclarclie  Bunting  was  the 
oldest  son  of  Dr.  Jabez  Bunting,  of  the  Wesleyan 
Conference.  He  lived  from  1805  to  1866,  and  was 
a  gifted  and  educated  gentleman,  an  able  preacher, 
and  an  elegant  writer,  both  in  prose  and  verse. 
Tins  hymn,  with  several  others,  was  contributed  to 
Original  Hymns.  Edited  by  the  Eev.  J.  Leif- 
child,  D.D.    London,  1843. 


8  3  X       The  sacramental  seal.  L.  M. 

CO  ALE,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Honor  the  means  ordained  by  thee; 
Make  good  our  apostolic  boast, 
And  own  thy  glorious  ministry. 

2  We  now  thy  promised  blessing  claim ; 
Sent  to  disciple  all  mankind, 

Sent  to  baptize  into  thy  name, 
We  now  thy  promised  presence  find. 

3  Father,  in  these  reveal  thy  Son; 

In  these,  for  whom  we  seek  thy  face, 
The  hidden  mystery  make  known, 
The  inward,  pure,  baptizing  grace. 

4  Jesus,  with  us  thou  always  art ; 
Effectual  make  the  sacred  sign ; 

The  gift  unspeakable  impart, 
And  bless  the  ordinance  divine. 

5  Eternal  Spirit,  from  on  high, 
Baptizer  of  our  spirits  thou, 

The  sacramental  seal  apply, 

And  witness  with  the  water  now. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title :  At  the  Baptism  of  Adults. 

Wesley  wrote  the  second  line  of  the  first  verse  : 

"  Honor  the  Means  Injoin'd  by  TheeJ' 

It  was  changed  for  the  Collection  of  1780.  The 
second  line  of  the  fourth  verse  was : 

"  Effectuate  now  the  Sacred  Sign." 

This  awkward  expression  was  changed  by  the 
editors  of  the  hymn  book  in  1849. 
The  hymn  has  an  additional  stanza : 

6  "  Oh !  that  the  Souls  baptlz'd  herein 
May  now  thy  Truth  and  Mercy  feel, 

Mav  rise  and  wash  away  their  Sin — 
Come,  Holy  Ghost,  tneir  Pardon  seal." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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O  o  t&  At  a  child 's  baptism,  L.  M. 

THIS  child  we  dedicate  to  thee, 
0  God  of  grace  and  purity ! 
Shield  it  from  sin  and  threatening  wrong, 
And  let  thy  love  its  life  prolong. 

2  O  may  thy  Spirit  gently  draw 
Its  willing  soul  to  keep  thy  law ; 
May  virtue,  piety,  and  truth, 
Dawn  even  with  its  dawning  youth. 

3  We,  too,  before  thy  gracious  sight, 
Once  shared  the  blest  baptismal  rite, 
And  would  renew  its  solemn  vow 

With  love,  and  thanks,  and  praises,  now. 

4  Grant    that,    with    true    and  faithful 

heart, 

We  still  may  act  the  Christian's  part, 
Cheered  by  each  promise  thou  hast  given, 
And  laboring  for  the  prize  in  heaven. 

TR.  BY  S.  GILMAN. 

Hymn  for  Baptism.  A  translation  from  the 
German.  The  Eev.  Alfred  P.  Putnam,  in  Singers 
and  Songs  of  the  Liberal  Faith,  is  the  authority  for 
authorship  and  text. 

The  Eev.  Samuel  Gilman,  D.D.,  was  an  able 
Unitarian  minister,  and  was  born  in  Massachusetts 
in  1791.  He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in 
1811.  In  1819  he  was  installed  pastor  of  a  church 
in  Charleston,  S.  C,  where  he  remained  till  his 
death,  in  1858. 


833    The  Lords  Supper  instituted.    L.  M.  6  1. 

IN  that  sad,  memorable  night, 
When  Jesus  was  for  us  betrayed, 
He  left  his  death-recording  rite : 

He   took,    and  blest,    and  brake  the 
bread ; 

And  gave  his  own  their  last  bequest, 
And  thus  his  love's  intent  expressed : 

2  ' '  Take,  eat,  this  is  my  body,  given 
To  purchase  life  and  peace  for  you, 

Pardon,  and  holiness,  and  heaven : 
Do  this,  my  dying  love  to  show : 
Accept  your  precious  legacy, 
And  thus,  my  friends,  remember  me." 

3  He  took  into  his  hands  the  cup, 
To  crown  the  sacramental  feast, 

And,  full  of  kind  concern,  looked  up, 

And  gave  to  them  what  he  had  blest ; 
And,  "Drink  ye  all  of  this,"  he  said, 
"  In  solemn  memory  of  the  dead. 


4  "  This  is  my  blood,  which  seals  the  new 
Eternal  covenant  of  my  grace ; 

My  blood,  so  freely  shed  for  you, 
For  you  and  all  the  sinful  race; 

My  blood,  that  speaks  your  sins  forgiven, 

And  justifies  your  claim  to  heaven." 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Published  without  title  in  Hymns  on  the  Lord's 
Supper,  by  John  and  Charles  Wesley,  Presbyters 
of  the  Church  of  England.  Bristol,  1745.  The 
real  subject  is  T7te  Institution  of  the  Lord's  Supper. 

It  is  based  on  Matt,  xxvi,  26-28  : 

"  And  as  they  were  eating,  Jesus  took  bread,  and 
blessed  it,  and  brake  it,  and  gave  it  to  the  disciples, 
and  said,  Take,  eat ;  this  is  my  body.  And  he 
took  the  cup,  and  gave  thanks,  and  gave  it  to  them, 
saying,  Drink  ye  all  of  it ;  for  this  is  my  blood  of 
the  new  testament,  which  is  shed  for  many  for  the 
remission  of  sins." 

The  original  has  one  additional  stanza  : 

5  "  The  grace  which  I  to  all  bequeath 

In  this  Divine  memorial  take, 
And,  mindful  of  your  Saviour's  death, 

Do  this,  My  followers,  for  My  sake, 
Whose  dying  love  hath  left  behind 
Eternal  life  for  all  mankind." 

It  has  not  been  altered. 


834         The  invitation.  C.  M. 

THE  King  of  heaven  his  table  spreads, 
And  blessings  crown  the  board ; 
Not  paradise,  with  all  its  joys, 
Could  such  delight  afford. 

2  Pardon  and  peace  to  dying  men, 
And  endless  life  are  given, 

Through  the  rich  blood  that  Jesus  shed 
To  raise  our  souls  to  heaven. 

3  Millions  of  souls,  in  glory  now, 
Were  fed  and  feasted  here ; 

And  millions  more,  still  on  the  way, 
Around  the  board  appear. 

4  All  things  are  ready,  come  away, 
Nor  weak  excuses  frame ; 

Crowd  to  your  places  at  the  feast, 
And  bless  the  Founder's  name. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title:  Room  at  the  Gospel- Feast.  Luke  xiv,  22. 

One  word  has  been  changed.  The  author  wrote 
"  dainties  "  instead  of  "  blessings"  in  the  second 
line. 


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Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  fifth,  of  the  original 
have  been  omitted : 

3  "Ye  hungry  Poor,  that  long  have  stray' d 

In  Sin's  dark  Mazes,  come  : 
Come  from  the  Hedges  and  Highways, 

And  Grace  shall  find  you  Eoom." 

5  "  Yet  is  his  House  and  Heart  so  large, 

That  Millions  more  may  come ; 
Nor  could  the  wide  assembling  World 

O'erfill  the  spacious  Eoom." 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  1755. 
See  No.  78. 


835         Approaching  the  table.    .         C.  M. 

JESUS,  at  whose  supreme  command, 
We  now  approach  to  God, 
Before  us  in  thy  vesture  stand, 
Thy  vesture  dipped  in  blood. 

2  The  tokens  of  thy  dying  love 
O  let  us  all  receive, 

And  feel  the  quickening  Spirit  move, 
And  sensibly  believe. 

3  The  cup  of  blessing,  blest  by  thee, 
Let  it  thy  blood  impart ; 

The  bread  thy  mystic  body  be, 
To  cheer  each  languid  heart. 

4  The  living  bread  sent  down  from  heaven, 
In  us  vouchsafe  to  be : 

Thy  flesh,  for  all  the  world  is  given, 
And  all  may  live  by  thee. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Published  in  Hymns  on  the  Lord's  Supper,  with- 
out title. 

The  hymn  has  in  all  eight  stanzas ;  these  are  the 
first,  fourth,  fifth,  and  seventh,  'verbatim.  This 
book  was  published  at  Bristol,  in  1745,  and  con- 
tained 166  pieces,  which  were  arranged  under  six 
general  topics : 

I.  "As  it  is  a  Memorial  of  the  Sufferings  and 
Death  of  Christ,"  27  hymns. 

II.  "  As  it  is  a  Sign  and  a  Means  of  Grace,"  65 
hymns. 

III.  "  The  Sacrament  a  Pledge  of  Heaven,"  23 
hymns. 

IV.  "  The  Holy  Eucharist  as  it  Implies  a  Sacri- 
fice," 12  hymns. 

V.  "  Concerning  the  Sacrifice  of  our  Persons," 
30  hymns. 

VI.  "  After  the  Sacrament,"  9  hymns. 


8  3  6       Grateful  remembrance.  C.  M. 

ACCORDING  to  thy  gracious  word, 
In  meek  humility, 
This  will  I  do,  my  dying  Lord, 
I  will  remember  thee ! 


2  Thy  body,  broken  for  my  sake, 
My  bread  from  heaven  shall  be ; 

Thy  testamental  cup  I  take, 
And  thus  remember  thee ! 

3  Gethsemane  can  I  forget? 
Or  there  thy  conflict  see, 

Thine  agony  and  bloody  sweat, 
And  not  remember  thee? 

4  When  to  the  cross  I  turn  mine  eyes, 
And  rest  on  Calvary, 

O  Lamb  of  God,  my  Sacrifice, 
I  must  remember  thee ! 

5  Remember  thee,  and  all  thy  pains, 
And  all  thy  love  to  me ; 

Yea,  while  a  breath,  a  pulse  remains, 
Will  I  remember  thee ! 

6  And  when  these  failing  lips  grow  dumb, 
And  mind  and  memory  flee. 

When  thou  shalt  in  thy  kingdom  come, 
Jesus,  remember  me ! 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Written  upon  Luke  xxii,  19 : 

"  This  do  in  remembrance  of  meP 

No  Christian  can  carefully  read  this  excellent 
hymn  without  profit.  It  is  well  calculated  to  stir 
the  heart  of  the  believer.  It  has  not  been  al- 
tered. 

From  The  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 
For  biography,  see  No.  5. 


837     Rich  gifts  of  gospel  grace.     C.  M. 

OLOVE  divine !  O  matchless  grace ! 
Which  in  this  sacred  rite 
Shines  forth  so  full,  so  free,  in  rays 
Of  purest  living  light, 

2  O  wondrous  death!  O  precious  blood! 
For  us  so  freely  spilt, 

To  cleanse  our  sin-polluted  souls 
From  every  stain  of  guilt. 

3  O  covenant  of  life  and  peace, 
By  blood  and  suffering  sealed ! 

All  the  rich,  gifts  of  gospel  grace 
Are  here  to  faith  revealed. 

4  Jesus,  we  bow  our  souls  to  thee, 
Our  life,  our  hope,  our  all, 

While  we,  with  thankful,  contrite  hearts, 
Thy  dying  love  recall. 


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5  O  may  thy  pure  and  perfect  love 

Be  written  on  our  minds ; 
Nor  earth,  nor  self,  nor  sin  obscure 

The  ever-radiant  lines. 

EDMUND  TURNEY. 

Author's  title :  In  Remembrance  of  Me. 

u  This  cup  is  the  new  testament  in  my  blood, 
which  is  shed  for  you."  Luke  xxii,  20. 

The  author  wrote,  verse  one,  line  four : 
"  Of  pure  and  living  light." 

Verse  five,  line  one : 

"  Oh  !  may  Thy  pure  and  perfect  laws." 

It  first  appeared  in  Memorial  Hymns;  or,  Songs 
in  the  House  of  My  Pilgrimage,  by  Edmund  Turney, 
late  Professor  of  Biblical  Literature  and  Interpre- 
tation in  the  Fail-mount  Theological  Seminary. 
New  York,  1864. 

The  Eev.  Edmund  Turney  (1817-1872)  was  a 
Baptist  clergyman.  Memorial  Hymns  contained 
forty  pieces.  He  was  also  the  author  of  a  volume 
entitled  Memorial  Poems. 


838  The  sacred  feast.  CM. 

IN  memory  of  the  Saviour's  love, 
We  keep  the  sacred  feast, 
Where  every  humble,  contrite  heart 
Is  made  a  welcome  guest. 

2  By  faith  we  take  the  bread  of  life, 
With  which  our  souls  are  fed ; 

The  cup,  in  token  of  his  blood, 
That  was  for  sinners  shed. 

3  Under  his  banner  thus  we  sing 
The  wonders  of  his  love, 

And  thus  anticipate  by  faith 
The  heavenly  feast  above. 

THOMAS  COTTERILL,  ALT. 

The  New  Wesley  an  Collection  attributes  this 
hymn,  which  in  our  Hymnal  has  been  marked 
"  unknown,"  to  Thomas  Cotterill. 

It  has  been  altered  in  almost  every  line. 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  281. 


Gratitude  and  love.         C.  M. 

IF  human  kindness  meets  return, 
And  owns  the  grateful  tie ; 
If  tender  thoughts  within  us  burn 
To  feel  a  friend  is  nigh ; 

2  O  shall  not  warmer  accents  tell 

The  gratitude  we  owe 
To  Him  who  died  our  fears  to  quell, 

And  save  from  endless  woe? 


3  While  yet  in  anguish  he  surveyed 
Those  pangs  he  would  not  flee, 

What  love  his  latest  words  displayed ! 
"  Meet  and  remember  me." 

4  Remember  thee !  thy  death,  thy  shame, 
The  griefs  which  thou  didst  bear ! 

O  memory,  leave  no  other  name 
So  deeply  graven  there. 

GERARD  T.  NOEL,, 

Title :  This  Do  in  Remembrance  of  Me. 
Four  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  two,  line  four : 

11  Our  more  than  orphan's  woe." 

Verse  three,  line  one : 

"  While  yet  his  anguisWd  soul  survey'd." 

Verse  four,  lines  two  and  four : 

"  Our  sinful  hearts  to  share." 
"  But  His  recorded  there." 

From  A  Selection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Pub- 
lic and  Private  Use,  by  Baptist  W.  Noel,  1838. 

The  Rev.  Gerard  Thomas  Noel  was  born  in  En- 
gland in  J  782  ;  was  a  brother  of  the  Kev.  Baptist 
W.  Noel ;  was  educated  at  Edinburgh  and  Cam- 
bridge, and  labored  as  a  clergyman  in  the  Estab- 
lished Church  until  his  death,  in  1851. 

This  hymn  first  appeared  in  Arvendel ;  or,  Sketches 
in  Italy  and  Switzerland.    (First  edition,  1826.) 


84:0  He  died  for  me.  C.  M. 

THAT  doleful  night  before  his  death, 
The  Lamb,  for  sinners  slain, 
Did,  almost  with  his  dying  breath, 
This  solemn  feast  ordain. 

2  To  keep  the  feast,  Lord,  we  have  met, 
And  to  remember  thee : 

Help  each  poor  trembler  to  repeat, 
"For  me  he  died,  for  me !  " 

3  Thy  sufferings,  Lord,  each  sacred  sign 
To  our  remembrance  brings ; 

We  eat  the  bread,  and  drink  the  wine. 
But  think  on  nobler  things. 

4  O  tune  our  tongues,  and  set  in  frame 
Each  heart  that  pants  for  thee, 

To  sing,  ' '  Hosanna  to  the  Lamb, 
The  Lamb  that  died  for  me!" 

JOSEPH  HART. 

This  sacramental  hymn  was  published  without 
title  in  the  Supplement  of  Harfs  Hymns,  1762. 


326  HY3IX  STUDIES. 


The  author  wrote  the  third  line  of  the  first 
stanza : 

"  Did  almost  with  his  latest  breath," 

and  the  first  line  of  the  second  stanza  : 

"  To  keep  Thy  feast,  Lord,  are  we  met." 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  29. 


84:1        Universal  gladness.  S.  M. 

GLORY  to  God  on  high, 
Our  peace  is  made  with  Heaven ; 
The  Son  of  God  came  down  to  die. 
That  we  might  be  forgiven. 

2  His  precious  blood  was  shed, 
His  body  bruised,  for  sin : 

Remember  this  in  eating  bread, 
And  this  in  drinking  wine. 

3  Approach  his  royal  board, 
In  his  rich  garments  clad ; 

Join  every  tongue  to  praise  the  Lord, 
And  every  heart  be  glad. 

4  The  Father  gives  the  Son ; 
The  Son,  his  flesh  and  blood ; 

The  Spirit  seals ;  and  faith  puts  on 
The  righteousness  of  God. 

JOSEPH  HART. 

The  last  line  of  the  first  verse  the  author  wrote  : 
"  That  sin  might  be  forgiven," 

and  of  the  third  verse : 

"  And  that  in  drinking  wine." 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas  : 

5  i;  Sinners,  the  gift  receive, 
And  each  say,  '  I  am  chief ; 

Thou  knowest,  0  Lord.  I  would  believe 
Oh '  help  my  unbelief.' 

6  "  Lord,  help  us  from  above, 
The  power  is  all  thy  own ; 

Faith  is  thy  gilt,  and  hope,  and  love ; 
For  of  ourselves  we've  none." 

This  is  found  in  the  supplement  of  the  author's 
book,  entitled  Hymns,  Composed  on  Various  Sub- 
jects, preface  date,  1759.    Date  of  Supplement,  1762. 


842        A  foretaste  of  glory.         S.  M. 

OWHAT  delight  is  this, 
Which  now  in  Christ  we  know, 
An  earnest  of  our  glorious  bliss, 
Our  heaven  begun  below ! 


2  When  he  the  table  spreads, 
How  royal  is  the  cheer ! 

With  rapture  we  lift  up  our  heads, 
And  own  that  God  is  here. 

3  The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, 
Who  died  to  die  no  more, 

Let  all  the  ransomed  sons  of  men, 
With  all  his  hosts,  adore. 

4  Let  earth  and  heaven  be  joined, 
His  glories  to  display, 

And  hymn  the  Saviour  of  mankind 
In  one  eternal  day. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  After  the  Sacrament. 
Part  of  a  hymn  of  four  eight-line  stanzas,  of 
which  the  first  and  third  verses  are  as  follows  : 

1  4i  All  praise  to  God  above, 

In  whom  we  have  believed, 
The  tokens  of  whose  dying  love 

We  have  even  now  received, 
Have  with  His  flesh  been  fed, 

And  drank  His  precious  blood : 
His  precious  blood  is  drink  indeed, 

His  flesh,  immortal  food. 

3  "  He  bids  us  taste  His  grace, 

The  joys  of  angels  prove ; 
The  stammerers'  tongues  are  loosed  to  praise 

Our  dear  Redeemer's  love. 
Salvation  to  our  God 

That  sits  upon  the  throne ; 
Salvation  be  alike  bestowed 

On  His  triumphant  Son." 

Wesley  wrote  the  first  line  of  the  hymn  : 
"  O  what  a  taste  is  this." 

From  Hymns  on  the  Lord?*  Supper,  1745. 


843  His  the  pain — ours  the  joy.  S. 

NO  gospel  like  this  feast 
Spread  for  Thy  Church  by  thee ; 
Xor  prophet  nor  evangelist 
Preach  the  glad  news  so  free. 

2  All  our  redemption  cost, 
All  our  redemption  won; 

All  it  has  won  for  us,  the  lost ; 
All  it  cost  thee,  the  Son. 

3  Thine  was  the  bitter  price, 
Ours  is  the  free  gift,  given; 

Thine  was  the  blood  of  sacrifice, 
Ours  is  the  wine  of  heaven, 

4  Here  we  would  rest  midway, 
As  on  a  sacred  height, 

That  darkest  and  that  brightest  day 
Meeting  before  our  sight. 


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5  From  that  dark  depth  of  woes 
Thy  love  for  us  has  trod, 

Up  to  the  heights  of  blest  repose 
Thy  love  prepares  with  God ; 

6  Till  from  self's  chains  released, 
One  sight  alone  we  see, 

Still  at  the  cross,  as  at  the  feast, 
Behold  thee,  only  thee. 

ELIZABETH  CHARLES. 

Title :  The  Gospel  in  the  LoroVs  Supper. 

In  the  Hymnal  this  hymn  was  incorrectly  ac- 
credited to  the  Eev.  John  Charles  Kyle,  an  En- 
glish clergyman.  It  was  found  in  a  collection  ed- 
ited by  him,  entitled  Hymns  for  the  Church  on 
Earth. 

The  author  was  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Charles.  The 
whole  hymn  is  found  in  her  book,  entitled  TJie 
Three  Wakings,  ivith  Hymns  and  Songs.  London, 
1859. 

Ten  stanzas.  This  hymn  is  composed  of  the 
first,  third,  fourth,  eighth,  ninth,  and  tenth  verses. 
Unaltered. 

See  No.  205. 


844  7, 6i. 

TJie  memorial  feast  maintained. 

MANY  centuries  have  fled 
Since  our  Saviour  broke  the  bread, 
And  this  sacred  feast  ordained, 
Ever  by  his  Church  retained: 
Those  his  body  who  discern, 
Thus  shall  meet  till  his  return. 

2  Through  the  Church's  long  eclipse, 
When,  from  priest  or  pastor's  lips, 
Truth  divine  was  never  heard, — 
'Mid  the  famine  of  the  word, 

Still  these  symbols  witness  gave 
To  his  love  who  died  to  sav.e. 

3  All  who  bear  the  Saviour's  name, 
Here  their  common  faith  proclaim ; 
Though  diverse  in  tongue  or  rite, 
Here,  one  body,  we  unite ; 
Breaking  thus  one  mystic  bread, 
Members  of  one  common  Head. 

4  Come,  the  blessed  emblems  share, 
Which  the  Saviour's  death  declare ; 
Come,  on  truth  immortal  feed ; 
For  his  flesh  is  meat  indeed : 
Saviour,  witness  with  the  sign, 
That  our  ransomed  souls  are  thine. 

JOSIAH  CONDER. 

Title  :  Ye  do  show  the  Lord's  death  till  he  come. 
\  Cor.  xi,  26, 


It  is  unaltered,  except  the  first  line,  which  the 
author  wrote : 

"Eighteen  centuries  have  fled." 

From  The  Congregational  Hymn  Book.    A  Sup- 
lementto  Dr.  Watts's  Psalms  and  Hymns,  compiled 
y  Josiah  Conder.   London,  1836. 
Josiah  Conder,  the  author  of  two  of  the  hymns 
in  the  Hymnal,  (see  No.  134,)  was  born  in  London 
in  1798.   He  passed  a  busy  life  as  book-seller,  editor, 
and  author.    His  poetical  works  are  The  Star  in  the 
East,  1824;  The  Choir  and  the  Oratory,  1837;  and 
Hymns  of  Praise,  Prayer,  and  Devout  Meditation, 
1856.    This  work  was  not  published  until  after  the 
death  of  the  author,  in  1855. 


845        Till  He  come.  7,  61. 

umiLL  He  come:"  O  let  the  words 
I    Linger  on  the  trembling  chords  \ 
Let  the  little  while  between 
In  their  golden  light  be  seen ; 
Let  us  think  how  heaven  and  home 
Lie  beyond  that — "Till  he  come." 

2  When  the  weary  ones  we  love 
Enter  on  their  rest  above, 
Seems  the  earth  so  poor  and  vast, 
All  our  life- joy  overcast? 
Hush,  be  every  murmur  dumb ; 
It  is  only — "Till  he  come." 

3  See,  the  feast  of  love  is  spread, 
Drink  the  wine,  and  break  the  bread ; 
Sweet  memorials, — till  the  Lord 
Call  us  round  his  heavenly  board ; 
Some  from  earth,  from  glory  some, 
Severed  only — "  Till  he  come." 

EDWARD  H.  BICKERSTETH. 

Title  :  Ye  do  show  the  Lord's  death  till  he  come. 
1  Cor.  xi,  26. 

It  has  not  been  altered.  One  stanza,  the  third, 
has  been  omitted : 

3  "  Clouds  and  conflicts  round  us  press : 
Would  we  have  one  sorrow  less  ? 
All  the  sharpness  of  the  cross, 
All  that  tells  the  world  is  loss, 
Death,  and  darkness,  and  the  tomb, 
Only  whisper — "  Till  he  come." 

From  the  author's  Hymnal,  Companion  to  the 
Book  of  Common  Prayer,  1870. 
It  was  written  in  1861. 

The  Rev.  Edward  Henry  Bickersteth,  an  English 
clergyman,  was  born  in  London  in  1825,  and  was 
educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  graduating 
in  1847.  He  is  the  author  of  valuable  works  in 
prose  and  poetry.  Amoncr  the  last  is  Yesterday, 
To-day,  and  Forever,  which  is  well  known, 


328 


II T3IX  STUDIES. 


84:6        Our  Paschal  Lamb.  B.  M. 

LET  all  who  truly  bear 
The  bleeding  Saviour's  name, 
Their  faithful  hearts  with  us  prepare, 
And  eat  the  Paschal  Lamb. 

2  This  eucharistic  feast 
Our  every  want  supplies, 

And  still  we  by  his  death  are  blest, 
And  share  his  sacrifice. 

3  Who  thus  our  faith  employ, 
His  sufferings  to  record, 

E'en  now  we  mournfully  enjoy 
Communion  with  our  Lord. 

4  We  too  with  him  are  dead, 
And  shall  with  him  arise ; 

The  cross  on  which  he  bows  his  head 
Shall  lift  us  to  the  skies. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymn*  on  tTte  Lord's  Supper,  1745. 

The  original  has  four  eight-lined  stanzas.  These 
are  the  first  half  of  verses  one,  two,  and  three,  and 
the  last  half  of  the  fourth  stanza,  verbatim. 


847  Praise  to  our  victorious  King.  7. 

AT  the  Lamb's  high  feast  we  sing 
Praise  to  our  victorious  King, 
Who  hath  washed  us  in  the  tide 
Flowing  from  his  pierced  side ; 

2  Praise  we  him.  whose  love  divine 
Gives  his  sacred  blood  for  wine. 
Gives  his  body  for  the  feast, 
Christ  the  Victim.  Christ  the  Priest. 

3  Where  the  paschal  blood  is  poured. 
Death's  dark  angel  sheathes  his  sword; 
Israel's  hosts  triumphant  go 
Through  the  wave  that  drowns  the  foe. 

4  Praise  we  Christ,  whose  blood  was  shed. 
Paschal  Victim,  paschal  Bread ; 

With  sincerity  and  love 
Eat  we  manna  from  above. 

5  Mightv  Victim  from  the  skv ! 
Hell's  fierce  powers  beneath  thee  lie ; 
Thou  hast  conquered  in  the  fight, 
Thou  hast  brought  us  life  and  light : 

6  Now  no  more  can  death  appall, 
Now  no  more  the  grave  enthrall ; 
Thou  hast  opened  paradise, 
And  in  thee  thy  saints  shall  rise. 

ROMAS  BREVIARY.  TR.  BY  R.  CAMPBELL. 


A  translation  of  Ad  regias  Agni  dapes. 

The  original  has  four  eight-lined  stanzas :  these 
are  the  first  three,  somewhat  altered.  The  last  is 
as  follows : 

"Paschal  triumph,  Paschal  joy, 
Only  sin  can  this  destroy ; 
From  the  death  of  sin  set  free, 
Souls  reborn,  dear  Lord,  in  Thee. 
Hymns  of  glory,  songs  of  praise, 
Father,  unto  Thee  we  raise; 
Eisen  Lord,  all  praise  to  Thee 
Ever  with  the  spirit  be." 

From  Hymns  and  Anthems  For  Use  in  The  Holy 
Services  of  the  Church.    Edinburgh,  1850. 
For  biography  of  author,  see  No.  167. 


848  7. 

Discerning  the  Lord's  body. 

JEST'S,  all-redeeming  Lord, 
Magnify  thy  dying  word; 
In  thine  ordinance  appear ; 
Come,  and  meet  thy  followers  here. 

2  In  the  rite  thou  hast  enjoined, 
Let  us  now  our  Saviour  find ; 
Drink  thy  blood  for  sinners  shed. 
Taste  thee  in  the  broken  bread. 

3  Thou  our  faithful  hearts  prepare ; 
Thou  thy  pardoning  grace  declare ; 
Thou  that  hast  for  sinners  died, 
Show  thyself  the  Crucified! 

4  All  the  power  of  sin  remove ; 
Fill  us  with  thy  perfect  love ; 
Stamp  us  with  the  stamp  divine ; 
Seal  our  souls  forever  thine. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

• 

A  ppropriate  sacramental  hymns,  neither  too  frigid 
on  the  one  hand,  nor  too  sentimental  on  the  other, 
are  rare  indeed.    This  is  one  of  the  few. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

From  Hymns  on  the  Lord's  Supper,  by  John  and 
Charles  Wesley,  Presbyters  of  the  Church  of  En- 
gland.   Bristol,  1745. 


849        Angels' food.  7,6. 

0 BREAD  to  pilgrims  given, 
O  Food  that  angels  eat, 
O  Manna  sent  from  heaven, 

For  heaven- born  natures  meet, 
Give  us,  for  thee  long  pining, 

To  eat  till  richly  filled ; 
Till,  earth's  delights  resigning, 
Our  every  wish  is  stilled. 


HYMN  8  TUB  IE 8. 


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2  O  Water,  life  bestowing, 
From  out  the  Saviour's  heart, 

A  fountain  purely  flowing, 

A  fount  of  love  thou  art : 
O  let  us,  freely  tasting, 

Our  burning  thirst  assuage ; 
Thy  sweetness  never  wasting, 

Avails  from  age  to  age. 

3  Jesus,  this  feast  receiving, 
We  thee  unseen  adore ; 

Thy  faithful  word  believing, 
We  take,  and  doubt  no  more : 

Give  us,  thou  true  and  loving, 
On  earth  to  live  in  thee ; 

Then,  death  the  veil  removing, 
Thy  glorious  face  to  see. 

THOMAS  AQUINAS.   TR.  BY  R.  PALMER. 

The  original  of  the  hymn,  beginning  0  esca  viato- 
rum,  may  be  found  in  Daniel's  Thesaurus  Hym- 
nologicus,  vol.  ii,  p.  369. 

The  translation  was  contributed  to  the  Sabbath 
Hymn  Book,  1858. 

Thomas  Aquinas,  sometimes  called  the  Angelical 
Doctor,  was  born  at  Aquino,  in  the  kingdom  of 
Naples,  about  1225.  He  begun  his  education  at  the 
Monastery  of  Monte  Cassino,  and  completed  his 
studies  at  Cologne  and  Paris,  under  the  tuition  of 
the  celebrated  Albertus  Magnus.  His  life  was  de- 
voted to  teaching  theology  and  philosophy,  to  au- 
thorship and  preaching.  His  most  famous  work 
was  his  Summa  Theologian.  He  was  a  Dominican, 
and  the  founder  of  the  School  of  Thomists.  He 
died  in  1274. 


850  Until  He  come.  8,  8,  8,  4. 

BY  Christ  redeemed,  in  Christ  restored, 
We  keep  the  memory  adored, 
And  show  the  death  of  our  dear  Lord, 
Until  he  come. 

2  His  body  broken  in  our  stead 
Is  here,  in  this  memorial  bread ; 
And  so  our  feeble  love  is  fed, 

Until  he  come. 

3  His  fearful  drops  of  agony, 
His  life-blood  shed  for  us  we  see : 
The  wine  shall  tell  the  mystery, 

Until  he  come. 

4  And  thus  that  dark  betrayal  night, 
With  the  last  advent  we  unite — 
The  shame,  the  glory,  by  this  rite, 

Until  he  come. 

5  Until  the  trump  of  God  be  heard, 
Until  the  ancient  graves  be  stirred, 
And  with  the  great  commanding  word, 

The  Lord  shall  come. 


6  O  blessed  hope !  with  this  elate 
Let  not  our  hearts  be  desolate, 

in  patience  wait, 
Until  he  come. 

GEORGE  RAWSON. 


But  strong  in  faith, 


This  hymn  is  the  same  as  that  found  in  Baptist 
Psalms  and  Hymns,  1858,  where  it  is  dated  1857. 
It  was  afterward  altered  by  the  author. 

See  No.  499. 


M. 


851  l. 

Figure  and  means  of  saving  grace. 

AUTHOR  of  our  salvation,  thee, 
With  lowly,  thankful  hearts,  we  praise; 
Author  of  this  great  mystery, 

Figure  and  means  of  saving  grace. 

2  The  sacred,  true,  effectual  sign, 
Thy  body  and  thy  blood  it  shows ; 

The  glorious  instrument  divine, 

Thy  mercy  and  thy  strength  bestows. 

3  We  see  the  blood  that  seals  our  peace ; 
Thy  pardoning  mercy  we  receive ; 

The  bread  doth  visibly  express 

The  strength  through  which  our  spirits 
live. 

4  Our  spirits  drink  a  fresh  supply, 
And  eat  the  bread  so  freely  given, 

Till,  borne  on  eagle  wings,  we  fly, 

And  banquet  with  our  Lord  in  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymns  on  the  Lord's  Supper,  1745. 
It  is  unaltered  and  complete. 


852         Rejoicing  at  the  table.         L.  M. 

TO  Jesus,  our  exalted  Lord, 
The  name  by  heaven  and  earth  adored, 
Fain  would  our  hearts  and  voices  raise 
A  cheerful  song  of  sacred  praise. 

2  But  all  the  notes  which  mortals  know, 
Are  weak,  and  languishing,  and  low ; 
Far,  far  above  our  humble  songs, 

The  theme  demands  immortal  tongues. 

3  Yet  while  around  his  board  we  meet, 
And  humbly  worship  at  his  feet, 

O  let  our  warm  affections  move, 
In  glad  returns  of  grateful  love. 

4  Let  humble,  penitential  woe, 
In  tears  of  godly  sorrow  flow; 
And  thy  forgiving  smiles  impart 
Life,  hope,  and  joy  to  every  heart. 

ANNE  STEELE,  ALT. 


* 


330  HYMN 


Title :    Communion  with  Christ  at  his  Table. 
Tliree  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original. 
Verse  one,  line  two  : 

"  Dear  name,  by  heaven  and  earth  adored." 

Verse  three,  line  two : 

"  And  worship  at  his  glorious  feet." 

Verse  four,  Hue  two  : 

"  With  painful,  pleasing  anguish  flow." 

There  will  be  a  difference  of  opinion  as  to  whether 
these  changes  are  improvements  or  not.  Two  stau- 
zas,  the  fourth  and  fifth,  are  omitted : 

4  "  Yes,  Lord,  we  love  and  we  adore, 
But  long  to  know  and  love  thee  more  ; 
And  while  we  taste  the  bread  and  wine, 
Desire  to  feed  on  joys  divine. 

5  "Let  faith  our  feeble  senses  aid, 
To  see  thy  wondrous  love  displayed, 
Thy  broken  flesh,  thy  bleeding  veins, 
Thy  dreadful  agonizing  pains." 

This  is  a  valuable  hymn.  The  second  and  last 
stanzas  are  especially  fine. 

From  the  author's  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly  De- 
votional. London,  1700. 

See  Xo.  63. 


853       The  heavenly  banquet.  8,  7. 

JESUS  spreads  his  banner  o'er  us, 
Cheers  our  famished  souls  with  food ; 
He  the  banquet  spreads  before  us, 

Of  his  mystic  flesh  and  blood. 
Precious  banquet  ;  bread  of  heaven; 

Wine  of  gladness,  flowing  free ; 
May  we  taste  it,  kindly  given, 
In  remembrance,  Lord,  of  thee. 

2  In  thy  holy  incarnation, 

"When  the  angels  sang  thy  birth; 
In  thy  fasting  and  temptation ; 

In  thy  labors  on  the  earth ; 
In  thy  trial  and  rejection; 

In  thy  sufferings  on  the  tree ; 
In  thy  glorious  resurrection ; 

May  we,  Lord,  remember  thee. 

ROSWELL  PARK. 

These  are  the  second  and  third  verses,  verbatim, 
of  a  hymn  of  six  stanzas,  entitled  The  Communion. 

The  introduction  to  this  hymn  is  found  in  the 
author's  first  stanza.  In  some  churches  the  con- 
gregation  is  dismissed  before  the  communion  serv- 
ice : 

1  "  While  the  sons  of  earth  retiring, 

From  the  sacred  temple  roam  ; 
Lord,  thy  light  and  love  desiring, 

To  thine  altar  fain  we  come. 


STUDIES. 


Children  of  our  Heavenly  Father, 
Friends  and  brethren  would  we  be ; 

While  we  round  thy  table  gather, 
May  our  hearts  be  one  in  thee." 

The  Rev.  Eoswell  Park  was  born  in  Connecticut 
in  1807.  He  received  a  military  education,  gradu- 
ating at  West  Point  in  1831,  and  served  several 
years  in  the  U.  S.  Engineer  Corps. 

In  1842  he  began  to  study  theology,  and  soon 
after  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church.  In  1852  he  became  President  of  Pa- 
cine  College,  Wisconsin.  In  1863  he  founded  a 
school  in  Chicago,  where  he  died  in  1869.  He  was 
the  author  of  a  volume,  entitled  Selections  of  Ju- 
venile and  Jfiscellaneous  Poei/ts.  Written  or  Trans- 
lated.   Philadelphia,  1836. 


854  The  Spirit's  quicTcening  influences.  8,  7. 

COME,  thou  everlasting  Spirit, 
Bring  to  every  thankful  mind 
All  the  Saviour's  dying  merit, 

All  his  suff erings  for  mankind ; 
True  Recorder  of  his  passion, 

Now  the  living  faith  impart ; 
Nowr  reveal  his  great  salvation 
Unto  every  faithful  heart. 

2  Come,  thou  Witness  of  his  d}ing; 

Come,  Remembrancer  divine ; 
Let  us  feel  thy  power  applying 

Christ  to  every  soul,  and  mine; 
Let  us  groan  thy  inward  groaning; 

Look  on  him  we  pierced,  and  grieve ; 
All  partake  the  grace  atoning, 

All  the  sprinkled  blood  receive. 

CHAELES  WESLEY. 

Published  without  title  in  Hymns  on  the  Lord's 
Supper,  1745. 
The  author  wrote  the  last  line  of  the  first  stanza : 

"  Pi'each  His  gospel  to  our  heart ; " 

and  the  seventh  line  of  the  last  stanza : 
"  All  receive  the  grace  atoning." 

These  changes  were  made  by  the  editors  of  the 
hymn  book  in  1S49. 


855        Bless  us  in  parting.  8,  7,  4. 

NOW  in  parting,  Father,  bless  us ; 
Saviour,  still  thy  peace  bestow; 
Gracious  Comforter,  be  with  us. 
As  we  from  thy  table  go. 

Bless  us,  bless  us, 
Father,  Son,  and  Spirit  now. 


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2  Bless  us  here,  while  still  as  strangers 
Onward  to  our  home  we  move ; 

Bless  us  with  eternal  blessings, 
In  our  Father's  house  above, 

Ever,  ever 
Dwelling  in  the  light  of  love. 

HORATITJS  BONAR. 

Author's  title:  Post- Communion  Hymn.  It  is 
well  adapted  for  such  use  as  the  title  suggests. 

From  Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope,  third  series, 
1866. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  426. 


856  Christ  the  Head  and  Corner  Stone.  8,  7. 

CHRIST  is  made  the  sure  Foundation, 
Christ  the  Head  and  Corner  Stone, 
Chosen  of  the  Lord,  and  precious, 

Binding  all  the  Church  in  one, 
Holy  Zion's  help  forever, 
And  her  confidence  alone. 

2  To  this  temple,  where  we  call  thee, 
Come,  O  Lord  of  hosts,  to-day ; 

With  thy  wonted  loving-kindness, 
Hear  thy  servants  as  they  pray; 

And  thy  fullest  benediction 
Shed  within  its  walls  alway. 

3  Here  vouchsafe  to  all  thy  servants 
What  they  ask  of  thee  to  gain, 

What  they  gain  from  thee  forever 

With  the  blessed  to  retain, 
And  hereafter  in  thy  glory 

Evermore  with  thee  to  reign. 

FROM  THE  LATIN. 
TR.  BY  J.  M.  NEALE. 

The  author  of  the  hymn  in  Latin  is  unknown. 
Dr.  John  Mason  Neale  published  his  translation  in 
The  Hymnal  Noted,  1851.  This  was  altered  by  the 
editors  of  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,  1861. 

Original  lines,  verse  one,  lines  two,  three,  and 
four: 

"  And  the 'precious  Corner-stone 
Who  the  two-fold  walls  surmounting. 
Binds  them  closely  into  one." 

Verse  two,  lines  four  and  six  : 

"  Hear  thy  people  as  they  pray." 
"  Shed  within  its  walls/or  aye." 

Verse  three,  lines  two,  three,  and  four : 

"  That  they  supplicate  to  gain 

Here  to  have  and  hold  forever 
Those  good  things  their  prayers  obtain." 


Verse  three,  line  six  : 

"  With  thy  blessed  ones  to  reign." 

Two  stanzas,  the  second  and  fifth,  of  the  trans- 
lator, have  been  omitted. 
For  biographical  sketch  of  Dr.  JNTeale,  see  No.  199. 


857    Christ,  the  Corner-stone.  7, 

ON  this  stone,  now  laid  with  prayer, 
Let  thy  church  rise,  strong  and  fair; 
Ever,  Lord,  thy  name  be  known, 
Where  we  lay  this  corner-stone. 

2  Let  thy  holy  Child,  who  came 
Man  from  error  to  reclaim, 
And  for  sinners  to  atone, 

Bless,  with  thee,  this  corner-stone. 

3  May  thy  Spirit  here  give  rest 
To  the  heart  by  sin  oppressed, 
And  the  seeds  of  truth  be  sown, 
Where  we  lay  this  corner-stone. 

4  Open  wide,  O  God,  thy  door, 
For  the  outcast  and  the  poor, 
Who  can  call  no  house  their  own, 
Where  we  lay  this  corner-stone. 

5  By  wise  master-builders  squared, 
Here  be  living  stones  prepared 
For  the  temple  near  thy  throne, — 
Jesus  Christ  its  Corner-stone. 

JOHN  PIERPONT. 

Written  for,  and  first  sung  at,  the  laying  of  the 
corner-stone  of  the  Suffolk  Street  Chapel",  in  Boston, 
for  the  ministry  to  the  poor,  May  23,  1839. 

This  hymn  has  a  Trinitarian  cast,  which  has 
been  given  to  it  largely  by  changes  of  the  text. 
The  second  stanza  the  author  wrote  thus  : 

"  Let  thy  £  holy  child '  who  came 
Man  from  error  to  reclaim, 
And  the  sinner  to  atone, 
With  thee,  bless  this  Corner  Stone." 

The  next  stanza  is  made  up  of  verses  three  and 
four  of  the  author : 

3  "  Let  the  spirit  from  above, 
That  once  hovered  like  a  dove 
O'er  the  Jordan,  hither  flown 
Hover  o'er  this  Corner  Stone. 

4  "  In  the  sinner's  troubled  breast, 
In  the  heart  by  care  oppressed, 
Let  the  seeds  of  truth  be  sown 
Where  we've  laid  this  Corner  Stone." 

The  words  "  comer-stone  "  in  the  original  begin 
with  capital  letters;  the  words  "Child"  and 
"  Spirit "  with  small  letters.  This  may  illustrate 
the  genius  of  Unitarianism.  From  Airs  of  Pales' 
tine  and,  Other  Poems.    Boston,  1840. 

See  No.  36. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


858  Prayer  and  praise.  ht 

LORD  of  hosts !  to  thee  we  raise 
Here  a  house  of  prayer  and  praise 
Thou  thy  people's  hearts  prepare, 
Here  to  meet  for  praise  and  prayer. 


2 


Let  the  living  here  be  fed 


With  thy  word,  the  heavenly  bread: 
Here,  in  hope  of  glory  blest, 
May  the  dead  be  laid  to  rest. 

3  Here  to  thee  a  temple  stand, 
While  the  sea  shall  gird  the  land: 
Here  reveal  thy  mercy  sure, 
While  the  sun  and  moon  endure. 

4  Hallelujah !  earth  and  sky 
To  the  joyful  sound  reply : 
Hallelujah !  hence  ascend 

Prayer  and  praise  till  time  shall  end. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

The  original  title  was  :  On  Opening  a  Place  for 
Worship. 

A  very  appropriate  dedication  hymn  from  Hie 
Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 
It  is  unaltered  and  complete. 
For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  5 


859       Laying  the  foundation.         L.  M. 

OLORD  of  hosts,  whose  glory  fills 
The  bounds  of  the  eternal  hills, 
And  yet  vouchsafes,  in  Christian  lands, 
To  dwell  in  temples  made  with  hands. 

2  Grant  that  all  we  who  here  to-day 
Rejoicing  this  foundation  lay, 

May  be  in  very  deed  thine  own, 
Built  on  the  precious  Corner-stone. 

3  Endue  the  creatures  with  thy  grace 
That  shall  adorn  thy  dwelling-place ; 
The  beauty  of  the  oak  and  pine, 
The  gold  and  silver  make  them  thine. 

4  To  thee  they  all  pertain ;  to  thee 
The  treasures  of  the  earth  and  sea ; 
And  when  we  bring  them  to  thy  throne 
We  but  present  thee  with  thine  own. 

5  The  heads  that  guide  endue  with  skill; 
The  hands  that  work  preserve  from  ill ; 
That  we,  who  these  foundations  lay, 
May  raise  the  topstone  in  its  day. 

J.  MASON  NEALE. 
Title :  Laying  the  First  Stone  of  a  Church, 


"  The  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  come  unto  thee, 
the  fir-tree,  the  pine-tree,  and  the  box  together,  to 


beautify  the  place  of  my  sanctuary." 
There  is  one  additional  stanza  : 


Isa.  lx,  13. 


6  "Both  now  and  ever,  Lord,  protect 
The  temple  of  Thine  own  elect  • 
Be  Thou  in  them,  and  they  in  Thee 
0  Ever-blessed  Teinity  !    Amen ! 

See  No.  199. 

Dr.  John  Mason  Neale's  name  is  found  in  this 
Hymnal  in  connection  with  ten  hymns.  The  others 
are  translations;  this  is  original,  and  shows  that 
he  could  compose  successfully  as  well  as  translate 
successfully. 

The  author  wrote  "  belong  "  instead  of  "pertain  " 
in  verse  four,  line  one ;  and  the  first  part  of  the 
fifth  verse : 

"  Endue  the  heads  that  guide  with  skill, 
Preserve  the  hands  that  work  from  ill." 

From  Hymns  for  the  Young  ;  a  second  series  of 
Hymns  for  Children. 
London,  1854. 


860  Jehovah) 's  presence.  L.  M. 

NOT  heaven's  wide  range  of  hallowed 
space 

Jehovah's 'presence  can  confine; 
Nor  angels'  claims  restrain  his  grace, 
Whose  glories  through  creation  shine. 

2  It  beamed  on  Eden's  guilty  days, 

And  traced  redemption's  wondrous  plan ; 
From  Calvary,  in  brightest  rays, 
It  glowed  to  guide  benighted  man. 

3  Its  sacred  shrine  it  fixes  there, 
Where  two  or  three  are  met  to  raise 

Their  holy  hands  in  humble  prayer, 
Or  tune  their  hearts  to  grateful  praise. 

4  Be  this,  O  Lord,  that  honored  place, 
The  house  of  God,  the  gate  of  heaven ; 

And  may  the  fullness  of  thy  grace 
To  all  who  here  shall  meet  be  given. 

5  And  hence,  in  spirit,  may  we  soar 
To  those  bright  courts  where  seraphs 

bend; 

With  awe  like  theirs,  on  earth  adore, 
Till  with  their  anthems  ours  shall  blend. 

UNKNOWN. 

This  hymn  first  appeared  in  the  hymn  book  in 
1849.  It  was  taken  from  the  Wesley  an  Magazine. 
I  have  not  been  able  to  learn  any  thing  more  con- 
cerning it. 


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861  God's  guardian  presence.  L.  M. 

THIS  stone  to  thee  in  faith  we  lay ; 
To  thee  this  temple,  Lord,  we  build ; 
Thy  power  and  goodness  here  display, 
And  be  it  with  thy  presence  filled. 

2  Here,  when  thy  people  seek  thy  face, 
And  dying  sinners  pray  to  live, 

Hear  thou  in  heaven,  thy  dwelling-place, 
And  when  thou  hearest,  Lord,  forgive ! 

3  Here,  when  thy  messengers  proclaim 
The  blessed  gospel  of  thy  Son, 

Still,  by  the  power  of  his  great  name, 
Be  mighty  signs  and  wonders  done. 

4  But  will  indeed  Jehovah  deign 
Here  to  abide,  no  transient  guest  ? 

Here  will  the  world's  Redeemer  reign  ? 
And  here  the  Holy  Spirit  rest  ? 

5  Thy  glory  never  hence  depart ; 

Yet  choose  not,  Lord,  this  house  alone; 
Thy  kingdom  come  to  every  heart, 
In  every  bosom  fix  thy  throne. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

The  author's  title  was :  On  Laying  the  Founda- 
tion Stone  of  a  Place  for  Worship.  That  place  of 
worship  was  St.  George's  Church,  Sheffield,  the 
corner-stone  of  which  was  laid  July  9,  1821. 

The  first  verse  has  been  improved  by  some  one. 
The  author  wrote  it  l^hus  : 

"  This  stone  to  Thee  in  faith  we  lay  ; 

We  build  the  temple,  Lord,  to  Thee  ; 
TJane  eye  be  open  night  and  day, 

To  guard  this  house  and  sanctuary.'1'' 

Montgomery  was  very  sensitive  to  any  change  in 
his  lines ;  but,  if  he  were  still  living,  he  could  not 
but  be  grateful  to  the  editor  who  put  some  rhyme 
and  sense  into  this  stanza. 

The  author  wrote  "6>"  instead  of  "Lord"  in 
the  last  lines  of  the  second  stanza,  and  began  the 
last  verse  with  uThat  glory,"  etc. 

The  fourth  stanza  is  omitted : 

4  "  Hosannah !  to  their  heavenly  King, 
When  children's  voices  raise  that  song; 

Hosannah  !  let  their  angels  sing, 

And  heaven,  with  earth,  the  strain  prolong." 

From  TJie  Christian  Psalmist.  1825. 
See  No.  5. 


862  l.m. 

The  earthly  and  the  heavenly  temple. 

ENTER  thy  temple,  glorious  King ! 
And  write  thy  name  upon  its  shrine, 
Thy  peace  to  shed,  thy  joy  to  bring, 
And  seal  its  courts  forever  thine. 


2  Abide  with  us,  O  Lord,  we  pray, 

Our  strength,  our  comfort,  and  our  light ; 
Sun  of  our  joy's  unclouded  day ! 
Star  of  our  sorrow's  troubled  night ! 

3  If  from  thy  paths  our  souls  should  stray, 
Yet  turn  to  seek  thy  pardoning  grace, 

Cast  not  our  contrite  prayer  away, 

But  hear  from  heaven,  thy  dwelling-place. 

4  Grant  us  to  walk  in  peace  and  love, 
And  find,  at  last,  some  humble  place 

In  that  great  temple  built  above, 

Where  dwell  thy  saints  before  thy  face. 

MRS.  EMILY  H.  MILLER. 

This  hymn  was  written  for  the  dedication  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  Akron,  Ohio,  1872. 

Mrs.  Emily  Huntington  Miller  is  better  known 
as  a  writer  of  Sunday-school  books.  She  is  also 
the  author  of  a  large  number  of  hymns  and  poems 
contributed  to  periodicals. 


863      ^4  humble  offering  to  Jehovah.    L.  M. 

THE  perfect  world,  by  Adam  trod, 
Was  the  first  temple,  built  by  God ; 
His  fiat  laid  the  corner-stone, 
And  heaved  its  pillars  one  by  one. 

2  He  hung  its  starry  roof  on  high, 
The  broad  expanse  of  azure  sky ; 

He  spread  its  pavement,  green  and  bright, 
And  curtained  it  with  morning  light. 

3  The  mountains  in  their  places  stood, 
The  sea,  the  sky ;  and  all  was  good ; 
And  when  its  first  pure  praises  rang, 
"The  morning  stars  together  sang." 

4  Lord,  'tis  not  ours  to  make  the  sea, 
And  earth,  and  sky,  a  house  for  thee ; 
But  in  thy  sight  our  offering  stands, 

A  humbler  temple,  "made  with  hands." 

NATHANIEL  P.  WILLIS. 
Title :  Dedication  Hymn. 

It  was  written  to  be  sung  at  the  consecration  of 
Hanover  Street  Church,  Boston.  Most  verses, 
written  to  order,  are  measured  prose  of  the  heaviest 
species ;  but  this  is  poetry  of  a  lofty  type — indeed, 
it  is  more  poem  than  hymn. 

The  second  line  of  the  second  stanza  the  author 
wrote : 

"  The  broad  illimitable  sky." 

This  has  been  changed  for  the  better. 

From  the  author's  Sacred  Poems. 

Nathaniel  Parker  Willis  was  born  at  Portland, 
Me.,  in  1807;  prepared  for  college  in  the  Boston 
Latin  School,  and  was  graduated,  at  Yale  in  1827. 
Mr.  Willis  devoted  himself  to  literature  as  a  profes- 
sion, and  with  rare  success.    He  lived  until  1867. 


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8(34  Seeking  a  tabernacle.  L.  M. 

WHEN  to  the  exiled  seer  were  given 
Those  rapturous  views   of  highest 
heaven, 

All  glorious  though  the  visions  were, 
Yet  he  beheld  no  temple  there. 

2  The  new  Jerusalem  on  high 
Hath  one  pervading  sanctity; 

No  sin  to  mourn,  no  grief  to  mar, 
God  and  the  Lamb  its  temple  are. 

3  But  we,  frail  sojourners  below, 
The  pilgrim  heirs  of  guilt  and  woe, 
Must  seek  a  tabernacle  where 

Our  scattered  souls  may  blend  in  prayer. 

4  O  Thou,  who  o'er  the  cherubim 
Didst  shine  in  glories  veiled  and  dim, 
With  purer  light  our  temple  cheer, 
And  dwell  in  unveiled  glory  here. 

GEORGE  ROBINSON. 
Title :  The  New  Jerusalem. 

Contributed  to  Original  Hymns,  edited  by  the 
Eev.  J.  Leifchild,  D.D.,  1843. 
The  author  wrote,  verse  one,  line  two  : 

"A  rapturous  foregaze  into  heaven." 

The  fourth  and  sixth  stanzas  have  been  omitted  : 

4  "  "We  praise  the  Lord,  who  deigns  to  bless 
His  chosen  in  the  wilderness ; 
And  in  unfailing  love  imparts 
The  hidden  manna  to  their  hearts." 

6  "Eisen,  enthroned,  and  pleading  Priest ! 
On  us,  the  lowliest  and  the  least," 
Thy  choicest  blessing  now  confer, 
The  Paraclete,  the  Comforter." 

The  author  was'  an  Englishman,  who  contributed 
fiv«  hymns  to  Dr.  Leifchild's  book  in  1843. 


865        Invoicing  God' 's  presence.      H.  M. 

GREAT  King  of  glory,  come, 
And  with  thy  favor  crown 
This  temple  as  thy  home, 
This  people  as  thine  own: 
Beneath  this  roof,  O  deign  to  show 
How  God  can  dwell  with  men  below. 

2  Here  may  thine  ears  attend 

Our  interceding  cries, 
And  grateful  praise  ascend, 
Like  incense  to  the  skies: 
Here  may  thy  word  melodious  sound, 
And  spread  celestial  joys  around. 


3  Here  may  our  unborn  sons 

And  daughters  sound  thy  praise, 
And  shine,  like  polished  stones, 

Through  long-succeeding  days: 
Here,  Lord,  display  thy  saving  power, 
While  temples  stand  and  men  adore 

4  Here  may  the  listening  throng 
Receive  thy  truth  in  love ; 

Here  Christians  join  the  song 
Of  seraphim  above; 
Till  all,  who  humbly  seek  thy  face, 
Rejoice  in  thy  abounding  grace. 

BENJAMIN  FRANCIS,  ALT. 

Title  :  On  Opening  a  Place  of  Worship. 
The  first  two  stanzas  have  been  omitted : 

1  "In  sweet,  exalted  strains 
The  King  of  Glory  praise ; 

O'er  heaven  and  earth  he  reigns 
Thro'  everlasting  days ; 
He,  with  a  nod,  the  world  controls, 
Sustains  or  sinks  the  distant  poles. 

2  "  To  earth  he  bends  his  throne, 
His  throne  of  grace  divine ; 

Wide  is  his  bounty  known, 
And  wide  his  glories  shine : 
Fair  Salem  still  his  chosen  rest 
Is  with  his  smiles  and  presence  blest." 

3  "  Then  King  of  Glory  come,"  etc. 

Verse  two,  line  four,  was  written : 
"  All  fragrant  to  the  skies." 

The  last  two  stanzas  have  changed  places,  and 
several  verbal  changes  have  been  made  in  the  last. 
The  author  wrote  it : 

"Here  may  the  attentive  throng 

Imbibe  thy  truth  and  love, 
And  converts  join  the  song 
Of  seraphim  above ; 
And  willing  crowds  surround  the  board, 
With  sacred  joy  and  sweet  accord." 

The  Eev.  Benjamin  Francis  was  born  in  Wales 
in  1734 ;  was  educated  at  Bristol  College,  and  in 
1758  was  ordained  pastor  of  a  Baptist  church  in 
Gloucestershire,  where  he  remained  until  his  death, 
in  1799. 

He  was  a  faithful  and  successful  minister.  His 
church  was  enlarged  three  times  during  his  long 
pastorate  of  forty-one  years. 

This  hymn  was  written  for  a  re-opening  of  his 
church  in  1774.  The  original  was  contributed  to 
Rippon's  Selection,  1787. 


8  6  6    Dedication  of  a  hall  of  science      L.  M. 

THE  Lord  our  God  alone  is  strong; 
His  hands  build  not  for  one  brief  day ; 
His  wondrous  works,  through  ages  long, 
His  wisdom  and  his  power  display. 


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2  His  mountains  lift  their  solemn  forms, 
To  watch  in  silence  o'er  the  land; 

The  rolling  ocean,  rocked  with  storms, 
Sleeps  in  the  hollow  of  his  hand. 

3  Beyond  the  heavens  he  sits  alone, 
The  universe  obeys  his  nod; 

The  lightning-rifts  disclose  his  throne, 
And  thunders  voice  the  name  of  God. 

4  Thou  sovereign  God,  receive  this  gift 
Thy  willing  servants  offer  thee ; 

Accept  the  prayers  that  thousands  lift, 
And  let  these  halls  thy  temple  be. 

5  And  let  those  learn,  who  here  shall  meet, 
True  wisdom  is  with  reverence  crowned, 

And  Science  walks  with  humble  feet 
To  seek  the  God  that  Faith  hath  found. 

CALEB  T.  WINCHESTER. 

This  hymn  was  written  in  1871,  to  be  sung  at 
the  dedication  of  the  Orange  Judd  Hall  of  Natural 
Science,  Wesleyan  University,  Middletown,  Conn. 

Caleb  Thomas  Winchester,  M.A.,  Professor  of 
Khetoric  and  English  Literature  in  Wesleyan  Uni- 
versity, Middletown,  Conn.,  was  bora  in  1847. 
He  is  a  graduate  of  Wesleyan  class  of  1869. 


867         The  tokens  of  His  grace.        L.  M. 

AND  will  the  great  eternal  God 
On  earth  establish  his  abode? 
And  will  he,  from  his  radiant  throne, 
Accept  our  temples  for  his  own? 

2  These  walls  we  to  thy  honor  raise ; 
Long  may  they  echo  with  thy  praise : 
And  thou,  descending,  fill  the  place 
With  choicest  tokens  of  thy  grace. 

3  Here  let  the  great  Kedeemer  reign, 
With  all  the  graces  of  his  train ; 
While  power  divine  his  word  attends, 
To  conquer  foes,  and  cheer  his  friends. 

4  And  in  the  great  decisive  day, 
When  God  the  nations  shall  survey, 
May  it  before  the  world  appear 
That  crowds  were  born  to  glory  here. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title  :  The  Church  the  Birth-place  of  the  Saints  ; 
and,  God's  Care  of  It. 

One  word  has  been  altered.  The  author  wrote 
verse  one,  line  four : 

"  Avow  our  temples  for  his  own." 


The  second  and  third  stanzas  of  the  original  are 
omitted : 

2  "  We  bring  the  Tribute  of  our  Praise, 
And  sing  that  condescending  Grace, 
Which  to  our  Notes  will  lend  an  Ear, 
And  call  us  sinful  Mortals  near. 

3  "  Our  Father's  watchful  Care  we  bless 
Which  guards  our  Synagogues  in  Peace, 
That  no  tumultuous  Foes  invade, 

To  till  our  Worshipers  with  Dread." 

The  Scripture  basis  of  this  valuable  dedication 
hymn  is  Psalm  lxxxvii,  5  : 

"  And  of  Zion  it  shall  be  said,  This  and  that 
man  was  born  in  her:  and  the  Highest  himself 
shall  establish  her." 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures.    London,  1755. 
Sec  No.  78. 


868  n. 

Where  is  the  house  that  ye  build  unto  Me  ? 
Isa.  lxvi,  1. 

WE  rear  not  a  temple,  like  Judah's  of  old, 
Whose  portals  were  marble,  whose 
vaultings  were  gold; 
No  incense  is   lighted,    no   victims  are 
slain, 

No  monarch  kneels  praying  to  hallow  the 
fane. 

2  More  simple  and  lowly  the  walls  that  we 

raise, 

And  humbler  the  pomp  of  procession  and 
praise, 

Where  the  heart  is  the  altar  whence  incense 
shall  roll, 

And  Messiah  the  King  who  shall  pray  for 
the  soul. 

3  O  Father,    come  in!   but  not  in  the 

cloud 

Which  filled  the  bright  courts  where  thy 

chosen  ones  bowed ; 
But  come  in  that   Spirit  of  glory  and 
grace, 

Which  beams  on  the  soul  and  illumines  the 
race. 

4  O  come  in  the  power  of  thy  life-giving 

word, 

And  reveal  to  each  heart  its  Redeemer  and 
Lord ; 

Till  faith  bring  the  peace  to  the  penitent 
given, 

And  love  fill  the  air  with  the  fragrance  of 
heaven. 

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HYMN  STUDIES. 


5  The  pomp  of  Moriah  has  long  passed  away, 
And  soon  shall  our  frailer  erection  decay ; 
But  the  souls  that  are  builded  in  worship 
and  love 

Shall  be  temples  to  God,  everlasting  above. 

HENRY  WARE,  JR. 

The  author's  title  to  this  little  poem  is  :  Hymn, 
For  the  Dedication  of  a  Church.    April,  1839. 

Unaltered  and  entire  from  the  author's  Miscella- 
neous Writings,  vol.  i.    Boston,  1846. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  227. 


869  Dedication  Hymn  C.  M. 

OTHOU,  whose  own  vast  temple  stands, 
Built  over  earth  and  sea, 
Accept  the  walls  that  human  hands 
Have  raised  to  worship  thee ! 

2  Lord,  from  thine  inmost  glory  send, 
Within  these  courts  to  bide, 

The  peace  that  dwelleth  without  end, 
Serenely  by  thy  side ! 

3  May  erring  minds  that  worship  here 
Be  taught  the  better  way ; 

And  they  who  mourn,  and  they  who  fear, 
Be  strengthened  as  they  pray. 

4  May  faith  grow  firm,  and  love  grow 

warm, 
And  pure  devotion  rise, 
While  round  these  hallowed  walls  the  storm 
Of  earthborn  passion  dies. 

WILLIAM  C.  BRYANT. 

This  version  of  the  hymn  is  found  in  The 
Plymouth  Collection,  1855,  and  differs  in  several 
lines  from  that  found  in  the  author's  volume  Of 
Hymns,  1864. 

"  How  Amiable  are  Thy  Tabernacles  !  " 

"  Thou,  whose  unmeasured  temple  stands, 

Built  over  earth  and  sea, 
Accept  the  walls  that  human  hands 

Have  raised,  Oh  God !  to  thee. 

"  And  let  the  Comforter  and  Friend, 

Thy  Holy  Spirit;  meet 
With  those  -who  here  in  worship  bend 

Before  thy  mercy- seat. 

"  May  they  who  err  be  guided  here 

To  find  the  better  way, 
And  they  who  mourn,  and  they  who  fear 

Be  strengthened  as  they  pray. 

"  May  faith  grow  firm,  and  love  grow  warm, 

And  hallowed  wishes  rise, 
While  round  these  peaceful  walls  the  storm 

Of  earth-born  passion  dies." 


This  hymn  was  written  originally  for  the  dedi- 
cation of  a  church  in  Prince  Street,  New  York  city. 
Whether  the  changes  were  made  by  the  author  or 
by  some  hymn  editor,  I  cannot  say. 

See  No.  201. 


870  Blessings  entreated.  CM. 

OGOD,  though  countless  worlds  of  light 
Thy  power  and  glory  show, 
Though  round  thy  throne,  above  all  height, 
Immortal  seraphs  glow, — 

2  Yet,  Lord,  where'er  thy  saints  apart 
Are  met  for  praise  and  prayer, 

Wherever  sighs  a  contrite  heart, 
Thou,  gracious  God,  art  there. 

3  With  grateful  joy,  thy  children  rear 
This  temple,  Lord,  to  thee ; 

Long  may  they  sing  thy  praises  here, 
And  here  thy  beauty  see. 

4  Here,  Saviour,  deign  thy  saints  to  meet ; 
With  peace  their  hearts  to  fill ; 

And  here,  like  Sharon's  odors  sweet, 
May  grace  divine  distill. 

5  Here  may  thy  truth  fresh  triumphs  win ; 
Eternal  Spirit,  here, 

In  many  a  heart  now  dead  in  sin, 
A  living  temple  rear. 

J.  D.  KNOWLES. 

This  hymn  was  written  for  the  dedication  of 
some  church  about  1835,  and  was  published  in  The 
Psalmist,  1843. 

The  second  stanza  has  been  omitted : 

2  "  Yet  oft  to  men  of  ancient  time 

Thy  glorious  presence  came, 
And  in  Moriah's  fane  sublime 

Thou  didst  record  thy  name." 

The  first  line  of  the  next  stanza,  the  second  of 
the  hymn,  was : 

"  And  now  where'er  thy  saints  apart." 

The  Eev.  James  Davis  Knowles  was  a  native  of 
Ehode  Island,  born  in  Providence  in  1798.  He  was 
graduated  at  Columbia  College  in  1824;  and  was 
ordained  and  installed  pastor  of  the  Second  Baptist 
Church,  Boston,  in  1825.  In  1832  he  resigned  his 
pastorate  and  became  Professor  of  Pastoral  Theol- 
ogy and  Sacred  Bhetoric  in  the  Newton  Theolog- 
ical Seminary.    He  died  in  1838. 


871    The  honor  and  safety  of  a  nation.    S.  M. 

GREAT  is  the  Lord  our  God, 
And  let  his  praise  be  great ; 
He  makes  his  churches  his  abode, 
His  most  delighted  seat. 


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2  These  temples  of  his  grace, 
How  beautiful  they  stand ! 

The  honors  of  our  native  place, 
And  bulwarks  of  our  land. 

3  In  Zion  God  is  known, 
A  refuge  in  distress ; 

How  bright  has  his  salvation  shone 
Through  all  her  palaces ! 

4  In  every  new  distress 
We'll  to  his  house  repair ; 

We'll  think  upon  his  wondrous  grace, 
And  seek  deliverance  there. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  title :  The  Church  is  the  Honor  and 
Safety  of  a  Nation. 

It  is  founded  on  the  first  part  of  Psalm  xlviii. 

Three  stanzas,  the  fourth,  fifth,  and  sixth,  have 
been  omitted : 

4  "  When  kings  against  her  joined, 
And  saw  the  Lord  was  there, 

In  wild  confusion  of  the  mind 
They  fied  with  hasty  fear. 

5  "  When  navies  tall  and  proud 
Attempt  to  spoil  our  peace, 

He  sends  his  tempest  roaring  loud 
And  sinks  them  in  the  seas. 

6  "Oft  have  our  fathers  told, 
Our  eyes  have  often  seen, 

How  well  our  God  secures  the  fold 
Where  his  own  sheep  have  been." 

In  the  second  of  these  omitted  stanzas,  the 
author  probably  refers  to  the  destruction  of  the 
Spanish  Armada  in  1588. 

The  hymn  has  not  been  altered. 

From  The  Psalms  of  David  Imitated  in  the  lan- 
guage of  the  New  Testament,  1719. 


872     For  the  Shepherd's  care.     8,  7,  4. 

SAVIOUR,  like  a  shepherd  lead  us, 
Much  we  need  thy  tenderest  care; 
In  thy  pleasant  pastures  feed  us, 
For  our  use  thy  folds  prepare : 

Blessed  Jesus, 
Thou  hast  bought  us,  thine  we  are. 

2  We  are  thine,  do  thou  befriend  us, 

Be  the  guardian  of  our  way; 
Keep  thy  flock,  from  sin  defend  us, 
Seek  us  when  we  go  astray : 

Blessed  Jesus, 
Hear,  O  hear  us,  when  we  pray. 
22 


3  Thou  hast  promised  to  receive  us, 
Poor  and  sinful  though  we  be ; 

Thou  hast  mercy  to  relieve  us, 

Grace  to  cleanse,  and  power  to  free: 

Blessed  Jesus, 
We  will  early  turn  to  thee. 

4  Early  let  us  seek  thy  favor, 
Early  let  us  do  thy  will ; 

Blessed  Lord  and  only  Saviour, 
With  thy  love  our  bosoms  iill : 

Blessed  Jesus, 
Thou  hast  loved  us,  love  us  still. 

DOROTHY  A.  THRUPP.  (?) 

Miss  Dorothy  Ann  Thrupp  (1799-1847)  was  an 
English  writer  of  juvenile  poetry. 

This  really  fine  hymn  is  found  in  A  Selection  of 
Hymns  and  Poetry  for  the  Use  of  Infant  and  Juve- 
nile Schools  and  Families.  London,  18S8.  It  has 
been  attributed  to  H.  F.  Lyte  by  some  hymnolo- 
gists.  In  point  of  fact  neither  the  author  nor  the 
original  text  have  as  yet  been  discovered. 


873  For  early  piety.  8,7,4. 

GOD  has  said,  "  Forever  blessed 
Those  who  seek  me  in  their  youth; 
They  shall  find  the  path  of  wisdom, 
And  the  narrow  way  of  truth :  " 

Guide  us,  Saviour, 
In  the  narrow  way  of  truth. 

2  Be  our  strength,  for  we  are  weakness ; 
Be  our  wisdom  and  our  guide ; 

May  we  walk  in  love  and  meekness, 
Nearer  to  our  Saviour's  side : 

Naught  can  harm  us, 
While  we  thus  in  thee  abide. 

3  Thus,  when  evening  shades  shall  gather, 
We  may  turn  our  tearless  eye 

To  the  dwelling  of  our  Father, 
To  our  home  beyond  the  sky : 

Gently  passing 
To  the  happy  land  on  high. 

MRS.  M.  H.  MAXWELL. 

This  genuine  hymn  is  partly  didactic  and  partly 
precatory.  Many  of  our  best  hymns  are  ot  this 
mixed  character. 

For  more  than  thirty  years  it  has  been  "un- 
known." After  the  first  part  of  this  book  was 
in  type  I  had  the  good  fortune  to  discover  the 
author.  It  was  written  by  Mrs.  Mary  Hamlin  Max- 
well, (1814-1853,)  whose  Original  Hymns,  one  hun- 
dred and  seven  in  number,  were  published  by  Lane 
&  Scott,  New  York,  1849. 

The  original  contains  five  stanzas.  These  are  the 
second,  fourth,  and  fifth,  verbatim. 


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874:  Children's  hymn.  8,  7,  4. 

CHILDREN,  loud  hosannas  singing, 
Hymned  Thy  praise  in  olden  time, 
Judah's  ancient  temple  filling 
With,  the  melody  sublime; 

Infant  voices 
Joined  to  swell  the  holy  chime. 

2  Though  no  more  the  incarnate  Saviour 
We  behold  in  latter  days ; 

Though  a  temple  far  less  glorious 
Echoes  now  the  songs  we  raise; 

Still  in  glory 
Thou  wilt  hear  our  notes  of  praise. 

3  Loud  we'll  swell  the  pleading  anthem, 
All  thy  wondrous  acts  proclaim, 

Till  all  heaven  and  earth  resounding, 
Echo  with  thy  glorious  name ; 

Hallelujah, 
Hallelujah  to  the  Lamb ! 

MRS.  n.  B.  STEELE. 

This  hymn  was  written  for  a  Sunday-school  cel- 
ebration,"and  was  contributed  to  the  Hymnal  in 
1877  in  answer  to  a  request  from  the  editorial  com- 
mittee. 

Mrs.  Harriet  Binney  Steele  is  a  daughter  of  the 
late  Eev.  Amos  Binney,  D.D.,  and  the  wife  of  the 
Eev.  Daniel  Steele,  D.D. 


875  The  Cliristian  child.  CM. 

BY  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill 
How  sweet  the  lily  grows ! 
How7  sweet  the  breath,  beneath  the  hill, 
Of  Sharon's  dewy  rose ! 

2  Lo !  such  the  child  whose  early  feet 
The  paths  of  peace  have  trod ; 

Whose  secret  heart,  with  influence  sweet, 
Is  upward  drawn  to  God. 

3  By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill 
The  lily  must  decay ; 

The  rose  that  blooms  beneath  the  hill 
Must  shortly  fade  away. 

4  And  soon,  too  soon,  the  wintry  hour 
Of  man's  maturer  age 

Will  shake  the  soul  with  sorrow's  power 
And  stormy  passion's  rage. 

5  O  Thou,  whose  infant  feet  were  found 
Within  thy  Father's  shrine, 

Whose    years,    with    changeless  virtue 
crowned, 
Were  all  alike  divine; 


6  Dependent  on  thy  bounteous  breath, 

We  seek  thy  grace  alone, 
In  childhood,  manhood,  age,  and  death, 

To  keep  us  still  thine  own. 

REGINALD  HEBER. 

The  title  given  to  this  hymn  in  the  author's 
memoirs  is  :  The  Sanctified  Child. 

Bishop  Heber,  in  the  second  stanza  of  this  excel- 
lent hymn,  shows  his  appreciation  of  early  religious 
education  and  child-piety. 

From  Hymns  Written  and  Adapted  to  the  Weekly 
Church  Service  of  the  Year,  1827. 

See  No.  62. 


876       Children  praising  CJirist.  CM. 

(~^OME,  Christian  children,  come,  and  raise 
J  Your  voice  with  one  accord ; 
Come,  sing  in  joyful  songs  of  praise 
The  glories  of  your  Lord. 

2  Sing  of  the  wonders  of  his  love, 
And  loudest  praises  give 

To  him  who  left  his  throne  above, 
And  died  that  you  might  live. 

3  Sing  of  the  wonders  of  his  truth, 
And  read  in  every  page 

The  promise  made  to  earliest  youth 
Fulfilled  to  latest  age. 

4  Sing  of  the  wonders  of  his  power, 
Who  with  his  own  right  arm 

Upholds  and  keeps  you  hour  by  hour, 
And  shields  from  every  harm. 

DOROTHY  A.  THRUPP.(?) 

This  hymn  for  children,  marked  "  unknown  " 
in  the  Hymnal,  is  attributed  by  some  able  hym- 
nologists  to  the  same  author  as  No.  872.  The  ques- 
tion of  authorship  cannot  be  regarded  as  settled. 

It  is  found  in  Hymns  for  the  Young,  fourth 
edition,  1836. 


877  C-M- 

Blessedness  of  instructing  the  young. 

DELIGHTFUL  work !  young  souls  to  win> 
And  turn  the  rising  race 
From  the  deceitful  paths  of  sin, 
To  seek  redeeming  grace. 

2  Children  our  kind  protection  claim; 
And  God  will  well  approve 

When  infants  learn  to  lisp  his  name, 
.  And  their  Redeemer  love. 

3  Be  ours  the  bliss,  in  wisdom's  way 
To  guide  untutored  youth, 

And  show  the  mind  which  went  astray 
The  Way,  the  Life,  the  Truth. 


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4  Almighty  God,  thine  influence  shed, 

To  aid  this  blest  design ; 
The  honors  of  thy  name  be  spread, 

And  all  the  glory  thine. 

JOSEPH  STRAPHAN,  ALT. 
Title :  Sunday- School. 

From  Rippon's  Selection,  1787,  in  which  it  has 
six  stanzas.  This  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  five, 
four,  three  and  six,  somewhat  altered. 

Original  Lines. 
Verse  one,  line  two  : 

"  And  turn  their  rising  race." 

Verse  two,  line  four : 

"And  their  Creator  love." 

Verse  three,  lines  three  and  four : 

"  And  lead  the  mind  that  went  astray 
To  virtue  and  to  truth." 

These  changes  were  probably  made  by  Dr.  James 
Floy,  one  of  the  editors  of  the  hymn  book  of  1849. 

Of  the  author  I  have  learned  nothing,  except  that 
he  was  born  in  1757. 


Little  travelers  Zionward. 


7. 


8/8   Sunday-school  anniversary.       7,  5. 

WILT  thou  hear  the  voice  of  praise, 
Which  the  little  children  raise, 
Thou  who  art,  from  endless  days, 

Glorious  God  pf  all? 
While  the  circling  year  has  sped, 
Thou  hast  heavenly  blessings  shed, 
Like  the  dew,  upon  each  head ; 
Still  on  thee  we  call. 

2  Still  thy  constant  care  bestow; 
Let  us  each  in  wisdom  grow, 
And  in  favor  while  below, 

With  the  God  above. 
In  our  hearts  the  Spirit  mild, 
Which  adorned  the  Saviour- child, 
Gently  soothe  each  impulse  wild 

To  the  sway  of  love. 

3  Thine  example,  kept  in  view, 
Jesus,  help  us  to  pursue ; 

Lead  us  all  our  journey  through 

By  thy  guiding  hand; 
And  when  life  on  earth  is  o'er, 
Where  the  blest  dwell  evermore, 
May  we  praise  thee  and  adore, 

An  unbroken  band. 

MRS.  CAROLINE  L.  RICE. 

Contributed  to  this  Hymnal  in  1877.  It  was 
written  originally  for  a  Sunday-school  celebration. 
Caroline  Laura  Kice,  born  in  1819,  was  the  wife  of 
the  Rev.  William  Rice,  D.D.,  of  Springfield,  Mass. 
Mrs.  Kice  died  August  29,  1899. 


879 

LITTLE  travelers  Zionward, 
Each  one  entering  into  rest, 
In  the  kingdom  of  your  Lord, 

In  the  mansions  of  the  blest ; 
There,  to  welcome,  Jesus  waits, 

Gives  the  crowns  his  followers  win ; 
Lift  your  head,  ye  golden  gates! 
Let  the  little  travelers  in ! 

2  Who  are  they  whose  little  feet, 
Pacing  life's  dark  journey  through, 

Now  have  reached  that  heavenly  seat, 
They  have  ever  kept  in  view? 

"I,  from  Greenland's  frozen  land;" 
"  I,  from  India's  sultry  plain;  " 

"I,  from  Afric's  barren  sand;  " 
"I,  from  islands  of  the  main." 

3  "  All  our  earthly  journey  past, 
Every  tear  and  pain  gone  by, 

Here  together  met  at  last, 

At  the  portal  of  the  sky!  " 
Each  the  welcome  "  Come  "  awaits, 

Conquerors  over  death  and  sin ! 
Lift  your  heads,  ye  golden  gates ! 

Let  the  little  travelers  in ! 

JAMES  EDMESTON. 

This  hymn,  according  to  the  Eev.  W.  Fleming 
Stevenson,  Hymns  for  the  Church  and  Home,  1872, 
is  unaltered  and  entire  from  the  author's  Infant 
Breathings,  Being  Hymns  for  the  Young.  Two 
editions,  1846  and  1861. 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  80. 


880  TJiat  sweet  story  of  old.    11 ,  8,  1 2,  9 

THINK,  when  I  read  that  swreet  story  of 


I 


old. 


When  Jesus  was  here  among  men, 
How  he  called  little  children  as  lambs  to  his 
fold. 

I  should  like  to  have  been  with  him  then. 

2  I  w7ish  that  his  hands  had  been  placed  on 

my  head, 

That  his  arms  had  been  thrown  around 
me, 

That  I  might  have  seen  his  kind  look  when 
he  said, 

"Let  the  little  ones  come  unto  me." 

3  Yet  still  to  his  footstool  in  prayer  I  may 

And  ask  for  a  share  in  his  love ; 
And  if  I  thus  earnestly  seek  him  below, 
I  shall  see  him  and  hear  him  above. 


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4  In  that  beautiful  place  lie  has  gone  to 

prepare, 

For  all  who  are  washed  and  forgiven ; 
A  nd  many  dear  children  are  gathering  there, 
"For  of  such  is  the  kingdom  of  heaven." 

MRS.  JEMIMA  LUKE. 

Author's  title  :  The  Child"1  s  Desire. 

Mrs.  Jemima  Thompson  Luke,  an  English  lady, 
the  wife  of  an  Independent  minister,  the  Eev.  Sam- 
uel Luke,  was  born  in  1813.  This  hymn  was  writ- 
ten in  1841  for  a  school  near  which  the  author 
lived.  She  had  no  idea  that  it  would  be  widely 
published  and  deservedly  popular.  There  are  two 
additional  stanzas,  in  which  the  writer  unconsciously 
showed  her  interest  in  missionary  work  : 

5  "But  thousands  and  thousands  who  wander  and 

fall 

Never  heard  of  that  heavenly  home  ; 
I  should  like  them  to  know  there  is  room  for  them 
all, 

And  that  Jesus  has  bid  them  to  come. 

6  "I  long  for  that  blessed  and  glorious  time, 
The  fairest,  the  brightest,  the  best, 

When  the  dear  little  children,  of  every  clime, 
Shall  crowd  to  his  arms  and  be  blest." 

It  was  first  published  in  the  Sunday-School 
Teacher's  Magazine. 


881         A  blessing  for  teachers.  7. 

MIGHTY  One,  before  whose  face 
Wisdom  had  her  glorious  seat, 
When  the  orbs  that  people  space 
Sprang  to  birth  beneath  thy  feet ; 

2  Source  of  truth,  whose  beams  alone 
Light  the  mighty  world  of  mind ; 

God  of  love,  who  from  thy  throne 
Kindly  watchest  all  mankind! 

3  Shed  on  those  who  in  thy  name 
Teach  the  way  of  truth  and  right, 

Shed  that  love's  undying  flame, 
Shed  that  wisdom's  guiding  light. 

WILLIAM  C.  BRYANT. 

Title  :  The  Lord  Giveth  Wisdom. 

From  a  small  volume  of  nineteen  hymns,  pub- 
lished in  1864.  The  author  wrote  the  last  line  of 
the  second  stanza: 

"  Watchest  over  all  mankind." 
See  No.  201. 


882  The  children's  jubilee.        C.  M. 

HOSANNA !  be  the  children's  song, 
To  Christ,  the  children's  King ; 
His  praise,  to  whom  our  souls  belong, 


Let  all  the  children  sing. 


2  Hosanna !  sound  from  hill  to  hill, 
And  spread  from  plain  to  plain, 

While  louder,  sweeter,  clearer  still, 
Woods  echo  to  the  strain. 
• 

3  Hosanna !  on  the  wings  of  light, 
O'er  earth  and  ocean  fly, 

Till  morn  to  eve,  and  noon  to  night, 
And  heaven  to  earth,  reply. 

4  Hosanna !  then,  our  song  shall  be ; 
Hosanna  to  our  King ! 

This  is  the  children's  jubilee; 
Let  all  the  children  sing. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 


Title:  Children  Singing  Hosanna  to  Christ. 
Seven  stanzas.    Verses  two,  three,  and  six  have 
been  omitted : 

2  "  From  little  ones  to  Jesus  brought, 
Hosannas  now  be  heard ; 

Let  infants  at  the  breast  be  taught 
To  lisp  that  lovely  word. 

3  "  Hosanna  here,  in  joyful  bands, 
Maidens  and  youths  proclaim, 

And  hail  with  voices,  hearts,  and  hands, 
The  Son  of  David's  name." 

6  "  The  city  to  the  country  call ; 

Let  realm  with  realm  accord ; 
And  this  their  watchword  one  and  all : 

Hosanna — praise  the  Lord." 


Unaltered. 
1853. 
See  No.  5. 


From  the  author's  Original  Hymns, 


883    The  Lord's  love  to  children.     7,  6. 

WHEN,  his  salvation  bringing, 
To  Zion  Jesus  came, 
The  children  all  stood  singing 

Hosanna  to  his  name ; 
Nor  did  their  zeal  offend  him, 

But  as  he  rode  along, 
He  let  them  still  attend  him, 
And  smiled  to  hear  their  song. 

2  And  since  the  Lord  retaineth 

His  love  to  children  still, 
Though  now  as  King  he  reigneth 

On  Zion's  heavenly  hill, 
We'll  flock  around  his  banner, 

We'll  bow  before  his  throne, 
And  cry  aloud,  "  Hosanna 

To  David's  royal  Son." 


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3  For  should  wc  fail  proclaiming 

Our  great  Redeemer's  praise, 
The  stones,  our  silence  shaming, 

Would  their  hosannas  raise. 
But  shall  we  only  render 

The  tribute  of  our  words? 
No ;  while  our  hearts  are  tender, 

They,  too,  shall  be  the  Lord's. 

JOHN  KING. 

This  hymn  is  of  English  origin.  The  author, 
the  Eev.  John  King,  wrote  the  sixth  line  of  the 
second  stanza : 

"  WJio  sits  upon  the  throne." 

The  original  had  a  chorus,  which  has  heen  omit- 
ted. 

It  first  appeared  in  Tlie  Psalmist,  a  Selection  of 
Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Divine  Worship,  by  the 
Eev.  Henry  G-wyther  and  the  Rev.  John  Gwyther. 
London,  1830. 


884         Grateful  praise.  7,  6. 

WE  bring  no  glittering  treasures, 
No  gems  from  earth's  deep  mine ; 
We  come,  with  simple  measures, 

To  chant  Thy  love  divine. 
Children,  thy  favors  sharing, 

Their  voice  of  thanks  would  raise ; 
Father,  accept  our  offering, 
Our  song  of  grateful  praise. 

2  The  dearest  gift  of  Heaven, 
Love's  written  word  of  truth, 

To  us  is  early  given, 

To  guide  our  steps  in  youth ; 

We  hear  the  wondrous  story, 
The  tale  of  Calvary ; 

We  read  of  homes  in  glory, 
From  sin  and  sorrow  free. 

3  Redeemer,  grant  thy  blessing ! 
O  teach  us  how  to  pray, 

That  each,  thy  fear  possessing, 
May  tread  life's  onward  way ; 

Then,  where  the  pure  are  dwelling 
We  hope  to  meet  again, 

And,  sweeter  numbers  swelling, 
Forever  praise  thy  name. 

HARRIET  C.  PHILLIPS. 

Written,  by  request,  for  a  Sunday-school  festival 
in  New  York  city,  about  1848.  It  appeared  in 
Hymns  for  the  use  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church,  1849. 

Miss  Harriet  Caecelia  Phillips  was  born  in  Sharon, 
Conn.,  in  1806.  For  a  number  of  years  she  was 
an  earnest  Sunday-school  worker  in  New  York 
city.    She  wrote  five  hymns  for  Family  and  Social 


Melodies,  edited  by  the  Rev.  W.  C.  Hoyt.  Pub- 
lished by  Carlton  &  Phillips,  1853.  She  also  wrote 
verses  for  the  The  Christian  Advocate  and  other 
papers,  usually  under  an  assumed  name.  These  fugi- 
tive pieces  have  never  been  collected.  In  a  letter 
to  the  writer  the  author  said:  k'I  usually  wrote 
to  please  a  friend  or  to  beguile  a  weary  hour,  not 
thinking  they  would  be  read  in  coming  years." 
She  also  expressed  this  laudable  desire:  " I  would 
like  to  be  numbered  among  those  whose  aim  is  to 
do  good  in  the  world."  Miss  Phillips  died  in 
Danbury,  Conn.,  August  31,  1897. 


885   Shepherd  of  tender  youth.    6, 4. 

SHEPHERD  of  tender  youth, 
Guiding  in  love  and  truth 
Through  devious  ways ; 
Christ  our  triumphant  King, 
We  come  thy  name  to  sing; 
Hither  our  children  bring 
To  shout  thy  praise. 

2  Thou  art  our  holy  Lord, 
The  all-subduing  Word, 

Healer  of  strife : 
Thou  didst  thyself  abase, 
That  from  sin's  deep  disgrace 
Thou  mightest  save  our  race, 

And  give  us  life. 

3  Thou  art  the  great  High  Priest ; 
Thou  hast  prepared  the  feast 

Of  heavenly  love ; 
While  in  our  mortal  pain 
None  calls  on  thee  in  vain; 
Help  thou  dost  not  disdain, 

Help  from  above. 

4  Ever  be  thou  our  guide, 
Our  shepherd  and  our  pride, 

Our  staff  and  song : 
Jesus,  thou  Christ  of  God, 
By  thy  perennial  word 
Lead  us  where  thou  hast  trod, 

Make  our  faith  strong. 

5  So  now,  and  till  we  die, 
Sound  we  thy  praises  high, 

And  joyful  sing : 
Infants,  and  the  glad  throng 
Who  to  thy  Church  belong, 
Unite  to  swell  the  song 

To  Christ  our  King. 

CLEMENT  OF  ALEXANDRIA. 
TR.  BY  H.  M.  DEXTER. 

Author's  title  :  Hymn  of  the  Saviour  Christ. 
This  is  based  upon  the  oldest  Christian  hymn 
extant— A.  D.  200. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


The  original  Greek  is  found  at  the  close  of  Clem- 
ent's Pcedagogus. 

Mrs.  Charles,  in  The  Voice  of  Christian  Life  in 
Song,  gives  a  very  literal  translation. 

The  JRev.  Henry  Martin  Dexter,  D.D.,  was  born 
in  1821,  and  educated  at  Yale  College  and  Andover 
Theological  School.  For  several  years  he  has  been 
editor  of  The  Congregationalist,  in  Boston.  This 
hymn  was  translated  to  be  sung  by  his  choir,  when 
he  was  pastor  at  Manchester,  N.  H.,  in  1846.  He 
says :  "  I  first  translated  it  literally  into  prose, 
and  then  transfused  as  much  of  its  language  and 
spirit  as  I  could  into  the  hymn." 

It  was  first  published  in  The  Congregationalist, 
Dec.  21,  1849.  Some  slight  verbal  changes  have 
since  been  made.    Dr.  Dexter  died  Nov.  13,  1890. 

Titus  Flavius  Clemens,  the  Alexandrian,  was  a 
philosopher,  theologian,  and  author.  The  exact 
date  of  his  birth  and  of  his  death  is  not  known. 
He  lived  and  wrote  his  books  in  the  reign  of  the 
Emperor  Severus,  A.D.  193-211.  He  was  convert- 
ed from  Paganism,  was  ordained  Presbyter  of  the 
Church  at  Alexandria,  and  was  the  successor  of 
PantEenus  in  the  catechetical  school  of  that  city. 
Among  his  pupils  were  Origen  and  Alexander, 
afterward  Bishop  of  Jerusalem. 


886        Early  piety. 
LOVE  to  hear  the  story 


7.  6. 


I 


Which  angel  voices  tell, 
How  once  the  King  of  glory 
Came  down  on  earth  to  dwell. 

1  am  both  weak  and  sinful, 
But  this  I  surely  know, 

The  Lord  came  down  to  save  me, 
Because  he  loved  me  so. 

2  I'm  glad  my  blessed  Saviour 
Was  once  a  child  like  me, 

To  show  how  pure  and  holy 

His  little  ones  may  be ; 
And  if  I  try  to  follow 

His  footsteps  here  below, 
He  never  will  forget  me, 

Because  he  loves  me  so. 

3  To  sing  his  love  and  mercy 
My  sweetest  songs  I'll  raise ; 

And  though  I  cannot  see  him 
I  know  he  hears  my  praise ; 

For  he  has  kindly  promised 
That  even  I  may  go 

To  sing  among  his  angels, 
Because  he  loves  me  so. 

MRS.  EMILY  H.  MILLER. 

A  unique  and  valuable  hymn  for  the  little  folks. 
It  was  written  for  The  Little  Corporal,  a  children's 
magazine,  in  1867. 

See  No.  862. 


887      For  a  blessing  on  children.       8, 7. 

HOLY  Father,  send  thy  blessing 
On  thy  children  gathered  here ; 
Let  them  all,  thy  name  confessing, 

Be  to  thee  forever  dear. 
Holy  Saviour,  who  in  meekness 
Didst  vouchsafe  a  child  to  be ; 
Guide  their  steps  and  help  their  weakness, 
Bless,  and  make  them  like  to  thee. 

2  Bear  the  lambs,  when  they  are  weary, 

In  thine  arms  and  at  thy  breast ; 
Through  life's  desert  dark  and  dreary 

Bring  them  to  thy  heavenly  rest. 
Spread  thy  wings  of  blessing  o'er  them, 

Holy  Spirit,  from  above ; 
Guide,  and  lead,  and  go  before  them, 

Give  them  peace,  and  joy,  and  love. 

CHRISTOPHER  WORDSWORTH,  ALT. 


Title:  For  Schools. 

Several  verbal  changes  have  been  made  in  this 
hymn,  and  eight  lines  have  been  omitted. 

It  appeared  in  Additional  Hymns  for  the  Holy 
Year,  by  Christopher  Wordsworth,  D.D.  London, 
1864.    Bishop  Wordsworth  died  March  20,  1885. 

See  No.  72. 


888        Tlie  lambs  enfolded.  8, 7. 

SAVIOUR,  who  thy  flock  art  feeding 
With  the  shepherd's  kindest  care, 
All  the  feeble  gently  leading, 

While  the  lambs  thy  bosom  share; 
Now,  these  little  ones  receiving, 

Fold  them  in  thy  gracious  arm ; 
There,  we  know,  thy  word  believing, 
Only  there,  secure  from  harm. 

2  Never,  from  thy  pasture  roving, 

Let  them  be  the  lion's  prey ; 
Let  thy  tenderness,  so  loving, 

Keep  them  all  life's  dangerous  way ; 
Then,  within  thy  fold  eternal, 

Let  them  find  a  resting-place, 
Feed  in  pastures  ever  vernal, 

Drink  the  rivers  of  thy  grace. 

WILLIAM  A.  MUHLENBERG. 


Title  :  Baptism  of  Infants. 

Written  at  Flushing,  Long  Island,  in  1826  ;  and 
published  the  same  year  in  the  Hymn  Book  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

It  has  not  been  altered. 

See  No.  388. 


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889  8,7. 
He  shall  gather  the  lambs  with  his  arm.  Isa.  xl,  11. 
RACIOUS  Saviour,  gentle  Shepherd, 
Little  ones  are  dear  to  thee ; 
Gathered  with  thine  arms,  and  carried 

In  thy  bosom  may  we  be ; 
Sweetly,  fondly,  safely  tended 
From  all  want  and  danger  free. 

2  Tender  Shepherd,  never  leave  us 
From  thy  fold  to  go  astray ; 

By  thy  look  of  love  directed 
May  we  walk  the  narrow  way ; 

Thus  direct  us,  and  protect  us, 
Lest  we  fall  an  easy  prey. 

3  Taught  to  lisp  the  holy  praises 
Which  on  earth  thy  children  sing, 

Both  with  lips  and  hearts  unfeigned 
May  we  our  thank-offerings  bring; 

Then  with  all  thy  saints  in  glory 
Join  to  praise  our  Lord  and  King. 

JANE  E.  LEESON  AND  J.  WHITTEMORE. 

This  hymn  is  a  compilation,  made  up  of  parts  of 
two  or  three  pieces  from  Hymns  and  Scenes  of 
Childhood ;  or,  A  Sponsor's  Gift.    London,  1842. 

This  book  is  anonymous,  but  the  author  is  said 
to  be  Jane  E.  Leeson. 

The  Rev.  Jonathan  Whittemore  was  an  English 
Baptist,  (1802-1860,)  and  the  editor  of  A  Supple- 
ment to  all  Hymn  Books,  1860. 


890     The  evils  of  intemperance.        S.  M 

MOURN  for  the  thousands  slain, 
The  youthful  and  the  strong; 
Mourn  for  the  wine-cup's  fearful  reign, 
And  the  deluded  throng. 

2  Mourn  for  the  tarnished  gem- 
For  reason's  light  divine, 

Quenched  from  the  soul's  bright  diadem, 
Where  God  had  bid  it  shine. 

3  Mourn  for  the  ruined  soul — 
Eternal  life  and  light 

Lost  by  the  fiery,  maddening  bowl, 
And  turned  to  hopeless  night. 

4  Mourn  for  the  lost, — but  call, 
Call  to  the  strong,  the  free ; 

Rouse  them  to  shun  that  dreadful  fall, 
And  to  the  refuge  flee. 

5  Mourn  for  the  lost, — but  pray, 
Pray  to  our  God  above, 

To  break  the  fell  destroyer's  sway, 
And  show  his  saving  love. 

S.  C.  BRACE. 


Author's  title :  Temperance  Hymn. 

A  correspondent  of  The  Christian  Advocate  raised 
the  question  as  to  the  authorship  of  this  hymn. 
Not  long  afterward  the  editor  received  the  follow- 
ing letter : 

"  The  Eev.  Dr.  Buckley  :  The  hymn  Mourn  for 
the  thousands  slain,  etc.,  No.  890  in  the  Methodist 
Hymnal,  was  written  in  1843  for  the  Parish  Hymns, 
(published  in  that  year  in  Philadelphia,)  by  S.  C. 
Brace,  whose  name  may  be  found  in  the  Congrega- 
tional Year-Book.  It  was  marked  '  original,'  as 
were  all  the  hymns  composed  for  that  collection, 
and  was  signed  C,  the  author  choosing  to  affix  his 
middle  initial.  If  further  information  should  be 
required,  it  may  be  obtained  from  Mr.  Henry  Per- 
kins, No.  1428  Pine  Street,  Philadelphia,  who  pub- 
lished the  Parish  Hymns,  but  who  knows  nothing 
of  this  communication.  S.  C.  B. 

"  Philadelphia,  June  10,  1882." 

The  text  of  the  hymn  has  not  been  altered. 

The  Eev.  Seth  Collins  Brace  was  born  in  1811 ; 
was  graduated  at  Yale  College,  class  of  1832,  and  re- 
ceived his  theological  education  at  the  Yale  Theo- 
logical Seminary.  For  many  years  lie  was  engaged 
in  teaching  and  literary  work,  preaching  occasion- 
ally. In  1861  he  was  installed  pastor  of  a  church 
at  Bethany,  Conn.  ;  subsequently  he  was  com- 
pelled by  illness  to  retire  from  active  work  in  the 
ministry.    He  died  in  Philadelphia,  Jan.  25,  1897. 


891      Christian  sympathy.  S.  M. 

0 PRAISE  our  God  to-day, 
His  constant  mercy  bless, 
Whose  love  hath  helped  us  on  our  way, 
And  granted  us  success. 

2  His  arm  the  strength  imparts 
Our  daily  toil  to  bear; 

His  grace  alone  inspires  our  hearts, 
Each  other's  load  to  share. 

3  O  happiest  work  below, 
Earnest  of  joy  above, 

To  sweeten  many  a  cup  of  woe, 
By  deeds  of  holy  love ! 

4  Lord,  may  it  be  our  choice 
This  blessed  rule  to  keep, 

"Rejoice  with  them  that  do  rejoice, 
And  weep  with  them  that  weep." 

5  God  of  the  widow,  hear, 
Our  work  of  mercy  bless ; 

God  of  the  fatherless,  be  near, 
And  grant  us  good  success. 

SIR  HENRY  W.  BAKER. 

Title  :  Bear  ye  one  another1  s  burdens,  and  so  fulfill 
the  law  of  Christ.  Gal.  vi,  2. 

Contri  buted  to  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,  1861, 
by  the  author,  who  was  one  of  the  compilers  of 
that  valuable  hymnal. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


In  the  revised  edition,  1875,  the  author  has 
changed  the  last  stanza  to  this  form : 

"  O  praise  our  God  to-day, 

His  constant  mercy  bless, 
Whose  love  hath  helped  us  on  our  way, 

And  granted  us  success.  Amen." 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  91. 


892    Ye  have  done  it  unto  Me.       S.  M. 

WE  give  thee  but  thine  own, 
Whate'er  the  gift  may  be : 
All  that  we  have  is  thine  alone, 
A  trust,  O  Lord,  from  thee. 

2  May  we  thy  bounties  thus 
As  stewards  true  receive, 

And  gladly,  as  thou  blessest  us, 
To  thee  our  first-fruits  give. 

3  O,  hearts  are  bruised  and  dead, 
And  homes  are  bare  and  cold, 

And  lambs  for  whom  the  Shepherd  bled, 
Are  straying  from  the  fold ! 

4  To  comfort  and  to  bless, 
To  find  a  balm  for  woe, 

To  tend  the  lone  and  fatherless 
Is  angels1  work  below. 

5  The  captive  to  release, 
To  God  the  lost  to  bring, 

To  teach  the  way  of  life  and  peace, — 
It  is  a  Christ-like  thing. 

6  And  we  believe  thy  word, 
Though  dim  our  faith  may  be ; 

Whate'er  for  thine  we  do,  O  Lord, 
We  do  it  unto  thee. 

WILLIAM  W.  HOW. 

Title :  He  that  hath  pity  v.pon  the  poor  lendeth 
unto  the  Lord.  Pro  v.  xix,  17. 

From  Psalms  and  Hymns.  Edited  by  the  Eev. 
Thomas  B.  Morrell  and  the  Eev.  William  Walsham 
How,  1854. 

The  hymn  has  not  been  altered. 

See  No.  213. 


893         Acts  of  Charity.  C.  M. 

JESUS,  my  Lord,  how  rich  thy  grace, 
Thy  bounties  how  complete ! 
How  shall  I  count  the  matchless  sum? 
How  pay  the  mighty  debt. 

2  High  on  a  throne  of  radiant  light 

Dost  thou  exalted  shine ; 
When  can  my  poverty  bestow, 

When  all  the  worlds  are  thine? 


3  But  thou  hast  brethren  here  below, 
The  partners  of  thy  grace, 

And  wilt  confess  their  humble  names 
Before  thy  Father's  face. 

4  In  them  thou  mayst  be  clothed  and  fed, 
And  visited  and  cheered ; 

And  in  their  accents  of  distress 
My  Saviour's  voice  is  heard. 

5  Thy  face  with  reverence  and  with  love, 
I  in  thy  poor  would  see ; 

O  rather  let  me  beg  my  bread, 
Than  hold  it  back  from  thee. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Author's  title :  Believing  Christ  in  His  Poor 
Saints. 

"  Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it  unto  one  of  the 
least  of  these  my  brethren,  ye  have  done  it  unto 
me."    Matt,  xxv,  40. 

From  Hymns  founded  on  Various  Texts  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  1756. 

Published  from  the  author's  manuscript  by  Job 
Orton. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

For  biography  of  author,  see  No.  78. 


894  Sympathy  with  the  afflicted.     C.  M. 

FATHER  of  mercies,  send  thy  grace, 
AlL-powerful,  from  above, 
To  form  in  our  obedient  souls 
The  image  of  thy  love. 

2  O  may  our  sympathizing  breasts 
That  generous  pleasure  know, 

Kindly  to  share  in  others'  joy, 
And  weep  for  others'  woe. 

3  When  poor  and  helpless  sons  of  grief 
In  deep  distress  are  laid, 

Soft  be  our  hearts  their  pains  to  feel, 
And  swift  our  hands  to  aid. 

4  So  Jesus  looked  on  dying  man, 
When,  throned  above  the  skies, 

And  in  the  Father's  bosom  blest, 
He  felt  compassion  rise. 

5  On  wings  of  love  the  Saviour  flew, 
To  bless  a  ruined  race ; 

We  would,  O  Lord,  thy  steps  pursue, 
Thy  bright  example  trace. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 
Title :  The  good  Samaritan.  Luke  x,  30-37. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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Some  lines  have  been  changed.  Dr.  Doddridge 
wrote  verse  three,  lines  one  and  two : 

"  When  the  most  helpless  Sons  of  Grief, 
In  low  Distress  are  laid." 

Verse  four,  line  three  : 

"  And  ''midst  the  Embraces  of  his  God." 

Verse  five,  lines  two,  three,  and  four : 

"  To  raise  us  from  the  Ground, 
And  made  the  richest  of  his  Blood, 
A  Balm for  etfry  Wound." 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures.  Edited  by  Job  Orton,  from  the 
author's  manuscript,  1755. 

See  No.  78. 


895       Prayer  for  the  intemperate.        C.  M. 

'rpiS  thine  alone,  almighty  Name, 

JL  To  raise  the  dead  to  life, 
The  lost  inebriate  to  reclaim 
From  passion's  fearful  strife. 

2  What  ruin  hath  intemperance  wrought ! 
How  widely  roll  its  waves ! 

How  many  myriads  hath  it  brought 
To  fill  dishonored  graves ! 

3  And  see,  O  Lord,  what  numbers  still 
Are  maddened  by  the  bowl, 

Led  captive  at  the  tyrant's  will 
In  bondage,  heart  and  soul. 

4  Stretch  forth  thy  hand,  O  God,  our  King, 
And  break  the  galling  chain ; 

Deliverance  to  the  captive  bring, 
And  end  the  usurper's  reign. 

5  The  cause  of  temperance  is  thine  own  • 
Our  plans  and  efforts  bless ; 

We  trust,  O  Lord,  in  thee  alone 
To  crown  them  with  success. 

EDWIN  F.  HATFIELD. 

Author's  title  :  For  a  Temperance  Meeting. 

Verbatim  from  The  Church  Hymn  Book,  1872. 
A  valuable  work,  carefully  edited  by  the  author  of 
this  hymn. 

The  Rev.  Edwin  Francis  Hatfield,  D.D.,  a  prom- 
inent clergyman  of  the  Presbyterian  Church,  was 
born  at  Elizabethtown,  N.  J.,  in  1807;  was  grad- 
uated at  Middlebury  College,  and  studied  theology 
at  Andover.  He  was  ordained  in  1832  ;  was  pastor 
at  St.  Louis  three  years,  at  New  York,  (Seventh 
Church,)  twenty-one  years,  and  of  North  Church, 
in  the  same  city,  seven  years.  Failing  health  com- 
pelled him  to  give  up  the  pastorate.  He  was  an 
able  writer  and  a  useful  man.  He  died  in  Sep- 
tember, 1883. 


896  The  box  of  spikenard.         C.  M. 

HE  loved  her  Saviour,  and  to  him 
Her  costliest  present  brought ; 
To  crown  his  head,  or  grace  his  name, 
No  gift  too  rare  she  thought. 

2  So  let  the  Saviour  be  adored, 
And  not  the  poor  despised; 

Give  to  the  hungry  from  your  hoard, 
But  all,  give  all  to  Christ. 

3  Go,  clothe  the  naked,  lead  the  blind, 
Give  to  the  weary  rest ; 

For  sorrow's  children  comfort  find, 
And  help  for  all  distressed ; 

4  But  give  to  Christ  alone  thy  heart, 
Thy  faith,  thy  love  supreme ; 

Then  for  his  sake  thine  alms  impart, 
And  so  give  all  to  him. 

WILLIAM  CUTTER. 

Written  upon  the  story  of  Mary  and  the  alabaster 
cruse  of  precious  ointment.    Matt,  xxvi,  6-13. 

It  was  first  published  in  the  Christian  Mirror, 
Portland,  Me.,  April  23,  1829. 

The  second  and  fourth  stanzas  have  been  omitted: 

2  "  And  though  the  prudent  worldling  frowned, 

And  thought  the  poor  bereft ; 
Christ's  humble  friend  sweet  comfort  found, 

For  he  approved  the  gift." 

4  "  The  poor  are  always  with  us  here, 

'Tis  our  great  Father's  plan, 
That  mutual  wants  and  mutual  care 

May  bind  us,  man  to  man." 

William  Cutter  (1801-1867)  was  a  native  of 
Maine  and  a  graduate  of  Bowdoin  College,  class 
of  1821.    He  afterward  lived  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


897  cm. 

Ye  have  the  poor  always  with  yo  u.    Matt,  xxvi,  11. 

LORD,  lead  the  way  the  Saviour  went, 
By  lane  and  cell  obscure, 
And  let  love's  treasures  still  be  spent, 
Like  his,  upon  the  poor. 

2  Like  him,  through  scenes  of  deep  distress, 
Who  bore  the  world's  sad  weight, 

We,  in  their  crowded  loneliness, 
Would  seek  the  desolate. 

3  For  thou  hast  placed  us  side  by  side 
In  this  wide  world  of  ill ; 

And  that  thy  followers  may  be  tried, 
The  poor  are  with  us  still. 


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346  HYMN  STUDIES. 


4  Mean  are  all  offerings  we  can  make ; 

Yet  thou  hast  taught  us,  Lord, 
If  given  for  the  Saviour's  sake, 

They  lose  not  their  reward. 

WILLIAM  CROSSWELL. 

This  hymn  was  written  in  1831  for  the  Howard 
Benevolent  Society  of  Boston. 

From  the  author's  Poems;  Sacred  and  Secular. 
Boston,  1861. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

The  Eev.  William  Crosswell.  D.D.,  a  clergyman 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  was  born  in 
Hudson,  N.  Y.,  in  1804 ;  was  educated  at  Yale 
College  and  in  the  General  Theological  Seminary, 
New  York.  He  was  ordained  in  1828.  At  the 
time  of  his  death,  in  1851,  he  was  rector  of  the 
Church  of  the  Advent,  Boston. 


898  Thy  neighbor.  C.  M. 

WHO  is  thy  neighbor  ?    He  whom  thou 
Hast  power  to  aid  or  bless ; 
Whose  aching  heart  or  burning  brow 
Thy  soothing  hand  may  press. 

2  Thy  neighbor  ?    'Tis  the  fainting  poor, 
Whose  eye  with  want  is  dim ; 

O  enter  thou  his  humble  door, 
With  aid  and  peace  for  him. 

3  Thy  neighbor  ?    He  who  drinks  the  cup 
When  sorrow  drowns  the  brim ; 

With  words  of  high,  sustaining  hope, 
Go  thou  and  comfort  him. 

4  Thy  neighbor  ?    Pass  no  mourner  by ; 
Perhaps  thou  canst  redeem 

A  breaking  heart  from  misery ; 
Go,  share  thy  lot  with  him. 

WILLIAM  CUTTER,  ALT. 

Title  : .  Who  is  my  Neighbor  ? 

The  title  is,  of  course,  a  quotation  from  the  par- 
able of  the  good  Samaritan.  In  the  poem  the 
author  answers  the  question. 

It  first  appeared  in  The  Christian  Mirror,  Port- 
land, Me.,  May  30,  1828.    It  began: 

"  Thy  neighbor?  It  is  he  whom  thou 
Hast  power  to  aid  and  bless." 

At  least  half  of  the  lines  have  been  altered, 
probably  by  W.  B.  O.  Peabody  for  the  Springfield 
Collection.  It  has  been  ascribed  to  him,  but  er- 
roneously. Three  stanzas  have  been  omitted.  One 
of  them  touches  upon  slavery.  Those  who  remem- 
ber the  antislavery  days  can  imagine  what  hatred 
it  excited  in  some,  and  what  joy  in  others. 

"  Thy  neighbor  ?  Yonder  toiling  slave, 
Fettered  in  thought  and  limb ; 

Whose  hopes  are  all  beyond  the  grave, 
Go  thou,  and  ransom  him." 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  896. 


899  For  the  inebriate.  C.  M. 

LIFE  from  the  dead,  Almighty  God, 
'Tis  thine  alone  to  give ; 
To  lift  the  poor  inebriate  up, 
And  bid  the  helpless  live. 

2  Life  from  the  dead !    For  those  we  plead 
Fast  bound  in  passion's  chain, 

That,  from  their  iron  fetters  freed, 
They  wake  to  life  again. 

3  Life  from  the  dead !    Quickened  by  thee 
Be  all  their  powers  inclined 

To  temperance,  truth,  and  piety, 
And  pleasures  pure,  refined. 

4  And  may  they  by  thy  help  abide, 
The  tempter's  power  withstand ; 

By  grace  restored  and  purified, 
In  Christ  accepted  stand. 

UNKNOWN. 

The  editorial  committee  took  this  temperance 
hymn  from  the  Baptist  Praise  Book,  where  it  is 
anonymous  ;  nothing  new  has  been  learned  con- 
cerning it. 


900      For  mercy  on  the  drunkard.       L.  M. 

WHEN,  doomed  to  death,  the  apostle  lay 
At  night  in  Herod's  dungeon  cell, 
A  light  shone  round  him  like  the  day, 
And  from  his  limbs  the  fetters  fell. 

2  A  messenger  from  God  was  there, 
To  break  his  chain  and  bid  him  rise ; 

And  lo !  the  saint,  as  free  as  air, 

Walked  forth  beneath  the  open  skies. 

3  Chains  yet  more  strong  and  cruel  bind 
The  victims  of  that  deadly  thirst 

Which  drowns  the  soul,  and  from  the  mind 
Blots  the  bright  image  stamped  at  first. 

4  O  God  of  love  and  mercy,  deign 
To  look  on  those  with  pitying  eye 

Who  struggle  with  that  fatal  chain, 
And  send  them  succor  from  on  high ! 

5  Send  down,  in  its  resistless  might, 
Thy  gracious  Spirit,  we  implore, 

And  lead  the  captive  forth  to  light, 
A  rescued  soul,  a  slave  no  more ! 

WILLIAM  C.  BRYANT. 

This  temperance  hymn  was  written  for  the 
Hymnal  in  August,  1877,  at  the  request  of  Mr. 
David  Creamer,  of  Baltimore,  who  has  the  original 
autograph  copy  still  in  his  possession.  It  was 
among  the  last  of  the  compositions  of  this  great 


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American  poet.  In  a  letter,  which  accompanied 
the  manuscript,  the  author  wrote  :  "  Thinking  of 
the  subject  of  which  you  spoke  in  your  letter,  it 
occurred  to  me  that  the  deliverance  of  Peter  from 
prison  might  furnish  matter  on  which  to  hang  a 
temperance  hymn.  I  have  produced  what  is  writ- 
ten above,  and  it  is  at  your  service." 
For  biography,  see  No.  201. 


901  Temperance  hymn.  L.  M. 

BONDAGE  and  death  the  cup  contains ; 
Dash  to  the  earth  the  poisoned  bowl ! 
Softer  than  silk  are  iron  chains, 

Compared  with  these  that  chafe  the  soul. 

2  Hosannas,  Lord,  to  thee  we  sing, 
Whose  power  the  giant  fiend  obeys ; 

What  countless  thousands  tribute  bring, 
For  happier  homes  and  brighter  days ! 

3  Thou  wilt  not  break  the  bruised  reed, 
Nor  leave  the  broken  heart  unbound ; 

The  wife  regains  the  husband  freed ! 
The  orphan  clasps  a  father  found ! 

4  Spare,  Lord,  the  thoughtless,  guide  the 

blind, 

Till  man  no  more  shall  deem  it  just 
To  live  by  forging  chains  to  bind 
His  weaker  brother  in  the  dust. 

v  LUCIUS  M.  SARGENT. 

This  hymn  was  written  during  the  Washingtonian 
Temperance  Kevival.  It  is  found  in  Hymns  for 
Christian  Devotion.    Boston,  1846. 

One  word  has  been  changed.  The  author  wrote 
the  first  line : 

"  Slavery  and  death  the  cup  contains." 

Lucius  Manlius  Sargent  (1788-1867)  was  one  of 
the  ablest  advocates  of  temperance  in  his  day.  He 
was  the  author  of  Temperance  Tales,  published  by 
the  American  Tract  Society,  and  of  other  works. 


902         Deeds  of  love  rewarded.         C.  M. 

HOW  blest  the  children  of  the  Lord, 
Who,  walking  in  his  sight, 
Make  all  the  precepts  of  his  word 
Their  study  and  delight ! 

2  That  precious  wealth  shall  be  their  dower, 
Which  cannot  know  decay; 

Which  moth  or  rust  shall  ne'er  devour, 
Or  spoiler  take  away. 

3  For  them  that  heavenly  light  shall  spread, 
Whose  cheering  rays  illume 

The  darkest  hours  of  life,  and  shed 
A  halo  round  the  tomb. 


4  Their  works  of  piety  and  love, 

Performed  through  Christ,  their  Lord, 

Forever  registered  above, 
Shall  meet  a  sure  reward. 

HARRIET  AUBER. 

Written  upon  Psalm  cxii : 

"  Praise  ye  the  Lord.  Blessed  is  the  man  that 
feareth  the  Lord,  that  delighteth  greatly  in  his 
commandments,"  etc. 

Two  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original. 
Verse  one,  line  one  : 

"  Happy  the  children  of  the  Lord." 

Verse  two,  line  four : 

"  Nor  spoiler  take  away." 

From  The  Spirit  of  the  Psalms,  1829. 
See  No.  33. 


y(Jo  Treasures  in  heaven.  CM 

RICH  are  the  joys  which  cannot  die, 
With  God  laid  up  in  store ; 
Treasures  beyond  the  changing  sky, 
Brighter  than  golden  ore. 

2  The  seeds  which  piety  and  love 
Have  scattered  here  below, 

In  the  fair  fertile  fields  above 
To  ample  harvests  grow. 

3  All  that  my  willing  hands  can  give 
At  Jesus'  feet  I  lay ; 

Grace  shall  the  humble  gift  receive, 
Abounding  grace  repay. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

The  Scripture  basis  of  this  hymn  is  Luke  xii,  33  : 

"  Provide  yourselves  bags  which  wax  not  old,  a 
treasure  in  the  heavens  that  faileth  not." 

Reprint  of  the  Original  Hymn. 

1  "  These  mortal  Joys,  how  soon  they  fade  ! 
How  swift  they  pass  away ! 

The  dying  Flow'r  reclines  its  Head, 
The  Beauty  of  a  Day  ! 

2  "  The  Bags  are  rent,  the  Treasures  lost, 
"We  fondly  call'd  our  own  ; 

Scarce  could  we  the  Possession  boast, 
And  strait  we  found  it  gone. 

3  "  But  there  are  Joys  that  cannot  die, 
With  God  laid  up  in  Store ; 

Treasure  beyond  the  changing  Sky, 
Brighter  than  golden  Ore. 


P.4S  HYMX  STUDIES. 


4  "  To  that  my  rising  Heart  aspires, 
Secure  to  find  its  Best, 

And  glories  in  such  wide  Desires, 
Of  ^11  their  Wish  possess" d. 

5  "  The  Seeds,  which  Piety  and  Love 
Have  scatter  d  here  below, 

In  the  fair  fertile  Fields  above, 
To  ample  Harvests  grow. 

6  "  The  Alite  my  willing  Hands  can  give, 
At  Jesus'  Feet  I  lay ; 

Grace  shall  the  humble  Gift  receive, 
And  Heav'n  at  large  repay." 

It  will  be  seen  that  hymn  No.  903  is  made  up  of 
the  third,  fifth,  and  sixth  stanzas  of  the  original, 
slightly  altered. 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  1755. 

See  No  7;. 


904  L.  ML 

More  blessed  to  give  than  to  receive.  Acts  xx,  35. 

HELP  us.  O  Lord,  thy  yoke  to  wear, 
Delighting  in  thy  perfect  Mill ; 
Each  other's  burdens  learn  to  bear, 
And  thus  thy  law  of  love  fulfill. 

2  He  that  hath  pity  on  the  poor 
Lendeth  his  substance  to  the  Lord; 

And,  lo !  his  recompense  is  sure, 
For  more  than  all  shall  be  restored. 

3  Teach  us,  with  glad,  ungrudging  heart. 
As  thou  hast  blest  our  various  store, 

From  our  abundance  to  impart 
A  liberal  portion  to  the  poor. 

4  To  thee  our  all  devoted  be, 

In  whom  we  breathe,  and  move,  and  live  : 
Freely  we  have  received  from  thee ; 
Freely  may  we  rejoice  to  give. 

THOMAS  COTTEBILL. 


Title:  For  a  ChariUible  Occasion. 
These  stanzas  are  not  altered.    Two  stanzas,  the 
third  and  sixth,  are  omitted : 

3  u  "Who  sparingly  his  seed  bestows, 

He  sparingly  shall  also  reap ; 
But  whoso  plentifully  sows, 

The  plenteous  sheaves  his  hand  shall  heap." 

6  "  And  while  we  thus  obey  thy  word, 

And  every  call  of  want  relieve ; 
Oh  !  may  we  find  it,  gracious  Lord, 

More  bless' d  to  give  than  to  receive." 

From  the  author's  Sheffield  Hymn  Book. 

For  full  title  and  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  281. 


905        For  a  charitable  occasion.       L.  M. 

DEAR  ties  of  mutual  succor  bind 
The  children  of  our  feeble  race, 
And  if  our  brethren  were  not  kind, 
This  earth  were  but  a  weary  place. 

2  "We  lean  on  others  as  we  walk 

Life's  twilight  path,  with  pitfalls  strewn; 
And  'twere  an  idle  boast  to  talk 
Of  treading  that  dim  path  alone. 

3  Amid  the  snares  misfortune  lays 
Unseen,  beneath  the  steps  of  all, 

Blest  is  the  love  that  seeks  to  raise, 

And  stay,  and  strengthen  those  who  fall ; 

4  Till,  taught  by  Him  who  for  our  sake 
Bore  every  form  of  life's  distress, 

With  every  passing  year  we  make 
The  sum  of  human  sorrow  less. 

WILLIAM  C.  BEY  ANT. 

Title :  Mutual  Kindness. 

This  little  poem  was  contributed  by  the  author  to 
Singers  and  Songs  of  the  Liberal  Faith,  edited  by 
Alfred  P.  Putnam.    Boston,  1875. 

It  was  written  about  fifty  years  ago,  but  was  not 
published  in  the  author's  poems. 

See  No.  201. 


906  The  wanderer  exhorted.  7. 

BROTHER,  hast  thou  wandered  far 
From  thy  Father's  happy  home, 
With  thyself  and  God  at  war? 

Turn  thee,  brother;  homeward  come. 

2  Hast  thou  wasted  all  the  powers 
God  for  noble  uses  gave? 

Squandered  life's  most  golden  hours? 
Turn  thee,  brother ;  God  can  save ! 

3  Is  a  mighty  famine  now 

In  thy  heart  and  in  thy  soul? 
Discontent  upon  thy  brow? 

Turn  thee ;  God  will  make  thee  whole. 

4  He  can  heal  thy  bitterest  wound, 
He  thy  gentlest  prayer  can  hear ; 

Seek  him,  for  he  may  be  found ; 
Call  upon  him ;  he  is  near. 

JAMES  F.  CLARKE. 

The  author's  title  is  To  the  Prodigal  Son. 
It  was  written  for  The  Disciples  Hymn  Book, 
Boston,  1&A4.    In  this  book  the  last  stanza  reads  : 

"  Fall  before  him  on  the  ground, 

Pour  thy  sorrow  in  his  ear, 
Seek  him  while  he  may  be  found. 

Call  upon  him  while  he's  near." 


HYMN  8  TUB  IE 8. 


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In  a  second  edition,  1856,  Dr.  Clarke  changed  the 
last  line  to — 

"  Call  upon  him — he  is  near." 

The  other  changes  are  not  the  author's.  The 
Rev.  James  Freeman  Clarke,  D.D.,  was  born  in 
Hanover,  N.  H.,  in  1810  ;  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1829,  and  at  Cambridge  Divinity  School 
in  1833.  Except  for  an  interval  of  three  years,  he 
has  been  pastor  of  "  The  Church  of  the  Disciples," 
(Unitarian,)  Boston,  since  1841.  In  the  mean  time 
he  has  been  an  editor,  a  professor  of  theology,  and 
has  written  several  valuable  books.    Died  1888. 


907         The  guiding  star.  C.  M. 

AS  shadows,  cast  by  cloud  and  sun, 
Flit  o'er  the  summer  grass, 
So,  in  thy  sight,  Almighty  One, 
Earth's  generations  pass. 

2  And  as  the  years,  an  endless  host, 
Come  swiftly  pressing  on, 

The  brightest  names  that  earth  can  boast 
Just  glisten  and  are  gone. 

3  Yet  doth  the  star  of  Bethlehem  shed 
A  luster  pure  and  sweet ; 

And  still  it  leads,  as  once  it  led, 
To  the  Messiah's  feet. 

4  O  Father,  may  that  holy  star 
Grow  every  year  more  bright, 

And  send  its  glorious  beams  afar 
To  fill  the  world  with  light. 

WILLIAM  C.  BRYANT. 

This  beautiful  little  poem  was  contributed  by  the 
author,  from  his  portfolio,  to  this  Hymnal  in  1877. 
It  is  not  found  in  any  of  his  published  works.  It 
was  written  for  the  Semi-centennial  Celebration  of 
the  Church  of  the  Messiah,  Boston,  March  19, 1875. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  201. 


908       Christ,  the  Conqueror.         C.  M. 

JESUS,  immortal  King,  arise ; 
Assert  thy  rightful  sway, 
Till  earth,  subdued,  its  tribute  brings, 
And  distant  lands  obey. 

2  Kide  forth,  victorious  Conqueror,  ride, 
Till  all  thy  foes  submit, 

And  all  the  powers  of  hell  resign 
Their  trophies  at  thy  feet. 

3  Send  forth  thy  word,  and  let  it  fly 
The  spacious  earth  around, 

Till  every  soul  beneath  the  sun 
Shall  hear  the  joyful  sound. 


4  O  may  the  great  Redeemer's  name 
Through  every  clime  be  known, 

And  heathen  gods,  forsaken,  fall, 
And  Jesus  reign  alone. 

5  From  sea  to  sea,  from  shore  to  shore, 
Be  thou,  O  Christ,  adored, 

And  earth,  with  all  her  millions,  shout 
Hosannas  to  the  Lord. 

A.  C.  HOBART  SEYMOUR. 

Title  :  Hymn  for  the  Spread  of  the  Gospel. 
From  the  author's  Vital  Christianity,  lblO. 
Three  lines  have  been  altered. 
Verse  one,  line  two : 

"  Assume,  assert  Thy  sway." 

Verse  four,  lines  one  and  three  : 

"  O  may  the  dear  Eedeemer's  name," 
"  And  heathen  gods,  like  Dag  on,  fall." 

There  are  in  all  seven  stanzas ;  verses  five  and 
six  are  omitted : 

5  "O  hasten,  Lord,  the  happy  time, 
That  long  expected  day  ; 

When  every  kingdom,  every  tribe 
Shall  own  Thy  gentle  sway. 

6  "  When  all  the  untutored  tribes 
Shall  the  Redeemer  own, 

And  crowds  of  willing  converts  come 
To  worship  at  Thy  throne." 

Aaron  Crossly  Hobart  Seymour  was  an  English 
gentleman  and  literator,  born  in  1789.  His  great 
work  was  The  Life  and  Times  of  the  Countess  of 
Huntingdon,  in  two  volumes,  octavo,  1839.  Died 
1870. 


909  cm. 

Returning  to  Zion  with  hymns  of  joy. 

DAUGHTER  of  Zion,  from  the  dust 
Exalt  thy  fallen  head ; 
Again  in  thy  Redeemer  trust ;  • 
He  calls  thee  from  the  dead. 

2  Awake,  awake,  put  on  thy  strength, 
Thy  beautiful  array ; 

The  day  of  freedom  dawns  at  length, 
The  Lord's  appointed  day. 

3  Rebuild  thy  walls,  thy  bounds  enlarge, 
And  send  thy  heralds  forth ; 

Say  to  the  South,  "  Give  up  thy  charge!1' 
And,  "  Keep  not  back,  O  North!" 

4  They  come,   they   come;   thine  exiled 

bands, 

Where'er  they  rest  or  roam, 
Have  heard  thy  voice  in  distant  lands, 
And  hasten  to  their  home. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


5  Thus,  though  the  universe  shall  burn, 

And  God  his  works  destroy, 
With  songs  thy  ransomed  shall  return, 

And  everlasting  joy. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

The  author's  title  to  this  fine  hymn  was :  The 
Restoration  of  Israel. 

He  is  indebted  largely  for  his  imagery  and  lan- 
guage to  the  poet  and  prophet  Isaiah. 

Unaltered.    From  The  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  5. 


Q  1 0       The  gospel  for  all  nations.      C.  M. 

GREAT  God,  the  nations  of  the  earth 
Are  by  creation  thine ; 
And  in  thy  works,  by  all  beheld, 
Thy  radiant  glories  shine. 

2  But,  Lord,  thy  greater  love  has  sent 
Thy  gospel  to  mankind, 

Unveiling  what  rich  stores  of  grace 
Are  treasured  in  thy  mind. 

3  Lord,  when  shall  these  glad  tidings  sjDread 
The  spacious  earth  around, 

Till  every  tribe  and  every  soul 
Shall  hear  the  joyful  sound? 

4  Smile,  Lord,  on  each  divine  attempt 
To  spread  the  gospel's  rays, 

And  build  on  sin's  demolished  throne 
The  temples  of  thy  praise. 

THOMAS  GIBBONS. 

Author's  title:  The  Universal  Diffusion  of  the 
Gospel  Promised  by  God,  and  Pleaded  by  his  People. 

The  original  contained  forty-six  stanzas,  and  was 
divided  into  seven  parts.  This  hymn  is  composed 
of  verses  one.  three,  eisfht,  and  twelve.  Only  one 
word  has  been  altered.  Instead  of  "radiant," 
verse  one,  line  four,  the  author  wrote  "  obvious.'1'1 

The  whole  hymn  is  found  in  Hymns  Adapted  to 
Divine  Worship,  Partly  Collected  from  Various 
Authors,  but  Principally  Composed  by  Thomas  Gib- 
bons, D.D.  London,  1769. 

Dr.  Gibbons  was  an  English  Independent  clergy- 
man, born  in  1720  ;  was  a  life-long  friend  of  Dr. 
Watts,  and  wrote  his  memoirs.  In  1743  he  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  a  church  in  Cheapside,  London ; 
and  held  this  pastorate  up  to  his  death,  in  1785. 
He  published  a  volume  of  sermons,  and  two  vol- 
umes of  hymns  of  more  than  average  merit. 


911  The  seed  of  the  Church.  6. 

FLUNG  to  the  heedless  winds, 
Or  on  the  waters  cast, 
The  martyrs'  ashes,  Watched, 
Shall  gathered  be  at  last ; 


And  from  that  scattered  dust, 

Around  us  and  abroad, 
Shall  spring  a  plenteous  seed 

Of  witnesses  for  God. 

2  The  Father  hath  received 

Their  latest  living  breath ; 
And  vain  is  Satan's  boast 

Of  victory  in  their  death : 
Still,  still,  though  dead,  they  speak, 

And,  trumpet-tongued,  proclaim, 
To  many  a  wakening  land, 

The  one  availing  name. 

MARTIN  LUTHER. 
TR.  BY  JOHN  A.  MESSENGER. 

The  first  martyrdom  of  the  Keformation  took 
place  at  Brussels,  July  1,  1523.  The  victims 
were  Henry  Voes  and  John  Esch,  young  Augustine 
monks,  who  had  learned  the  way  of  salvation  by 
faith,  and  had  renounced  Eomanism. 

The  inquisitors  asked :  "  Do  you  retract  your 
assertion  that  the  priest  has  not  the  power  to  for- 
give sin,  and  that  it  belongs  to  God  alone  ?  "  "  No ; 
we  will  retract  nothing,"  was  the  reply.  "We 
will  rather  die  for  the  faith."  Soon  after  they  were 
"  degraded,"  that  is,  deprived  of  their  priestly  robes, 
and  delivered  over  to  the  secular  authorities  as 
heretics.  After  the  pile  was  lighted,  they  earnestly 
prayed  to  God,  and  solemnly  recited  the  Apostle's 
Creed.  At  length,  as  they  were  singing  "  Te  Deum 
laudamt/s,"  their  voices  were  stifled,  and  their 
souls  released.  Luther  wrote  a  long  hymn  of 
twelve  nine-lined  stanzas  commemorative  of  this 
martyrdom.  No.  911  is  based  upon  the  tenth 
stanza  of  Luther's  hymn,  and  was  written  about 
1840,  for  I)"1  Aubignd s  History  of  the  Reformation, 
by  John  Alexander  Messenger. 

Luther's  hymn  first  appeared  in  the  Enchiridion. 
Erfurt,  1524.  It  was  immediately  set  to  music, 
"and  soon,"  says  D'Aubigne,  "in  Germany  and 
the  Netherlands,  in  city  and  country,  these  strains 
were  heard  communicating  in  every  direction  an 
enthusiasm  for  the  faith  of  these  martyrs." 

See  No.  166. 


012  Zion's  glad  morning.  11,10. 

HAIL  to  the  brightness  of  Zion's  glad 
morning ! 

Joy  to  the  lands  that  in  darkness  have 
lain ! 

Hushed  be  the  accents  of  sorrow  and  mourn- 
ing; 

Zion  in  triumph  begins  her  mild  reign. 

2  Hail  to  the  brightness  of  Zion's  glad 
morning, 

Long  by  the  prophets  of  Israel  foretold; 
Hail  to  the  millions  from  bondage  return- 
ing; 

Gentiles  and  Jews  the  blest  vision  behold. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


35i 


o  Lo,  in  the  desert  rich  flowers  are  spring- 
ing; 

Streams  ever  copious  are  gliding  along ; 
Loud  from  the  mountain-tops  echoes  are 


ringing; 


Wastes  rise  in  verdure,  and  mingle  in  song. 

4  See,  from  all  lands,  from  the  isles  of  the 
ocean, 

Praise  to  Jehovah  ascending  on  high ; 
Fallen  are  the  engines  of  war  and  commo- 
tion; 

Shouts  of  salvation  are  rending  the  sky. 

THOMAS  HASTINGS. 

Author's  title  :  Dawn  of  the  Millennium. 

Unaltered.  From  Spiritual  Songs  for  Social 
Worship.  Edited  by  Thomas  Hastings  and  Lowell 
Mason.    New  and  enlarged  edition,  1833. 

For  a  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  177. 


913  Let  there  be  light.  6,  4. 

rilHOU,  whose  almighty  word 
JL  Chaos  and  darkness  heard, 

And  took  their  flight ; 
Hear  us,  we  humbly  pray, 
And  where  the  gospel  day 
Sheds  not  its  glorious  ray, 

"Let  there  be  light." 

2  Thou,  who  didst  come  to  bring 
On  thy  redeeming  wing, 

Healing  and  sight, 
Health  to  the  sick  in  mind, 
Sight  to  the  inly  blind ; 
O  now,  to  all  mankind, 

"Let  there  be  light." 

3  Spirit  of  truth  and  love, 
Life-giving,  holy  Dove, 

Speed  forth  thy  flight ; 
Move  o'er  the  waters'  face 
By  thine  almighty  grace ; 
And  in  earth's  darkest  place, 

"  Let  there  be  light." 

4  Blessed  and  holy  Three, 
Glorious  Trinity, 

Wisdom,  Love,  Might; 
Boundless  as  ocean's  tide 
Rolling  in  fullest  pride, 
O'er  the  world  far  and  wide, 

"  Let  there  be  light." 

JOHN  MARRIOTT. 

Slight  changes  have  been  made  in  three  lines  of 
this  hymn. 


Original. 
Verse  three,  line  five  : 

"  Bearing  the  lamp  of  grace." 

Verse  four,  lines  one  and  six : 

"  Holy  and  blessed  Three." 

"  Through  the  earth  far  and  wide." 

Verified  by  Dr.  Eaffles's  Hymns,  1852. 
It  was  written  about  1813. 

The  Kev.  John  Marriott,  a  clergyman  and  the 
son  of  a  clergyman,  was  born  in  England  in  1780  ; 
educated  at  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  and  received 
orders  in  1803.    He  lived  until  1825. 


914  The  Morning  Star.  C.  M 

IGHT  of  the  lonely  pilgrim's  heart, 


I 


J  Star  of  the  coming  day, 
Arise,  and  with,  thy  morning  beams 
Chase  all  our  griefs  away ! 

2  Come,  blessed  Lord,  let  every  shore 
And  answering  island  sing 

The  praises  of  thy  royal  name, 
And  own  thee  as  their  King. 

3  Bid  the  whole  earth  responsive  now 
To  the  bright  world  above, 

Break  forth  in  sweetest  strains  of  joy, 
In  memory  of  thy  love. 

4  Jesus,  thy  fair  creation  groans, 
The  air,  the  earth,  the  sea, 

In  unison  with  all  our  hearts, 
And  calls  aloud  for  thee. 

5  Thine  was  the  cross,  with  all  its  fruits 
Of  grace  and  peace  divine : 

Be  thine  the  crown  of  glory  now, 
The  palm  of  victory  thine ! 

SIR  EDWARD  DENNY. 

Title  :  The  Heart  Watching  for  the  Morning. 

The  author,  in  his  book,  1848,  made  this  reason- 
able request :  "  That  should  any  of  these  poems  or 
hymns  be  deemed  worthy  of  a  place  in  any  future 
collection,  they  may  be  left  as  they  are,  vvithout 
alteration  or  abridgment."1'' .  That  request  has  not 
been  respected.  Three  lines  of  this  hymn  have 
been  altered. 

Original  Lines. 
Verse  two,  line  one : 

"  Come,  blessed  Lord !  bid  every  shore." 

Verse  three,  line  three : 

"  Break  forth  in  rapturous  strains  of  joy." 

Verse  four,  line  one  : 

"  Lord,  Lord,  thy  fair  creation  groans." 


832  HYMN  STUDIES. 


One  stanza,  the  fifth,  has  been  left  out : 

5  "  Come,  then,  with  all  thy  quickening  power, 

With  one  awakening  smile, 
And  bid  the  serpent's  trail  no  more 

Thy  beauteous  realms  defile." 

From  the  author's  Millennial  Hymns,  1848. 
See  No.  196. 


915        Reign  of  Christ  foretold.  CM. 

THE  Lord  will  come,  and  not  be  slow ; 
His  footsteps  cannot  err ; 
Before  him  Righteousness  shall  go, 
His  royal  harbinger. 

2  Mercy  and  Truth,  that  long  were  missed, 
Now  joyfully  are  met ; 

Sweet  Peace  and  Righteousness  have  kissed, 
And  hand  in  hand  are  set. 

3  The  nations  all  whom  thou  hast  made 
Shall  come,  and  all  shall  frame 

To  bow  them  low  before  thee,  Lord ! 
And  glorify  thy  name. 

4  Truth  from  the  earth,  like  to  a  flowTer, 
Shall  bud  and  blossom  then, 

And  Justice,  from  her  heavenly  bower, 
Look  down  on  mortal  men. 

5  Thee  will  I  praise,  O  Lord,  my  God ! 
Thee  honor  and  adore 

"With  my  whole  heart ;  and  blaze  abroad 
Thy  name  for  evermore ! 

JOHN  MILTON. 

This  hymn  is  made  up  of  parts  of  the  author's 
paraphrase  of  Psalms  lxxxv  and  lxxxvi. 

The  five  stanzas  of  the  hymn  were  composed 
upon  the  following  passages  from  the  Psalms  : 

" Kighteousness  shall  go  before  him;  and  shall 
set  us  in  the  way  of  his  steps."    Psa.  lxxxv,  13. 

"Mercy  and  truth  are  met  together;  righteous- 
ness and  peace  have  kissed  each  other."  Psa. 
lxxxv,  10. 

"  All  nations  whom  thou  hast  made  shall  come 
and  worship  before  thee,  O  Lord  ;  and  shall  glorify 
thy  name."    Psa.  lxxxvi,  9. 

"  Truth  shall  spring  out  of  the  earth  ;  and  right- 
eousness shall  look  down  from  heaven."  Psa. 
lxxxv,  11. 

"  I  will  praise  thee,  0  Lord  my  God,  with  all  my 
heart:  and  I  will  glorify  thy  name  for  evermore." 
Psa.  lxxxvi,  12. 

David  and  Milton,  the  greatest  of  inspired,  and 
the  greatest  of  uninspired,  poets,  ought  to  be  able 
to  produce  a  valuable  hymn.    The  only  change  of 


Milton's  text  is  in  the  first  stanzas,  which  is  differ^ 
ently  arranged  and  slightly  altered : 

"Before  him  righteousness  shall  go, 

His  royal  harbinger : 
Then  will  he  come,  and  not  be  slow, 

His  footsteps  cannot  err." 


916  The  earth  renewed  in  righteousness.  C  M. 

ALMIGHTY  Spirit,  now  behold 
A  world  by  sin  destroyed : 
Creating  Spirit,  as  of  old, 
Move  on  the  formless  void. 

2  Give  thou  the  word ;  that  healing  sound 
Shall  quell  the  deadly  strife ; 

And  earth  again,  like  Eden  crowned, 
Bring  forth  the  tree  of  life. 

3  If  sang  the  morning  stars  for  joy, 
When  nature  rose  to  view, 

What  strains  w  ill  angel-harps  employ, 
When  thou  shalt  all  renew ! 

4  And  if  the  sons  of  God  rejoice 
To  hear  a  Saviour's  name, 

How  will  the  ransomed  raise  their  voice, 
To  whom  that  Saviour  came ! 

5  Lo,  every  kindred,  every  tribe, 
Assembling  round  the  throne, 

The  new  creation  shall  ascribe 
To  sovereign  love  alone ! 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title  :  The  Spirit  Creating  all  Things  New. 
Some  slight  changes  have  been  made. 
The  first  and  third  lines  of  the  first  stanza  were 
written : 

"  Spirit  of  power  and  might,  behold, 
Creator-Spirit,  as  of  old." 

The  first  line  of  the  last  stanza  the  author  began 
with : 

"  So  every,"  etc.; 

and  the  third  line  with : 

"  Thy  new  creation,"  etc. 

From  Montgomery's  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 
For  biography,  see  No.  5. 


917  That  glorious  anthem.         L.  M. 

SOON  may  the  last  glad  song  arise, 
Through  all  the  millions  of  the  skies ; 
That  song  of  triumph  which  records 
That  all  the  earth  is  now  the  Lord's. 


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2  Let  thrones,  and  powers,  and  kingdoms, 

be 

Obedient,  mighty  God,  to  thee; 
And  over  land,  and  stream,  and  main, 
Now  wave  the  scepter  of  thy  reign. 

3  O  let  that  glorious  anthem  swell ; 
Let  host  to  host  the  triumph  tell, 
Till  not  one  rebel  heart  remains, 
But  over  all  the  Saviour  reigns. 

UNKNOWN. 

In  the  Hymnal  this  is  attributed  to  Mrs.  Voke. 
She  did  write  several  missionary  hymns,  but  there 
is  no  evidence  that  she  wrote  this.  It  appeared 
about  1829. 

Examination  plainly  shows  that  it  is  founded 
upon  Rev.  xi,  15: 

"  The  kingdoms  of  this  world  are  become  the 
kingdoms  of  our  Lord,  and  of  his  Christ ;  and  he 
shall  reiarn  for  ever  and  ever." 


918         The  time  to  favor  Zion.  L.  M. 

SOVEREIGN   of  worlds!    display  thy 
power ; 

Be  this  thy  Zion's  favored  hour ; 
O  bid  the  morning  star  arise, 
O  point  the  heathen  to  the  skies. 

2  Set  up  thy  throne  where  Satan  reigns, 
In  western  wilds  and,  eastern  plains; 
Far  let  the  gospel's  sound  be  known ; 
Make  thou  the  universe  thine  own. 

3  Speak,  and  the  world  shall  hear  thy 

voice ; 

Speak,  and  the  desert  shall  rejoice : 
Dispel  the  gloom  of  heathen  night ; 
Bid  every  nation  hail  the  light. 

BOURNE  H.  DRAPER. 

This  hymn  has  been  erroneously  attributed  to 
Mrs.  Voke.  It  was  written  by  Eev.  Bourne  Hall 
Draper  (1775-1843)  for  a  farewell  service  given 
Dec.  1, 1803,  to  Baptist  missionaries  going  to  India. 

The  history  of  this  hymn  was  given  by  Bev.  Dr. 
Forysth  in  The  Independent,  Sept.  17,  1885. 

It  "has  seven  stanzas.  These  are  the  first  three 
slightly  altered.  The  well  known  missionary 
hymn, 

"Ye  Christian  heroes  go,  proclaim 
Salvation  through  Immanuel's  name," 

is  a  part  of  the  same. 


919    Christ's  all-embracing  religion.       L.  M. 

JESUS  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun 
Does  his  successive  journeys  run; 
His  kingdom  spread  from  shore  to  shore, 
Till  moons  shall  wax  and  wane  no  more. 
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2  From  north  to  south  the  princes  meet, 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet ; 
While  western  empires  own  their  Lord, 
And  savage  tribes  attend  his  word. 

3  To  him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made, 
And  endless  praises  crown  his  head; 
His  name  like  sweet  perfume  shall  rise 
With  every  morning  sacrifice. 

4  People  and  realms  of  every  tongue 
Dwell  on  his  love  with  sweetest  song, 
And  infant  voices  shall  proclaim 
Their  early  blessings  on  his  name. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title:  Christ's  Kingdom  Among  the  Gentiles. 
Founded  on  the  last  part  of  Psalm  lxxii. 
The  second  stanza  is  made  out  of  the  second  and 
third  of  Watts' s : 

2  "  Behold  the  islands  with  their  kings, 
And  Europe,  her  best  tribute  brings ; 
From  north  to  south  the  princes  meet 
To  pay  their  homage  at  his  feet. 

3  "  There  Persia.,  glorious  to  behold, 
There  India  shines  in  Eastern  gold, 
And  barbarous  nations  at  his  word 
Submit  and  bow,  and  own  their  Lord." 

Watts  wrote  the  first  couplet  of  the  third  stanza 

"  For  him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made, 
And  praises  throng  to  crown  his  head." 

There  are  three  additional  stanzas  that  are  too 
good  to  be  forgotten  : 

6  "  Blessings  abound  where'er  he  reigns  ; 
The  pris'ner  leaps  to  lose  his  chains, 
The  weary  find  eternal  rest, 

And  all  the  sons  of  want  are  blest. 

7  "  Where  he  displays  his  healing  pow'r 
Death  and  the  curse  are  known  no  more ; 
In  him  the  tribes  of  Adam  boast 

More  blessings  than  their  father  lost. 

8  "  Let  ev'ry  creature  rise  and  bring 
Peculiar  honors  to  our  King ; 
Angels  descend  with  songs  again, 
And  earth  repeat  the  loud  Amen." 

Published  in  1719. 


920       Triumphs  of  mercy.  L.  M. 

ARM  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake ! 
Put  on  thy  strength,  the  nations 
shake, 

And  let  the  world,  adoring,  see 
Triumphs  of  mercy  wrought  by  thee. 


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2  Say  to  the  heathen,  from  thy  throne, 
' '  I  am  Jehovah,  God  alone  :  " 

Thy  voice  their  idols  shall  confound, 
And  cast  their  altars  to  the  ground. 

3  No  more  let  creature  blood  be  spilt, 
Vain  sacrifice  for  human  guilt ! 

But  to  each  conscience  be  applied 
The  blood  that  flowed  from  Jesus'  side. 

4  Almighty  God,  thy  grace  proclaim, 
In  every  land,  of  every  name ; 

Till  adverse  powers  before  thee  fall, 
And  crown  the  Saviour,  Lord  of  all. 

WILLIAM  SHRUBSOLE,  JR. 
Title :  Missionary  Hymn. 

Lyra  Britannica,  Rogers,  claims  to  give  the 
original.  From  this  valuable  work  we  copy  the 
two  omitted  stanzas,  the  fourth  and  fifth : 

4  "  Arm  of  the  Lord,  Thy  power  extend ; 
Let  Mahomet's  imposture  end ; 

Break  papal  superstition's  chain, 
And  the  proud  scoffers  rage  restrain. 

5  "  Let  Zion's  time  of  favor  come : 
Oh  bring  the  tribes  of  Israel  home  : 
And  let  our  wondering  eyes  behold 
Gentiles  and  Jews  in  Jesus'  fold." 

From  Missionary  Hymns,  1795. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  110. 


921  The  triumph  near.  L.  M. 

ETERNAL  Father,  thou  hast  said, 
That  Christ  all  glory  shall  obtain ; 
That  he  who  once  a  sufferer  bled 

Shall  o'er  the  world  a  conqueror  reign. 

2  We  wait  thy  triumph,  Saviour  King; 
Long  ages  have  prepared  thy  way ; 

Now  all  abroad  thy  banner  fling, 
Set  time's  great  battle  in  array. 

3  Thy  hosts  are  mustered  to  the  field ; 

"  The  Cross !  the  Cross !  "  the  battle-call ; 
The  old  grim  towers  of  darkness  yield, 
And  soon  shall  totter  to  their  fall. 

4  On  mountain  tops  the  watch-fires  glow, 
Where    scattered  wide  the  watchmen 

stand ; 

Voice  echoes  voice,  and  onward  flow 
The  joyous  shouts  from  land  to  land. 

5  O  fill  thy  Church  with  faith  and  power, 
Bid  her  long  night  of  weeping  cease ; 

To  groaning  nations  haste  the  hour 
Of  life  and  freedom,  light  and  peace. 


6  Come,  Spirit,  make  thy  wonders  known, 
Fulfill  the  Father's  high  decree ; 

Then  earth,  the  might  of  hell  o'erthrown, 
Shall  keep  her  last  great  jubilee. 

RAY  PALMER. 

Author's  title  :  The  Jubilee. 

This  was  written  for  the  fiftieth  anniversary  of 
the  American  Board  of  Commissioners  for  Foreign 
Missions,  and  was  sung  at  the  Jubilee  Celebration, 
held  in  Tremont  Temple,  Boston,  October,  3-5, 
1860. 

One  stanza,  the  fifth,  is  omitted : 

"  Thou  hast  our  humble  service  blest, 
While  fifty  years  have  rolled  their  round ; 

Weary  and  worn  the  fathers  rest, 
But  in  their  stead  the  sons  are  found." 

From  the  author's  Poetical  Works.   New  York, 
1875. 
See  No.  714. 


922  Missionary  meeting.         L.  M. 

ASSEMBLED  at  thy  great  command, 
Before  thy  face,  dread  King,  we  stand ; 
The  voice  that  marshaled  every  star 
Has  called  thy  people  from  afar. 

2  We  meet  through  distant  lands  to  spread 
The  truth  for  which  the  martyrs  bled; 
Along  the  line,  to  either  pole, 

The  anthem  of  thy  praise  to  roll. 

3  Our  prayers  assist ;  accept  our  praise ; 
Our  hopes  revive ;  our  courage  raise ; 
Our  counsels  aid ;  to  each  impart 

The  single  eye,  the  faithful  heart. 

4  Forth  with  thy  chosen  heralds  come ; 
Recall  the  wandering  spirits  home ; 
From  Zion's  mount  send  forth  the  sound, 
To  spread  the  spacious  earth  around. 

WILLIAM  B.  COLLYER. 

Title :  A  Missionary  Hymn,  For  the  Opening  of 
the  Services. 

In  verse  two,  line  four,  the  author  wrote  "  thun- 
der" instead  of  "  anthem ; "  and  in  verse  three,  line 
three,  "  and  Oh  "  instead  of  "  to  each." 

The  second  and  fourth  stanzas  have  been  omitted  : 

2  "  Constrained  by  love  to  him  who  died, 
Thy  churches  pour  th'  o'erflowing  tide ; 
Midst  congregated  thousands  here, 
In  all  thine  ancient  power  appear." 

4  "  First  bow  our  hearts  beneath  thy  sway, 
Then  give  thy  growing  empire  way ; 
O'er  wastes  of  sin,  o'er  fields  of  blood, 
Till  all  mankind  shall  be  subdued." 

From  Hymns  Partly  Collected  and  Partly  Origi- 
nal.   London,  1812. 
See  No.  354. 


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923  The  latter-day  glory.  L.  M. 

BEHOLD,  the  heathen  waits  to  know 
The  joy  the  gospel  will  bestow ; 
The  exiled  captive,  to  receive 
The  freedom  Jesus  has  to  give. 

2  Come,  let  us,  with  a  grateful  heart, 
In  this  blest  labor  share  a  part ; 

Our  prayers  and  offerings  gladly  bring 
To  aid  the  triumphs  of  our  King. 

3  Our  hearts  exult  in  songs  of  praise 
That  we  have  seen  these  latter  days, 
When  our  Redeemer  shall  be  known 
Where  Satan  long  hath  held  his  throne. 

4  Where'er  his  hand  hath  spread  the  skies, 
Sweet  incense  to  his  name  shall  rise ; 

And  slave  and  freeman,  Greek  and  Jew, 
By  sovereign  grace  be  formed  anew. 

MRS.  VOKE. 

Title :  Prospect  of  Success. 

"  Say  not  ye,  There  are  yet  four  months,  and 
then  cometh  harvest?  behold,  I  say  unto  you,  Lift 
up  your  eyes,  and  look  on  the  fields  ;  for  they  are 
white  already  to  harvest.  And  he  that  reapeth  re- 
ceiveth  wages,  and  gathereth  fruit  unto  life  eternal : 
that  both  he  that  soweth  and  he  that  reapeth  may 
rejoice  together."    John  iv,  35,  36. 

The  first  two  stanzas  are  omitted : 

"Behold  th'  expected  time  draws  near, 
The  shades  disperse,  the  dawn  appear ; 
The  barren  wilderness  assume 
The  beauteous  tints  of  Eden's  bloom. 

"  Events,  with  prophecies,  conspire 
To  raise  our  faith,  our  zeal  to  fire ; 
The  rip'ning  fields,  already  white, 
Present  an  harvest  to  our  sight." 

Four  lines  have  been  changed. 

Original. 

Verse  one,  lines  one  and  three  : 

"  The  untaught  heathen  waits  to  know." 
"  The  exil'd  slave  waits  to  receive." 

Verse  four,  lines  one  and  three : 

"  From  eastern  to  the  western  skies," 

"  And  Tyre  and  Egypt,  Greek  and  Jew." 

In  Dobell's  Selection,  1806,  this  hymn  and  sev- 
eral others  are  marked  "  Voke." 

Some  of  these  had  appeared  in  previous  collec- 
tions, but  without  the  author's  name. 

The  Eev.  W.  B.  Collyer,  in  his  collection,  1812, 
gives  seven  original  hymns  by  "  Mrs  Voke." 

She  manifested  a  remarkable  missionary  spirit. 
Nearly  all  of  her  hymns  are  Missionary  Hymns. 

We  regret  that  her  personal  history  is  not  better 
known. 


924:         For  Jews  and  Gentiles.         L.  M. 

HEAD  of  the  Church,  whose  Spirit  fills 
And  flows  through  every  faithful  soul, 
Unites  in  mystic  love,  and  seals 
Them  one,  and  sanctifies  the  whole ; 

2  "  Come,  Lord,"  thy  glorious  Spirit  cries, 
And  souls  beneath  the  altar  groan ; 

"  Come,  Lord,"  the  bride  on  earth  replies, 
"And  perfect  all  our  souls  in  one." 

3  Pour  out  the  promised  gift  on  all; 
Answer  the  universal  "  Come!  " 

The  fullness  of  the  Gentiles  call, 

And  take  thine  ancient  people  home. 

4  To  thee  let  all  the  nations  flow ; 
Let  all  obey  the  gospel  word ; 

Let  all  their  bleeding  Saviour  know, 
Filled  with  the  glory  of  the  Lord. 

5  O  for  thy  truth  and  mercy's  sake 
The  purchase  of  thy  passion  claim ; 

Thine  heritage,  the  Gentiles,  take, 

And  cause  the  world  to  know  thy  name. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  the  first  of  a  number  of  Hymns  of  Inter- 
cession. 

The  original  has  eight  stanzas.  The  second, 
seventh,  and  eighth  are  omitted : 

2  "  Less  than  the  least  of  Saints,  I  join 
My  Littleness  of  Faith  to  Theirs  ; 

0  King  of  All,  thine  Ear  incline, 
Accept  our  much-availing  Prayers." 

7  "  Thee,  Lord,  let  every  Tongue  confess, 
Let  every  Knee  to  Jesus  bow : 

0  !  All-redeeming  Prince  of  Peace, 
We  long  to  see  thy  Kingdom  now. 

8  "  Hasten  that  Kingdom  of  thy  Grace, 
And  take  us  to  our  Heavenly  Home, 

And  let  us  Now  behold  thy  Face  : 
Come,  glorious  God,  to  Judgment  come !  " 

The  original  has  "  simplifies  "  instead  of  "  sanc- 
tifies "  in  the  last  line  of  the  first  stanza. 
From  Hymns  'and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


925  Light  for  those  who  sit  in  darJcness.  L.M. 

THOUGH  now  the  nations  sit  beneath 
The  darkness  of  o'erspreading  death, 
God  will  arise  with  light  divine, 
On  Zion's  holy  towers  to  shine. 

2  That  light  shall  shine  on  distant  lands, 
And  wandering  tribes,  in  joyful  bands, 
Shall  come,  thy  glory,  Lord,  to  see, 
And  in  thy  courts  to  worship  thee. 


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3  O  light  of  Zion,  now  arise ! 
Let  the  glad  morning  bless  our  eyes ; 
Ye  nations,  catch  the  kindling  ray, 
And  hail  the  splendors  of  the  day. 

LEONARD  BACON. 

Contributed  by  the  author  to  Psalms  and  Hymns 
for  Christian  Worship,  1845. 

Dr.  Bacon  was  one  of  the  editors  of  that  book, 
and  contributed  several  hymns  to  it. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

The  Rev.  Leonard  Bacon,  D.D.,  was  born  in 
Detroit  in  1802  ;  educated  at  Yale  College  and  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary,  and  in  1825  was 
settled  as  pastor  of  the  Center  Congregational 
Church  in  New  Haven.  He  held  this  relation  un- 
til his  death,  December  24,  1881.  He  also  held  a 
professorship  in  the  college. 


926  LM- 

Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  Lord.    Matt,  iii,  3. 

COMFORT,  ye  ministers  of  grace, 
Comfort  the  people  of  your  Lord ; 
O  lift  ye  up  the  fallen  race, 

And  cheer  them  by  the  gospel  word. 

2  Go  into  every  nation,  go ; 

Speak  to  their  trembling  hearts,  and 
cry,— 

Glad  tidings  unto  all  we  show : 
Jerusalem,  thy  God  is  nigh. 

3  Hark !  in  the  wilderness  a  cry, 

A  voice  that  loudly  calls, — Prepare! 
Prepare  your  hearts,  for  God  is  nigh, 
And  waits  to  make  his  entrance  there. 

4  The  Lord  your  God  shall  quickly  come ; 
Sinners,  repent,  the  call  obey : 

Open  your  hearts  to  make  him  room ; 
Ye  desert  souls,  prepare  the  way. 

5  The  Lord  shall  clear  his  way  through  all ; 
Whate'er  obstructs,  obstructs  in  vain ; 

The  vale  shall  rise,  the  mountain  fall, 
Crooked  be  straight,  and  rugged  plain. 

6  The  glory  of  the  Lord  displayed 
Shall  all  mankind  together  view ; 

And  what  his  mouth  in  truth  hath  said, 
His  own  almighty  hand  shall  do. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  published  by 
John  and  Charles  Wesley,  1742. 

We  find  a  long  paraphrase  of  the  fortieth  chapter 
of  Isaiah,  fifty-five  stanzas,  in  five  parts.  This 
hymn  is  composed  of  verses  one.  two,  five,  six, 
seven,  and  ten,  of  part  first.    It  is  interesting  to 


compare  this  hymn  with  the  first  five  verses  of 
Isaiah  xl,  on  which  it  is  founded. 

In  the  last  line  of  the  third  stanza,  Wesley 
wrote : 

"  And  means  to  make  His  entrance  there  ;" 

and  in  the  second  line  of  the  last  stanza : 
"  Together  all  mankind  shall  view." 


927  l.m. 

Souls  perishing  for  lack  of  knowledge. 

SHEPHERD  of  souls,  with  pitying  eye 
The  thousands  of  our  Israel  see ; 
To  thee  in  their  behalf  we  cry, 
Ourselves  but  newly  found  in  thee. 

2  See  where  o'er  desert  wastes  they  err, 
And  neither  food  nor  feeder  have, 

Nor  fold,  nor  place  of  refuge  near, 
For  no  man  cares  their  souls  to  save. 

3  Thy  people,  Lord,  are  sold  for  naught, 
Nor  know  they  their  Redeemer  nigh; 

They  perish,  whom  thyself  hast  bought; 
Their  souls  for  lack  of  knowledge  die. 

4  The  pit  its  mouth  hath  opened  wide, 
To  swallow  up  its  careless  prey : 

Why  should  they  die,  when  thou  hast  died, 
Hast  died  to  bear  their  sins  away  ? 

5  Why  should  the  foe  thy  purchase  seize  ? 
Remember,  Lord,  thy  dying  groans : 

The  meed  of  all  thy  sufferings  these; 
O  claim  them  for  thy  ransomed  ones ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  For  the  Outcasts  of  Israel. 
The  third,  seventh,  and  eighth  stanzas  are 
omitted : 

3  "  Wild  as  the  untaught  Indian's  brood, 

The  Christian  savages  remain, 
Strangers  and  enemies  to  God, 

They  make  Thee  spend  Thy  blood  in  vain." 

7  "  Extend  to  these  Thy  pardoning  grace, 
To  these  be  Thy  salvation  showed, 

O  add  them  to  Thy  chosen  race  ! 
O  sprinkle  all  their  hearts  with  blood ! 

8  "  Still  let  the  publicans  draw  near, 
Open  the  door  of  faith  and  heaven. 

And  grant  their  hearts  Thy  word  to  hear, 
And  witness  all  their  sins  forgiven." 

The  author  wrote  11  fly"  instead  of  "cry"  in 
verse  one,  line  three. 

From  Hymns  for  Those  that  Seek  and  Those 
that  Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 
London,  1747. 


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928     The  Saviour's  coming  awaited.      L.  M. 

JESUS,  thy  Church,  with  longing  eyes, 
For  thine  expected  coming  waits : 
When  will  the  promised  light  arise, 
And  glory  beam  on  Zion's  gates  ? 

2  E'en  now,  when  tempests  round  us  fall, 
And  wintry  clouds  o'ercast  the  sky, 

Thy  words  with  pleasure  we  recall, 
And  deem  that  our  redemjition's  nigh. 

3  O  come,  and  reign  o'er  every  land ; 
Let  Satan  from  his  throne  be  hurled, 

All  nations  bow  to  thy  command, 
And  grace  revive  a  dying  world. 

4  Teach  us,  in  watchfulness  and  iDrayer, 
To  wait  for  thine  appointed  hour ; 

And  fit  us,  by  thy  grace,  to  share 

The  triumphs  of  thy  conquering  power. 

WILLIAM  H.  BATHURST. 

Title  :  Second  Coming  of  Christ. 

"  He  which  testifieth  these  things  saith,  Surely  I 
come  quickly :  Amen.  Even  so,  come,  Lord  Jesus." 
Eev.  xxii,  20. 

In  the  second  line  of  the  first  stanza  the  original 
has  "  thy  "  instead  of  "  thine  ;  "  and  in  the  second 
line  of  the  last  stanza,  "  the"  for  "thine." 

The  third  and  fifth  stanzas  are  omitted : 

3  "  Come,  gracious  Lord,  our  hearts  renew, 
Our  foes  repel,  our  wrongs  redress ; 

Man's  rooted  enmity  subdue, 
And  crown  thy  Gospel  with  success." 

5  "  Yes,  thou  wilt  speedily  appear ; 

The  smitten  earth  already  reels, 
And  not  far  ofl"  we  seem  to  hear 

The  thunder  of  thy  chariot  wheels." 

From  Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Public  and  Private 
Use.    By  W.  H.  Bathurst.    London,  1831. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  61. 


939         For  home  missions.  L.  M. 

LOOK  from  thy  svjhere  of  endless  day, 
O  God  of  mercy  and  of  might! 
In  pity  look  on  those  who  stray, 
Benighted,  in  this  land  of  light. 

2  In  peopled  vale,  in  lonely  glen, 

In  crowded  mart,  by  stream  or  sea, 
How  many  of  the  sons  of  men 

Hear  not  the  message  sent  from  thee ! 

3  Send  forth  thy  heralds,  Lord,  to  call 
The  thoughtless  young,  the  hardened  old, 

A  scattered,  homeless  flock,  till  all 
Be  gathered  to  thy  peaceful  fold. 


4  Send  them  thy  mighty  word  to  speak, 
Till  faith  shall  dawn,  and  doubt  depart, 

To  awe  the  bold,  to  stay  the  weak, 
And  bind  and  heal  the  broken  heart. 

5  Then  all  these  wastes,  a  dreary  scene, 
That  makes  us  sadden  as  we  gaze, 

Shall  grow  with  living  waters  green, 
And  lift  to  heaven  the  voice  of  praise. 

WILLIAM  C.  BRYANT. 

Written  in  1840  for  a  missionary  society ;  and 
found  in  the  author's  small  volume  of  hymns,  pub- 
lished in  1864. 

See  No.  201. 


930      Missionary  hymn.  7,6. 

FROM  Greenland's  icy  mountains, 
From  India's  coral  strand ; 
Where  Afric's  sunny  fountains 

Roll  down  their  golden  sand ; 
From  many  an  ancient  river, 
From  many  a  palmy  plain, 
They  call  us  to  deliver 

Their  land  from  error's  chain. 

2  What  though  the  spicy  breezes 
Blow  soft  o'er  Ceylon's  isle ; 

Though  every  prospect  pleases, 

And  only  man  is  vile  ? 
In  vain  with  lavish  kindness 

The  gifts  of  God  are  strown ; 
The  heathen  in  his  blindness 

Bows  down  to  wood  and  stone. 

3  Shall  we,  whose  souls  are  lighted 
With  wisdom  from  on  high, 

Shall  we  to  men  benighted, 

The  lamp  of  life  deny  ? 
Salvation!  O  salvation! 

The  joyful  sound  proclaim, 
Till  earth's  remotest  nation 

Has  learned  Messiah's  name. 

4  Waft,  waft,  ye  winds,  his  story, 
And  you,  ye  waters,  roll, 

Till,  like  a  sea  of  glory, 

It  spreads  from  pole  to  pole : 

Till  o'er  our  ransomed  nature 
The  Lamb  for  sinners  slain, 

Redeemer,  King,  Creator, 
In  bliss  returns  to  reign. 

REGINALD  HEBER. 

Author's  title  :  Before  a  Collection  made  for  the 
Society  for  the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel. 

There  are  many  missionary  hymns,  but  this  is 
universally  known  as  The  Missionary  Hymn. 


355  H  T3TX  STUDIES. 


From  the  authors  Memoirs,  edited  by  his  widow, 
we  learn  that  this  hymn  was  composed  in  1S19,  to 
be  sung  at  a  missionary  meeting  in  Wrexham. 
Heber's  father-in-law  was  to  preach,  and  he  re- 
quested the  author  to  write  a  hymn  to  be  sung  on 
that  occasion.  It  was  the  work  of  a  few  moments  ; 
was  printed  on  Saturday,  and  used  the  next  day. 
The  manuscript,  which  was  sent  to  the  printer,  had 
but  one  correction.  In  the  seventh  line  of  the 
second  stanza  Heber  first  wrote  "  savage,"1  then  he 
era>ed  this  word  and  substituted  "  heathen." 

In  the  author's  text  the  first  and  third  lines  of 
the  third  stanza  began  with  "  Can  we,"  etc. 

from  Hymns  Written  and  Adapted  to  the  Weekly 
Church  Serckes  of  the  Year,  1827. 

See  No.  62. 


931      Beparti  ng  missionaries.  7,  6. 

ROLL  on,  thou  mighty  ocean! 
And,  as  thy  billows  flow. 
Bear  messengers  of  mercy 

To  every  land  below. 
Arise,  ye  gales,  and  waft  them 

Safe  to  the  destined  shore ; 
That  man  may  sit  in  darkness, 
And  death's  black  shade,  no  more. 

2  O  thou  eternal  Ruler. 

Who  h oldest  in  thine  arm 
The  tempests  of  the  ocean, 

Protect  them  from  all  harm ! 
Thy  presence.  Lord,  be  with  them, 

Wherever  they  may  be ; 
Though  far  from  us  who  love  them, 

Still  let  them  be  with  thee. 

JAMES  EDMEST02s. 

I  cannot  say  whether  this  has  been  altered  or 
not.  It  first  appeared  in  the  author's  Missionary 
Hymns,  1822,  a  book  that  I  have  never  seen. 

See  No.  SO. 


932  The  morning  light '  is  breaking.  7,6. 

THE  morning  light  is  breaking; 
The  darkness  disappears; 
The  sons  of  earth  are  waking 

To  penitential  tears ; 
Each  breeze  that  sweeps  the  ocean 

Brings  tidings  from  afar, 
Of  nations  in  commotion, 
Prepared  for  Zions  war. 

2  See  heathen  nations  bending 

Before  the  God  we  love, 
And  thousand  hearts  ascending 

In  gratitude  above; 
"While  sinners  now  confessing. 

The  gospel  call  obey. 
And  seek  the  Saviour's  blessing, 

A  nation  in  a  day. 


3  Blest  river  of  salvation, 

Pursue  thine  onward  way  ; 
Flow  thou  to  every  nation, 

Nor  in  thy  richness  stay: 
Stay  not  till  all  the  lowly 

Triumphant  reach  their  home : 
Stay  not  till  ail  the  holy 

Proclaim,  1 '  The  Lord  is  come ! " 

SAMUEL  F.  SMITH. 

Author's  title :  Success  of  the  Gospel. 
The  second  stanza  is  omitted : 

2  "  Eich  dews  of  grace  come  o'er  us, 

In  many  a  gentle  shower, 
And  brighter  scenes  before  us, 

Are  opening  every  hour : 
Each  cry  to  heaven  going, 

Abundant  answers  brings, 
And  heavenly  gales  are  blowing, 

With  peace  upon  their  wings." 

The  whole  hymn  is  pleasantly  optimistic.  It  was 
published  by  the  author  in  The  Psalmist,  1843.  It 
first  appeared  in  Sjd  ritual  Songs,  1833. 

See  No.  92. 


933     Domestic  missions.  7,6. 

OL~R  country's  voice  is  pleading, 
Ye  men  of  God  arise ! 
His  providence  is  leading, 

The  land  before  you  lies; 
Day-gleams  are  o'er  it  brightening, 

And  promise  clothes  the  soil ; 
Wide  fields,  for  harvest  whitening, 
Invite  the  reaper's  toil. 

2  Go  where  the  waves  are  breaking 
On  California's  shore, 

Christ's  precious  gospel  taking, 
More  rich  than  golden  ore ; 

On  Alleghany's  mountains, 
Through  all  the  western  vale, 

Beside  Missouri's  fountains, 
Kehearse  the  wondrous  tale. 

3  The  love  of  Christ  unfolding, 
Speed  on  from  east  to  west, 

Till  all,  his  cross  beholding, 

In  him  are  fully  blest. 
Great  Author  of  salvation. 

Haste,  haste  the  glorious  day, 
When  we,  a  ransomed  nation, 

Thy  scepter  shall  obey ! 

MRS.  AJvDERSON. 

Title  :  Evangelization,  of  Our  Country. 
Written  in  1S48  for  The  Baptist  Harp.  Philadel- 
phia, 1849. 


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It  is  unaltered,  but  the  third  stanzas — the  most- 
poetic — is  omitted : 

3  "  Where  prairie  flowers  are  blooming, 

Plant  Sharon's  fairer  rose ; 
The  farthest  wilds  illuming, 

With  light  that  ever  glows  ; 
To  each  lone  forest  ranger, 

The  word  of  life  unseal ; 
To  every  exile  stranger, 

Its  saving  truths  reveal." 

Maria  Frances  Anderson  was  born  in  Paris, 
France,  in  1819.  This  hymn  shows  how  well  she 
has  become  naturalized. 


934      The  universal  anthem.  7,  6. 

WHEN  shall  the  voice  of  singing 
Flow  joyfully  along, 
When  hill  and  valley,  ringing 
With  one  triumphant  song, 
Proclaim  the  contest  ended, 

And  Him  who  once  was  slain, 
Again  to  earth  descended, 
In  righteousness  to  reign? 

2  Then  from  the  craggy  mountains 

The  sacred  shout  shall  fly ; 
And  shady  vales  and  fountains 

Shall  echo  the  reply. 
High  tower  and  lowly  dwelling 

Shall  send  the  chorus  round, 
All  hallelujahs  swelling 

In  one  eternal  sound ! 

JAMES  EDMESTON,  ALT. 

The  author  published  Fifty  Missionary  Hymns  in 
1822,  from  which  this  is  taken.  I  cannot  give 
the  original  text. 

See  No.  80. 


935     The  watchman"1 's  report.  7. 

WATCHMAN,  tell  us  of  the  night, 
What  its  signs  of  promise  are. 
Traveler,  o'er  yon  mountain's  height 

See  that  glory-beaming  star ! 
Watchman,  does  its  beauteous  ray 
Aught  of  hope  or  joy  foretell? 
Traveler,  yes ;  it  brings  the  day, 
Promised  day  of  Israel. 

2  Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night ; 

Higher  yet  that  star  ascends. 
Traveler,  blessedness  and  light, 

Peace  and  truth,  its  course  portends 
Watchman,  will  its  beams  alone 

Gild  the  spot  that  gave  them  birth? 
Traveler,  ages  are  its  own, 

See,  it  bursts  o'er  all  the  earth ! 


3  Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night, 

For  the  morning  seems  to  dawn. 
Traveler,  darkness  takes  its  flight ; 

Doubt  and  terror  are  withdrawn. 
Watchman,  let  thy  wandering  cease ; 

Hie  thee  to  thy  quiet  home ! 
Traveler,  lo!  the  Prince  of  peace, 

Lo !  the  Son  of  God  is  come ! 

SIR  JOHN  BOWRING. 

This  favorite  hymn  was  written  upon  Isa.  xxi,  11 : 
"  Watchman,  what  of  the  night?" 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire  from  Hymns,  by  John 
Bowring.    London,  1825. 
See  No.  150. 


936     The  word  glorified.  7. 

SEE  how  great  a  flame  aspires, 
Kindled  by  a  spark  of  grace ! 
Jesus'  love  the  nations  fires, 

Sets  the  kingdoms  on  a  blaze. 
To  bring  fire  on  earth  he  came ; 

Kindled  in  some  hearts  it  is : 
O  that  all  might  catch  the  flame, 
All  partake  the  glorious  bliss ! 

2  When  he  first  the  work  begun, 
Small  and  feeble  was  his  day : 

Now  the  word  doth  swiftly  run ; 

Now  it  wins  its  widening  way : 
More  and  more  it  spreads  and  grows, 

Ever  mighty  to  prevail ; 
Sin's  strongholds  it  now  o'erthrows, 

Shakes  the  trembling  gates  of  hell. 

3  Sons  of  God,  your  Saviour  praise ! 
He  the  door  hath  opened  wide ; 

He  hath  given  the  word  of  grace ; 

Jesus'  word  is  glorified. 
Jesus,  mighty  to  redeem, 

He  alone  the  work  hath  wrought ; 
Worthy  is  the  work  of  him, 

Him  who  spake  a  world  from  naught. 

4  Saw  ye  not  the  cloud  arise, 
Little  as  a  human  hand? 

Now  it  spreads  along  the  skies, 
Hangs  o'er  all  the  thirsty  land; 

Lo !  the  promise  of  a  shower 
Drops  already  from  above ; 

But  the  Lord  will  shortly  pour 
All  the  Spirit  of  his  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  one  of  four  hymns  with  the  following 
title:  After  Preaching  to  the  Newcastle  Colliers. 
Mr.  Jackson,  in  his  Life  of  Wesley,  remarks  that, 


360 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


perhaps,  the  imagery  of  this  hymn  was  suggested 
by  the  large  fires  which  illuminate  the  whole  part 
of  that  country  in  the  darkest  night. 

Unaltered  and  entire. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


937     Christ's  universal  reign.  7. 

HASTEN,  Lord,  the  glorious  time, 
When,  beneath  Messiah's  sway, 
Every  nation,  every  clime, 
Shall  the  gospel  call  obey. 

2  Mightiest  kings  his  power  shall  own ; 
Heathen  tribes  his  name  adore ; 

Satan  and  his  host,  o'erthrown, 

Bound  in  chains,  shall  hurt  no  more, 

3  Then  shall  wars  and  tumults  cease ; 
Then  be  banished  grief  and  pain ; 

Righteousness,  and  joy,  and  peace, 
Undisturbed,  shall  ever  reign. 

4  Bless  we,  then,  our  gracious  Lord ; 
Ever  praise  his  glorious  name ; 

All  his  mighty  acts  record, 

All  his  wondrous  love  proclaim. 

HARRIET  AUBER. 

Psalm  lxxii. 

The  original  contains  seven  stanzas ;  these  are 
the  first  three,  and  the  last,  verbatim. 

Omitted  Stanzas. 

4  "  As  when  soft  and  gentle  showers 
Fall  upon  the  thirsty  plain, 

Springing  grass  and  blooming  flowers, 
Clothe  the  wilderness  again  : 

5  "  So  Thy  Spirit  shall  descend, 
Soft'ning  every  stony  heart, 

And  its  sweetest  influence  lend 
All  that's  lovely  to  impart. 

6  "  Time  shall  sun  and  moon  obscure, 
Seas  be  dried,  and  rocks  be  riven, 

But  His  reign  shall  still  endure, 
Endless  as  the  days  of  Heaven." 

From  The  Spirit  of  the  Psalms,  1829. 
See  No.  33. 


938      The  song  of  jubilee. 

HARK !  the  song  of  jubilee ; 
Loud  as  mighty  thunders  roar, 
Or  the  fullness  of  the  sea, 

When  it  breaks  upon  the  shore : 
Hallelujah !  for  the  Lord 

God  omnipotent  shall  reign; 
Hallelujah !  let  the  word 

Echo  round  the  earth  and  main. 


2  Hallelujah! — hark!  the  sound, 
From  the  center  to  the  skies, 

Wakes  above,  beneath,  around, 

All  creation's  harmonies : 
See  Jehovah's  banner  furled, 

Sheathed  his  sword :  he  speaks — 'tis  done, 
And  the  kingdoms  of  this  world 

Are  the  kingdoms  of  his  Son. 

3  He  shall  reign  from  pole  to  pole 
With  illimitable  sway ; 

He  shall  reign,  when,  like  a  scroll, 
Yonder  heavens  have  passed  away : 

Then  the  end ; — beneath  his  rod, 
Man's  last  enemy  shall  fall ; 

Hallelujah !  Christ  in  God, 
God  in  Christ,  is  all  in  all. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Author's  title :  Hallelujah. 

This  fine  hymn  is  found  in  the  Christian  Psalm- 
ist, 1825.  It  first  appeared  in  Cotterill's  Collection 
in  1819. 

One  word  has  been  changed. 

Verse  two,  line  two,  was  originally : 

"  From  the  depths  unto  the  skies." 
See  No.  5. 


939      The  banner  of  the  cross.  7 

GO,  ye  messengers  of  God ; 
Like  the  beams  of  morning,  fly ; 
Take  the  wonder-working  rod ; 
Wave  the  banner-cross  on  high. 

2  Where  the  lofty  minaret 
Gleams  along  the  morning  skies, 

Wave  it  till  the  crescent  set, 
And  the  "Star  of  Jacob"  rise. 

3  Go  to  many  a  tropic  isle 
In  the  bosom  of  the  deep, 

Where  the  skies  forever  smile, 
And  the  oppressed  forever  weep. 

4  O'er  the  pagan's  night  of  care 
Pour  the  living  light  of  heaven ; 

Chase  away  his  dark  despair,  . 
Bid  him  hoj>e  to  be  forgiven. 

5  Where  the  golden  gates  of  day 
Open  on  the  palmy  East, 

High  the  bleeding  cross  display ; 
Spread  the  gospel's  richest  feast. 

6  Bear  the  tidings  round  the  ball, 
Visit  every  soil  and  sea ; 

Preach  the  cross  of  Christ  to  all, 
Christ,  whose  love  is  full  and  free. 

JOSHUA  MARSDEN. 


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This  missionary  ode  has  uot  been  adequately  ap- 
preciated. In  poetry,  piety,  and  missionary  spirit 
it  has  never  been  surpassed,  if  indeed  equaled,  by 
any  missionary  hymn  in  the  English  tongue. 

The  Eev.  Joshua  Marsden  (1777-1837)  was  a  Wes- 
leyan  minister.  His  early  educational  advantages 
were  very  limited,  and  he  did  not,  it  seems,  make 
the  most  of  such  as  he  had.  He  was  a  wild,  thought- 
less, and  wicked  boy.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he 
enlisted  in  the  British  navy,  and  grew  more  reck- 
less than  ever ;  but  at  length,  he  says,  "  The  grace 
of  God,  that  bringeth  salvation,  turned  my  feet  into 
the  way  of  peace."  He  became  a  missionary  to 
Nova  Scotia,  and  afterward  to  the  Bermuda  Islands. 
He  was  the  author  of  several  books ;  his  poems 
were  entitled  T/ie  Amusements  of  a  Mission. 


940   The  conquest  of  the  gospel.  8,7,4. 

O'ER  the  gloomy  hills  of  darkness, 
Cheered  by  no  celestial  ray, 
Sun  of  righteousness,  arising, 
Bring  the  bright,  the  glorious  day ! 

Send  the  gospel 
To  the  earth's  remotest  bound. 

2  Kingdoms  wide  that  sit  in  darkness, — 
Grant  them,  Lord,  the  glorious  light: 

And,  from  eastern  coast  to  western, 
May  the  morning  chase  the  night ; 

And  redemption, 
Freely  purchased,  win  the  day. 

3  Fly  abroad,  thou  mighty  Gospel ! 
Win  and  conquer,  never  cease ; 

May  thy  lasting,  wide  dominion 
Multiply  and  still  increase ; 

Sway  thy  scepter, 
Saviour,  all  the  world  around ! 

WILLIAM  WILLIAMS,  ALT. 

The  original  has  seven  stanzas ;  these  are  one., 
three,  and  six,  altered. 

The  author  wrote  the  first  stanza  : 

"  O'er  those  gloomy  Hills  of  Darkness 
Look,  my  Soul,  be  still  and  gaze, 

All  the  Promises  do  travel 
On  a  glorious  Day  of  Grace, 
Blessed  Jubil, 

Let  thy  glorious  Morning  dawn." 

In  the  next  stanza  only  the  second  line  is 
changed : 

"  Let  them  have  the  glorious  light." 
The  last  stanza  has  several  changes  : 

"  Fly  abroad,  eternal  Gospel, 
Win  and  conquer,  never  cease  ; 

May  thy  eternal  wide  Dominions 
Multiply,  and  still  increase  ; 

May  thy  Scepter 
Sway  W  enlighPned  World  around." 


From  Gloria  in  Excelsis  ;  or,  Hymns  of  Praise  to 
God  and  the  Lamb,  by  W.  Williams.  Carmarthen, 
1772. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  171. 


941        The  Macedonian  cry.  8,  7,  4. 

SOULS  in  heathen  darkness  lying, 
Where- no  light  has  broken  through, 
Souls  that  Jesus  bought  by  dying, 
Whom  his  soul  in  travail  knew, — 

Thousand  voices 
Call  us,  o'er  the  waters  blue. 

2  Christians,  hearken:  none  has  taught 

them 

Of  his  love  so  deep  and  dear ; 
Of  the  precious  price  that  bought  them ; 
Of  the  nail,  the  thorn,  the  spear ; 

Ye  who  know  him, 
Guide  them  from  their  darkness  drear. 

3  Haste,  O  haste,  and  spread  the  tidings 
Wide  to  earth's  remotest  strand ; 

Let  no  brother's  bitter  chidings 
Rise  against  us  when  we  stand 

In  the  judgment, 
From  some  far,  forgotten  land. 

4  Lo !  the  hills  for  harvest  whiten, 
All  along  each  distant  shore ; 

Seaward  far  the  islands  brighten ; 
Light  of  nations,  lead  us  o'er ! 

When  we  seek  them, 
Let  thy  Spirit  go  before. 

MRS.  CECIL  F.  ALEXANDER,  ALT. 

Title :  Come  over  and  Help  Us. 

This  missionary  hymn  appeared  in  the  Legend  of 
the  Golden  Prayer.    London,  1859. 

Some  stanzas  are  omitted,  and  some  lines  are 
altered. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  two,  lines  one,  three,  and  six: 

"  Christians,  say  they,  none  has  taught  us." 
"  Of  the  precious  price  that  bought  us. " 
"Guide  us  from  our  darkness  drear." 

The  third  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"  Haste,  O  haste,  to  spread  the  tidings, 

Let  no  shore  be  left  untrod  ; 
Let  no  brother's  bitter  chidings 

Haunt  us  from  the  farthest  sod  ; 
Tell  the  heathen 

All  the 'precious  truth  of  God." 

The  original  has  eight  stanzas.  There  is  nothing 
in  it  like  the  last  stanza  of  the  hymn.  It  was  prob- 
ably added  by  some  hymn  editor. 


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94/3     Fields  wliite  to  the  harvest.       8,  7,  4. 

WHO  but  thou,  almighty  Spirit, 
Can  the  heathen  world  reclaim? 
Men  may  preach,  but  till  thou  favor 
Heathens  will  be  still  the  same : 

Mighty  Spirit ! 
Witness  to  the  Saviour's  name. 

2  Thou  hast  promised  by  thy  prophets 
Glorious  light  in  latter  days : 

Come,  and  bless  bewildered  nations, 
Change  our  prayers  and  tears  to  praise ; 

Promised  Spirit ! 
Kound  the  world  diffuse  thy  rays. 

3  All  our  hopes,  and  prayers,  and  labors 
Must  be  vain  without  thine  aid : 

But  thou  wilt  not  disappoint  us, 
All  is  true  that  thou  hast  said : 

Faithful  Spirit ! 
O'er  the  world  thine  influence  shed. 

UNKNOWN. 

Little  is  known  concerning  the  origin  of  this 
hymn.  In  Hie  Service  of  Song  it  is  marked 
'•"Eriphas,"  Evangelical  Magazine,  1821. 

It  appeared  without  name  in  the  famous  Village 
Hymns,  edited  by  Dr.  JSettleton,  in  1824. 


943      The  Light  of  the  world.  8,7. 

LIGHT  of  those  whose  dreary  dwelling 
Borders  on  the  shades  of  death, 
Come,  and,  by  thyself  revealing, 

Dissipate  the  clouds  beneath. 
Thou,  new  heaven  and  earth's  Creator, 

In  our  deepest  darkness  rise ; 
Scattering  all  the  night  of  nature, 
Pouring  day  upon  our  eyes. 

2  Still  we  wait  for  thine  appearing ; 
Life  and  joy  thy  beams  impart, 

Chasing  all  our  fears,  and  cheering 

Every  poor,  benighted  heart. 
Come,  and  manifest  thy  favor 

To  our  ruined,  guilty  race ; 
Come,  thou  universal  Saviour ; 

Come,  and  bring  the  gospel  grace. 

3  Save  us  in  thy  great  compassion, 
O  thou  mild,  pacific  Prince ; 

Give  the  knowledge  of  salvation, 

Give  the  pardon  of  our  sins ; 
By  thine  all-atoning  merit, 

Every  burdened  soul  release ; 
Every  weary,  wandering  spirit, 

Guide  into  thy  perfect  peace. 

CHARLES  WESLEY,  ALT. 


Published  without  title  in  Hymns  for  the  Nativ- 
ity of  Our  Lord.  This  tract  "contained  eighteen 
hymns.  It  was  printed  anonymously  and  without 
date.  Charles  Wesley  was  the  author,  and  the 
date  of  publication  was  about  1744. 

Several  lines  have  been  changed. 

Original. 

Verse  one,  lines  three,  five,  and  eight : 

"  Come,  and  by  Thy  love's  revealing." 
"  The  new  heaven  and  earth's  Creator." 
"  Pouring  eyesight  on  our  eyes." 

Verse  two,  lines  five  and  six : 

"  Come  and  manifest  the  favor, 
God  hath  for  our  ransomed  race." 

Verse  three,  line  five : 

"  By  Thine  ^-restoring  merit." 

These  changes  were  made  by  the  editors  of  the 
Hymn  Booh  in  1849. 


944  s,  7> 

So  shall  He  sprinkle  many  nations.  Isa.  lii,  15. 

SAVIOUR,  sprinkle  many  nations, 
Fruitful  let  thy  sorrows  be ; 
By  thy  pains  and  consolations, 
Draw  the  Gentiles  unto  thee : 
Of  thy  cross  the  wondrous  story, 

Be  it  to  the  nations  told ; 
Let  them  see  thee  in  thy  glory, 
And  thy  mercy  manifold. 

2  Far  and  wide,  though  all  unknowing, 
Pants  for  thee  each  mortal  breast ; 

Human  tears  for  thee  are  flowing, 
Human  hearts  in  thee  would  rest ; 

Thirsting,  as  for  dews  of  even, 
As  the  new-mown  grass  for  rain, 

Thee  they  seek,  as  God  of  heaven, 
Thee,  as  Man  for  sinners  slain. 

3  Saviour,  lo !  the  isles  are  waiting, 
Stretched  the  hand,  and   strained  the 

sight, 

For  thy  Spirit,  new  creating 

Love's  pure  flame  and  wisdom's  light; 
Give  the  word,  and  of  the  preacher 

Speed  the  foot,  and  touch  the  tongue, 
Till  on  earth  by  every  creature 

Glory  to  the  Lamb  be  sung. 

A.  CLEVELAND  COXE. 

Author's  title :  The  Desire  of  All  Nations. 
"Written  in  England  in  1851,  and  published  the 
same  year. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  202. 


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945  Renewing  the  covenant.  C  M. 

COME,  let  us  use  the  grace  divine, 
And  all,  with  one  accord, 
In  a  perpetual  covenant  join 
Ourselves  to  Christ  the  Lord ; 

2  Give  up  ourselves,  through  Jesus'  power, 
His  name  to  £florify ; 

And  promise,  in  this  sacred  hour, 
For  God  to  live  and  die. 

3  The  covenant  we  this  moment  make 
Be  ever  kept  in  mind ; 

We  will  no  more  our  God  forsake, 
Or  cast  his  words  behind. 

4  We  never  will  throw  off  his  fear 
Who  hears  our  solemn  vow ; 

And  if  thou  art  well  pleased  to  hear, 
Come  down,  and  meet  us  now. 

5  Thee,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Let  all  our  hearts  receive ; 

Present  with  the  celestial  host, 
The  peaceful  answer  give. 

6  To  each  the  covenant  blood  apply, 
Which  takes  our  sins  away ; 

And  register  our  names  on  high, 
And  keep  us  to  that  day. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 

This  hymn  is  written  upon  Jer.  I,  5  : 

"  Come,  and  let  us  join  ourselves  to  the  Lord  in 
a  perpetual  covenant  that  shall  not  be  forgotten." 


946       Praise  and  th  anksgiving.  CM. 

SING  to  the  great  Jehovah's  praise ; 
All  praise  to  him  belongs ; 
Who  kindly  lengthens  out  our  days, 
Demands  our  choicest  songs : 

2  His  providence  hath  brought  us  through 
Another  various  year ; 

We  all,  with  vows  and  anthems  new, 
Before  our  God  appear. 

3  Father,  thy  mercies  past  we  own, 
Thy  still  continued  care ; 

To  thee  presenting,  through  thy  Son, 
Whate'er  we  have  or  are. 

4  Our  lips  and  lives  shall  gladly  show  . 
The  wonders  of  thy  love, 

While  on  in  Jesus'  steps  we  go 
To  seek  thy  face  above. 


5  Our  residue  of  days  or  hours 
Thine,  wholly  thine,  shall  be ; 

And  all  our  consecrated  powers 
A  sacrifice  to  thee : 

6  Till  Jesus  in  the  clouds  appear 
To  saints  on  earth  forgiven, 

And  bring  the  grand  Sabbatic  year, 
The  jubilee  of  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  hymn  was  originally  published  without  a 
title  in  a  "  penny  "  tract  containing  seven  pieces, 
and  entitled  Hymns  of  New-  Yeafs-Day,  MDCCL. 

This  tract,  and  some  others,  were  published 
anonymously.  The  reason  for  this  was  that  the  Wes- 
leys  knew  that  their  names,  attached  to  a  publi- 
cation, would  prejudice  some  people  against  reading 
it.  In  doing  thus  they  were  only  following  the  ad- 
vice of  the  Master  to  be  "  wise  "  and  "  harmless." 

This  hymn  is  unaltered  and  entire. 


94:7  A  midnight  song.  CM. 

JOIN,  all  ye  ransomed  sons  of  grace, 
The  holy  joy  prolong. 
And  shout  to  the  Redeemer's  praise 
A  solemn  midnight  song. 

2  Blessing,  and  thanks,  and  love,  and 

might, 
Be  to  our  Jesus  given, 
Who  turns  our  darkness  into  light, 
Who  turns  our  hell  to  heaven. 

3  Thither  our  faithful  souls  he  leads ; 
Thither  he  bids  us  rise, 

With  crowns  of  joy  upon  our  heads, 
To  meet  him  in  the  skies. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  one  of  eleven  pieces,  published  first  in  a 
pamphlet,  and  entitled  Hymns  for  theWatchnight, 
1744.    It  has  not  been  altered. 

There  is  one  additional  stanza  : 

4  "  To  seal  the  universal  doom, 
The  skies  He  soon  shall  bow — 

But  if  Thou  must  at  midnight  come, 
O  let  us  meet  Thee  now  !  " 


94:8  Close  of  the  year.  CM. 

AWAKE,  ye  saints,  and  raise  your  eyes, 
And  raise  your  voices  high: 
Awake,  and  praise  that  sovereign  love, 
That  shows  salvation  nigh. 

2  On  all  the  wings  of  time  it  flies, 

Each  moment  brings  it  near ; 
Then  welcome  each  declining  day, 

Welcome  each  closing  year. 


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3  Not  many  years  their  rounds  shall  run, 
Nor  many  mornings  rise, 

Ere  all  its  glorious  stand  revealed 
To  our  admiring  eyes. 

4  Ye  wheels  of  nature,  speed  your  course ! 
Ye  mortal  powers,  decay ! 

Fast  as  ye  bring  the  night  of  death, 
Ye  bring  eternal  day. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title  :  The  Near  Approach  of  Salvation  an  En- 
gagement to  Diligence  and  Love  : 

"Now is  our  salvation  nearer  than  when  we  be- 
lieved." Eom.  xiii,  11. 

It  is  unaltered  and  complete.  The  last  stanza  is 
remarkably  line. 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures. 

P.  Doddridge.    Edited  by  Job  Orton,  1755. 

See  No.  78. 


949         '  The  opening  year.  C.  M. 

THE  year  is  gone,  beyond  recall, 
With  all  its  hopes  and  fears. 
With  all  its  bright  and  gladdening  smiles, 
With  all  its  mourners'  tears ; 

2  Thy  thankful  people  praise  thee,  Lord, 
For  countless  gifts  received ; 

And  pray  for  grace  to  keep  the  faith 
Which  saints  of  old  believed. 

3  To  thee  we  come,  O  gracious  Lord, 
The  newborn  year  to  bless ; 

Defend  our  land  from  pestilence ; 
Give  peace  and  plenteousness ; 

4  Forgive  this  nation's  many  sins ; 
The  growth  of  vice  restrain ; 

And  help  us  all  with  sin  to  strive, 
And  crowns  of  life  to  gain. 

5  From  evil  deeds  that  stain  the  past 
We  now  desire  to  flee; 

And  pray  that  future  years  may  all 
Be  spent,  good  Lord,  for  thee. 

6  O  Father,  let  thy  watchful  eye 
Still  look  on  us  in  love, 

That  we  may  praise  thee,  year  by  year, 
With  angel-hosts  above. 

FROM  THE  LATIN. 
TR.  BY  F.  POTT,  ALT. 

Translator's  title  :  The  Eve  of  the  Circumcision, 
otherwise  called  New-  Year^s-Eve. 


The  translation  was  written  in  long  meter,  and 
was  altered  by  the  editors  of  Hymns  Ancient  and 
Modern,  1861. 

The  Rev.  Francis  Pott,  M.A.,  was  graduated  at 
Brasenose  College,  Oxford,  in  1854;  and  was  or- 
dained priest  in  the  Established  Church,  in  1857. 
He  has  made  several  valuable  translations,  and  has 
edited  Hymns  Fitted  to  the  Order  of  Common 
Prayer. 


you      Beginning  a  new  year.     S.  M. 

OUR  few  revolving  years, 
How  swift  they  glide  away ! 
How  short  the  term  of  life  appears 
When  past — but  as  a  day ! — 

2  A  dark  and  cloudy  day, 
Clouded  by  grief  and  sin ; 

A  host  of  enemies  without, 
Distressing  fears  within. 

3  Lord,  through  another  year 
If  thou  permit  our  stay, 

With  diligence  may  we  pursue 
The  true  and  living  way. 

BENJAMIN  BEDDOME. 

Title:  Neiv  Year. 

Three  lines  altered  to  change  the  number. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  one,  line  one : 

"  My  few  revolving  years." 

Verse  three,  lines  two  and  three  : 

"  If  thou  permit  my  stay, 
With  diligence  may  /  pursue." 

From  Hymns  Adapted  to  Public  Worship  or 
Family  Devotion,  1818. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  285. 


951  A  living  sacrifice.  L.  M.  6  1. 

WISDOM  ascribe,  and  might,  and  praise, 
To  God,  who  lengthens  out  our  days ; 
Who  spares  us  yet  another  year, 
And  makes  us  see  his  goodness  here : 
O  may  we  all  the  time  redeem, 
And  henceforth  live  and  die  to  him ! 

2  How  often,  when  his  arm  was  bared, 
Hath  he  our  sinful  Israel  spared ! 
"Let  me  alone!  "  his  mercy  cried, 
And  turned  the  vengeful  bolt  aside; 
Indulged  another  kind  reprieve, 
And  strangely  suffered  us  to  live. 


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3G5 


3  Merciful  God,  how  shall  we  raise 
Our  hearts  to  pay  thee  all  thy  praise? 
Our  hearts  shall  beat  for  thee  alone; 
Our  lives  shall  make  thy  goodness  known; 
Our  souls  and  bodies  shall  be  thine, 
A  living  sacrifice  divine. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  a  "  penny  "  pamphlet,  entitled  Hymns  for 
New-  Year's- Day,  MD  CCL. 

The  original  has  six  stanzas ;  these  are  verses 
one,  two,  and  five. 

The  last  two  lines  of  the  first  stanza  the  author 
wrote : 

"  Happy,  and  wise  the  time  redeem 
And  live,  my  friends,  and  die  to  Him." 

The  last  stanza  is  as  follows  : 

6  "  1  and  my  house  will  serve  the  Lord, 
Led  by  the  Spirit  and  the  word ; 
We  plight  our  faith,  assembled  here, 
To  serve  our  God  the  ensuing  year ; 
And  vow  when  time  shall  be  no  more, 
Through  all  eternity  to  adore." 


952 


H 


A  solemn  vigil. 

OW  many  pass  the  guilty  night 
In  reveling  and  frantic  mirth ! 


L.  M.  61. 


The  creature  is  their  sole  delight, 

Their  happiness  the  things  of  earth ; 
For  us  suffice  the  season  past ; 
We  choose  the  better  part  at  last. 

2  We  will  not  close  our  wakeful  eyes, 
We  will  not  let  our  eyelids  sleep, 

But  humbly  lift  them  to  the  skies, 

And  all  a  solemn  vigil  keep ; 
So  many  years  on  sin  bestowed, 
Can  we  not  watch  one  night  for  God? 

3  We  can,  O  Jesus,  for  thy  sake, 
Devote  our  every  hour  to  thee ; 

Speak  but  the  word,  our  souls  shall  wake, 
And  sing  with  cheerful  melody : 
Thy  praise  shall  our  glad  tongues  employ, 
And  every  heart  shall  dance  for  joy. 

4  Blest  object  of  our  faith  and  love, 
We  listen  for  thy  welcome  voice ; 

Our  persons  and  our  works  approve, 

And  bid  us  in  thy  strength  rejoice ; 
Now  let  us  hear  the  mighty  cry, 
And  shout  to  find  the  Bridegroom  nigh. 

5  Shout  in  the  midst  of  us,  0  King 
Of  saints,  and  let  our  joys  abound; 

Let  us  rejoice,  give  thanks,  and  sing, 
And  triumph  in  redemption  found : 
We  ask  in  faith  for  every  soul ; 
O  let  our  glorious  joy  be  full. 


6  O  may  we  all  triumphant  rise; 

With  joy  upon  our  heads  return; 
And,  far  above  these  nether  skies, 

By  thee  on  eagle  wings  upborne, 
Through  all  yon  radiant  circles  move, 
And  gain  the  highest  heaven  of  love ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Author's  title  :  A  Midnight  Hymn. 

From  a  pamphlet  containing  eleven  pieces,  en- 
titled Hymns  for  the  Watch-night. 

Robert  Southey  called  the  watch  night  "another 
of  Wesley's  objectionable  institutions.''''  It  must  be 
remembered,  however,  that  Wesley  did  not  origi- 
nate this  institution,  but  the  converted  colliers, 
who  had  been  accustomed  to  spend  every  Saturday 
night  at  the  ale-house. 

This  hymn  was  written  for  the  use  of  these 
people.  The  first  stanza,  as  it  was  originally  pub- 
lished, plainly  shows  this : 

"  Oft  have  we  passed,  the  guilty  night 
In  reveling  and  frantic  mirth  ; 

The  creature  was  our  sole  delight, 
Our  happiness  the  things  of  earth ; 

But  0  !  suffice  the  season  past, 
We  choose  the  better  part  at  last." 

These  changes,  and  a  few  others,  were  made 
most  probably  by  the  editors  of  the  Supplement  to 
the  Wesley  an  Collection,  1830. 


953       The  barren  fig-tree.  H.  M. 

THE  Lord  of  earth  and  sky, 
The  God  of  ages,  praise, 
Who  reigns  enthroned  on  high 
Ancient  of  endless  days; 
Who  lengthens  out  our  trials  here, 
And  spares  us  yet  another  year. 

2  Barren  and  withered  trees, 

We  cumbered  long  the  ground ; 
No  fruit  of  holiness 

On  our  dead  souls  was  found; 
Yet  doth  he  us  in  mercy  spare, 
Another  and  another  year. 

3  When  justice  bared  the  sword 
To  cut  the  fig-tree  down, 

The  pity  of  the  Lord 

Cried,  "  Let  it  still  alone." 
The  Father  mild  inclines  his  ear, 
And  spares  us  yet  another  year. 

4  Jesus,  thy  speaking  blood 
From  God  obtained  the  grace, 

Who  therefore  hath  bestowed 
On  us  a  longer  space ; 
Thou  didst  in  our  behalf  appear, 
And,  lo,  we  see  another  year ! 


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5  Then  dig  about  the  root, 

Break  up  our  fallow  ground, 
And  let  our  gracious  fruit 
To  thy  great  praise  abound ; 
O  let  us  all  thy  praise  declare. 
And  fruit  unto  perfection  bear. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

For  New- Year's- Day.  One  of  the  Hymns  for 
Believers. 

The  reader  will  notice  the  allusions  to  the  para- 
able  of  the  barren  fig-tree.    Luke  xiii. 

Wesley  wrote  "trial"  instead  of  "  trials"  in  the 
fifth  line  of  the  first  verse,  using  the  word  in  the 
sense  of  probation. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


954 


H.  M. 


The  Bridegroom  cometh. 

YE  virgin  souls,  arise, 
With  all  the  dead,  awake ! 
Unto  salvation  wise, 
Oil  in  your  vessels  take ; 
Upstarting  at  the  midnight  cry, 
"Behold  the  heavenly  Bridegroom  nigh!" 

2  He  comes,  he  comes  to  call 
The  nations  to  his  bar, 

And  take  to  glory  all 
Who  meet  for  glory  are ; 
Made  ready  for  your  full  reward, 
Go  forth  with  joy  to  meet  your  Lord. 

3  Go,  meet  him  in  the  sky, 
Your  everlasting  Friend ; 

Your  Head  to  glorify, 

With  all  his  saints  ascend : 
Ye  pure  in  heart,  obtain  the  grace 
To  see,  without  a.  veil,  his  face. 

4  The  everlasting  doors 
Shall  soon  the  saints  receive, 

With  seraphs,  thrones,  and  powers, 
In  glorious  joy  to  live ; 
Far  from  a  world  of  grief  and  sin, 
With  God  eternally  shut  in. 

5  Then  let  us  wait  to  hear 

The  trumpet's  welcome  sound ; 
To  see  our  Lord  appear, 

May  we  be  watching  found ; 
And  when  thou  dost  the  heavens  bow, 
Be  found — as,  Lord,  thou  find'st  us  now. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Published  without  title  in  Hymns  for  the  Watch- 
night.  It  is  founded  upon  the  parable  of  the  vir- 
gins. Matt.  xxv. 


Wesley  wrote  the  fourth  fine  of  the  second 
stanza : 

"  Who  fit  for  glory  are." 

There  are  some  other  changes,  which  were  made 
by  the  editors  of  the  1849  edition  of  the  hymn 
book.  J 

Two  stanzas,  the  fourth  and  fifth,  are  omitted : 

4  "  Ye  that  have  here  received 
The  unction  from  above, 

And  in  His  Spirit  lived 
Obedient  to  His  love. 
Jesus  shall  claim  you  for  His  bride : 
Eejoice  with  all  the  sanctified. 

5  "  Eejoice  in  glorious  hope 
Of  that  great  day  unknown  ; 

When  all  shall  be  caught  up, 
And  stand  before  His  throne. 
Called  to  partake  the  marriage  feast 
And  lean  on  our  ImmanueVs  breast." 


955        Renewed  devotedness.       10,  5, 11. 

COME,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue, 
Boll  round  with  the  year, 
And  never  stand  still  till  the  Master  ap- 
pear. 

His  adorable  will  let  us  gladly  fulfill, 

And  our  talents  improve, 
By  the  patience  of  hope,  and  the  labor  of 
love. 

2  Our  life  is  a  dream ;  our  time,  as  a  stream, 

Glides  swiftly  awTay, 
And  the  fugitive  moment  refuses  to  stay. 
The  arrow  is  flown, — the  moment  is  gone; 

The  millennial  year 
Rushes  on  to  our  view,  and  eternity's  here. 

3  O  that  each  in  the  day  of  his  coming  may 

say, 

' '  I  have  fought  my  way  through ; 
I  have  finished  the  work  thou  didst  give  me 
to  do !" 

O  that  each  from  his  Lord  may  receive  the 

glad  word, 
' '  Well  and  faithfully  done ! 
Enter  into  my  joy,  and  sit  down  on  my 

throne  I" 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Published  without  title  in  Hymns  for  New-  Year>s- 
Day,  MB  COL. 

It  contained  seven  pieces;  "price,  one  penny." 

Wesley  wrote  "  might "  instead  of  "  may  "  in  the 
first  line  of  the  third  stanza.  This  was  a  favorite 
meter  with  the  Wesleys  and  the  early  Method- 
ists. 


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956         Retrospect  of  the  year.  7. 

WHILE,  with  ceaseless  course,  the  sun 
Hasted  through  the  former  year, 
Many  souls  their  race  have  run, 
Never  more  to  meet  us  here : 
Fixed  in  an  eternal  state, 

They  have  done  with  all  below ; 
We  a  little  longer  wait, 

But  how  little — none  can  know. 

2  As  the  winggd  arrow  flies 
Speedily  the  mark  to  find ; 

As  the  lightning  from  the  skies 
Darts,  and  leaves  no  trace  behind ; 

Swiftly  thus  our  fleeting  days 
Bear  us  down  life's  rapid  stream ; 

Upward,  Lord,  our  spirits  raise ; 
All  below  is  but  a  dream. 

3  Thanks  for  mercies  past  receive ; 
Pardon  of  our  sins  renew; 

Teach  us  henceforth  how  to  live 

With  eternity  in  view : 
Bless  thy  word  to  young  and  old ; 

Fill  us  with  a  Saviour's  love ; 
And  when  life's  short  tale  is  told, 

May  we  dwell  with  him  above. 

JOHN  NEWTON. 

Title  :  Time,  How  Swift. 

One  of  Newton's  New-  Year's  Hymns,  verbatim. 
From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 
For  biography,  see  No.  23. 


957         Nearing  the  end.  S.  M. 

A FEW  more  years  shall  roll, 
A  few  more  seasons  come ; 
And  we  shall  be  with  those  that  rest, 
Asleep  within  the  tomb. 

2  A  few  more  storms  shall  beat 
On  this  wild  rocky  shore ; 

And  we  shall  be  where  tempests  cease, 
And  surges  swell  no  more. 

3  A  few  more  struggles  here, 
A  few  more  partings  o'er, 

A  few  more  toils,  a  few  more  tears, 
And  we  shall  weep  no  more. 

4  Then,  O  my  Lord,  prepare 
My  soul  for  that  blest  day ; 

O  wash  me  in  thy  precious  blood, 
And  take  my  sins  away ! 

HORATTUS  BONAR. 
Author's  title :  A  Pilgrim's  Song. 


Six  eight-lined  stanzas.  These  are  the  first  half 
of  the  first  and  third,  and  the  whole  of  the  fourth. 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope, 
first  series,  1857.  It  is  a  valuable  Christian 
lyric. 

See  No.  426. 


958  Our  fathers  ;  where  are  they t   S.  M. 

HOW  swift  the  torrent  rolls 
That  bears  us  to  the  sea, 
The  tide  that  hurries  thoughtless  souls 
To  vast  eternity ! 

2  Our  fathers,  where  are  they, 
With  all  they  called  their  own? 

Their  joys  and  griefs,  and  hopes  and  cares, 
And  wealth  and  honor  gone. 

3  God  of  our  fathers,  hear, 
Thou  everlasting  Friend! 

While  we,  as  on  life's  utmost  verge, 
Our  souls  to  thee  commend. 

4  Of  all  the  pious  dead 

May  we  the  footsteps  trace, 
Till  with  them,  in  the  land  of  light, 
We  dwell  before  thy  face. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title :  Practical  Reflections  on  the  State  of  our 
Fathers. 

"Your  fathers,  where  are  they?"  Zech.  i,  5. 

In  the  third  line  of  the  first  stanza  the  author 
wrote : 

"  The  tide  that  hears  our  thoughtless  souls." 

It  was  an  over-scrupulousness  that  changed  it. 
Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  fourth,  of  the  original 
have  been  left  out : 

3  "  But  Joy  or  Grief  succeeds 
Beyond  our  mortal  Thought ; 

While  the  poor  Eemnant  of  their  Dust 
Lies  in  the  Grave  forgot." 

4  "  There  where  the  Fathers  lie, 
Must  all  the  Children  dwell ; 

Nor  other  Heritage  possess, 
But  such  a  gloomy  Cell." 

From  Hymns  on  Various  Texts  in  the  Holy  Script- 
ure, 1755. 
See  No.  78. 


959     Plea  for  sparing  mercy.       S.  M. 

LORD,  let  me  know  mine  end, 
My  days,  how  brief  their  date; 
That  I  may  timely  comprehend 
How  frail  my  best  estate. 


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2  My  life  is  but  a  span ; 

Mine  age  is  naught  with,  thee ; 
And,  in  his  highest  honor,  man 
Is  dust  and  vanity. 

3  At  thy  rebuke  the  bloom 
Of  earthly  beauty  flies ; 

And  grief  shall  like  a  moth  consume 
All  that  delights  our  eyes. 

4  Have  pity  on  my  fears ; 
Hearken  to  my  request ; 

Turn  not  in  silence  from  my  tears, 
But  give  the  mourner  rest. 

5  O  spare  me  yet,  I  pray ; 
Awhile  my  strength  restore, 

Ere  I  am  summoned  hence  away, 
And  seen  on  earth  no  more. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Part  of  the  author's  version  of  Psalm  xxxix.  The 
original  contains  nine  stanzas.  This  hymn  is  com- 
posed of  verses  one,  two,  six,  seven,  and  nine. 

Montgomery  wrote  verse  two,  line  three : 

"Man,  in  his  highest  honor,  man." 

And  verse  three,  line  two : 

"  Of  man's  vain  beauty  flies." 

From  Songs  of  Zion,  1822. 

For  sketch  of  Montgomery,  see  No.  5. 


960  Earthly  tilings  vain  and  transitory.  L.  M. 

HOW  vain  is  all  beneath  the  skies ! 
How  transient  every  earthly  bliss! 
How  slender  all  the  fondest  ties 
That  bind  us  to  a  world  like  this ! 

2  The  evening  cloud,  the  morning  dew, 
The  withering  grass,  the  fading  flower, 

Of  earthly  hopes  are  emblems  true, 
The  glory  of  a  passing  hour. 

3  But  though  earth's  fairest  blossoms  die, 
And  all  beneath  the  skies  is  vain, 

There  is  a  brighter  world  on  high, 
Beyond  the  reach  of  care  and  pain. 

4  Then  let  the  hope  of  joys  to  come 
Dispel  our  cares,  and  chase  our  fears : 

If  God  be  ours,  we're  traveling  home, 
Though  passing  through  a  vale  of  tears. 

DAVID  E.  FORD. 

Written  upon  Hebrews  xhi,  14 : 

"  For  here  have  we  no  continuing  city,  but  we 
seek  one  to  come." 


The  author  wrote  the  third  line  of  the  third 
stanza : 

"  There  is  a  land  whose  confines  lie?"1 
Otherwise  it  is  not  altered. 

It  is  a  solemn  and  valuable  hymn,  much  used  on 
funeral  occasions.    From  the  author's  Poems,  1828. 
See  No.  647. 


A  'peaceful  death  besought.         L.  M. 

SHRINKING  from  the  cold  hand  of  death, 
I  soon  shall  gather  up  my  feet ; 
Shall  soon  resign  this  fleeting  breath, 
And  die,  my  father's  God  to  meet. 

2  Numbered  among  thy  people,  I 
Expect  with  joy  thy  face  to  see : 

Because  thou  didst  for  sinners  die, 
Jesus,  in  death  remember  me ! 

3  O  that  without  a  lingering  groan 
I  may  the  welcome  word  receive; 

My  body  with  my  charge  lay  down, 
And  cease  at  once  to  work  and  live ! 

4  "Walk  with  me  through  the  dreadful  shade, 
And,  certified  that  thou  art  mine, 

My  spirit,  calm  and  undismayed,  . 
I  shall  into  thy  hands  resign. 

5  No  anxious  doubt,  no  guilty  gloom, 
Shall  damp  whom  Jesus'  presence  cheers: 

My  Light,  my  Life,  my  God  is  come, 
And  glory  in  his  face  appears. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  first  three  stanzas  are  from  Short  Hymns  on 
Select  Passages  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  1762. 

The  first  two  stanzas  are  founded  upon  Gen. 
xlix,  33: 

"  Jacob  gathered  up  his  feet  into  the  bed,  and 
yielded  up  the  ghost,  and  was  gathered  unto  his 
people." 

The  third  stanza  was  written  upon  Num.  xx,  28 : 

"  And  Moses  stripped  Aaron  of  his  garments, 
and  put  them  upon  Eleazar  his  son  ;  and  Aaron 
died  there  in  the  top  of  the  mount :  and  Moses  and 
Eleazar  came  down  from  the  mount." 

The  first  part  of  the  stanza  was : 

"  Happy,  forever  happy,  I, 

If  called,  like  him,  the  mount  to  ascend  ; 
Thine  all-sufficient  grace  supply, 

And  bless  me,  Saviour,  with  his  end." 

The  third  stanza  of  this  hymn  was  a  great  favor- 
ite with  John  Wesley,  who  sung  it  frequently  when 
making  his.  last  visits  to  his  societies. 

In  1772  was  published  Preparation  for  Death,  In 
Several  Hymns.     It  contained  sixty-eight  pieces. 


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The  last  two  stanzas  of  No.  961  are  the  closing 
double  stanza  of  Hymn  24  of  this  pamphlet.  The 
hymn  is  made  up,  therefore,  of  these  fragments. 
The  first  three  stanzas  were  certainly  written  by 
Charles  Wesley,  and  the  last  two  stanzas,  though 
found  in  an  anonymous  publication,  probably  be- 
long to  the  same  author. 


9  6  2  The  souVs  best  portion.         L.  M. 

ALMIGHTY  Maker  of  my  frame, 
Teach,  me  the  measure  of  my  clays ; 
Teach  me  to  know  how  frail  I  am, 
And  spend  the  remnant  to  thy  praise. 

2  My  days  are  shorter  than  a  span ; 
A  little  point  my  life  appears ; 

How  frail,  at  best,  is  dying  man ! 

How  vain  are  all  his  hopes  and  fears ! 

3  Vain  his  ambition,  noise,  and  show; 
Vain  are  the  cares  which  rack  his  mind : 

He  heaps  up  treasures  mixed  with  woe, 
And  dies,  and  leaves  them  all  behind. 

4  O  be  a  nobler  portion  mine  I 

My  God,  I  bow  before  thy  throne ; 
Earth's  fleeting  treasures  I  resign, 
And  fix  my  hope  oh  thee  alone. 

ANNE  STEELE. 

This  fine  hymn  was  cut  out  of  the  middle  of 
the  author's  version  of  Psa.  xxxix.  These  stanzas 
were  written  on  verses  four  to  seven : 

"  Lord,  make  me  to  know  mine  end,  and  the 
measure  of  my  days,  what  it  is ;  that  I  may  know 
how  frail  I  am.  Behold,  thou  hast  made  my  days 
as  a  handbreadth ;  and  mine  age  is  as  nothing 
before  thee :  verily  every  man  at  his  best  state 
is  altogether  vanity.  Surely  every  man  walk- 
eth  in  a  vain  show  :  surely  they  are  disquieted  in 
vain  :  he  heapeth  up  riches,  and  knoweth  not  who 
shall  gather  them.  And  now,  Lord,  what  wait  I 
for?  my  hope  is  in  thee." 

Miss  Steele  was  modest  beyond  all  merit.  To  her 
rendering  of  the  psalms  she  gave  this  title:  "  Some 
Parts  of  the  Book  of  Psalms  Attempted  in  Verse." 

These  lines  have  not  been  altered. 

The  author's  versification  of  psalms  was  pub- 
lished in  her  Poems  on  Subjects  Chief//  Devotional, 
vol.  ii.    London,  1760. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  63. 


963        Tlte  way  of  all  the  earth.        L.  M. 

PASS  a  few  swiftly  fleeting  years, 
And  all  that  now  in  bodies  live 
Shall  quit,  like  me,  the  vale  of  tears, 
Their  righteous  sentence  to  receive. 
24 


2  But  all,  before  they  hence  remove, 
May  mansions  for  themselves  prepare 

In  that  eternal  house  above ; 

And,  O  my  God,  shall  I  be  there? 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  one  of  the  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Pas~ 
sages  of  the  Holy  Scriptures,  first  published  in 
1762. 

The  passage  on  which  it  is  written  is  in  Josh, 
xxiii,  14: 

"  I  am  going  the  way  of  all  the  earth." 
This  hymn  has  not  been  altered. 


964    Man  frail— God  eternal.  CM. 

OGOD,  our  help  in  ages  past, 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come, 
Our  shelter  from  the  stormy  blast, 
And  our  eternal  home ! 

2  Under  the  shadow  of  thy  throne 
Still  may  we  dwell  secure ; 

Sufficient  is  thine  arm  alone, 
And  our  defense  is  sure. 

3  Before  the  hills  in  order  stood, 
Or  earth  received  her  frame, 

From  everlasting  thou  art  God, 
To  endless  years  the  same. 

4  A  thousand  ages,  in  thy  sight, 
Are  like  an  evening  gone ; 

Short  as  the  watch  that  ends  the  night, 
Before  the  rising  sun. 

5  The  busy  tribes  of  flesh  and  blood, 
With  all  their  cares  and  fears, 

Are  carried  downward  by  the  flood, 
And  lost  in  following  years. 

6  Time,  like  an  ever-rolling  stream, 
Bears  all  its  sons  away ; 

They  fly,  forgotten,  as  a  dream 
Dies  at  the  opening  day. 

7  O  God,  our  help  in  ages  past, 
Our  hope  for  years  to  come ; 

Be  thou  our  guide  while  life  shall  last, 
And  our  perpetual  home ! 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title  :  Man  frail,  and  God  eternal. 
This  hymn  is  founded  on  the  first  six  verses  of 
Psa.  xc: 

"  Lord,  thou  hast  been  our  dwelling-place  in  all 
generations.  Before  the  mountains  were  brought 
forth,  or  ever  thou  hadst  formed  the  earth  and  the 


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world,  even  from  everlasting  to  everlasting,  thou 
art  God.  Thou  turnest  man  to  destruction  ;  and 
sayest,  Eeturn,  ye  children  of  men.  For  a  thou- 
sand years  in  thy  sight  are  but  as  yesterday  when 
it  is  past,  and  as  a  watch  in  the  night.  Thou  carriest 
them  away  as  with  a  flood ;  they  are  as  a  sleep :  in 
the  morning  they  are  like  grass  which  groweth  up. 
In  the  morning  it  flourisheth,  and  groweth  up ;  in 
the  evening  it  is  cut  down,  and  withereth." 

Several  verbal  changes  have  been  made.  Watts 
began  the  first  and  last  verses  with  "  Our  God,"  etc. 

The  second  line  of  the  second  stanza  was,  orig- 
inally : 

"  Thy  saints  have  dwelt  secure." 

Lines  two  and  three  of  the  fifth  stanza  were : 

"  With  all  their  lives  and  cares, 

Are  carry'd  downwards  by  thy  flood." 

The  third  line  of  the  last  stanza  Watts  wrote : 
"  Be  thou  our  guard  while  troubles  last." 

Two  stanzas,  the  fourth  and  eighth,  are  omitted  : 

4  "  Thy  word  commands  our  flesh  to  dust, 

Eeturn,  ye  sons  of  men ; 
All  nations  rose  from  earth  at  first, 

And  turn  to  earth  again. 

8  "  Like  flow'ry  fields  the  nations  stand, 

Pleas'd  with  the  morning  light, 
The  flow'r  beneath  the  mower's  hand, 

Lie  with' ring  ere  'tis  night." 

Published  in  1719. 


965  Frailty  of  life.  C.  M. 

THEE  we  adore,  eternal  Name, 
And  humbly  own  to  thee 
How  feeble  is  our  mortal  frame,  * 
What  dying  worms  are  we. 

2  Our  wasting  lives  grow  shorter  still, 
As  days  and  months  increase ; 

And  every  beating  pulse  we  tell 
Leaves  but  the  number  less. 

3  The  year  rolls  round,  and  steals  away 
The  breath  that  first  it  gave : 

Whate'er  we  do,  where'er  we  be, 
We're  traveling  to  the  grave. 

4  Dangers  stand  thick  through  all  the  ground 
To  push  us  to  the  tomb ; 

And  fierce  diseases  wait  around, 
To  hurry  mortals  home. 

5  Infinite  joy,  or  endless  woe, 
Attends  on  every  breath ; 

And  yet  how  unconcerned  we  go, 
Upon  the  brink  of  death ! 


6  Waken,  O  Lord,  our  drowsy  sense 
To  walk  this  dangerous  road ; 

And  if  our  souls  are  hurried  hence, 
May  they  be  found  with  God ! 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  full  title:  Frail  Life  and  Succeeding 
Eternity. 

One  stanza,  the  fifth,  has  been  left  out : 

5  "  Good  God  !  on  what  a  slender  thread 

Hang  everlasting  things ! 
The  eternal  states  of  all  the  dead 

Upon  life's  feeble  strings." 

This  is  a  solemn  and  valuable  hymn. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs^  book  ii,  1707. 


966        The  brink  of  fate.         C.  P.  M. 

THOU  God  of  glorious  majesty, 
To  thee,  against  myself,  to  thee, 
A  worm  of  earth,  I  cry ; 
A  half-awakened  child  of  man, 
An  heir  of  endless  bliss  or  pain, 
A  sinner  born  to  die. 

2  Lo !  on  a  narrow  neck  of  land, 
'Twixt  two  unbounded  seas,  I  stand, 

Secure,  insensible: 
A  point  of  time,  a  moment's  space, 
Removes  me  to  that  heavenly  place, 

Or  shuts  me  up  in  hell. 

3  O  God,  mine  inmost  soul  convert, 
And  deeply  on  my  thoughtful  heart 

Eternal  things  impress : 
Give  me  to  feel  their  solemn  weight, 
And  tremble  on  the  brink  of  fate, 

And  wake  to  righteousness. 

4  Before  me  place  in  dread  array, 
The  pomp  of  that  tremendous  day, 

When  thou  with  clouds  shalt  come 
To  judge  the  nations  at  thy  bar; 
And  tell  me,  Lord,  shall  I  be  there 

To  meet  a  joyful  doom ! 

5  Be  this  my  one  great  business  here, 
With  serious  industry  and  fear 

Eternal  bliss  to  insure ; 
Thine  utmost  counsel  to  fulfill, 
And  suffer  all  thy  righteous  will, 

And  to  the  end  endure. 

6  Then,  Saviour,  then  my  soul  receive, 
Transported  from  this  vale,  to  live 

And  reign  with  thee  above, 
Where  faith  is  sweetly  lost  in  sight, 
And  hope  in  full,  supreme  delight, 

And  everlasting  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


HYMN  S 


Author's  title:  An  Hymn  for  Seriousness. 
Only  two  words  have  been  changed.    The  fourth 
line  of  the  first  stanza  began  : 

"  An  half-awakened  child  of  man; " 

and  the  second  line  of  the  last  stanza  had  "  the 
vale  "  instead  of  "•  this  vale." 

This  is  certainly  one  of  the  grandest,  most  per- 
fect, and  most  poetical  of  all  Charles  Wesley's 
hymns.  Tradition  says  that  the  imagery  of  the 
second  stanza  was  suggested  by  a  visit  to  Land's 
End,  England.  This  cannot  now  be  verified.  All 
we  can  say,  with  certainty,  is  that  the  hymn  was 
written  not  long  after  a  visit  to  that  famous  spot. 
Standing  on  Land's  End,  with  the  broad  English 
Channel  on  the  one  hand,  and  the  wide  Atlantic  on 
the  other,  may  have  reminded  him  of  the  thought, 
which  is  older  than  his  time,  and  has  been  used  by 
more  than  one  author.  Addison  says,  (Spectator, 
No.  590  :)  "  Many  witty  authors  compare  the  present 
time  to  an  isthmus,  or  narrow  neck  of  land,  that 

_  rises  in  the  midst  of  an  ocean,  immeasurably  dif- 

'  fused  on  either  side  of  it." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


967  Death,  of  a  friend.         C.  P.  M. 

IF  death  my  friend  -and  me  divide, 
Thou  dost  not,  Lord,  my  sorrow  chide, 
Or  frown  my  tears  to  see ; 
Restrained  from  passionate  excess, 
Thou  bidd'st  me  mourn  in  calm  distress 
For  them  that  rest  in  thee. 

2  I  feel  a  strong  immortal  hope, 
Which  bears  my  mournful  spirit  up, 

Beneath  its  mountain  load ; 
Redeemed  from  death,  and  grief,  and  pain, 
I  soon  shall  find  my  friend  again 

Within  the  arms  of  God. 

3  Pass  a  few  fleeting  moments  more, 
And  death  the  blessing  shall  restore 

Which  death  has  snatched  away ; 
For  me  thou  wilt  the  summons  send, 
And  give  me  back  my  parted  friend, 

In  that  eternal  day. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  beautiful  little  poem  is  one  of  the  Short 
Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy  Scriptures, 
1762.    It  was  written  on  these  words : 

"  Sorrow  not,  even  as  others  which  have  no 
hope."    1  Thess.  iv,  13. 

The  thought  is  brought  out  very  beautifully,  that 
while  the  Christian  mourns  the  death  of  a  friend 
his  sorrows  are  mitigated  by  the  hope  of  a  speedy 
reunion.  The  original  has  "  hath"  instead  of 
"  has  "  in  verse  three,  line  three.  Otherwise  it  is 
unchanged. 


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968    The  momentous  question.     C.  P.  M. 

AND  am  I  only  born  to  die? 
And  must  I  suddenly  comply 
With  nature's  stern  decree? 
What  after  death  for  me  remains? 
Celestial  joys,  or  hellish  pains, 
To  all  eternity ! 

2  How  then  ought  I  on  earth  to  live, 
While  God  prolongs  the  kind  reprieve, 

And  props  the  house  of  clay? 
My  sole  concern,  my  single  care, 
To  watch,  and  tremble,  and  prepare 

Against  that  fatal  day. 

3  No  room  for  mirth  or  trifling  here, 
For  worldly  hope,  or  worldly  fear, 

If  life  so  soon  is  gone ; 
If  now  the  Judge  is  at  the  door, 
And  all  mankind  must  stand  before 

The  inexorable  throne ! 

4  No  matter  which  my  thoughts  employ, 
A  moment's  misery  or  joy; 

But  O !  when  both  shall  end, 
Where  shall  I  find  my  destined  place? 
Shall  I  my  everlasting  days 

With  fiends,  or  angels  spend? 

5  Nothing  is  worth  a  thought  beneath. 
But  how  I  may  escape  the  death 

That  never,  never  dies; 
How  make  mine  own  election  sure ; 
And,  when  I  fail  on  earth,  secure 

A  mansion  in  the  skies. 

6  Jesus,  vouchsafe  a  pitying  ray; 
Be  thou  my  guide,  be  thou  my  way 

To  glorious  happiness. 
Ah !  write  the  pardon  on  my  heart, 
And  whensoe'er  I  hence  depart, 

Let  me  depart  in  peace. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Published  without  title  in  Hymns  for  Children 
1763. 

The  only  change  is  that  the  original  has  "  the  " 
instead  of  "that"  in  the  last  line  of.  the  second 
stanza. 

His  Hymns  for  Children  contained  one  hundred 
pieces.  In  the  preface  of  the  1790  edition  the 
author  says : 

"  There  are  two  ways  of  writing  or  speaking  to 
children  :  the  one  is,  to  let  ourselves  down  to  them ; 
the  other,  to  lift  them  to  us." 

The  author  evidently  believed  in  the  second 
plan,  and  wrote  those  hymns  accordingly. 


372  HYMN  STUDIES. 


969      The  dying  Christian  to  his  soul.  P.M. 

YITAL  spark  of  heavenly  flame, 
Quit,  0  quit  this  mortal  frame ; 
Trembling,  hoping,  lingering,  flying, 
O  the  pain,  the  bliss  of  dying ! 
Cease,  fond  nature,  cease  thy  strife, 
And  let  me  languish  into  life. 

2  Hark!  they  whisper:  angels  say, 
"  Sister  spirit,  come  away!  " 
AVhat  is  this  absorbs  me  quite — 
Steals  my  senses,  shuts  my  sight, 
Drowns  my  spirit,  dra,ws  my  breath?— 
Tell  me,  my  soul,  can  this  be  death? 

3  The  world  recedes — it  disappears ;  • 
Heaven  opens  on  my  eyes ;  my  ears 

With  sounds  seraphic  ring! 
Lend,  lend  your  wings !  I  mount !  I  fly ! 
"  O  Grave,  where  is  thy  victory? 

O  Death,  where  is  thy  sting?  " 

ALEXANDER  POPE. 

This  famous  ode  is  indeed  a  wonderful  produc- 
tion.   Every  line  of  it  contains  a  beauty  of  its  own. 

It  is  thought  that  in  the  composition  of  this 
hymn,  the  author  was  indebted  to  the  Latin  lines 
of  the  Roman  Emperor  Adrian,  in  his  Address  to 
his  Soul  when  Dying  ;  and  perhaps  to  the  English 
lines  of  Flatman,  an  old  hymn  writer.  This  may 
be  true ;  every  author  borrows  more  or  less,  con- 
sciously or  unconsciously,  but  the  credit  of  the 
authorship  of  this  poetical  gem  cannot  be  taken 
from  Pope.    It  was  written  in  1712. 

Alexander  Pope  lived  from  1688  to  1744 — fifty- 
six  years.  He  was  never  well ;  he  had  a  giant  soul 
iu  a  dwarfed  and  feeble  body.  Pope  was  born  a 
poet,  and  "  lisped  in  numbers ;  "  was  brought  up 
on  Spenser  and  Dryden,  Ovid  and  Homer,  and  be- 
gan to  write  for  publications  at  the  age  of  sixteen. 
He  lived  and  died  a  Roman  Catholic. 


970  c.  m. 

We  mourn  not  as  those  without  hope. 

WHY  do  we  mourn  for  dying  friends, 
Or  shake  at  death's  alarms? 
'Tis  but  the  voice  that  Jesus  sends, 
To  call  them  to  his  arms. 

2  Are  we  not  tending  upward  too, 
i     As  fast  as  time  can  move? 

Nor  should  we  wish  the  hours  more  slow, 
To  keep  us  from  our  love. 

3  Why  should  we  tremble  to  convey 
Their  bodies  to  the  tomb? 

There  once  the  flesh  of  Jesus  lay, 
And  left  a  long  perfume. 


4  The  graves  of  all  his  saints  he  blest, 
And  softened  every  bed : 

Where  should  the  dying  members  rest, 
But  with  their  dying  Head? 

5  Thence  he  arose,  ascending  high, 
And  showed  our  feet  the  way : 

Up  to  the  Lord  our  flesh  shall  fly, 
At  the  great  rising-day. 

6  Then  let  the  last  loud  trumpet  sound, 
And  bid  our  kindred  rise : 

Awake,  ye  nations  under  ground ; 
Ye  saints,  ascend  the  skies ! 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title  :  The  Death  and  Burial  of  a  Saint. 
Watts  wrote  the  first  line : 

"  Why  do  we  mourn  departing  friends." 

This  is  more  scriptural  and  more  poetic  than 
"  dying  friends,"  as  found  here.  The  third  line  of 
the  third  stanza  has  also  been  changed.  Watts 
wrote : 

"  There  the  dear  flesh  of  Jesus  lay." 

This  change  doubtless  had  its  origin  in  the  pro- 
nounced opposition  of  John  Wesley  to  such  terms 
of  endearment  when  applied  to  the  Saviour.  This 
hymn  was  introduced  to  our  Collection  in  TJie  Sup- 
plement to  the  Methodist  Pocket  Hymn  Book,  1808, 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


971  To  die  is  gain.  C.  M. 

WHY  should  our  tears  in  sorrow  flow 
When  God  recalls  his  own, 
And  bids  them  leave  a  world  of  woe, 
For  an  immortal  crown  ? 

2  Is  not  e'en  death  a  gain  to  those 
Whose  life  to  God  was  given? 

Gladly  to  earth  their  eyes  they  close, 
To  open  them  in  heaven. 

3  Their  toils  are  past,  their  work  is  done, 
And  they  are  fully  blest; 

They  fought  the  fight,  the  victory  won, 
And  entered  into  rest. 

4  Then  let  our  sorrows  cease  to  flow ; 
God  has  recalled  his  own ; 

But  let  our  hearts,  in  every  woe, 
Still  say,  "  Thy  will  be  done." 

UNKNOWN. 

This  fine  ode  is  frequently  used  on  funeral  occa- 
sions. It  is  sometimes  accredited  to  Bathurst,  and 
sometimes  to  Pratt ;  but  it  belongs  to  neither. 

It  was  one  of  several  original  hymns  contributed 
to  the  Missionary  Minstrel,  1826,  by  O.  P. 


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97/3         A-  voice  from  the  tombs.         C.  M. 

HARK!  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  sound; 
My  ears,  attend  the  cry ; 
64  Ye  living  men,  come  view  the  ground 
Where  you  must  shortly  lie. 

2  ' '  Princes,  this  clay  must  be  your  bed, 
In  spite  of  all  your  towers ; 

The  tall,  the  wise,  the  reverend  head, 
Must  lie  as  low  as  ours." 

3  Great  God!  is  this  our  certain  doom? 
And  are  we  still  secure? 

Still  walking  downward  to  the  tomb, 
And  yet  prepared  no  more? 

4  Grant  us  the  power  of  quickening  grace 
To  fit  our  souls  to  fly ; 

Then,  when  we  drop  this  dying  flesh, 
We'll  rise  above  the  sky. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  title  :  A  Funeral  Thought. 

Watts  wrote  "  our  tomb  "  in  the  third  line  of  the 
third  verse,  and  "powers"  in  the  first  line  of  the 
fourth. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii, 
1707. 


9  *73  Through  death  to  life.  CM. 

THROUGH  sorrow's  night,  and  danger's 
path, 

Amid  the  deepening  gloom, 
We,  followers  of  our  suffering  Lord, 
Are  marching  to  the  tomb. 

2  There,  when  the  turmoil  is  no  more, 
And  all  our  powers  decay, 

Our  cold  remains  in  solitude 
Shall  sleep  the  years  away. 

3  Our  labors  done,  securely  laid 
In  this  our  last  retreat, 

Unheeded  o'er  our  silent  dust, 
The  storms  of  earth  shall  beat. 

4  Yet  not  thus  buried,  or  extinct, 
The  vital  spark  shall  lie ; 

For  o'er  life's  wreck  that  spark  shall  rise 
To  seek  its  kindred  sky. 

5  These  ashes,  too,  this  little  dust 
Our  Father's  care  shall  keep, 

Till  the  last  angel  rise  and  break 
The  long  and  dreary  sleep. 

H.  KIRKE  WHITE. 
Title :  Hope  in  the  Resurrection. 


From  William  B.  Collyer's  Hymns,  Partly  Col- 
lected and  Partly  Original.    London,  1812. 

A  few  lines  have  been  changed.  The  third  line 
of  the  first  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"  We,  soldiers  of  an  injured  King ;  " 

and  the  first  line  of  the  fourth  stanza : 
"  Yet  not  thus  lifeless,  thus  inane.'''' 

There  is  one  additional  stanza : 

6  "  Then  love's  soft  dew  o'er  every  eye 

Shall  shed  its  mildest  rays, 
And  the  long  silent  dust  shall  burst 

With  shouts  of  endless  praise." 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  22. 


974 


Peaceful  departure. 


C.  M. 


BEHOLD  the  western  evening  light ! 
It  melts  in  deepening  gloom : 
So  calmly  Christians  sink  away, 
Descending  to  the  tomb. 

2  The  winds  breathe  low,  the  withering  leaf 
Scarce  whispers  from  the  tree: 

So  gently  flows  the  parting  breath, 
When  good  men  cease  to  be. 

3  How  beautiful  on  all  the  hills 
The  crimson  light  is  shed ! 

'Tis  like  the  peace  the  Christian  gives 
To  mourners  round  his  bed. 

4  How  mildly  on  the  wandering  cloud 
The  sunset  beam  is  cast ! 

'Tis  like  the  memory  left  behind 
When  loved  ones  breathe  their  last. 

5  And  now  above  the  dews  of  night 
The  rising  star  appears : 

So  faith  springs  in  the  heart  of  those 
Whose  eyes  are  bathed  in  tears. 

6  But  soon  the  morning's  happier  light 
Its  glory  shall  restore ; 

And  eyelids  that  are  sealed  in  death 
Shall  wake  to  close  no  more. 

WILLIAM  B.  O.  PEABODY. 

Title :  The  Autumn  Evening. 

This  hymn  is  one  of  the  ten  sacred  poems  that 
the  author  annexed  to  his  Catechism  for  Children, 
published  in  1823. 

One  word  has  been  changed.  The  second  line  of 
the  fifth  verse  the  author  wrote  : 

"  The  yellow  star  appears." 

The  Eev.  William  Bourn  Oliver  Peabody,  D.D., 
a  Unitarian  clergyman,  was  born  in  Exeter,  N.  H., 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


in  1799  :  was  graduated  at  Harvard  College  in  1817, 
and  then  studied  theology  at  Cambridge  Divinity 
School.  In  1820  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  a  church 
in  Springfield,  Mass.,  where  he  remained  until  the 
time  of  his  death,  in  1847. 


975    Thou  art  with  me.  Psa.  xxiii,  4.     C.  M. 

THAT  solemn  hour  will  come  for  me, 
When,  though  their  charms  I  own, 
All  human  ties  resigned  must  be ; 
For  I  must  die  alone. 

2  All  earthly  pleasures  will  be  o'er, 
All  earthly  labors  done, 

And  I  shall  tread  the  eternal  shore, 
And  I  must  die  alone. 

3  But  O,  I  will  not  view  with  dread 
That  shadowy  vale  unknown : 

I  see  a  light  within  it  shed ; 
I  shall  not  die  alone ! 

4  One  will  be  with  me  there,  whose  voice 
I  long  have  loved  and  known ; 

To  die  is  now  my  wish,  my  choice : 
I  shall  not  die  alone ! 

UNKNOWN. 

The  text  of  this  hymn  is  the  same  as  found  in 
The  Sabbath  Hymn  Book,  1858,  where  it  is  without 
name.    The  author  is  still  unknown. 


The  change  is  an  improvement. 
The  last  stanza  has  been  the  beautiful  and  vic- 
torious testimony  of  many  a  departing  Christian. 
From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


976  Christ' 's presence  maTc.es  dying  easy.  L.  M. 

WHY  should  we  start,  and  fear  to  die? 
What  timorous  worms  we  mortals  are? 
Death  is  the  gate  to  endless  joy, 
And  yet  we  dread  to  enter  there. 

2  The  pains,  the  groans,  the  dying  strife, 
Fright  our  approaching  souls  away : 

And  we  shrink  back  again  to  life, 
Fond  of  our  prison  and  our  clay. 

3  O  would  my  Lord  his  servant  meet, 

My  soul  would  stretch  her  wings  in  haste, 
Fly  fearless  through  death's  iron  gate, 
Nor  feel  the  terrors  as  she  passed. 

4  Jesus  can  make  a  dying  bed 
Feel  soft  as  downy  pillows  are, 

While  on  his  breast  I  lean  my  head, 
And  breathe  my  life  out  sweetly  there. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title  :  Christ's  Presence  Makes  Death  Easy. 
The  first  part  of  the  third  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"  Oh!  if 'my  Lord  would  come  and  meet 
My  soul !  she'd  stretch  her  wings  in  haste." 


977  Sown  in  dishonor — raised  in  glory.    L.  M. 

THE  morning  flowers  display  their  sweets, 
And  gay  their  silken  leaves  unfold, 
As  careless  of  the  noontide  heats, 
As  fearless  of  the  evening  cold. 

2  Nipped  by  the  wind's  unkindly  blast, 
Parched  by  the  sun's  directer  ray, 

The  momentary  glories  waste, 

The  short-lived  beauties  die  away. 

3  So  blooms  the  human  face  divine, 
When  youth  its  pride  of  beauty  shows; 

Fairer  than  spring  the  colors  shine, 
And  sweeter  than  the  virgin  rose. 

4  Or  worn  by  slowly  rolling  years, 
Or  broke  by  sickness  in  a  day, 

The  fading  glory  disappears, 

The  short-lived  beauties  die  away. 

5  Yet  these,  new  rising  from  the  tomb, 
With  luster  brighter  far  shall  shine, 

Revive  with  ever-during  bloom, 
Safe  from  diseases  and  decline. 

6  Let  sickness  blast,  let  death  devour, 
If  heaven  must  recompense  our  pains ; 

Perish  the  grass,  and  fade  the  flower, 
If  firm  the  word  of  God  remains. 

SAMUEL  WESLEY,  JR. 

Original  title :  Verses  on  Isaiah  xl,  6,  8. 

"  All  flesh  is  grass,  and  all  the  goodliness  thereof  is 
as  the  flower  of  the  field :  ..  .  The  grass  withereth, 
the  flower  fadeth:  but  the  word  of  our  God  shall 
stand  for  ever." 

The  composition  of  this  hymn  was  occasioned  by 
the  death  of  a  young  lady.  The  subject  is  a  mourn- 
ful one  ;  but  the  author  has  woven  into  it  so  much 
of  hope  and  truth  and  beauty  that  Death  himself  is 
robbed  of  his  terrors.  It  was  written  in  1735,  and 
is  unaltered  and-  entire. 

From  the  author's  Poems.    London,  1862. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  75. 


978  l.m. 

The  memory  of  the  just  is  blessed.    Prov.  x,  7. 

EARTH'S  transitory  things  decay; 
Its  pomps,  its  pleasures,  pass  away; 
But  the  sweet  memory  of  the  good 
Survives  in  the  vicissitude. 


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2  As,  'mid  the  ever-rolling  sea> 
The  eternal  isles  established  be, 
'Gainst  which  the  surges  of  the  main 
Fret,  dash,  and  break  themselves  in  vain ; 

3  As,  in  the  heavens,  the  urns  divine 
Of  golden  light  forever  shine, 

Though  clouds  may  darken,  storms  may 
rage, 

They  still  shine  on  from  age  to  age ; 

4  So,  through  the  ocean-tide  of  years, 
The  memory  of  the  just  appears ; 

So,  through  the  tempest  and  the  gloom, 
The  good  man's  virtues  light  the  tomb. 

SIR  JOHN  BOWRING. 

Author's  title :  The  Bighteous  Shall  be  in  Ever- 
lasting Remembrance. 

The  last  and  best  stanza — and  they  are  all  excel- 
lent— is  omitted : 

5  "  Happy  the  righteous !  come  what  may, 
Though  heaven  dissolve  and  earth  decay  ; 
Happy  the  righteous  man !  for  he 
Belongs  to  immortality." 

Unaltered.  From  Matins  and  Vespers.  London, 
1823. 
See  No.  150. 


Asleep  in  Jesus.  L.  M. 

ASLEEP  in  Jesus !  blessed  sleep, 
From  which  none  ever  wakes  to  weep ! 
A  calm  and  undisturbed  repose, 
Unbroken  by  the  last  of  foes. 

2  Asleep  in  Jesus !  O  how  sweet 
To  be  for  such  a  slumber  meet ! 
"With  holy  confidence  to  sing, 

That  Death  hath  lost  his  venomed  sting. 

3  Asleep  in  Jesus !  peaceful  rest, 
"Whose  waking  is  supremely  blest ! 
No  fear,  no  woe,  shall  dim  that  hour 
That  manifests  the  Saviour's  power. 

4  Asleep  in  Jesus !  O  for  me 
May  such  a  blissful  refuge  be ! 
Securely  shall  my  ashes  lie, 
Waiting  the  summons  from  on  high. 

5  Asleep  in  Jesus!  far  from  thee 
Thy  kindred  and  their  graves  may  be; 
But  thine  is  still  a  blessed  sleep, 
From  which  none  ever  wakes  to  weep. 

MRS.  MARGARET  MACKAY. 

The  burden  of  this  song  was  suggested  to  the 
writer  by  an  inscription  that  she  saw  on  a  tomb- 


stone in  the  retired  burying-ground  of  Pennycross 
Chapel,  in  Devonshire : 

Sleeping  in  Jesus. 

One  stanza,  the  fifth,  has  been  omitted : 

5  "  Asleep  in  Jesus !  time  nor  space 
Debars  this  precious  "  hiding-pluce ; " 
On  Indian  plains  or  Lapland  snows 
Believers  find  the  same  repose." 

Mrs.  Margaret  Mackay  was  born  in  Scotland  in 
1801.  This  hymn  was  first  published  in  The 
Amethyst,  an  annual  published  in  Edinburgh,  1832. 


980     The  Christian's  parting  hour.    L.  M. 

HOW  sweet  the  hour  of  closing  day, 
"When  all  is  peaceful  and  serene, 
And  when  the  sun,  with  cloudless  ray, 
Sheds  mellow  luster  o'er  the  scene ! 

2  Such  is  the  Christian's  parting  hour ; 
So  peacefully  he  sinks  to  rest, 

"When  faith,   endued  from  heaven  with 
power, 

Sustains  and  cheers  his  languid  breast. 

3  Mark  but  that  radiance  of  his  eye, 
That  smile  upon  his  wasted  cheek; 

They  tell  us  of  his  glory  nigh, 

In  language  that  no  tongue  can  speak. 

4  A  beam  from  heaven  is  sent  to  cheer 
The  pilgrim  on  his  gloomy  road; 

And  angels  are  attending  near, 
To  bear  him  to  their  bright  abode. 

5  Who  would  not  wish  to  die  like  those 
Whom  God's  own  Spirit  deigns  to  bless? 

To  sink  into  that  soft  repose, 
Then  wake  to  perfect  happiness? 

WILLIAM  H.  BATHURST,  ALT. 

Title :  Death  of  the  Cfliristian. 

The  first  three  stanzas  have  been  altered  consid- 
erably. The  author  wrote  the  last  part  of  the  first 
stanza : 

"  And  the  "broad  sun's  retiring  ray 
Sheds  a  mild  luster  o'er  the  scene  ;  " 

and  the  last  part  of  the  second  stanza : 

"  And  faith,  rekindling  all  its  power, 
Lights  up  the  languor  of  his  breast." 

The  first  part  of  the  third  stanza  was  originally : 

"  There  is  a  radiance  in  his  eye, 

A  smile  upon  his  wasted  cheek, 
That  seems  to  tell  of  glory  nigh,"  etc. 


376  HYMN  STUD  IE  8. 


There  is  also  one  additional  stanza: 

6  "0  Lord,  that  we  may  thus  depart, 
Thy  joys  to  share,  thy  face  to  see, 

Impress  thine  image  on  our  heart, 
And  teach  us  now  to  walk  with  thee." 

From  Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Public  and  Private 
Use.    London,  1831. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  61. 


981  The  vision  of  faith.  L.  M. 

SHALL  man,  O  God  of  light  and  life, 
Forever  rnolder  in  the  grave? 
Canst  thou  forget  thy  glorious  work, 
Thy  promise,  and  thy  power  to  save? 

2  In  those  dark,  solemn  realms  of  night, 
Shall  peace  and  hope  no  more  arise? 

No  future  morning  light  the  tomb, 
No  day-star  gild  the  darksome  skies? 

3  Cease,  cease,  ye  vain,  desponding  fears : 
When  Christ,  our  Lord,  from  darkness 

sprang, 

Death,  the  last  foe,  was  captive  led, 

And  heaven  with  praise  and  wonder 
rang. 

4  Faith  sees  the  bright,  eternal  doors 
Unfold,  to  make  his  children  way; 

They  shall  be  clothed  with  endless  life, 
And  shine  in  everlasting  day. 

TIMOTHY  D  WIGHT. 

Title  :  Death  Not  the  End  of  our  Being. 
Ten  stanzas,  founded  on  Psa.  lxxxviii,  10-12 : 

"Wilt  thou  show  wonders  to  the  dead?  shall 
the  dead  arise  and  praise  thee  ?  Shall  thy  lov- 
ing-kin "mess  be  declared  in  the  grave?  or  thy 
faithfr.mess  in  destruction  ?  Shall  thy  wonders  be 
known  in  the  dark?  and  thy  righteousness  in  the 
land  of  forgetful  ness?  " 

These  stanzas  are  verses  one,  four,  seven,  and 
nine  of  the  original. 

A  slight  change  has  been  made  in  the  first  line 
of  the  second  stanza.    The  author  wrote : 

"  But  in  those  silent  realms  of  night." 

From  Dr.  D  wight's  edition  of  Watts' s  Psalms, 
1800. 


982  l.m. 

Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord. 

HOW  blest  the  righteous  when  he  dies ! 
When  sinks  a  weary  soul  to  rest ! 
How  mildly  beam  the  closing  eyes, 

How  gently  heaves  the  expiring  breast ! 


2  So  fades  a  summer  cloud  away; 

So  sinks  the  gale  when  storms  are  o'er ; 
So  gently  shuts  the  eye  of  day ; 
So  dies  a  wave  along  the  shore. 

3  A  holy  quiet  reigns  around, 

A  calm  which  life  nor  death  destroys ; 
And  naught  disturbs  that  peace  profound 
Which  his  unfettered  soul  enjoys. 

4  Farewell,  conflicting  hopes  and  fears, 
Where  lights  and  shades  alternate  dwell; 

How  bright  the  unchanging  morn  appears ! 
Farewell,  inconstant  world,  farewell ! 

5  Life's  labor  done,  as  sinks  the  clay, 
Light  from  its  load  the  spirit  flies, 

While  heaven  and  earth  combine  to  say, 
' '  How  blest  the  righteous  when  he  dies !  " 

MRS.  ANNA  L.  BARBAULD,  ALT. 

Title  :  The  Death  of  the  Virtuous. 

The  author  wrote  the  first  two  lines  thus : 

"  Sweet  is  tlie  scene  when  Virtue  dies  ! 
When  sinks  a  righteous  soul  to  rest." 

In  place  of  the  third  stanza  the  author  wrote  : 

"  Triumphant  smiles  the  victor  brow, 
Fanned  by  some  angel's  purple  wing : 

Where  is,  O  Grave  !  thy  victory  now  ? 
And  where,  Insidious  Death  !  thy  sting?" 

Some  other  lines  have  been  altered. 
Verse  four,  lines  one  and  two : 

*'  Farewell,  conflicting  Joys  and  fears, 
Where  light  and  shade  alternate  dwell." 

Verse  five,  lines  one  and  four : 

"Its  duty  done — as  sinks  the  clay."  _ 
"  Sweet  is  the  scene  when  Virtue  dies." 

From  the  author's  Works.    Boston,  1826. 
See  No.  77. 


983  Disembodied  saints.  L.  M. 

THE  saints  who  die  of  Christ  possessed, 
Enter  into  immediate  rest  ; 
For  them  no  further  test  remains^ 
Of  purging  fires  and  torturing  pains. 

2  Who  trusting  in  their  Lord  depart, 
Cleansed  from  all  sin,  and  pure  in  heart, 
The  bliss  unmixed,  the  glorious  prize, 
They  find  with  Christ  in  paradise. 

3  Yet,  glorified  by  grace  alone, 

They  cast  their  crowns  before  the  throne, 
And  fill  the  echoing  courts  above 
With  praises  of  redeeming  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


377 


From  Short  Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy 
Scriptures,  1762. 
This  is  written  on  Kev  xiv,  13  : 

"  Blessed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord 
from  henceforth  :  Yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  that  they 
may  rest  from  their  labors  ;  and  their  works  do 
follow  them." 

Four  lines,  following  the  second  stanza,  have 
been  omitted : 

"  Close  followed  by  their  works  they  go, 
Their  Master's  purchased  joy  to  know  ; 
Their  works  enhance  the  bliss  prepared 
And  each  hath  its  distinct  reward." 


984:  Besting  in  peace.  L.  M« 

UNVEIL  thy  bosom,  faithful  tomb ; 
Take  this  new  treasure  to  thy  trust, 
And  give  these  sacred  relics  room 
To  slumber  in  the  silent  dust. 

2  Nor  pain,  nor  grief,  jnor  anxious  fear 
Invade  thy  bounds ;  no  mortal  woes 

Can  reach  the  peaceful  sleeper  here, 
While  angels  watch  the  soft  repose. 

3  So  Jesus  slept ;  God's  dying  Son 
Passed  through  the  grave,  and  blest  the 

bed; 

Rest  here,  blest  saint,  till  from  his  throne 
The  morning  break,  and  pierce  the  shade. 

4  Break  from  his  throne,  illustrious  morn! 
Attend,  O  earth,  his  sovereign  word! 

Restore  thy  trust ;  a  glorious  form 
Shall  then  ascend  to  meet  the  Lord. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  title :  Death  and  Heaven,  in  Five  Lyric 
Odes. 

This  the  last  of  the  five,  entitled  A  Funeral  Ode 
at  the  Interment  of  the  Body,  Supposed  to  be  Sung 
by  the  Mourners. 

Some  slight  changes  have  been  made.  , 

Original  Lines. 
Verse  one,  line  four : 

"  To  seek  a  slumber  in  the  dust." 

Verse  two,  lines  three  and  four : 

"  Can  reach  the  lovely  sleeper  here, 
And  angels  watch  her  soft  repose." 

Verse  three,  line  three  : 

"  Rest  here,  fair  saint,  till  from  his  throne." 

Verse  four,  line  four : 

"  She  must  ascend  to  meet  her  Lord." 


It  would  seem  from  these  lines  that  the  hymn 
was  written  to  celebrate  the  death  of  some  lady. 
From  Miscellaneous  Thoughts  in  Prose  and  Verse, 


985  Victory  over  death.  C.  M. 

OF  OR  an  overcoming  faith, 
To  cheer  my  dying  hours, 
To  triumph  o'er  approaching  Death, 
And  all  his  frightful  powers ! 

2  Joyful  with  all  the  strength  I  have, 
My  quivering  lips  should  sing, 

"Where  is  thy  boasted  victory,  Grave? 
And  where,  O  Death,  thy  sting? " 

3  If  sin  be  pardoned,  I'm  secure ; 
Death  has  no  sting  beside : 

The  law  gives  sin  its  damning  power ; 
But  Christ,  my  ransom,  died. 

4  Now  to  the  God  of  victory 
Immortal  thanks  be  paid, 

Who  makes  us  conquerors,  while  we  die, 
Through  Christ,  our  living  Head. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

As  an  exception  to  the  rule,  this  hymn  retains 
its  original  title.  It  is  founded  on  a  familiar  pas- 
sage in  1  Cor.  xv,  55-57 : 

uO  death,  where  is  thy  sting?  0  grave,  where 
is  thy  victory  ?  The  sting  of  death  is  sin  ;  and  the 
strength  of  sin  is  the  law.  But  thanks  be  to  Cod, 
which  giveth  us  the  victoiy  through  our  Lord 
Jesus  Christ." 

Two  lines  have  been  changed. 
Verse  one,  line  three  : 

"To  triumph  o'er  the  monster  Death." 

Verse  two,  line  four: 

"And  where  the  monster 's  sting?" 

By  this  last  change  the  personification  of  the 
third  line  is  repeated  in  the  fourth,  and  the  effect 
is  highly  poetical  and  pleasing.  The  Christian 
triumph  expressed  in  the  second  stanza  is  especial- 
ly grand. 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  i,  1707. 


8  6      Planted  to  bloom  in  paradise.       C.  M. 

WHO  shall  forbid  our  chastened  woe, 
Our  tears  of  love  to  start? 
There's  balm  in  their  assuaging  flow, 
To  heal  the  wounded  heart ! 

2  This  lovely  child,  thus  early  torn 
From  our  fond  breasts  away, 

With  silent  grief  is  gently  borne 
To  its  lone  bed  of  clay. 


378  HYMN  STUDIES. 


3  Here  sleep  thou,  till  our  longer  race 
And  heavier  toils  shall  close ; 

Then  shall  we  seek  thy  resting-place, 
And  share  thy  long  repose. 

4  We  plant  thee  here,  with  tears  bedewed, 
Bright  flower  of  heavenly  dye ; 

And  often  shall  our  griefs  renewed, 
These  flowing  founts  supply. 

5  But  thou  shalt  yet  in  beauty  bloom, 
A  plant  of  paradise ; 

And  gladden  with  thy  sweet  perfume 
Our  mansion  in  the  skies. 

WILLIAM  HUNTER. 

Written  in  1843,  and  published  in  Select  Melo- 
dies. It  was  altered  for  this  collection  by  the 
author. 

The  Kev.  William  Hunter,  D.D.,  was  born  in 
Ireland  in  1811,  and  came  to  this  country  when  a 
child.  In  early  life  he  labored  untiringly  to  secure 
an  education,  and  was  graduated  at  Madison  College, 
in  1833.  He  was  for  some  years  an  editor,  and  then 
Professor  of  Hebrew  and  Biblical  Literature  in  Al- 
legheny College.  Dr.  Hunter  was  an  able  "preacher, 
and  a  sound  and  thorough  instructor.  He  was  the 
author  of  a  large  number  of  hymns,  which  appeared 
in  his  three  books  of  song,  viz.,  Select  Melodies, 
1838-51 ;  Minstrel  of  Zion,  1845  ;  and  Songs  of  De- 
votion, 1860. 

Dr.  Hunter  was  one  of  the  committee  appointed 
by  the  General  Conference  of  1876  to  edit  the 
Hymnal.    He  died  in  1877. 


987  Death  of  children.  C.  M. 

THY  life  I  read,  my  gracious  Lord, 
"With  transport  all  divine : 
Thine  image  trace  in  every  word, 
Thy  love  in  every  line. 

2  Methinks  I  see  a  thousand  charms 
Spread  o'er  thy  lovely  face. 

While  infants  in  thy  tender  arms 
Receive  the  smiling  grace. 

3  "I  take  these  little  lambs,"  said  he, 
' '  And  lay  them  in  my  breast ; 

Protection  they  shall  find  in  me, 
In  me  be  ever  blest. 

4  ' '  Death  may  the  bands  of  life  unloose, 
But  can't  dissolve  my  love ; 

Millions  of  infant  souls  compose 
The  family  above." 

SAMUEL  STENNETT. 

Title  :  Children  Dying  in  their  Infancy  in  the 
Arms  of  Jesus. 


Scripture  basis,  Matt,  xix,  14 : 

"But  Jesus  said,  Suffer  little  children,  and  for- 
bid them  not,  to  come  unto  me ;  for  of  such  is  the 
kingdon  of  heaven." 

The  author  wrote  "dearest"  instead  of  "gracious  " 
in  the  first  line. 
There  are  two  additional  stanzas : 

5  "  Their  feeble  frames  my  power  shall  raise, 
And  mould  with  heavenly  skill : 

I'll  give  them  tongues  to  sing  my  praise, 
And  hands  to  do  my  will. 

6  "  His  words  the  happy  parents  hear. 
And  shout  with  joys  divine, 

Dear  Saviour,  all  we  have  and  are 
Shall  be  forever  thine." 

This  was  contributed  to  Mppon's  Selection,  1787; 
also  found  in  the  author's  Works.    London,  1824. 
See  No.  218. 


988    The  sharpness  of  death  overcome.    C.  M. 

CALM  on  the  bosom  of  thy  God, 
Fair  spirit,  rest  thee  now ! 
E'en  while  with  us  thy  footsteps  trod, 
His  seal  was  on  thy  brow. 

2  Dust,  to  its  narrow  house  beneath! 
Soul,  to  its  place  on  high ! 

They  that  have  seen  thy  look  in  death, 
No  more  may  fear  to  die. 

3  Lone  are  the  paths,  and  sad  the  bowers, 
Whence  thy  meek  smile  is  gone ; 

But  O,  a  brighter  home  than  ours, 
In  heaven  is  now  thine  own. 

MRS.  FELICIA   D.  HEMANS. 

Title :  A  Dirge. 

From  the  author's  Hymns  for  Childhood. 

The  first  two  stanzas  constitute  Mrs.  Hemans's 
epitaph.  She  wrote  them  for  another,  but  they 
were  appropriately  applied  to  her. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  618. 


989  Death  vanquished  C.  M. 

WHEN  the  last  trumpet's  awful  voice 
This  rending  earth  shall  shake ; 
When   opening  graves  shall  yield  their 
charge, 
And  dust  to  life  awake; 

2  Those  bodies  that  corrupted  fell 

Shall  incorrupt  arise, 
And  mortal  forms  shall  spring  to  life 

Immortal  in  the  skies. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


379 


3  Behold,  what  heavenly  prophets  sung 
Is  now  at  last  fulfilled ; 

And  Death  yields  up  his  ancient  reign, 
And,  vanquished,  quits  the  field. 

4  Let  Faith  exalt  her  joyful  voice, 
And  now  in  triumph  sing : 

"  O  Grave,  where  is  thy  victory? 
And  where,  O  Death,  thy  sting?" 

WILLIAM  CAMERON. 

Part  of  a  paraphrase  of  1  Cor.  xv,  52-58. 

These  stanzas  are  the  first  half  of  the  hymn  as 
found  in  the  Scotch  Paraphrases.  Compare  them 
with  1  Cor.  xv,  52-55  : 

"In  a  moment,  in  the  twinkling  of  an  eye,  at 
the  last  trump :  for  the  trumpet  shall  sound,  and 
the  dead  shall  be  raised  incorruptible,  and  we  shall 
be  changed.  For  this  corruptible  must  put  on  in- 
corruption,  and  this  mortal  mast  put  on  immortal- 
ity. So  when  this  corruptible  shall  have  put  on 
incorruption,  and  this  mortal  shall  have  put  on 
immortality,  then  shall  be  brought  to  pass  the  say- 
ing that  is  written,  Death  is  swallowed  up  in 
victory.  O  death,  where  is  thy  sting?  O  grave, 
where  is  thy  victory  ?" 

Four  lines  have  been  altered. 

Original  Form. 
Verse  two,  line  two : 
"  Shall  incormpted  rise.'''' 

Verse  three,  line  three : 
"  That  Death  should  yield  his  ancient  reign." 

Verse  four,  lines  two  and  three : 

"  And  thus  begin  to  sing ; 

O  Grave  !  where  is  thy  triumph  noiv?" 

The  Rev.  William  Cameron,  a  Presbyterian 
minister  in  the  Church  of  Scotland,  was  born  in 
1751,  and  lived  until  1818.  He  was  educated  at 
Marischal  College,  Aberdeen,  and  ordained  in  1785. 


990  s.m. 

Let  me  die  the  death  of  the  righteous. 

OFOR  the  death  of  those 
Who  slumber  in  the  Lord ! 
O  be  like  theirs  my  last  repose, 
Like  theirs  my  last  reward ! 

2  Their  bodies  in  the  ground, 
In  silent  hope  may  lie, 

Till  the  last  trumpet's  joyful  sound 
Shall  call  them  to  the  sky. 

3  Their  ransomed  spirits  soar, 
On  wings  of  faith  and  love, 

To  meet  the  Saviour  they  adore, 
And  reign  with  him  above. 


4  O  for  the  death  of  those 
Who  slumber  in  the  Lord ! 

O  be  like  theirs  my  last  repose, 
Like  theirs  my  last  reward. 

UNKNOWN. 

This  hymn  has  been  frequently  attributed  to 
James  Montgomery.  This  mistake  occurred,  prob- 
ably, because  the  first  line  is  the  same  as  the  first 
line  of  his  Ode  to  the  Volunteers  of  Britain: 

"  Oh  for  the  death  of  those 
Who  for  their  country  die." 

The  hymn  has  been  traced  to  Church  Psalmody, 
edited  by  Lowell  Mason  and  David  Green,  (1831,) 
where  it  appears  without  name.  Some  hymn 
books  attribute  this  hymn  to  S.  F.  Smith.  Dr. 
Smith  writes  me  :  "  '  O  for  the  death  of  those,'  is 
not  one  of  my  hymns."  It  must  be  marked 
unknown. 


991        The  conqueror  crowned.       S.  M. 

SERVANT  of  God,  well  done ! 
Thy  glorious  warfare's  past ; 
The  battle's  fought,  the  race  is  won, 
And  thou  art  crowned  at  last ; 

2  Of  all  thy  heart's  desire 
Triumphantly  possessed ; 

Lodged  by  the  ministerial  choir 
In  thy  Redeemer's  breast. 

3  In  condescending  love. 

Thy  ceaseless  prayer  he  heard ; 
And  bade  thee  suddenly  remove 
To  thy  complete  reward. 

4  With  saints  enthroned  on  high, 
Thou  dost  thy  Lord  proclaim, 

And  still  to  God  salvation  cry, 
Salvation  to  the  Lamb  S 

5  O  happy,  happy  soul! 
In  ecstasies  of  praise, 

Long  as  eternal  ages  roll, 
Thou  seest  thy  Saviour's  face. 

6  Redeemed  from  earth  and  pain, 
Ah !  when  shall  we  ascend, 

And  all  in  Jesus'  presence  reign 
With  our  translated  friend? 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

An  Hymn  on  the  Death  of  the  Rev.  George 
Whitefietd. 

This  valuable  hymn  has  found  no  place  in  the 
Wesley  an  Collection  to  this  day.  It  came  into  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  hymn  book  in  1849.  It  was 
published  at  the  end  of  John  Wesley's  funeral  ser- 
mon on  Whitefield,  preached  Nov.  18, 1770. 

Eight  lines  are  omitted. 

The  whole  hymn  is  found  in  Wesley's  Sermons, 
vol.  i,  p.  480.    American  edition.  It  is  not  altered. 


380  HYMN 


992       Death  of  a  pastor.  S.  M. 

REST  from  thy  labor,  rest, 
Soul  of  the  just,  set  free ! 
Blest  be  thy  memory,  and  blest 
Thy  bright  example  be ! 

2  Now,  toil  and  conflict  o'er, 
Go,  take  with  saints  thy  place; 

But  go,  as  each  has  gone  before, 
A  sinner  saved  by  grace. 

3  Saviour,  into  thy  hands 
Our  pastor  we  resign, 

And  now  we  wait  thine  own  commands ; 
We  were  not  his  but  thine. 

4  Thou  art  thy  Church's  Head; 
And  when  the  members  die, 

Thou  raisest  others  in  their  stead ; 
To  thee  we  lift  our  eye. 

5  On  thee  our  hopes  depend, 
We  gather  round  our  Rock ; 

Send  whom  thou  wilt,  but  condescend 
Thyself  to  feed  the  flock. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title :  On  the  Death  of  a  Minister. 

Slight  changes  have  been  made  in  three  lines. 

Origin  al. 
Verse  one,  line  one : 

"  Eest  from  thy  labors,  rest." 

Verse  three,  line  one : 

"  Lord  Christ,  into  thy  hands." 

Verse  five,  line  four : 

"  Thyself  to  feed  Thy  flock." 

Contributed  to  The  Congregational  Hymn  Boole, 
London,  1836. 


993      It  is  not  death  to  die.  S.  M. 

IT  is  not  death  to  die, — 
To  leave  this  weary  road, 
And,  'mid  the  brotherhood  on  high, 
To  be  at  home  with  God. 

2  It  is  not  death  to  close 

The  eye  long  dimmed  by  tears, 
And  wake,  in  glorious  repose 
To  spend  eternal  years. 

3  It  is  not  death  to  bear 

The  wrench  that  sets  us  free, 
From  dungeon  chain,  to  breathe  the  air 
Of  boundless  liberty. 


STUDIES. 


4  It  is  not  death  to  fling 
Aside  this  sinful  dust, 

And  rise,  on  strong  exulting  wing, 
To  live  among  the  just. 

5  Jesus,  thou  Prince  of  life, 
Thy  chosen  cannot  die! 

Like  thee,  they  conquer  in  the  strife, 
To  reign  with  thee  on  high. 

H.  A.  C.  MALAN. 
TR.  BY  G.  W.  BETHTJNE. 

Verbatim,  from  Lays  of  Love  and  Faith.  Phila- 
delphia, 1847. 

This  beautiful  and  triumphant  hymn  was  sung 
at  Dr.  Bethune's  funeral,  in  accordance  with  his 
special  request. 

The  Rev.  Henri  Abraham  Caesar  Malan,  D.D., 
was  born  in  Geneva,  in  1787.  He  was  a  precocious 
child  and  a  man  of  genius.  In  1810  he  was  conse- 
crated to  the  ministry,  and  was  appointed  to  preaeh 
in  the  Cathedral  at  Geneva,  that  Calvin  had  for- 
merly occupied.  This  venerable  Presbytery  had  be- 
come rationalistic  and  Socinian.  Malan  was  led  to 
see  its  errors ;  became  orthodox  in  faith  and  expe- 
rience ;  and,  in  1818,  was  in  consequence  dismissed 
from  the  Established  Church.  He  continued  to 
preach,  write,  and  labor  with  great  zeal  and  success 
until  his  death  in  1864. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  the  translator,  see 
No.  333. 


994  Resting  in  hope.  S.  M. 

REST  for  the  toiling  hand, 
Rest  for  the  anxious  brow, 
Rest  for  the  weary,  way-sore  feet, 
Rest  from  all  labor  now. 

2  Rest  for  the  fevered  brain, 
Rest  for  the  throbbing  eye ; 

Through  these  parched  lips  of  thine  no  more 
Shall  pass  the  moan  or  sigh. 

3  Soon  shall  the  trump  of  God 
Give  out  the  welcome  sound, 

That  shakes  thy  silent  chamber- walls, 
And  breaks  the  turf-sealed  ground. 

4  Ye  dwellers  in  the  dust, 
Awake,  come  forth  and  sing ! 

Sharp  has  your  frost  of  winter  been, 
But  bright  shall  be  your  spring. 

'Twas  sown  in  weakness  here, 
'Twill  then  be  raised  in  power : 

That  which  was  sown  an  earthly  seed, 
Shall  rise  a  heavenly  flower. 

HORATIUS  BONAR. 

These  are  the  last  five  verses  of  a  hymn  of  thir- 
teen stanzas,  entitled  The  Flesh  Resting  in  Rope. 


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The  second  line  of  the  first  stanza  the  author 
wrote : 

"  Rest  for  the  thought-worn  brow." 

From  Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope,  first  series,  1857. 
•For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  426. 


995  Because  Hive,  ye  shall  live  also.  S.  M. 

AND  must  this  body  die, 
This  well- wrought  frame  decay? 
And  must  these  active  limbs  of  mine 
Lie  moldering  in  the  clay? 

2  God,  my  Redeemer,  lives, 
And  ever  from  the  skies 

Looks  down,  and  watches  all  my  dust, 
Till  he  shall  bid  it  rise. 

3  Arrayed  in  glorious  grace 
Shall  these  vile  bodies  shine, 

And  every  shape,  and  every  face, 
Be  heavenly  and  divine. 

4  These  lively  hopes  we  owe, 
Lord,  to  thy  dying  love : 

O  may  we  bless  thy  grace  below, 
And  sing  thy  grace  above ! 

5  Saviour,  accept  the  praise 
Of  these  our  humble  songs, 

Till  tunes  of  nobler  sound  we  raise 
With  our  immortal  tongues. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  title  :  Triumph,  over  Death,  in,  Hope  of 
the  Resurrection. 

The  second  stanza  has  been  left,  out  for  good  and 
sufficient  reasons.    It  read  as  follows : 

"  Corruption,  earth,  and  worms, 

Shall  but  refine  this  flesh, 
Till  my  triumphant  spirit  comes 

To  put  it  on  afresh." 

Six  lines  have  been  changed.  The  first  of  them 
is  remarkable. 

Verse  two,  line  two  : 

"  And  often  from  the  skies." 
Verse  three,  line  four : 

"  Look  heavenly  and  divine." 
The  fourth  stanza  the  author  wrote  thus : 

"  These  lively  hopes  we  owe, 

To  Jesus'1  dying  love  : 
We  would  adore  Ms  grace  below, 

And  sing  his  power  above." 

The  first  line  of  the  fifth  stanza,  Watts  wrote : 
"  Dear  Lord,  accept  the  praise." 

From  Hymns  and,  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


996  Solemn  thoughts  of  the  future.     S.  M. 

AND  am  I  born  to  die? 
To  lay  this  body  down? 
And  must  my  trembling  spirit  fly 

Into  a  world  unknown — 
A  land  of  deepest  shade, 

Unpierced  by  human  thought, 
The  dreary  regions  of  the  dead, 
Where  all  things  are  forgot? 

2  Soon  as  from  earth  I  go, 
What  will  become  of  me? 

Eternal  happiness  or  woe  . 

Must  then  my  portion  be :  . 
Waked  by  the  trumpet's  sound, 

I  from  my  grave  shall  rise, 
And  see  the  Judge,  with  glory  crowned, 

And  see  the- flaming  skies! 

3  Who  can  resolve  the  doubt 
That  tears  my  anxious  breast  ? 

Shall  I  be  with  the  damned  cast  out, 
Or  numbered  with  the  blest? 

I  must  from  God  be  driven, 
Or  with  my  Saviour  dwell; 

Must  come  at  his  command  to  heaven, 
Or  else — depart  to  hell ! 

4  O  thou  who  wouldst  not  have 
One  wretched  sinner  die; 

Who  diedst  thyself  my  soul  to  save 

From  endless  misery ; 
Show  me  the  way  to  shun 

Thy  dreadful  wrath  severe, 
That  when  thou  comest  on  thy  throne 

I  may  with  joy  appear. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Published  without  title  in  Hymns  for  Children. 
Bristol,  1763. 

Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  last,  are  omitted: 

3  "  How  shall  I  leave  my  tomb  ? 

With  triumph  or  regret? 
A  fearful  or  a  joyful  doom, 

A  curse  or  blessing  meet  ? 
Shall  angel-bands  convey 

Their  brother  to  the  bar  ? 
Or  devils  drag  my  soul  away, 

To  meet  its  sentence  there? 

6  "  Thou  art  Thyself  the  Way  : 

Thyself  in  me  reveal, 
So  shall  I  pass  my  life's  short  day, 

Obedient  to  Thy  will ; 
So  shall  I  love  my  God, 

Because  He  first  loved  me, 
And  praise  Thee  in  Thy  bright  abode, 

Through  all  eternity." 

The  original  has  "  darkest "  instead  of  "  deepest " 
in  verse  one,  line  five. 


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997        Tor  victory  in  death.  S.  M. 

WHEN  on  the  brink  of  death 
My  trembling  soul  shall  stand, 
Waiting  to  pass  that  awful  flood, 
Great  God,  at  thy  command, — 

2  When  every  scene  of  life 
Stands  ready  to  depart, 

And  the  last  sigh  that  shakes  the  frame 
Shall  rend  this  bursting  heart, — 

3  Thou  Source  of  joy  supreme, 
Whose  arm  alone  can  save, 

Dispel  the  darkness  that  surrounds 
The  entrance  to  the  grave. 

4  Lay  thy  supporting  hand 
Beneath  my  sinking  head ; 

And  with  a  ray  of  love  divine 
Illume  my  dying  bed. 

5  Leaning  on  Jesus'  breast, 
May  I  resign  my  breath; 

And  in  his  kind  embraces  lose 
The  bitterness  of  death. 

WILLIAM  B.  COLLYER,  ALT. 

Title :  Surely  the  bitterness  of  death  is  past. 
1  Sara,  xv,  32. 

The  second  stanzas  is  omitted,  and  the  rest  altered 
to  change  the  meter  from  common  to  short. 

Original. 

1  "  When  hending  o'er  the  brink  of  life, 
My  trembling  soul  shall  stand  ; 

Waiting  to  pass  death's  awful  flood, 
Great  God,  at  thy  command : 

2  "  When  weeping  friends  surround  my  bed, 
And  close  my  sightless  eyes ; 

When  laden  with  the  weight  of  years, 
This  broken  body  lies : 

3  "  When  every  long-loved  scene  of  life, 
Stands  ready  to  depart ; 

When  the  last  sigh  that  shakes  the  frame, 
Shall  rend  this  bursting  heart : 

4  "  0  thou  great  Source  of  joy  supreme, 
Whose  arm  alone  can  save, 

Dispel  the  darkness  that  surrounds, 
The  entrance  to  the  grave ! 

5  "  Lay  thy  supporting,  gentle  hand, 
Beneath  my  sinking  head  ; 

And  let  a  beam  of  love  divine, 
Illume  my  dying  bed. 

6  "Leaning  on  thy  clear,  faithful  breast, 
May  I  resign  my  breath ; 

And  in  thy  soft  embraces  lose 
'  The  bitterness  of  death.'  " 

From  Jhjmns  Partly  Collected  and  Partly  Orig- 
inal, 1812. 
See  No.  354. 


I  would  not  live  alway.  11. 

I WOULD  not  live  alway ;  I  ask  not  to  stay 
Where  storm  after  storm  rises  dark  o'er 
the  way : 

The  few  lurid  mornings  that  dawn  on  us  here 
Are  enough  for  life's  woes,  full  enough  for 
its  cheer. 

2  I  would  not  live  alway ;  no,  welcome  the 

tomb ! 

Since  Jesus  hath  lain  there,  I  dread  not  its 
gloom ; 

There  sweet  be  my  rest  till  he  bid  me  arise, 
To  hail  him  in  triumph  descending  the  skies. 

3  Who,  who  would  live  alway,  away  from 

his  God; 

Away  from  yon  heaven,  that  blissful  abode, 
Where  the  rivers  of  pleasure  flow  o'er  the 

bright  plains, 
And  the  noontide  of  glory  eternally  reigns! 

4  Where  the  saints  of  all  ages  in  harmony 

meet, 

Their  Saviour  and  brethren  transported  to 
greet ; 

While  the  anthems  of  rapture  unceasingly 
roll, 

And  the  smile  of  the  Lord  is  the  feast  of 
the  soul. 

WILLIAM  A.  MUHLENBERG. 

The  original  poem,  containing  twelve  stanzas,  was 
published  in  the  Episcopal  Recorder,  Philadelphia, 
in  1826.  This  hymn  was  compiled  from  that  poem 
for  the  Hymn  Collection  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church,  1826. 

The  author,  who  was  a  member  of  the  editorial 
committee,  says  in  his  Journal :  "  'I  would  not  live 
alway,'  was  at  first  rejected  by  the  committee,  in 
which  I — not  suspected  of  being  the  author — agreed, 
knowing  it  was  rather  poetry  than  an  earnest  song 
of  redemption.  It  was  restored  at  the  urgent  re- 
quest of  Dr.  Onderdonk." 

The  burden  of  the  song  is  from  Job  vii,  16 : 

"I  would  not  live  alway:  let  me  alone;  for  my 
days  are  vanity." 

It  was  revised  and  lengthened  by  the  author  in 
1859. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  388. 


999       Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave.    13, 11, 12. 

THOU  art  gone  to  the  grave ;  but  we  will 
not  deplore  thee, 
Though  sorrows  and  darkness  encompass 
the  tomb; 

Thy  Saviour  has  passed  through  its  portals 
before  thee, 
And  the  lamp  of  his  love  is  thy  guide 
through  the  gloom. 


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g  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave ;  we  no  longer 
behold  thee, 
Nor  tread  the  rough  path  of  the  world  by 
thy  side: 

But  the  wide  arms  of  mercy  are  spread  to 
enfold  thee, 
And  sinners  may  die,  for  the  Sinless  hath 
died. 

3  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave ;  and,  its  man- 

sion forsaking, 
Perchance  thy  weak  spirit  in  fear  lingered 
long; 

But  the  mild  rays  of  paradise  beamed  on  thy 
waking, 

And  the  sound  which  thou  heardst  was 
the  seraphim's  song. 

4  Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave ;  but  we  will 

not  deplore  thee; 
Whose  God  was  thy  ransom,  thy  guardian, 
and  guide: 
He  gave  thee,  he  took  thee,  and  he  will  re- 
store thee ; 
And  death  has  no  sting,  for  the  Saviour 
has  died. 

REGINALD  HEBER. 

Title :  At  a  Funeral. 

Bishop  Heber  wrote  this  hymn  on  the  death  of 
his  only  child,  who  died  in  December,  1818.  In 
the  Memoirs,  his  widow  says  that  the  hymn  may 
be  traced  to  the  feelings  which  this  bereavement 
occasioned. 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  Written  and  Adapted 
to  the  Weekly  Church  Service  of  the  Year,  1827. 
See  No.  62. 


1000      Clothed  tvith  immortality.  7. 

"QPIRIT,  leave  thy  house  of  clay; 

IO  Lingering  dust,  resign  thy  breath  ! 
Spirit,  cast  thy  chains  away ; 

Dust,  be  thou  dissolved  in  death!  " 
Thus  the  mighty  Saviour  speaks, 

While  the  faithful  Christian  dies ; 
Thus  the  bonds  of  life  he  breaks, 

And  the  ransomed  captive  flies. 

2  ' '  Prisoner,  long  detained  below, 

Prisoner,  now  with  freedom  blest, 
Welcome  from  a  world  of  woe ; 

Welcome  to  a  land  of  rest !  " 
Thus  the  choir  of  angels  sing, 

As  they  bear  the  soul  on  high, 
While  with  hallelujahs  ring 

All  the  regions  of  the  sky. 


3  Grave,  the  guardian  of  our  dust, 

Grave,  the  treasury  of  the  skies, 
Every  atom  of  thy  trust 

Rests  in  hope  again  to  rise : 
Hark !  the  judgment-trumpet  calls, 

' '  Soul,  rebuild  thy  house  of  clay ; 
Immortality  thy  walls, 

And  eternity  thy  day !  " 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY,  ALT. 

Part  of  a  poem  of  fourteen  four-lined  stanzas.  It 
first  appeared  in  The  Wanderer  in  Switzerland,  and 
Other  Poems,  (1806,)  where  it  has  the  following 
dedication  : 

"  Verses  to  the  memory  of  the  late  Joseph  Browne, 
of  Lothersdale,  one  of  the  people  called  Quakers,  rvho 
had  suffered  a  long  confinement  in  the  Castle  of  York, 
and  loss  of  all  his  worldly  goods,  for  conscience1 
sake." 

Montgomery  was  the  fellow-prisoner  of  Browne 
for  some  months  in  the  years  1795  and  1796. 

This  hymn  is  made  up  of  verses  one,  two,  three, 
four,  thirteen,  and  fourteen  of  the  original  poem. 
The  second  and  fourth  quatrains  have  been 
changed.  Montgomery  wrote  the  last  part  of  the 
first  stanza  as  follows : 

"  Thus  thy  guardian  angel  spoke, 

As  he  watched  thy  dying  bed; 
As  the  bonds  of  life  he  broke, 

And  the  ransomed  captive  fled." 

The  fifth  and  sixth  lines  of  the  second  stanza 
were : 

"  Thus  thy  guardian  angel  sang, 
As  he  bore  thy  soul  on  high." 


1001    Dying  in  the  Lord.  7. 

HARK !  a  voice  divides  the  sky,  — 
Happy  are  the  faithful  dead ! 
In  the  Lord  who  sweetly  die, 

They  from  all  their  toils  are  freed ; 
Them  the  Spirit  hath  declared 

Blest,  unutterably  blest; 
Jesus  is  their  great  reward,  ' 
Jesus  is  their  endless  rest. 

2  Followed  by  their  works  they  go, 

Where  their  Head  is  gone  before ; 
Reconciled  by  grace  below, 

Grace  hath  opened  mercy's  door  \ 
Justified  through  faith  alone, 

Here  they  knew  their  sins  forgiven; 
Here  they  laid  their  burden  down, 

Hallowed  and  made  meet  for  heaven. 


884  HYMN  STUDIES. 


3  Who  can  now  lament  the  lot 
Of  a  saint  in  Christ  deceased? 

Let  the  world,  who  know  us  not, 
Call  us  hopeless  and  unblest : 

When  from  flesh  the  spirit  freed 
Hastens  homeward  to  return, 

Mortals  cry,  "A  man  is  dead !  " 
Angels  sing,  "A  child  is  born ! " 

4  Born  into  the  world  above, 
They  our  happy  brother  greet ; 

Bear  him  to  the  throne  of  love, 
Place  him  at  the  Saviour's  feet : 

Jesus  smiles,  and  says,  ' '  Well  done ! 
Good  and  faithful  servant  thou ! 

Enter,  and  receive  thy  crown ; 
Reign  with  me  triumphant  now." 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  A  Funeral  Hymn. 

The  last  two  stanzas  are  particularly  tine.  The 
iiuthor  wrote  one  additional  stanza : 

5  "  Angels  catch  the  approving  sound, 

Bow,  and  bless  the  just  award. 
Hail  the  heir  with  glory  crowned, 

Now  rejoicing  with  his  Lord ; 
Fuller  joys  ordained  to  know, 

Waiting  for  the  general  doom, 
"When  the  archangel's  trump  shall  blow, 

'  Kise,  ye  dead,  to  judgment  come.'  " 

A  few  unimportant  changes  have  been  made. 
From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1742. 


1002  Bereavement  and  resignation.        8,  7- 

JESUS,  while  our  hearts  are  bleeding 
O'er  the  spoils  that  death  has  won, 
We  would,  at  this  solemn  meeting, 
Calmly  say,  "  Thy  will  be  done." 

2  Though  cast  down,  we're  not  forsaken ; 
Though  afflicted,  not  alone: 

Thou  didst  give,  and  thou  hast  taken ; 
Blessed  Lord,  "  Thy  will  be  done." 

3  Though  to-day  we're  filled  with  mourn- 

ing, 

Mercy  still  is  on  the  throne; 
With  thy  smiles  of  love  returning, 
We  can  sing,  "  Thy  will  be  done." 

4  By  thy  hands  the  boon  was  given ; 
Thou  hast  taken  but  thine  own: 

Lord  of  earth,  and  God  of  heaven, 
Evermore,  "Thy  will  be  done." 

THOMAS  HASTINGS. 


Title  :  Tliy  Will  be  Done. 

The  Mother's  Hymn  Book,  compiled  by  the 
author,  has  this  stanza,  the  third  : 

"  Fill  us  now  with  deep  contrition, 
Take  away  these  hearts  of  stone  ; 

While  we  all  with  true  submission, 
Meekly  say,  4  Thy  will  be  done.'  " 

In  that  book  the  first  line  of  the  last  stanza  was : 
"  To  thine  arms  the  child  was  given." 

See  No.  177. 


1003  8,7. 

Conflict  ended — crown  waiting. 

HAPPY  soul,  thy  days  are  ended, 
All  thy  mourning  days  below; 
Go,  by  angel  guards  attended, 

To  the  sight  of  Jesus  go  \ 
Waiting  to  receive  thy  spirit, 

Lo !  the  Saviour  stands  above ; 
Shows  the  purchase  of  his  merit, 
Reaches  out  the  crown  of  love. 

2  Struggle  through  thy  latest  passion, 

To  thy  great  Redeemer's  breast, 
To  his  uttermost  salvation, 

To  his  everlasting  rest. 
For  the  joy  he  sets  before  thee, 

Bear  a  momentary  pain ; 
Die,  to  live  a  life  of  glory ; 

Suffer,  with  thy  Lord  to  reign. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Author's  title  :  For  One  Departing. 

One  of  the  characteristics  of  primitive  Chris- 
tianity was  triumph  over  death.  This  is  abun- 
dantly proven  by  the  testimony  of  the  catacombs. 
The  same  blessed  victory  marked  the  Wesleyan 
reformation  of  the  eighteenth  century. 

Unaltered.  From  Charles  Wesley's  Hymns  and 
Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


1004:       The  dying  believer. 

DEATHLESS  spirit,  now  arise; 
Soar,  thou  native  of  the  skies ! 
Pearl  of  price  by  Jesus  bought, 
To  his  glorious  likeness  wrought, — 

2  Go,  to  shine  before  the  throne ; 
Deck  the  Mediator's  crown; 

Go,  his  triumphs  to  adorn ; 
Made  for  God,  to  God  return. 

3  Lo!  he  beckons  from  on  high; 
Fearless  to  his  presence  fly : 
Thine  the  merit  of  his  blood, 
Thine  the  righteousness  of  God. 


IIYMN  STUDIES.  §85 


4  Angels,  joyful  to  attend, 
Hovering  round  thy  pillow,  bend ; 
"Wait  to  catch  the  signal  given, 
And  convey  thee  quick  to  heaven. 

5  Shudder  not  to  pass  the  stream: 
Venture  all  thy  care  on  him, — 
Him,  whose  dying  love  and  power 
Stilled  its  tossings,  hushed  its  roar. 

6  Safe  is  the  expanded  wave, 
Gentle  as  a  summer's  eve ; 
Not  one  object  of  his  care 
Ever  suffered  shipwreck  there. 

7  See  the  haven  full  in  view: 

Love  divine  shall  bear  thee  through ; 
Trust  to  that  propitious  gale ; 
Weigh  thine  anchor,  spread  thy  sail. 

8  Saints  in  glory,  perfect  made. 
Wait  thy  passage  through  the  shade; 
Ardent  for  thy  coming  o'er, 

See,  they  throng  the  blissful  shore. 

AUGUSTUS  M.  TOPLADY. 

Title  :  The  Dying  Believer  to  his  Soul. 
Six  eight-lined  stanzas ;  tlie  third  and  last  are 
omitted : 

3  "  Is  thy  earthly  House  distrest? 

Willing  to  retain  her  Guest? 

'Tis  not  thou,  but  she  must  die  ; 

Fly,  celestial  Tenant,  fly. 

Burst  thy  Shackles,  drop  thy  Clay, 

Sweetly  breathe  thyself  away  ; 

Singing  to  thy  Crown  remove  ; 

Swift  of  Wing,  and  fir'd  with  Love." 

6  "  Mount  their  Transports  to  improve : 
Join  the  longing  Choir  above  ; 
Swiftly  to  their  Wish  be  given  ; 
Kindle  higher  Joy  in  Heaven. 
Such  the  Prospects  that  arise 
To  the  dying  Christian's  Eyes  ; 
Such  the  glorious  Vista,  Faith 
Opens  through  the  Shades  of  Death." 

Toplady  wrote  the  first  line  : 
"  Deathless  principle  arise," 
and  the  sixth  line  : 

"  Deck  his  Mediatorial  Crown." 

This  hymn  is  found  in  the  author's  Works. 
For  biography,  see  No.  415. 


1005    Our  stay  in  death.  6, 4. 

LOWLY  and  solemn  be 
Thy  children's  cry  to  thee, 
Father  divine ! 
A  hymn  of  suppliant  breath, 
Owning  that  life  and  death 
Alike  are  thine. 

25 


2  O  Father,  in  that  hour, 
When  earth  all  helping  power 

Shall  disavow ; 
When  spear,  and  shield,  and  crown, 
In  faintness  are  cast  down; 

Sustain  us,  thou ! 

3  By  Him  who  bowed  to  take 
The  death-cup  for  our  sake, 

The  thorn,  the  rod ; 
From  whom  the  last  dismay 
Was  now  to  pass  away; 

Aid  us,  O  God ! 

4  Tremblers  beside  the  grave, 
We  call  on  thee  to  save, 

Father  divine! 
Hear,  hear  our  suppliant  breath, 
Keep  us  in  life  and  death, 

Thine,  only  thine. 

MRS.  FELICIA  D.  HEMANS. 

From  the  author's  Miscellaneous  Poems. 

Five  stanzas,  following  the  first,  are  omitted. 

This  hymn  is  found  at  the  end  of  a  poem,  en- 
titled TJie  Funeral  Bay  of  Sir  Walter  Scott. 

The  authoress  closes  her  poem,  and  introduces 
the  hymn  with  these  lines  : 

"  And  now  what  strain, 
Making  victorious  melody  ascend 
High  above  sorrow's  dirge,  befits  the  tomb, 
Where  he  that  sway'd  the  nations  thus  is  laid — 
The  crown'd  of  men  ? 

A  lowly,  lowly  song. 

"Lowly  and  solemn  be,"  etc. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Mrs.  Hemans,  see 
No.  618. 


1006  Death  of  a  child.  7,  61. 

WHEREFORE  should  I  make  my  moan, 
Now  the  darling  child  is  dead? 
He  to  early  rest  is  gone, 
He  to  paradise  is  fled  : 

1  shall  go  to  him,  but  he 
Never  shall  return  to  me. 

2  God  forbids  his  longer  stay; 
God  recalls  his  precious  loan ; 

God  hath  taken  him  away, 

From  my  bosom  to  his  own : 
Surely  what  he  wills  is  best; 
Happy  in  his  will  I  rest. 

3  Faith  cries  out,  "  It  is  the  Lord, 
Let  him  do  as  seems  him  good !  " 

Be  thy  holy  name  adored ; 

Take  the  gift  awhile  bestowed : 
Take  the  child  no  longer  mine; 
Thine  he  is,  forever  thine. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


386  HYMN  STUDIES. 


Title  :  On  the  Death  of  a  Child. 

It  is  evident  that  the  author  founded  the  first 
stanza  on  the  words  of  King  David  concerning  his 
son : 

"  But  now  he  is  dead,  wherefore  should  I  fast  ? 
can  I  bring  him  back  again  ?  I  shall  go  to  him, 
but  he  shall  not  return  to  me."    2  Sam.  xii,  23. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


1007 

On  the  death  of  a  little  child.    7,  8, 7. 

TENDER  Shepherd,  thou  has  stilled 
Now  thy  little  lamb's  brief  weeping : 
Ah,  how  peaceful,  pale,  and  mild 
In  its  narrow  bed  'tis  sleeping ! 
And  no  sigh  of  anguish  sore 
Heaves  that  little  bosom  more. 

2  In  this  world  of  care  and  pain, 
Lord,  thou  wouldst  no  longer  leave  it; 

To  the  sunny  heavenly  plain 

Thou  dost  now  with  joy  receive  it ; 
Clothed  in  robes  of  spotless  white, 
Now  it  dwells  with  thee  in  light. 

3  Ah,  Lord  Jesus,  grant  that  we 
Where  it  lives  may  soon  be  living, 

And  the  lovely  pastures  see 

That  its  heavenly  food  are  giving ; 
Then  the  gain  of  death  we  prove, 
Though  thou  take  what  most  we  love. 

FROM  THE  GERMAN.    TR.  BY 

MISS  C.  WINKWORTH. 

Title :  The  death  of  a  Little  Child. 
The  first  couplet  of  Miss  Winkworth's  transla- 
tion is : 

"  Gentle  Shepherd,  Thou  hast  stilled 
Now  Thy  little  lamb's  long  weeping." 

From  Lyra  Germanica,  second  series,  1858. 

The  German  author  was  John  William  Meinhold, 
who  lived  from  1797  to  1851.  He  studied  theology  at 
Greifswalde,  and  served  as  rector  at  Usedom  and 
in  several  other  places. 


1008     For  a  child) 's  funeral.  6. 

GO  to  thy  rest,  fair  child? 
Go  to  thy  dreamless  bed, 
Gentle,  and  meek,  and  mild. 

With  blessings  on  thy  head. 
Fresh  roses  in  thy  hand, 

Buds  on  thv  pillow  laid, 
Haste  from  this  blighting  land, 
Where  flowers  so  quickly  fade. 


2  Before  thy  heart  could  learn 
In  waywardness  to  stray; 

Before  thy  feet  could  turn 

The  dark  and  downward  way; 

Ere  sin  could  wound  thy  breast, 
Or  sorrow  wake  the  tear; 

Rise  to  thy  home  of  rest, 
In  yon  celestial  sphere ! 

3  Because  thy  smile  was  fair, 
Thy  lip  and  eye  so  bright, 

Because  thy  cradle  care 

Was  such  a  fond  delight ; 
Shall  love,  with  weak  embrace, 

Thy  heavenward  flight  detain? 
No,  angel !  seek  thy  place 

Amid  yon  cherub  train. 

MRS.  LYDIA  H.  SIGOURNEY. 

Title :  To  a  Dying  Infant. 
This  hymn  is  found  in  a  volume,  of  the  author's 
poems,  published  at  Philadelphia  in  1834. 
The  third  line  the  author  wrote  : 

"  Gentle  and  undefiled." 

The  rest  is  a  verbatim  copy  of  the  original. 
See  No.  287. 


1009      Friends  separated.  6,  8,  8. 

FRIEND  after  friend  departs : 
Who  hath  not  lost  a  friend? 
There  is  no  union  here  of  hearts 

That  finds  not  here  an  end : 
Were  this  frail  world  our  only  rest, 
Living  or  dying,  none  were  blest. 

2  Beyond  the  flight  of  time, 
Beyond  this  vale  of  death, 

There  surely  is  some  blessed  clime 

Where  life  is  not  a  breath, 
Nor  life's  affection  transient  fire, 
Whose  sparks  fly  upward  to  expire. 

3  There  is  a  world  above, 
Where  parting  is  unknown; 

A  whole  eternity  of  love, 

Formed  for  the  good  alone : 
And  faith  beholds  the  dying  here 
Translated  to  that  happier  sphere. 

4  Thus  star  by  star  declines, 
Till  all  are  passed  away, 

As  morning  high  and  higher  shines, 

To  pure  and  perfect  day ; 
Nor  sink  those  stars  in  empty  night ; 

They  hide  themselves  in  heaven's  own 

light.  JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


387 


Title  :  Separation  on  Earth — Reunion  in  Heaven. 
This  pathetic  and  beautiful  little  poem  was  writ- 
ten in  1824  ;  and  it  is  unaltered  and  entire. 
From  the  author's  Miscellaneous  Poems. 
See  No.  5. 


1010  Present  with  the  Lord.  7,  6. 

THE  precious  seed  of  weeping 
To-day  we  sow  once  more, 
The  form  of  one  now  sleeping, 

Whose  pilgrimage  is  o'er. 
Ah !  death  but  safely  lands  him 

Where  we  too  would  attain; 
Our  Father's  voice  demands  him, 
And  death  to  him  is  gain. 

2  He  has  what  we  are  wanting, 
He  sees  what  we  believe ; 

The  sins  on  earth  so  haunting 
Have  there  no  power  to  grieve ; 

Safe  in  his  Saviour's  keeping, 
Who  sent  him  calm  release, — 

'Tis  only  we  are  weeping,  — 
He  dwells  in  perfect  peace. 

3  The  crown  of  life  he  weareth, 
He  bears  the  shining  palm. 

The  "  Holy,  holy,"  shareth,  ' 
And  joins  the  angels'  psalm; 

But  we,  poor  pilgrims,  wander 
Still  through  this  land  of  woe, 

Till  we  shall  meet  him  yonder, 
And  all  his  joy  shall  know. 

CARL  J.  P.  SPITTA.     TR.  BY 

MISS  C.  WINKWORTH. 

Title  :  The  Departure  of  a  Christian. 
The  translation  in  Lyra   Germanica,  second 
series,  New  York,  1858,  begins: 

"  Now  weeping  at  the  grave  we  stand." 

It  differs  from  this  in  all  the  lines,  except  four. 
Whether  these  changes  were  made  by  the  transla- 
tor, or  by  some  one  else,  we  cannot  say. 

The  original  of  this,  in  German,  was  sung  at  the 
grave  of  the  author  in  1859. 

L  For  biographical  sketch  of  Spitta,  see  No.  755. 


1011     Safe  in  the  harbor. 

WEEP  not  for  a  brother  deceased, 
Our  loss  is  his  infinite  gain ; 
A  soul  out  of  prison  released, 

And  freed  from  its  bodily  chain; 
With  songs  let  us  follow  his  flight, 
And  mount  with  his  spirit  above, 
Escaped  to  the  mansions  of  light, 
And  lodged  in  the  Eden  of  love. 


2  Our  brother  the  haven  hath  gained, 
Outnying  the  tempest  and  wind ; 

His  rest  he  hath  sooner  obtained, 
And  left  his  companions  behind, 

Still  tossed  on  a  sea  of  distress, 

Hard  toiling  to  make  the  blest  shore, 

Where  all  is  assurance  and  peace, 
And  sorrow  and  sin  are  no  more. 

3  There  all  the  ship's  company  meet, 
Who  sailed  with  the  Saviour  beneath; 

With  shouting  each  other  they  greet, 
And  triumph  o'er  sorrow  and  death : 

The  voyage  of  life  's  at  an  end ; 
The  mortal  affliction  is  past; 

The  age  that  in  heaven  they  spend, 
Forever  and  ever  shall  last. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


If  ever  a  hymn  ought  to  be  marked  "altered," 
on  account  of  the  change  of  one  word,  this  should 
be  so  marked.    Wesley  wrote : 

"  Rejoice  for  a  brother  deceased." 

There  is  a  wonderful  difference  between  simply 
refraining  from  weeping  for  the  dead,  and  rejoicing 
for  them.  One  characteristic  of  the  early  Method- 
ists was  their  remarkable  triumph  in  and  over 
death.  This  change  well  illustrates  the  toning 
down  that  has  taken  place  since  it  was  written. 

From  the  author's  Funeral  Hymns,  1744. 


1012        The  grave  disarmed.  8. 

MAN"  dieth  and  wasteth  away, 
And  where  is  he  ?— Hark !  from  the  skies, 

1  hear  a  voice  answer  and  say, 

"  The  spirit  of  man  never  dies ! 
His  body,  which  came  from  the  earth, 

Must  mingle  again  with  the  sod ; 
His  soul,  which  in  heaven  had  birth, 

Returns  to  the  bosom  of  God." 

2  No  terror  has  death,  or  the  grave, 
To  those  who  believe  in  the  Lord, 

Who  know  the  Redeemer  can  save, 
And  lean  on  the  faith  of  his  word ; 

While  ashes  to  ashes,  and  dust 
We  give  unto  dust,  in  our  gloom, 

The  light  of  salvation  we  trust, 

Which  hangs  like  a  lamp  in  the  tomb. 

3  O  Lord  God  Almighty !  to  thee 
We  turn,  as  our  solace  above ; 

The  waters  may  fail  from  the  sea, 
But  never  thy  fountains  of  love : 

O  teach  us  thy  will  to  obey, 

And  sing  with  one  heart  and  accord, 

' '  He  gave,  and  he  taketh  away, 
And  praised  be  the  name  of  the  Lord." 

GEORGE  P.  MORRIS. 


388 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


Title  :  Funeral  Hymn. 

From  the  author's  Poems.    New  York,  1860. 

The  original  has  "  Is  hung  "  instead  of  "  Which 
hangs,"  in  the  last  line  of  the  second  stanza.  Other- 
wise the  hymn  is  not  altered. 

One  stanza,  the  third,  has  been  omitted : 

3  "The  sky  will  be  burnt  as  a  scroll, 

The  earth,  wrapped  in  flumes,  will  expire; 
But,  freed  from  all  shackles,  the  soul 

Will  rise  in  the  midst  of  the  fire. 
Then,  brothers,  mourn  not  for  the  dead, 

Who  rest  from  their  labors  forgiven  ; 
Learn  this  from  your  Bible  instead, 

The  grave  is  the  gate- way  to  heaven." 

George  Perkins  Morris  (1802-1864)  was  an 
editor,  literator,  and  song-writer.  He  was  the  au- 
thor of  Woodman,  spare  that  tree,  The  Main  Truck, 
My  Mothers  Bible,  and  other  popular  pieces. 


1013  The  second  advent.  8,  7,  4. 

LO !  He  comes,  with  clouds  descending,- 
Once  for  favored  sinners  slain ; 
Thousand  thousand  saints  attending, 
Swell  the  triumph  of  his  train : 

Hallelujah! 
God  appears  on  earth  to  reign. 

2  Every  eye  shall  now  behold  him 
Robed  in  dreadful  majesty ; 

Those  who  set  at  naught  and  sold  him, 
Pierced  and  nailed  him  to  the  tree, 

Deeply  wailing, 
Shall  the  true  Messiah  see. 

3  All  the  tokens  of  his  passion 
Still  his  dazzling  body  bears, 

Cause  of  endless  exultation 
To  his  ransomed  worshipers; 

With  what  rapture 
Gaze  we  on  those  glorious  scars ! 

4  Yea,  Amen !  let  all  adore  thee, 
High  on  thy  eternal  throne ; 

Saviour,  take  the  power  and  glory; 
Claim  the  kingdom  for  thine  own : 

Jah!  Jehovah! 
Everlasting  God,  come  down ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Author's  title :  Thy  Kingdom  Come. 

This  grand  hymn  has  been  called  the  English 
Dies  Iroe,.  Its  authorship  has  been  ascribed  to 
various  men.  Lyra  Catholica  gives  it  to  Matthew 
Bridges,  a  Botnan  Catholic  hymn  writer.  M'Cliti- 
tock  and  Strong  credit  it  to  John  Cennick. 
But  his  hymn,  "  Lo  he  cometh,  countless  trum- 

Sets,"  (1752,)  is  very  different  from  this.  Thomas 
ackson  ascribes  it  to  Thomas  Olivers.  The  latter 
was  the  author  of  a  long  hymn  in  the  same  meter, 
mid  one  of  his  stanzas  began  in  the  same  way  as 


the  first  line  of  this  hymn.  In  some  collections,  a 
hymn  is  found  made  up  of  part  of  this  hymn,  and 
a  part  of  Olivers'.  The  original  is  found  in  Charles 
Wesley's  Hymns  of  Intercession  for  all  Mankind, 
1758. 

A  slight  change  was  made,  in  the  first  line  of  the 
third  stanza,  for  the  hymn  book  of  1849.  It  was 
before, 

"  The  dear  tokens  of  his  passion." 

It  is  evidently  founded  on  Bevelation  i,  7  : 

"  Behold,  he  cometh  with  clouds  ;  and  every  eye 
shall  see  him,  and  they  also  which  pierced  him : 
and  all  kindreds  of  the  earth  shall  wail  because  of 
him.    Even  so,  Amen." 


1014  8,7,4. 

Judgment  terrors— judgment  raptures. 

LIFT  your  heads,  ye  friends  of  Jesus, 
Partners  in  his  patience  here : 
Christ,  to  all  believers  precious, 
Lord  of  lords,  shall  soon  appear: 

Mark  the  tokens 
Of  his  heavenly  kingdom  near. 

2  Sun  and  moon  are  both  confounded, 
Darkened  into  endless  night, 

When,  with  angel-hosts  surrounded, 
In  his  Father's  glory  bright, 

Beams  the  Saviour, 
Shines  the  everlasting  light. 

3  See  the  stars  from  heaven  falling ; 
Hark,  on  earth  the  doleful  cry, 

Men  on  rocks  and  mountains  calling, 
While  the  frowning  Judge  draws  nigh, 

' '  Hide  us,  hide  us, 
Rocks  and  mountains,  from  his  eye !" 

4  With  what  different  exclamation 
Shall  the  saints  his  banner  see! 

By  the  tokens  of  his  passion, 
By  the  marks  received  for  me, 
All  discern  him ; 
All  with  shouts  cry  out,  "  'Tis  he!" 

5  Lo !  'tis  he !  our  hearts'  desire, 
Come  for  his  espoused  below ; 

Come  to  join  us  with  his  choir, 
Come  to  make  our  joys  o'erflow; 

Palms  of  victory, 
Crowns  of  glory,  to  bestow. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  has  the  same  title  as  the  preceding,  is  writ- 
ten in  the  same  meter,  on  the  same  subject,  and 
immediately  follows  No.  1013  in  Hymns  of  Interces- 
sion for  all  Mankind. 

The  original  has  eight  stanzas.  These  are  verses 
one,  four,  five,  six,  and  seven,  verbatim. 


HYMN  STUDIES.  389 


The  last  stanza  is  as  follows  : 

8  "  Yes,  the  prize  shall  now  be  given, 

We  His  open  face  shall  see  ; 
Love,  the  earnest  of  our  heaven, 

Love  our  full  re  ward- shall  be. 
Love  shall  crown  us 

Kings  through  all  eternity." 

1015  8,7,4. 

O'er  the  distant  mountains  breaking. 

O'ER  the  distant  mountains  breaking, 
Comes  the  reddening  dawn  of  day ; 
Rise,  my  soul,  from  sleep  awaking, 
Rise,  and  sing,  and  watch,  and  pray : 

Tis  thy  Saviour, 
On  his  bright  returning  way. 

2  O  thou  long-expected,  weary 
Waits  my  anxious  soul  for  thee; 

Life  is  dark,  and  earth  is  dreary 
Where  thy  light  I  do  not  see : 

O  my  Saviour, 
When  wilt  thou  return  to  me? 

3  Long,  too  long,  in  sin  and  sadness, 
Far  away  from  thee  I  pine ; 

When,  O  when,  shall  I  the  gladness 
Of  thy  Spirit  feel  in  mine? 

O  my  Saviour, 
When  shall  I  be  wholly  thine? 

4  Nearer  is  my  soul's  salvation, 
Spent  the  night,  the  day  at  hand ; 

Keep  me  in  my  lowly  station, 
Watching  for  thee,  till  I  stand, 

O  my  Saviour, 
In  thy  bright  and  promised  land. 

5  With  my  lamp  well-trimmed  and  burning, 
Swift  to  hear,  and  slow  to  roam, 

Watching  for  thy  glad  returning 
To  restore  me  to  my  home ; 

Come,  my  Saviour, 
O  my  Saviour,  quickly  come ! 

JOHN  S.  B.  MONSELL. 

Title:  Surely  I  come  quickly :  Amen.  Even  so, 
come,  Lord  Jesus.    Eev.  xxii,  20. 

This  hymn  is  unaltered  and  entire  from  the 
author's  Hymns  of  Love  and  Praise.  London, 
1862. 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  232. 


1016  Christ  is  coining.         8,  7,  4. 

CHRIST  is  coming!  let  creation 
Bid  her  groans  and  travail  cease; 
Let  the  glorious  proclamation 
Hope  restore,  and  faith  increase ; 

Christ  is  coming! 
Come,  thou  blessed  Prince  of  peace ! 


2  Earth  can  now  but  tell  the  story 
Of  thy  bitter  cross  and  pain ; 

She  shall  yet  behold  thy  glory  ■ 
When  thou  comest  back  to  reign; 

Christ  is  coming ! 
Let  each  heart  repeat  the  strain. 

3  Long  thy  exiles  have  been  pining, 
Far  from  rest,  and  home,  and  thee ; 

But,  in  heavenly  vesture  shining, 
Soon  they  shall  thy  glory  see ; 

Christ  is  coming ! 
Haste  the  joyous  jubilee.  . 

4  With  that  "blessed  hope  "  before  ua, 
Let  no  harp  remain  unstrung; 

Let  the  mighty  advent  chorus 

Onward  roll  from  tongue  to  tongue ; 

Christ  is  coming! 
Come,  Lord  Jesus,  quickly  come? 

JOHN  R.  MACDUFF. 

Author's  title :  Second  Advent. 

"Surely  I  come  quickly:  Amen.  Even  so, 
come,  Lord  Jesus."    Eev.  xxii,  20. 

The  Eev.  John  Eoss  Macduff,  D.D.,  was  born  in 
Scotland  in  1818,  and  educated  at  the  High  School 
of  Edinburgh,  and  in  the  University  of  the  same 
city.  He  became  a  minister  of  the  Church  of  Scot- 
land in  1842.  Among  his  pastorates  was  one  of 
fifteen  years  in  the  city  of  Glasgow.  In  1871  Dr. 
Macduff  gave  up  the  pastoral  relation.  He  is  the 
author  of  a  number  of  volumes  in  prose  and  poetry. 
In  1875  he  published  a  small  book  of  original 
poetry,  entitled  The  Gates  of  Praise,  from  which 
this  hymn  is  taken.  The  original  has  "  Thine'''' 
instead  of  "thy  "  in  verse  three,  line  one.  Other- 
wise it  is  not  altered. 


1017  The  dreadful  day.  L.  M. 

THE  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful  day, 
When  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away ! 
What  power  shall  be  the  sinner's  stay? 
How  shall  he  meet  that  dreadful  day? 

2  When,  shriveling  like  a  parched  scroll, 
The  flaming  heavens  together  roll; 

And  louder  yet,  and  yet  more  dread, 
Swells  the  high  trump  that  wakes  the  dead ! 

3  O,  on  that  day,  that  wrathful  day, 
When  man  to  judgment  wakes  from  clay, 
Be  thou,  O  Christ,  the  sinner's  stay, 
Though  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away ! 

SIR  WALTER  SCOTT. 

This  is,  without  doubt,  the  most  familiar  of  the 
many  translations  of  Dies  Irce.    Date  of  tr.,  1805. 

The  hymn  is  found  in  the  Lay  of  the  Last  Min- 
strel, where  the  holy  fathers  are  represented  as 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


singing  it  at  a  mass  for  the  dead  in  Melrose 
Abliey. 

Three  lines  are  slightly  altered. 
Verse  one,  line  one  : 

"  That  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful  day." 

Verse  two,  line  three : 

"  When  louder  yet  and  yet  more  dread." 

Verse  three,  line  three  : 

"  Be  thou  the  trembling  sinner  s  stay." 
See  No.  163. 


1018        TJie  Judge  severe.  L.  M. 

HE  comes !  He  comes !  the  Judge  severe ! 
The  seventh  trumpet  speaks  him  near ; 
His  lightnings  flash,  his  thunders  roll; 
How  welcome  to  the  faithful  soul ! 

2  From  heaven  angelic  voices  sound: 
See  the  almighty  Jesus  crowned, 
Girt  with  omnipotence  and  grace! 
And  glory  decks  the  Saviour's  face. 

3  Descending  on  his  great  white  throne, 
He  claims  the  kingdoms  for  Ms  own : 
The  kingdoms  all  obey  his  word, 

And  hail  him  their  triumphant  Lord. 

4  Shout,  all  the  people  of  the  sky, 
And  all  the  saints  of  the  Most  High ; 
Our  Lord,  who  now  his  right  obtains, 
Forever  and  forever  reigns. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  Thy  Kingdom  Come. 

Wesley  wrote  the  first  line  of  the  third  stanza : 

"  Descending  on  His  azure  throne  ;" 

and  so  we  find  it  in  the  Wesleyan  Collection.  The 
change  was  made  for  the  hymn  book  of  1849. 
From  Hymns  of  Intercession  for  atlJIahkind,17oS. 


1019  Safety  amid  general  dissolution.  L.  M. 

THE  great  archangel's  trump  shall  sound. 
While  twice  ten  thousand  thunders  roar, 
Tear  up  the  graves,  and  cleave  the  ground. 
And  make  the  greedv  sea  restore. 

2  The  orreedv  sea  shall  vield  her  dead; 
The  earth  no  more  her  slain  conceal; 

Sinners  shall  lift  their  guilty  head. 
And  shrink  to  see  a  yawning  hell. 

3  But  we,  who  now  our  Lord  confess, 
And  faithful  to  the  end  endure, 

Shall  stand  in  Jesus'  righteousness; 
Stand,  as  the  Rock  of  ages,  sure. 


4  We,  while  the  stars  from  heaven  shall  fall, 
And  mountains  are  on  mountains  hurled, 

Shall  stand  unmoved  amidst  them  all, 
And  smile  to  see  a  burning  world. 

5  The  earth  and  all  the  works  therein 
Dissolve,  by  raging  flames  destroyed, 

While  we  survey  the  awful  scene, 
And  mount  above  the  fiery  void. 

6  Bv  faith  w~e  now  transcend  the  skies, 
And  on  that  ruined  world  look  down: 

By  love  above  all  height  we  rise, 
And  share  the  everlasting  throne. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Original  title:  After  Deliverance  from  Death 
by  the  Fail  of  a  House.  The  last  word,  it 
seems,  was  a  misprint  for  7wrse,  which  the  author 
corrected  in  later  editions.  Part  of  a  hymn  of 
twelve  stanzas. 

In  his  Journal  we  find  this  paragraph  :  "  Tues., 
Oct.  25,  (1748.) — I  rode  to  Paulton,  where  my  horse 
cast  me  to  the  ground  with  such  violence  as  if  I 
had  been  shot  out  of  an  engine.  I  lay  breathless 
for  some  time.  They  sat  me  on  the  horse,  and  led 
me  to  Bristol,  got  a  surgeon  to  dress  my  arm  and 
hand,,  which  were  much  bruised,  ana  my  foot 
crushed." 

This  hymn  begins  with  the  sixth  stanza.  The 
first  part,  which  relates  to  the  accident,  is  omitted. 
In  one  of  these  stanzas  he  says  : 

"  The  adversary  cast  us  down, 

The  Saviour  caught  us  in  His  arms." 

The  difference  between  "the  ungodly"  and 
"the  saints,"  in  the  last  day,  is  vividly  portrayed 
in  the  second  and  fourth  stanzas. 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


1020      The  awful  sentence.  CM. 

THAT  aw^ful  day  will  surely  come, 
The  appointed  hour  makes  haste, 
When  I  must  stand  before  my  Judge, 
And  pass  the  solemn  test. 

2  Jesus,  thou  Source  of  all  my  joys, 
Thou  Ruler  of  my  heart, 

How  can  I  bear  to  hear  thy  voiee 
Pronounce  the  word,  "  Depart!  " 

3  The  thunder  of  that  awful  word 
Would  so  torment  my  ear, 

'T would  tear  my  soul  asunder,  Lord, 
With  most  tormenting  fear. 

4  What !  to  be  banished  from  my  Lord, 
And  yet  forbid  to  die ! 

To  linger  in  eternal  pain, 
And" death  forever  fly! 


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5  O  wretched  state  of  deep  despair, 

To  see  my  God  remove, 
And  fix  my  doleful  station  where 

I  must  not  taste  his  love ! 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  The  Everlasting  Absence  of  God  Intolera- 
ble. 

Some  lines  have  been  changed. 
Verse  two,  lines  one,  two,  and  three : 

u  Thou  lovely  Chief  oi  all  my  joys, 

Thou  Sovereign  of  my  heart, 

How  could  I  bear  to  hear  the  voice." 

Verse  three,  first  line  : 

"  The  thunder  of  that  dismal  word." 

Verse  four,  first  line : 

"  What?  to  be  banished  for  my  life.'''' 

There  are  three  additional  stanzas  : 

6  "  Jesus  !  I  throw  my  arms  around 

And  hang  upon  thy  breast ; 
Without  a  gracious  smile  from  thee 

My  spirit  cannot  rest. 

V  "  0  tell  me  that  my  worthless  name 

Is  graven  on  thy  hands, 
Show  me  some  promise  in  thy  book 

Where  my  salvation  stands ! 

8  "  Give  me  one  kind  assuring  word 

To  sink  my  fears  again, 
And  cheerfully  my  soul  shall  wait 

Her  threescore  years  and  ten." 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 


1021  The  final  account.  CM. 

AND  must  1  be  to  judgment  brought, 
And  answer  in  that  day 
For  every  vain  and  idle  thought, 
And  every  word  I  say? 

2  Yes,  every  secret  of  my  heart 
Shall  shortly  be  made  known, 

And  I  receive  my  just  desert 
For  all  that  I  have  done. 

3  How. careful,  then,  ought  I  to  live, 
With  what  religious  fear ! 

Who  such  a  strict  account  must  give 
For  my  behavior  here. 

4  Thou  awful  Judge  of  quick  and  dead, 
The  watchful  power  bestow ; 

So  shall  I  to  my  ways  take  heed,  — 
To  all  I  speak  or  clo, 


5  If  now  thou  standest  at  the  door, 

0  let  me  feel  thee  near; 

And  make  my  peace  with  God,  before 

1  at  thy  bar  appear. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  A  Thought  on  Judgment. 
There  are  three  additional  stanzas 

6  "  My  peace  Thou  hast  already  made, 
While  hanging  on  the  tree  ; 

My  sins  He  on  Thy  body  laid, 
And  punished  them  in  Thee. 

7  "  Ah !  might  I,  Lord,  the  virtue  prove 
Of  Thine  atoning  blood, 

And  know  Thou  ever  livest  above, 
My  Advocate  with  God ; 

8  "  Eeceive  the  answer  of  Thy  prayer, 
The  sense  of  sin  forgiven, 

And  follow  Thee  with  loving  care, 
And  go  in  peace  to  heaven." 

Unaltered.  From  Hymns  for  Children.  Bristol, 
1763. 


1022        Be  pitiful,  0  God.  L.  M. 

0SON  of  God,  in  glory  crowned, 
The  Judge  ordained  of  quick  and  dead ! 
O  Son  of  man,  so  pitying  found 
For  all  the  tears  thy  people  shed ! 

2  Be  with  us  in  this  darkened  place, — 
This  weary,  restless,  dangerous  night; 

And  teach,  O  teach  us,  by  thy  grace, 
To  struggle  onward  into  light ! 

3  And  since,  in  God's  recording  book, 
Our  sins  are  written  every  one, — 

The  crime,  the  wrath,  the  wandering  look, 
The  good  we  knew,  and  left  undone ; 

4  Lord,  ere  the  last  dread  trump  be  heard, 
And  ere  before  thy  face  we  stand, 

Look  thou  on  each  accusing  word, 
And  blot  it  with  thy  bleeding  hand. 

5  And  by  the  love  that  brought  thee  here, 
And  by  the  cross,  and  by  the  grave, 

Give  perfect  love  for  conscious  fear, 
And  in  the  day  of  judgment  save. 

MRS.  CECIL  F.  ALEXANDER. 

Part  of  a  poem  of  eight  stanzas,  which  may  be 
found  in  Lyra  Anglicana,  edited  by  Geo.  T.  Eider. 
This  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  three  to  seven, 
unaltered. 

The  first  line  of  the  poem  is : 

"  When  Jesus  came  to  earth  of  old." 
For  sketch  of  the  author,  see  No.  320. 


392  HYMN  STUDIES. 


1023        Day  of  wrath.  7. 

DAY  of  wrath,  0  dreadful  day ! 
When  this  world  shall  pass  away, 
And  the  heavens  together  roll, 
Shriveling  like  a  parched  scroll, 
Long  foretold  by  saint  and  sage, 
David's  harp,  and  sibyl's  page. 

2  Day  of  terror,  day  of  doom, 
When  the  Judge  at  last  shall  come ! 
Through  the  deep  and  silent  gloom, 
Shrouding  every  human  tomb, 
Shall  the  archangel's  trumpet  tone 
Summon  all  before  the  throne. 

3  Then  the  writing  shall  be  read, 
Which  shall  judge  the  quick  and  dead; 
Then  the  Lord  of  all  our  race 

Shall  appoint  to  each  his  place ; 
Every  wrong  shall  be  set  right, 
Every  secret  brought  to  light. 

4  O  just  Judge,  to  whom  belongs 
Vengeance  for  all  earthly  wrongs, 
Grant  forgiveness,  Lord,  at  last, 
Ere  the  dread  account  be  past, 

Lo,  my  sighs,  my  guilt,  my  shame! 
Spare  me  for  thine  own  great  name. 

5  Thou,  who  bad'st  the  sinner  cease 
From  her  tears  and  go  in  peace, — 
Thou,  who  to  the  dying  thief 
Spakest  pardon  and  relief,— 
Thou,  O  Lord,  to  me  hast  given, 
E'en  to  me,  the  hope  of  heaven. 

THOMAS  OP  CELANO. 
TR.  BY  A.  P.  STANLEY. 

Part  of  a  translation  of  the  Dies  Jrce,  the  ac- 
knowledged master-piece  of  sacred  Latin  poetry, 
and  the  sublimest  judgment-hymn  of  the  ages. 

The  translation  contains  thirteen  stanzas.  These 
are  verses  one,  two,  four,  nine,  and  ten,  unaltered. 
From  MacMillari 's  Magazine,  1868. 

Many  writers  have  tried  their  skill  in  rendering 
the  Dies  Irce.  Among  the  best  translations  are 
those  of  Archbishop  Trench,  Earl  Eoscommon,  Sir 
Walter  Scott,  Dean  Alford,  Mrs.  Charles,  W.  J. 
Irons,  Dr.  Wm.  E.  Williams,  General  John  A. 
Dix,  and  Abraham  Coles,  M.D.,  of  Newark,  N.  J., 
who  prepared  no  less  than  thirteen  versions ;  all 
good,  and  some  of  them  excellent. 

Thomas,  a  Franciscan  monk,  was  born  at  Celano, 
a  Neapolitan  village,  about  the  beginning  of  the 
thirteenth  century.  He  is  supposed  to  have  written 
the  Dies  Irce  about  1250  A.  D.,  but  the  fact  of 
authorship  cannot  be  fixed  with  absolute  cer- 
tainty, 

For  biographical  sketch  of  the  translator,  see  No. 
200. 


1024   The  inexorable  Judge.         S.  M. 

THOU  Judge  of  quick  and  dead, 
Before  whose  bar  severe, 
With  holy  joy  or  guilty  dread, 

We  all  shall  soon  appear; 
Our  cautioned  souls  prepare 
For  that  tremendous  day, 
And  fill  us  now  with  watchful  care, 
And  stir  us  up  to  pray : 

2  To  pray,  and  wait  the  hour, 
That  awful  hour  unknown, 

When,  robed  in  majesty  and  power, 
Thou  shaft  from  heaven  come  down, 

The  immortal  Son  of  man, 
To  judge  the  human  race, 

With  all  thy  Father's  dazzling  train, 
With  all  thy  glorious  grace. 

3  O  may  we  all  be  found 
Obedient  to  thy  word, 

Attentive  to  the  trumpet's  sound, 

And  looking  for  our  Lord. 
O  may  we  thus  insure 

A  lot  among  the  blest ; 
And  watch  a  moment  to  secure 

An  everlasting  rest. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  was  the  first  piece  in  Hymns  for  the  Watch- 
night,  1744. 
One  stanza,  the  third,  is  omitted : 

3  "  To  damp  our  earthly  joys, 

To  increase  our  gracious  fears, 
Forever  let  the  archangel's  voice, 

Be  sounding  in  our  ears, 
The  solemn  midnight  cry, 

Ye  dead,  the  Judge  is  come, 
Arise,  and  meet  Him  in  the  sky, 

And  meet  your  instant  doom." 

One  word  has  been  changed.  The  author  wrote 
"M?<s"  instead  of  "all"  in  the  first  line  of  the 
last  stanza. 


1025    The  omnipotent  decree.       7,  6,  8. 

STAND  the  omnipotent  decree! 
Jehovah's  will  be  done ! 
Nature's  end  we  wait  to  see, 
And  hear  her  final  groan. 
Let  this  earth  dissolve,  and  blend 

In  death  the  wicked  and  the  just; 
Let  those  ponderous  orbs  descend, 
And  grind  us  into  dust : — ■ 


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2  Rests  secure  the  righteous  man ; 
At  his  Redeemer's  beck, 

Sure  to  emerge  and  rise  again, 
And  mount  above  the  wreck ; 

Lo !  the  heavenly  spirit  towers, 

Like  flames  o'er  nature's  funeral  pyre, 

Triumphs  in  immortal  powers, 
And  claps  his  wings  of  fire ! 

3  Nothing  hath  the  just  to  lose, 
By  worlds  on  worlds  destroyed: 

Far  beneath  his  feet  he  views, 
With  smiles,  the  flaming  void ; 

Sees  this  universe  renewed, 

The  grand  millennial  reign  begun ; 

Shouts,  with  all  the  sons  of  God, 
Around  the  eternal  throne. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


This  was  first  published  in  a  pamphlet,  entitled 
Hymns  for  the  Year  1756,  Particularly  for  the  Fast 
Bay,  February  6. 

Montgomery  calls  this  hymn  "  One  of  the  most 
daring  and  victorious  flights  "  of  the  author.  Rob- 
ert Southey  pronounced  it  the  finest  lyric  in  the  En- 
glish language. 

There  is  one  drawback  to  this  high  praise.  Com- 

?are  the  first  stanza  with  these  lines  from  Dr. 
bung's  EigTbt  Thoughts  : 

"  If  so  decreed,  th'  Almighty  Will  be  done, 
Let  earth  dissolve,  yon  ponderous  orbs  descend, 
And  grind  us  into  dust." 

Compare  the  second  stanza  with  the  following  lines 
from  the  same  source  : 

"  The  soul  is  safe, 
The  man  emerges ;  mounts  above  the  wreck, 
As  towering  flame  from  Nature's  funeral  pyre  ; 
O'er  devastation,  as  a  gainer  smiles." 

Here  are  almost,  if  not  quite,  whole  lines  taken 
verbatim  from  Dr.  Young.  This  does  not  make 
Charles  Wesley  a  plagiarist.  A  plagiarist  is  one 
who  means  to  steal;  but  we  cannot  believe  that 
Wesley  intended  to  copy.  This  is  probably  a  case 
of  unintentional  reproduction. 

There  is  an  additional  stanza : 

4  "  Resting  in  this  glorious  hope, 

To  be  at  last  restored, 
Yield  we  now  our  bodies  up, 

To  earthquake,  plague,  and  sword  ; 
Listening  for  the  call  Divine, 

The  latest  trumpet  of  the  seven, 
Soon  our  soul  and  dust  shall  join, 

And  both  fly  up  to  heaven." 

On  account  of  the  great  earthquake,  and  other 
disasters,  the  people  thought  that  the  end  of  the 
world  was  at  hand. 


1026         Day  of  life.  8,7. 

LO,  the  day,  the  day  of  life! 
Day  of  unimagined  light, 
Day  when  death  itself  shall  die, 
And  there  shall  be  no  more  night ! 

2  See  the  King  desired  for  ages, 
By  the  just  expected  long, 

Long  implored,  at  length  he  hasteth, 
Cometh  with  salvation  strong. 

3  O  how  past  all  utterance  happy, 
Sweet  and  joyful  it  will  be 

When  they  who,  unseen,  have  loved  him, 
Jesus  face  to  face  shall  see ! 

4  Blessed  then,  earth's  patient  mourners, 
Who  for  Christ  have  toiled  and  died, 

Driven  by  the  world's  rough  pressure 
In  those  mansions  to  abide ! 

5  What  will  be  the  bliss  and  rapture 
None  can  dream  and  none  can  tell, 

There  to  reign  among  the  angels, 
In  that  heavenly  home  to  dwell. 

FROM  THE  LATIN.  TR.  BY  MRS.  E.  CHARLES. 
Title :  Dies  ilia,  Dies  vitce. 

Part  of  a  poem  of  some  four  hundred  lines,  dating 
from  the  twelfth  century,  author  unknown.  For 
the  original  hymn  see  Sacred  Latin  Poetry,  by  Rich- 
ard Chenevix  Trench,  D.D.    London,  1854,  p.  288. 

The  translation,  which  is  quite  literal,  contains 
ten  stanzas. 

From  The  Voice  of  Christian  Life  in  Song. 

See  No.  205.  ' 


1027        Supplication.  C.  P.  M. 

WHEN  thou,  my  righteous  Judge, 
shalt  come 
To  take  thy  ransomed  people  home, 

Shall  I  among  them  stand? 
Shall  such  a  worthless  worm  as  I, 
Who  sometimes  am  afraid  to  die, 
Be  found  at  thy  right  hand? 

2  I  love  to  meet  thy  people  now, 
Before  thy  feet  with  them  to  bow, 

Though  vilest  of  them  all ; 
But,  can  I  bear  the  piercing  thought, 
What  if  my  name  should  be  left  out, 

When  thou  for  them  shalt  call? 

3  O  Lord,  prevent  it  by  thy  grace ; 
Be  thou  my  only  hiding-place, 

In  this  the  accepted  day ; 
Thy  pardoning  voice  O  let  me  hear, 
To  still  my  unbelieving  fear, 

Nor  let  me  fall,  I  pray. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


4  Among  thy  saints  let  me  be  found. 
Whene'er  the  archangel's  trump  shall  sound, 

To  see  thy  smiling  face ; 
Then  loudest  of  the  throng  I'll  sing, 
While  heaven's  resounding  mansions  ring 

With  shouts  of  sovereign  grace. 

SELINA,  COUNTESS  OF  HUNTINGDON. 

In  most  of  the  early  editions  of  The  Collection  of 
Hymns,  Sung  in  the  Countess  of  Huntingdon' 's 
Chapels,  nothing  like  this  hymn  is  to  be  found. 
But  in  one  edition,  that  of  Lincolnshire,  1778,  it  is 
found. 

This  old  book  is  said  by  some  hymnologists  to  be 
the  second  edition,  1772  ;  by  others  to  be  the  third 
edition,  1774.  I  have  no  doubt  that  it  is  earlier 
than  the  revision  of  that  book  in  1784,  when  the 
hymn  was  left  out,  and  did  not  appear  again  until 
we  find  it  in  a  Supplement,  1819,  where  it  is  attri  buted 
to  Wesley.  In  still  later  editions,  it  is  marked 
Ripports  Selection.  There  is  some  uncertainty  about 
the  authorship.  The  Countess  of  Huntingdon  prob- 
ably wrote  it.    In  the  earliest  form  it  begins : 

" Oh!  when  my  Eighteous  Judge  shall  come, 
To  fetch  his  ransom'd  People  Home." 

There  are  a  number  of  other  variations  from  the 
text  here  given. 

Selina,  Countess  of  Huntingdon,  was  the  daughter 
of  Washington  Shirley,  second  Earl  Ferrers.  She 
was  born  in  1707.  In  1728  she  married  Theophilus, 
Earl  of  Huntingdon,  with  whom  she  lived  happily 
till  his  sudden  death  in  1746.  About  this  time  she 
made  the  acquaintance  of  Whitefield  and  Wesley. 
Her  religious  convictions  became  more  profound, 
and  to  the  time  of  her  death,  in  1791,  she  was  an 
active  Christian  worker ;  using  her  personal  influ- 
ence, position,  and  fortune,  all  for  Jesus.  George 
Whitefield  was  one  of  her  many  chaplains.  She 
built  chapels,  and  founded  schools,  and  was  con- 
sidered the  leader  of  the  Calvinistic  Methodists. 


1023       The  end  of  things  created.         8, 7. 

GREAT  God !  what  do  I  see  and  hear ! 
The  end  of  things  created ! 
The  Judge  of  man  I  see  appear, 

On  clouds  of  glory  seated : 
The  trumpet  sounds;  the  graves  restore 
The  dead  which  they  contained  before; 
Prepare,  my  soul,  to  meet  him ! 

2  The  dead  in  Christ  shall  first  arise, 
At  the  last  trumpet's  sounding, 

Caught  up  to  meet  him  in  the  skies, 
With  joy  their  Lord  surrounding: 

No  gloomy  fears  their  souls  dismay ; 

His  presence  sheds  eternal  day 
On  those  prepared  to  meet  him, 


3  But  sinners,  filled  with  guilty  fears, 
Behold  his  wrath  prevailing; 

For  they  shall  rise  and  find  their  tears 

And  sighs  are  unavailing: 
The  day  of  grace  is  past  and  gone, 
Trembling  they  stand  before  the  throne, 

All  unprepared  to  meet  him. 

4  Great  God !  what  do  I  see  and  hear ! 
The  end  of  things  created! 

The  Judge  of  man  I  see  appear, 

On  clouds  of  glory  seated : 
Beneath  his  cross  I  view  the  day 
When  heaven  and  earth  shall  pass  away, 

And  thus  prepare  to  meet  him. 

BARTHOLOMEW  RINGWALDT 
AND  W.  B.  COLLYER,  ALT. 

The  writer  of  the  first  stanza  of  this  hymn  is  un- 
known. It  is  said,  by  some  hymnologists,  to  be  a 
translation,  or  an  imitation  of  a  stanza  by  Barthol- 
omew Eingwalt,  (1585.) 

The  Eev.  W.  B.  Collyer  is  the  author  of  the 
rest  of  the  hymn.  He  found  the  first  stanza,  and 
wrote  the  others  to  that.  It  has  been  altered  in 
twelve  lines  by  some  one  since  he  published  it  in 
1812. 

From  Hymns  Partly  Collected  and  Partly  Origi- 
nal, 1812. 
See  No.  354. 


1029     The  judgment-day.  8,  7,  4. 

DAY  of  judgment,  day  of  wonders! 
Hark !  the  trumpet's  awful  sound, 
.  Loader  than  a  thousand  thunders, 
Shakes  the  vast  creation  round : 

How  the  summons 
Will  the  sinner's  heart  confound ! 

2  See  the  Judge,  our  nature  wearing, 
Clothed  in  majesty  divine ! 

You  who  long  for  his  appearing, 

Then  shall  say,  "  This  God  is  mine:" 

Glorious  Saviour, 
Own  me  in  that  day  of  thine ! 

3  At  his  call  the  dead  awaken, 
Rise  to  life  from  earth  and  sea ; 

All  the  powers  of  nature,  shaken 
By  his  voice,  prepare  to  flee : 

Careless  sinner, 
What  will  then  become  of  thee? 

4  But  to  those  wh(5  have  confessed, 
Loved  and  served  the  Lord  below, 

He  will  say,  ' '  Come  near,  ye  blessed ; 
See  the  kingdom  I  bestow : 

You  forever 
Shall  my  love  and  glory  know. " 

JOHN  NEWTON. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


395 


Title :  The  Day  of  Judgment. 

One  word  has  been  changed.  The  original  has 
"  looks  "  instead  of  "  voice  "  in  verse  three,  fourth 
line. 

Three  stanzas,  the  fourth,  fifth,  and  seventh,  are 
omitted : 

4  "  Horrors  past  imagination 

Will  surprise  your  trembling  heart, 
When  you  hear  your  condemnation, 
Hence,  accursed  wretch,  depart ! 
Thou  with  Satan  and  his  angels  have  thy  part. 

5  "  Satan,  who  now  tries  to  please  you 
Lest  you  timely  warning  take, 

When  that  word  is  past,  will  seize  you, 
Plunge  you  in  the  burning  lake : 
Think,  poor  sinner,  thy  eternal  all's  at  stake. 

7  "  Under  sorrows  and  reproaches, 
May  this  thought  your  courage  raise  ! 

Swiftly  God's  great  clay  approaches, 
Sighs  shall  then  be  changed  to  praise : 
We  shall  triumph  when  the  world  is  in  a  blaze." 

From  Olney  Hymns,  1779. 
See  No  23. 


FIRST  PART. 


CM. 


1030       The  full  assurance  of  hope 

HOW  happy  every  child  of  grace 
Who  knows  his  sins  forgiven ! 
'  ' '  This  earth, "  he  cries,  ' '  is  not  my  place, 
I  seek  my  place  in  heaven, — 
A  country  far  from  mortal  sight ; 

Yet  O,  by  faith  I  see 
The  land  of  rest,  the  saint's  delight, 
The  heaven  prepared  for  me." 

2  O  what  a  blessed  hope  is  ours ! 
While  here  on  earth  we  stay, 

We  more  than  taste  the  heavenly  powers, 

And  antedate  that  day : 
We  feel  the  resurrection  near, 

Our  life  in  Christ  concealed, 
And  with  his  glorious  presence  here 

Our  earthen  vessels  filled. 

3  O  would  he  more  of  heaven  bestow, 
And  let  the  vessels  break, 

And  let  our  ransomed  spirits  go 

To  grasp  the  God  we  seek; 
In  rapturous  awe  on  him  to  gaze, 

Who  bought  the  sight  for  me ; 
And  shout  and  wonder  at  his  grace 

Through  all  eternity ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 


Published  without  title  in  Fun  eral  Hymns,  second 
series.  London,  1759.  The  original  has  eight 
stanzas ;  these  are  the  first  and  the  last  two,  ver- 
batim,. 


SECOND  PART. 

1031    Endless  bliss  in  prospect.       C.  M. 

A STRANGER  in  the  world  below, 
I  calmly  sojourn  here ; 
Nor  can  its  happiness  or  woe 

Provoke  my  hope  or  fear : 
Its  evils  in  a  moment  end, 
Its  joys  as  soon  are  past; 
But  O,  the  bliss  to  which  I  tend 
Eternally  shall  last ! 

2  To  that  Jerusalem  above, 

With  singing  I  repair ; 
While  in  the  flesh,  my  hope  and  love, 

My  heart  and  soul,  are  there. 
There  my  exalted  Saviour  stands, 

My  merciful  High  Priest ; 
And  still  extends  his  wounded  hands, 

To  take  me  to  his  breast. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

These  are  stanzas  two  and  three  of  those  omitted 
from  the  above,  (No.  1030.) 

The  other  omitted  stanzas  are  as  follows  : 

4  "  What  is  there  here  to  court  my  stay, 
To  hold  me  back  from  home, 

While  angels  beckon  me  away, 

And  Jesus  bids  me  come? 
Shall  I  regret  my  parted  friends 

Still  in  the  vale  confined? 
Nay,  but  whene'er  my  soul  ascends, 

They  will  not  stay  behind. 

5  "  The  race  we  all  are  running  now, 
And  if  1  first  attain, 

They,  too,  their  willing  head  shall  bow, 
They,  too,  the  prize  shall  gain  : 

Now  on  the  brink  of  death  we  stand, 
And  if  I  pass  before, 

They  all  shall  soon  escape  to  land 
And  hail  me  on  the  shore. 

6  "  Then  let  me  suddenly  remove, 
That  hidden  life  to  share  ; 

I  shall  not  lose  my  friends  above 

But  more  enjoy  them  there. 
There  we  in  Jesus'  praise  shall  join, 

His  boundless  love  proclaim, 
And  solemnize  in  songs  Divine 

The  marriage  of  the  Lamb." 


1032     The  prospect  joyous.  C.  M 

AND  let  this  feeble  body  fail, 
And  let  it  faint  or  die ; 
My  soul  shall  quit  the  mournful  vale. 

And  soar  to  worlds  on  high ; 
Shall  join  the  disembodied  saints, 

And  find  its  long-sought  rest, 
That  only  bliss  for  which  it  pants, 
In  the  Redeemer's  breast. 


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2  In  hope  of  that  immortal  crown 
I  now  the  cross  sustain, 

And  gladly  wander  up  and  down, 

And  smile  at  toil  and  pain : 
I  suffer  on  my  threescore  years, 

Till  my  Deliverer  come, 
And  wipe  away  his  servant's  tears, 

And  take  his  exile  home. 

3  O  what  hath  Jesus  bought  for  me! 
Before  my  ravished  eyes 

Rivers  of  life  divine  I  see, 

And  trees  of  paradise : 
1  see  a  world  of  spirits  bright, 

Who  taste  the  pleasures  there ; 
They  all  are  robed  in  spotless  white, 

And  conquering  palms  they  bear. 

4  O  what  are  all  my  sufferings  here, 
If,  Lord,  thou  count  me  meet 

With  that  enraptured  host  to  appear, 

And  worship  at  thy  feet ! 
Give  joy  or  grief,  give  ease  or  pain, 

Take  life  or  friends  away, 
But  let  me  find  them  all  again 

In  that  eternal  day. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  not  connected  with  the  preceding,  but  is 
part  of  an  independent  hymn  of  nine  stanzas. 

This  hymn  is  made  up  of  verses  one,  two,  the 
first  half  of  five,  and  six,  and  the  last.  Several 
lines  read  differently  from  the  original. 

Verse  one,  last  line : 

"  In  my  Eedeemer's  breast." 

Verse  three,  sixth  line  : 

"  Who  reap  the  pleasures  there." 

Verse  three,  seventh  line : 

"  They  all  are  robed  va  purest  white." 

Verse  four,  seventh  line  : 

"  I  come  to  find  them  all  again." 

I  am  not  able  to  say  who  made  these  changes. 
They  do  not  appear  in  the  Wesley  av.  Collection  ; 
but  they  are  found  in  the  York  Pocket  Hymn  Book, 
the  sixth  edition  of  which  was  published  in  1786. 

From  Funeral  Hymns,  second  series.  London, 
1759. 


1033  c 

Communion  with  saints  in  heaven 

COME,  let  us  join  our  friends  above 
That  have  obtained  the  prize ; 
And  on  the  eagle  wings  of  love 
To  joys  celestial  rise. 


M. 


Let  all  the  saints  terrestrial  sing, 

With  those  to  glory  gone ; 
For  all  the  servants  of  our  King, 

In  earth  and  heaven,  are  one. 

2  One  family  we  dwell  in  him, 
One  church  above,  beneath, 

Though  now  divided  by  the  stream, 
The  narrow  stream,  of  death. 

One  army  of  the  living  God, 
To  his  command  we  bow ; 

Part  of  his  host  have  crossed  the  flood, 
And  part  are  crossing  now. 

3  Ten  thousand  to  their  endless  home 
This  solemn  moment  fly; 

And  we  are  to  the  margin  come, 

And  we  expect  to  die. 
His  militant  embodied  host, 

With  wishful  looks  we  stand, 
And  long  to  see  that  happy  coast, 

And  reach  the  heavenly  land. 

4  Our  old  companions  in  distress 
We  haste  again  to  see, 

And  eager  long  for  our  release, 

And  full  felicity. 
E'en  now  by  faith  we  join  our  hands  , 

With  those  that  went  before ; 
And  greet  the  blood-besprinkled  bands 

On  the  eternal  shore. 

5  Our  spirits,  too,  shall  quickly  join, 
Like  theirs  with  glory  crowned, 

And  shout  to  see  our  Captain's  sign, 

To  hear  his  trumpet  sound. 
O  that  we  now  might  grasp  our  Guide! 

O  that  the  word  were  given ! 
Come,  Lord  of  hosts,  the  waves  divide, 

And  land  us  all  in  heaven ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  not  the  fourth  part  of  any  other  hymn, 
as  it  is  given  in  the  Hymnal. 

It  is  entirely  separate  and  complete  in  itself. 

Only  three  words  difFer  from  the  original. 

Verse  one,  fourth  line.  "Joy"  for  "joys." 

Verse  two,  last  line,  <c  Is"  instead  of  "  are." 

Verse  three,  last  line,  '  That "  instead  of"  the." 

From  Funeral  Hymns,  second  series.  London, 
1759. 


1034  cm. 

Farewell  to  earth — heaven  welcomed. 

YE  golden  lamps  of  heaven,  farewell, 
With  all  your  feeble  light; 
Farewell,  thou  ever-changing  moon, 
Pale  empress  of  the  night. 


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2  And  thou,  refulgent  orb  of  day, 
In  brighter  flames  arrayed, 

My  soul,  that  springs  beyond  thy  sphere, 
No  more  demands  thine  aid. 

3  Ye  stars  are  but  the  shining  dust 
Of  my  divine  abode, 

The  pavement  of  those  heavenly  courts 
Where  I  shall  reign  with  God. 

4  The  Father  of  eternal  light 
Shall  there  his  beams  display, 

Nor  shall  one  moment's  darkness  mix 
With  that  unvaried  day. 

5  No  more  the  drops  of  piercing  grief 
Shall  swell  into  mine  eyes, 

Nor  the  meridian  sun  decline 
Amid  those  brighter  skies. 

6  There  all  the  millions  of  his  saints 
Shall  in  one  song  unite, 

And  each  the  bliss  of  all  shall  view 
With  infinite  delight. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title  :  God  the  Everlasting  Light  of  the  Saints 
Above. 

It  is  founded  upon  Isa.  lx,  19,  20 : 

"  The  sun  shall  be  no  more  thy  light  by  day ; 
neither  for  brightness  shall  the  moon  give  light 
unto  thee :  but  the  Lord  shall  be  unto  thee  an  ever- 
lasting light,  and  thy  God  thy  glory.  Thy  sun 
shall  no  more  go  down  ;  neither  shall  thy  moon 
withdraw  itself :  for  the  Lord  shall  be  thine  ever- 
lasting light,  and  the  days  of  thy  mourning  shall 
be  ended." 

Some  of  the  stanzas  of  this  hymn,  for  grandeur 
and  beauty,  remind  us  of  Dr.  Watts  at  his  best. 
There  is  no  higher  praise  than  that.  It  is  unaltered 
and  entire. 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures.    London,  1755. 
See  No.  78. 


1035      TJie  New  Jerusalem.  C.  M. 

LO,  what  a  glorious  sight  appears 
To  our  believing  eyes ! 
The  earth  and  seas  are  passed  away, 
And  the  old  rolling  skies. 

2  From  the  third  heaven,  where  God  resides, 
That  holy,  happy  place, 

The  New  Jerusalem  comes  down, 
Adorned  with  shining  grace. 

3  Attending  angels  shout  for  joy, 
And  the  bright  armies  sing, 

1  'Mortals,  behold  the  sacred  seat 
Of  your  descending  King ! 


4  "  The  God  of  glory  down  to  men 
Removes  his  blest  abode ; 

Men,  the  dear  objects  of  his  grace, 
And  he  the  loving  God. 

5  "  His  own  soft  hand  shall  wipe  the  tears 
From  every  weeping  eye ; 

And  pains,  and  groans,  and  griefs,  and  fears, 
And  death  itself,  shall  die." 

6  How  long,  dear  Saviour,  O  how  long 
Shall  this  bright  hour  delay? 

Fly  swifter  round,  ye  wheels  of  time, 
And  bring  the  welcome  day ! 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title :  A  Vision  of  the  Kingdom  of  Christ  among 
Men. 

It  is  founded  upon  Revelation  xxi,  1-4  : 

"  And  I  saw  a  new  heaven  and  a  new  earth :  for 
the  first  heaven  and  the  first  earth  were  passed 
away  ;  and  there  was  no  more  sea.  And  I  John 
saw  the  holy  city,  new  Jerusalem,  coining  down 
from  God  out  of  heaven,  prepared  as  a  bride 
adorned  for  her  husband.  And  1  heard  a  great 
voice  out  of  heaven  saying,  Behold,  the  tabernacle 
of  God  is  with  men,  and  he  will  dwell  with  them, 
and  they  shall  be  his  people,  and  God  himself  shall 
be  with  them,  and  be  their  God.  And  God  shall 
wipe  away  all  tears  from  their  eyes ;  and  there  shall 
be  no  more  death,  neither  sorrow,  nor  crying, 
neither  shall  there  be  any  more  pain  ;  for  the  former 
things  are  passed  away." 

This  grand  old  hymn  is  unaltered  and  complete. 
From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  i,  1707. 


1036  cm. 

In  the  desert — heaven  before  us. 

FORTH  to  the  land  of  promise  bound, 
Our  desert  path  we  tread ; 
God's  fiery  pillar  for  our  guide, 
His  Captain  at  our  head. 

2  E'en  now  we  faintly  trace  the  hills, 
And  catch  their  distant  blue ; 

And  the  bright  city's  gleaming  spires 
Rise  dimly  on  our  view. 

3  Soon,  when  the  desert  shall  be  crossed, 
The  flood  of  death  passed  o'er, 

Our  pilgrim  hosts  shall  safely  land 
On  Canaan's  peaceful  shore. 

4  There  love  shall  have  its  perfect  work, 
And  prayer  be  lost  in  praise ; 

And  all  the  servants  of  our  God 
Their  endless  anthems  raise. 

HENRY  ALFORD. 


398  HYMN  STUDIES. 


Title  :  Twentieth  Sunday  after  Trinity. 

It  is  verbatim  from  The  Poetical  Works  of  Hen  ry 
Alford.    Boston,  1853. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  the  author,  see  No. 
564. 


1037       The  heavenly  Canaan.  C.  M. 

THERE  is  a  land  of  pure  delight, 
Where  saints  immortal  reign ; 
Infinite  day  excludes  the  night, 
And  pleasures  banish  pain. 

2  There  everlasting  spring  abides, 
And  never-withering  flowers : 

Death,  like  a  narrow  sea,  divides 
This  heavenly  land  from  ours. 

3  Sweet  fields  beyond  the  swelling  flood 
Stand  dressed  in  living  green ; 

So  to  the  Jews  old  Canaan  stood, 
While  Jordan  rolled  between. 

4  Could  we  but  climb  where  Moses  stood, 
And  view  the  landscape  o'er, 

Not  Jordan's  stream,  nor  death's  cold  flood, 
Should  fright  us  from  the  shore. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Author's  title:  A  Prospect  of  Heaven  makes 
Death  Easy. 
Two  stanzas  are  omitted : 

4  "  But  tim'rous  mortals  start  and  shrink 
To  cross  this  narrow  sea, 

And  linger  shiv'ring  on  the  brink, 
And  fear  to  launch  away. 

5  "  Oh  !  could  we  make  our  doubts  remove, 
Those  gloomy  doubts  that  rise, 

-  And  see  the  Canaan  that  we  love 
With  unbeclouded  eyes ;" 

Tradition  says  that  the  view  from  the  author's 
window  at  Southampton  of  the  sea  and  of  the  Isle 
of  Wight, 

"  Sweet  fields  beyond  the  swelling  flood," 

suggested  some  of  the  poetry  of  this  favorite  hymn- 
Unaltered.    From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs-, 
book  Li,  1707. 


1038         The.  promised  land.  C.  M. 

ON  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand, 
And  cast  a  wishful  eye 
To  Canaan's  fair  and  happy  land, 
Where  my  possessions  lie. 

2  O  the  transporting,  rapturous  scene, 

That  rises  to  my  sight ! 
Sweet  fields  arrayed  in  living  green, 

And  rivers  of  delight. 


3  O'er  all  those  wide-extended  plains 
Shines  one  eternal  day ; 

There  God  the  Son  forever  reigns, 
And  scatters  night  away. 

4  No  chilling  winds,  or  poisonous  breath, 
Can  reach  that  healthful  shore ; 

Sickness  and  sorrow,  pain  and  death, 
Are  felt  and  feared  no  more. 

5  When  shall  I  reach  that  happy  place, 

And  be  forever  blest? 
When  shall  I  see  my  Father's  face, 
And  in  his  bosom  rest? 

6  Filled  with  delight,  my  raptured  soul 
Would  here  no  longer  stay : 

Though  Jordan's  waves  around  me  roll, 
Fearless  I'd  launch  away. 

SAMUEL  STENNETT. 

This  famous  hymn  retains  its  original  title. 
One  stanza  has  been  left  out,  and  evidently  for 
good  reason : 

3  u  There  generous  fruits,  that  never  fail, 

On  trees  immortal  grow  : 
There  rocks,  and  hills,  and  brooks,  and  vales, 

With  milk  and  honey  flow." 

The  third  stanza  began  " All  o'er''''  instead  of 
"  O'er  all." 

This  hymn  is  evidently  modeled  on  the  preced- 
ing ;  and  some  thoughts  and  lines  seem  to  be  bor- 
rowed from  it.  Compare  the  second  stanza  of  this 
with  the  third  of  the  above.  This  hymn  was  con- 
tributed to  Pippon's  Selection,  1787.  It  is  also 
found  in  the  author's  Works.    London,  1824. 

See  No.  218. 


1039       The  land  of  rest.  8,  6. 

THERE  is  an  hour  of  peaceful  rest, 
To  mourning  wanderers  given ; 
There  is  a  joy  for  souls  distressed, 
A  balm  for  every  wounded  breast, 
'Tis  found  above,  in  heaven. 

2  There  is  a  home  for  weary  souls 
By  sin  and  sorrow  driven, 

When  tossed  on  life's  tempestuous  shoals, 
Where  storms  arise  and  ocean  rolls, 
And  all  is  drear ;  'tis  heaven. 

3  There  faith  lifts  up  the  tearless  eye, 
To  brighter  prospects  given ; 

And  views  the  tempest  passing  by, 
The  evening  shadows  quickly  fly, 
And  all  serene  in  heaven. 


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399 


4  There  fragrant  flowers  immortal  bloom, 

And  joys  supreme  are  given ; 
There  rays  divine  disperse  the  gloom : 
Beyond  the  confines  of  the  tomb 

Appears  the  dawn  of  heaven. 

WILLIAM  B.  TAPPAN. 

Written  at  Philadelphia  in  the  summer  of  1818 
for  the  Franklin  Gazette.  It  was  published  in  the 
author's  first  volume  of  Poems.    Phila.,  1819. 

It  was  subsequently  changed  considerably  by  the 
author,  and  was  published  in  his  Miscellaneous 
Poems.    Boston,  1847. 

One  inferior  stanza,  the  second,  has  been  omitted : 

2  "  There  is  a  soft,  a  downy  bed, 
Far  from  these  shades  of  even — 
A  couch  for  weary  mortals  spread, 
Where  they  may  rest  the  aching  head 
And  find  repose  in  Heaven." 

In  the  last  line  of  the  first  stanza  the  original  has 
"  alone  "  instead  of  "  above." 
The  first  line  of  the  third  verse  the  author  wrote  : 

"  There  faith  lifts  up  her  cheerful  eye." 

The  rest  is  verbatim.    This  hymn  has  been  a 
great  favorite  from  the  beginning. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  217. 


1  040     The  redeemed  in  heaven.       L.  M. 

LO!  round  the  throne,  a  glorious  band, 
The  saints  in  countless  myriads  stand ; 
Of  every  tongue  redeemed  to  God, 
Arrayed  in  garments  washed  in  blood. 

2  Through  tribulation  great  they  came ; 
They  bore  the  cross,  despised  the  shame ; 
But  now  from  all  their  labors  rest, 

In  God's  eternal  glory  blest. 

3  They  see  the  Saviour  face  to  face ; 
They  sing  the  triumph  of  his  grace ; 
And  day  and  night  with  ceaseless  praise, 
To  him  their  loud  hosannas  raise. 

4  O  may  we  tread  the  sacred  road 
That  holy  saints  and  martyrs  trod ; 
Wage  to  the  end  the  glorious  strife, 
And  win,  like  them,  a  crown  of  life ! 

BOWL  AND  HILL  AND  OTHEBS. 

This  fine  hymn,  which  was  half  a  century  in 
growing  into  its  present  shape,  is  founded  on  Rev. 
vii,  13-15 : 

"  And  one  of  the  elders  answered,  saying  unto 
me,  What  are  these  which  are  arrayed  in  white 
robes?  and  whence  came  they  ?  And  I  said  unto 
him,  Sir,  thou  knowest.  And  he  said  to  me,  These 
are  they  which  came  out  of  great  tribulation,  and 
have  washed  their  robes,  and  made  them  white  in 


the  blood  of  the  Lamb.  Therefore  are  they  before 
the  throne  of  God,  and  serve  them  day  and  night 
in  his  temple  :  and  he  that  sitteth  on  the  throne 
shall  dwell  among  them." 

In  many  books  it  is  attributed  to  Mrs.  Duncan, 
but  it  was  certainly  used  years  before  she  was  born. 
It  originated  in  Rowland  Hill's  Collection  of  Psalms 
and  Hymns.  The  fourth  edition,  1798,  has  it;  and 
probably  the  first  edition,  1783,  which  1  have  never 
seen.    It  is  in  the  form  of  a  dialogue,  and  begins  : 

"  Exalted  high  at  God's  right  hand." 

Some  of  the  verses  were  altered  for  Thomas 
CottQV\\V§  Sheffield  Collection,  (eighth  edition,  1819,) 
and  greatly  improved.  The  last  verse  appeared 
first  in  Psalms  and  Hymns,  edited  by  the  Rev.  J. 
W.  Pearson,  1840,  and  is  said  to  have  been  com- 
posed by  him. 

Rowland  Hill  was  born  in  England  in  1744 ;  edu- 
cated at  Oxford,  and  ordained  about  1773.  For 
some  years  he  labored  in  an  irregular  manner  as  an 
evangelist.  When  some  clergymen  complained  of 
his  course,  he  replied:  "The  field  is  the  world,  I 
stick  to  my  parish." 

In  1783  Surrey  Chapel,  holding  three  thousand 
people,  was  built  for  him  in  London.  Here  he 
preached  the  Gospel  for  half  a  century.  He  died 
m  1833,  and  was  buried  under  the  pulpit  of  his 
church. 


1041  L.M. 

They  shall  behold  the  land  that  is  very  far  off. 
Isa.  xxxiii,  17. 

THERE  is  a  land  mine  eye  hath  seen 
In  visions  of  enraptured  thought, 
So  bright,  that  all  which  spreads  between 
Is  with  its  radiant  glories  fraught. 

2  A  land  upon  whose  blissful  shore 
There  rests  no  shadow,  falls  no  stain; 

There  those  who  meet  shall  part  no  more, 
And  those  long  parted  meet  again. 

3  Its  skies  are  not  like  earthly  skies, 
With  varying  hues  of  shade  and  light ; 

It  hath  no  need  of  suns  to  rise 
To  dissipate  the  gloom  of  night. 

4  There  sweeps  no  desolating  wind 
Across  that  calm,  serene  abode; 

The  wanderer  there  a  home  may  find 
Within  the  paradise  of  God. 

GUBDON  BOBINS. 

Written  in  1843,  and  first  published,  the  same 
year,  in  The  Psalmdst. 

Gurdon  Robins  was  a  native  of  Connecticut ;  born 
at  Hartford  in  1813,  and  was  a  book-seller  and 
publisher. 

On  the  breaking  out  of  the  War  of  the  Rebellion 
he  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States.  At  the 
close  of  the  war  he  held  a  clerkship  in  the  City  Hall, 


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Hartford.  He  was,  for  years,  a  member  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  of  his  native  city.  His  health, 
broken  in  Southern  prisons,  was  never  fully  re- 
stored.   He  died  in  1883. 


1042       Perfection  in  heaven.  L.  M. 

WHAT  sinners  value  I  resign ; 
Lord,  'tis  enough  that  thou  art  mine ; 

1  shall  behold  thy  blissful  face, 
And  stand  complete  in  righteousness. 

2  This  life's  a  dream,  an  empty  show; 
But  the  bright  world  to  which  I  go 
Hath  joys  substantial  and  sincere ; 
When  shall  I  wake,  and  find  me  there? 

3  O  glorious  hour !  O  blest  abode ! 
I  shall  be  near,  and  like  my  God ; 
And  flesh  and  sin  no  more  control 
The  sacred  pleasures  of  the  soul. 

4  My  flesh  shall  slumber  in  the  ground, 
Till  the  last  trumpet's  joyful  sound ; 
Then  burst  the  chains  with  sweet  surprise, 
And  in  my  Saviour's  image  rise. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 


Title :  The  Sinner's  Portion  and  the  Saint's 
Hope  •  or,  The  Heaven  of  Separate  Souls,  and  the 
Resurrection. 

It  is  written  on  Psalm  xvii,  especially  verses 
14  and  15 : 

"From  men  which  are  thy  hand,  0  Lord,  from 
men  of  the  world,  which  have  their  portion  in  this 
life,  and  whose  belly  thou  fillest  with  thy  hid 
treasure  :  they  are  full  of  children,  and  leave  the 
rest  of  their  substance  to  their  babes.  As  for  me,  I 
will  behold  thy  face  in  righteousness :  I  shall  be 
satisfied,  when  I  awake,  with  thy  likeness." 

The  first  two  stanzas,  which  are  omitted,  are  as 
follows : 

1  "  Lord,  I  am  thine;  but  wilt  thou  prove 
My  faith,  my  patience,  and  my  love  ; 
When  men  of  spite  against  me  join, 
They  are  the  sword,  the  hand  is  thine. 

2  "  Their  hope  and  portion  lies  below, 
'Tis  all  the  happiness  they  know, 

'Tis  all  they  seek  ;  they  take  their  shares, 
And  leave  the  rest  among  their  heirs." 

It  was  published  in  1719. 
The  author  says  in  a  note : 

"  I  confess  I  have  indulged  a  large  exposition 
here,  but  I  could  not  forbear  to  give  my  thoughts  a 
loose  upon  this  divine  description  of  complete  bless- 
edness in  the  15th  verse,  this  bright  abridgment  of 
heaven." 


1043        The  heavenly  Zion.  L.  M. 

ARM  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake ! 
Thine  own  immortal  strength  put  on! 
With  terror  clothed,  hell's  kingdom  shake, 
And  cast  thy  foes  with  fury  down. 

2  By  death  and  hell  pursued  in  vain, 

To  thee  the  ransomed  seed  shall  come ; 
Shouting,  their  heavenly  Zion  gain, 
And  pass  through  death  triumphant  home. 

3  The  pain  of  life  shall  then  be  o'er, 
The  anguish  and  distracting  care ; 

There  sighing  grief  shall  weep  no  more, 
And  sin  shall  never  enter  there. 

4  Where  pure,  essential  joy  is  found, 

The  Lord's  redeemed  their  heads  shall 
raise, 

With  everlasting  gladness  crowned, 
And  filled  with  love,  and  lost  in  praise. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

These  are  the  first  and  last  three  stanzas  of  a  hymn 
of  ten  verses,  founded  on  Isa.  li,  9-11 : 

"  Awake,  awake,  put  on  strength,  0  arm  of  the 
Lord ;  awake,  as  in  the  ancient  clays,  in  the  gen- 
erations of  old.  Art  thou  not  it  that  hath  cut  Rahab, 
ami  wounded  the  dragon  ?  Art  thou  not  it  which 
hath  dried  the  sea,  the  waters  of  the  great  deep ;  that 
hath  made  the  depths  of  the  sea  a  way  for  the  ran- 
somed to  pass  over  ?  Therefore  the  redeemed  of  the 
Lord  shall  return,  and  come  with  singing  unto  Zion  ; 
and  everlasting  joy  shall  be  upon  their  head  :  they 
shall  obtain  gladness  and  joy ;  and  sorrow  and 
mourning  shall  flee  away." 

It  was  first  published  in  Hymns  and  Sacred  Po- 
ems, 1739.  Afterward  it  was  published  (1749)  as 
part  second  of  a  paraphrase  of  the  whole  chapter. 

The  third  line  of  the  first  stanza  was  changed  for 
the  Collection  of  1780.    Before  this  date  it  was  : 

"  With  terror  clothed  the  nations  shake." 


1 044r        The  heavenly  city.  C.  M, 

JERUSALEM,  my  happy  home ! 
Name  ever  dear  to  me ! 
When  shall  my  labors  have  an  end, 
In  joy  and  peace  in  thee? 

2  When  shall  these  eyes  thy  heaven-built 

walls 

And  pearly  gates  behold? 
Thy  bulwarks  with  salvation  strong, 
And  streets  of  shining  gold? 

3  O  when,  thou  city  of  my  God, 
Shall  I  thy  courts  ascend, 

Where  congregations  ne'er  break  up, 
And  Sabbath  has  no  end? 


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4  There  happier  bowers  than  Eden1s  bloom, 
Nor  sin  nor  sorrow  know : 

Blest  seats !  through  rough  and  stormy  scenes 
I  onward  press  to  you. 

5  Apostles,  martyrs,  prophets,  there 
Around  my  Saviour  stand ; 

And  soon  my  friends  in  Christ  below 
Will  join  the  glorious  band. 

8  Jerusalem,  my  happy  home ! 

My  soul  still  pants  for  thee ; 
Then  shall  my  labors  have  an  end, 

When  I  thy  joys  shall  see. 

UNKNOWN. 

This  favorite  hymn  has  been  traced  in  this  form 
only  to  1801.  It  greatly  resembles  A  Song  made 
by  F.  B.  P.  to  the  tune  Diana,  found  in  manuscript 
in  the  library  of  the  British  Museum.  The  letters 
F.  B.  P.  are  supposed  to  represent  Francis  Baker, 
Priest;  and  the  date  placed  about  1616.  Baker's 
hymn  was  probably  founded  upon  the  Latin  Uros 
beata  Hierusalem  /  which,  in  turn,  was  based  upon 
the  description  of  the  "holy  city  "  given  in  Rev.  xxi. 


1045        The  saints  in  glory.  C.  M. 

G"i  IVE  me  the  wings  of  faith,  to  rise 
X  Within  the  veil,  and  see 
The  saints  above,  how  great  their  joys, 
How  bright  their  glories  be. 

2  Once  they  were  mourners  here  below, 
And  poured  out  cries  and  tears; 

They  wrestled  hard,  as  we  do  now, 
With  sins,  and  doubts,  and  fears. 

3  I  ask  them  whence  their  victory  came : 
They,  with  united  breath, 

Ascribe  their  conquest  to  the  Lamb, 
Their  triumph  to  his  death. 

4  They  marked  the  footsteps  that  he  trod; 
His  zeal  inspired  their  breast ; 

And,  following  their  incarnate  God, 
Possess  the  promised  rest. 

5  Our  glorious  Leader  claims  our  praise 
For  his  own  pattern  given ; 

While  the  long  eloud  of  witnesses 
Show  the  same  path  to  heaven. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

Title  :  The  Examples  of  Christ  and  the  Saints. 
The  first  two  lines  of  the  second  stanza  have  been 
changed  for  the  better.    Watts  wrote  them  : 

"  Once  they  were  mourning  here  below 
And  wet  their  couch  witti  tears." 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ii,  1707. 
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X  046    We  shall  see  Him  as  he  is.  CM. 

THE  heavenly  treasure  now  we  have 
In  a  vile  house  of  clay ; 
But  Christ  will  to  the  utmost  save, 
And  keep  us  to  that  day. 

2  Our  souls  are  in  his  mighty  hand, 
And  he  shall  keep  them  still ; 

And  you  and  I  shall  surely  stand 
With  him  on  Zion's  hill. 

3  Him  eye  to  eye  we  there  shall  see, 
Our  face  like  his  shall  shine ; 

O  what  a  glorious  company, 
When  saints  and  angels  join ! 

4  O  what  a  joyful  meeting  there ! 
In  robes  of  white  arrayed, 

Palms  in  our  hands  we  all  shall  bear, 
And  crowns  upon  our  head. 

5  Then  let  us  lawfully  contend, 
And  fight  our  passage  through ; 

Bear  in  our  faithful  minds  the  end, 
And  keep  the  prize  in  view. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  At  Parting  of  Friends. 

Sixteen  stanzas ;  these  are  six  to  ten,  inclusive. 

Wesley  wrote  the  first  stanza  thus  : 

"  The  heavenly  treasure  now  we  have 

In  a  mean  house  of  clay, 
Which  He  shall  to  the  utmost  save, 

And  guard  against  that  day." 

This  is  ambiguous.  "Which"  may  refer  to  the 
"heavenly  treasure,"  or  to  the  "  house  of  clay." 
Part  of  the  changes  were  made  by  John  Wesley  for 
his  Collection,  1780;  and  part  of  them  by  later 
hymn  editors.  Putting  "  vile"  for  "  mean  "  was  the 
work  of  John  Wesley,  but  it  ought  to  be  restored 
to  the  original.  "Vile"  and"  villain"  are  more 
harsh  terms  now  than  in  the  eighteenth  century. 

The  original  also  has  "  will "  instead  of  "  shall " 
in  the  second  line  of  the  second  stanza. 

From  Hymns  for  Those  that  Seek  and  Those  that 
Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 
London,  1747. 


1  04:7     In  the  conflict.  6,  5. 

CHRISTIAN,  dost  thou  see  them, 
On  the  holy  ground, 
How  the  powers  of  darkness 

Rage  thy  steps  around? 
Christian,  up  and  smite  them, 

Counting  gain  but  loss ; 
In  the  strength  that  cometh 
By  the  holy  cross ! 


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2  Christian,  dost  thou  feel  them, 
How  they  work  within, 

Striving,  tempting,  luring, 

Goading  into  sin  ? 
Christian,  never  tremble ; 

Never  be  downcast ; 
Gird  thee  for  the  battle, 

Watch,  and  pray,  and  fast ! 

3  Christian,  dost  thou  hear  them, 
How  they  speak  thee  fair? 

"Always  fast  and  vigil? 

Always  watch  and  prayer?  " 
Christian,  answer  boldly : 

"  While  I  breathe  I  pray!  " 
Peace  shall  follow  battle, 

Night  shall  end  in  day. 

4  "  Well  I  know  thy  trouble, 

0  my  servant  true ; 
Thou  art  very  weary, 

1  was  weary  too ; 

But  that  toil  shall  make  thee 

Some  day  all  mine  own, 
And  the  end  of  sorrow 

Shall  be  near  my  throne." 

ANDREW  OF  CRETE. 
TR.  BY  J.  M.  KEALE. 

Title  :  Sticker  a  for  the  Second  Week  of  the  Great 
Fast. 

Eight  lines  have  been  altered. 

OEIGDS'AL  . 

In  verse  one,  lines  three  and  four,  seven  and 
eight : 

"  How  the  troops  of  Midian 
Prowl  and  prowl  around  ?  " 

"  Smite  them  by  the  merit 
Of  the  Holy  Cross ! » 

Verse  two,  lines  seven  and  eight : 

Smite  them  by  the  virtue 
Of  the  Lenten  Fast !  " 

Verse  three,  fifth  line : 

"  Christian,  say  but  boldly." 

Verse  four,  seventh  line  : 

"  But  the  end  of  sorrow." 

The  translator  says  in  a  note  :  "  This  is,  of  course, 
not  intended  to  be  used  in  church  ;  but,  as  a  song, 
it  is  extremely  pretty." 

From  Hymns  of  the  Eastern  Church.  London. 
1862. 

Andreas  Cretensis,  so  called  because  he  was 
Bishop  of  the  island  of  Crete,  was  born  in  Damas- 
cus in  685,  and  died  near  the  close  of  the  seventh 
century.    He  was  canonized  by  the  Greek  Church. 


1048     Tlie  pilgrim's  home.  S.  M. 

WHILE  through  this  world  we  roam, 
From  infancy  to  age, 
Heaven  is  the  Christian  pilgrim's  home, 
His  rest  at  every  stage, 

2  Thither  his  soul  ascends, 
Eternal  joys  to  share ; 

There  his  adoring  spirit  bends, 
"While  here  he  kneels  in  prayer. 

3  His  freed  affections  rise, 
To  fix  on  things  above, 

WTiere  all  his  hope  of  glory  lies, 
Where  all  is  perfect  love. 

4  There  we  our  treasure  place ; 
There  let  our  hearts  be  found ; 

That  still,  where  sin  abounded,  grace 
May  more  and  more  abound. 

5  Henceforth  our  converse  be 
With  Christ  before  the  throne ; 

Ere  long  we  eye  to  eye  shall  see, 
And  know  as  we  are  known. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title  :  Heaven  on  Earth. 

The  meter  of  this  hymn  has  been  changed  from 
common  to  short  by  the  omission  of  two  syllables 
from  the  first  line  of  each  stanza.  The  first  lines 
as  written  by  the  author  arc  as  follows : 

"  While  through  this  changing  world  we  roam." 
"Thither  his  raptured  tho  light  ascends." 
"  From  earth  his  freed  affections  rise." 
"  Oh!  there  may  we  our  treasure  place." 
"  Henceforth  our  conversation  be." 

This  hymn  came  into  the  Methodist  hymn  book 
in  1849,  and  the  changes  were  probably  made  by 
the  editors  of  that  book. 

From  the  Christian  Psalmist,  1825. 

See  No.  5. 


1049     No  night  in  heaven.  S.  M. 

THERE  is  no  night  in  heaven ; 
In  that  blest  world  above 
Work  never  can  bring  weariness, 
For  work  itself  is  love. 

2  There  is  no  grief  in  heaven ; 
For  life  is  one  glad  day, 

And  tears  are  of  those  former  things 
WTiich  all  have  passed  away. 

3  There  is  no  sin  in  heaven ; 
Behold  that  blessed  throng, 

All  holy  in  their  spotless  robes, 
All  holy  in  their  song. 


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4  There  is  no  death  in  heaven ; 

For  they  who  gain  that  shore 
Have  won  their  immortality, 

And  they  can  die  no  more. 

FRANCIS  M.  KNOLLIS. 
Title :  The  One  Family. 

"  The  whole  family  in  heaven  and  earth." 
Eph.  iii,  15. 

This  hymn  is  part  of  a  fine  poem  of  ten  stanzas, 
contributed  to  Lays  of  the  Sanctuary,  London, 
1859,  by  the  Eev.  Francis  Minden  Knollis,  D.D.,  a 
Church  of  England  clergyman,  who  lived  from  1815 
to  1863. 

The  author  wrote,  verse  two,  line  two  : 

"  There  all  is  perfect  day." 
Verse  two,  line  three : 

"  There  tears  are  ''mid  those  former  things." 

Verse  three,  line  two : 

"  Amid  that  blessed  throng." 

The  hymn  has  been  erroneously  attributed  to 
Bishop  Huntington. 


1050     At  home  in  heaven.         S.  M. 

'  6  T710REVER  with  the  Lord !" 

Jj   Amen,*  so  let  it  be ! 
Life  from  the  dead  is  in  that  word, 

'Tis  immortality. 

2  Here  in  the  body  pent, 
Absent  from  him  I  roam, 

Yet  nightly  pitch  my  moving  tent 
A  day's  march  nearer  home. 

3  "Forever  with  the  Lord !" 
Father,  if  'tis  thy  will, 

The  promise  of  that  faithful  word, 
E'en  here  to  me  fulfill. 

4  So  when  my  latest  breath 
Shall  rend  the  veil  in  twain, 

By  death  I  shall  escape  from  death, 
And  life  eternal  gain. 

5  Knowing  as  I  am  known, 
How  shall  I  love  that  word, 

And  oft  repeat  before  the  throne, 
"Forever  with  the  Lord !" 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

This  hymn  retains  the  author's  title,  and  is 
founded  on  1  Thess.  iv,  17  : 

"  Then  we  which  are  alive  and  remain  shall  be 
eaught  up  together  with  them  in  the  clouds,  to 
Daeet  the  Lord  in  the  air  :  and  so  shall  we  ever  be 
frith  the  Lord." 


The  original  contains  twenty-two  stanzas.  This 
hymn  is  made  up  of  verses  one,  two,  fourteen,  six- 
teen, and  seventeen,  verbatim. 

From  A  Poet's  Portfolio.    London,  1835. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  5. 


1051       TJie  goodly  land.         S.  M. 

FAR  from  these  scenes  of  night, 
Unbounded  glories  rise, 
And  realms  of  joy  and  pure  delight, 
Unknown  to  mortal  eyes. 

2  Fair  land !  could  mortal  eyes 
But  half  its  charms  explore, 

How  would  our  spirits  long  to  rise, 
And  dwell  on  earth  no  more! 

3  No  cloud  those  regions  know, 
Realms  ever  bright  and  fair ; 

For  sin,  the  source  of  mortal  woe, 
Can  never  enter  there. 

4  O  may  the  prospect  fire 

Our  hearts  with  ardent  love, 
Till  wings  of  faith,  and  strong  desire, 
Bear  every  thought  above. 

5  Prepared,  by  grace  divine, 
For  thy  bright  courts  on  high, 

Lord,  bid  our  spirits  rise  and  join 
The  chorus  of  the  sky. 

ANNE  STEELE,  ALT. 

Author's  title :  The  Promised  Land. 

"  Thine  eyes  shall  see  the  king  in  his  beauty: 
they  shall  behold  the  land  that  is  very  far  off." 
Isa.  xxxiii,  17. 

The  poetry  and  beauty  of  this  hymn  have  been 
injured  by  alterations  to  change  the  meter. 

The  following  are  the  lines  that  have  been 
changed. 

Verse  one,  lines  one  and  three  : 

"  Far  from  these  narrow  scenes  of  night." 
"And  realms  of  infinite  delight." 

Verse,  two,  lines  one  and  two : 

"Fair  distant  land  ! — could  mortal  eyes 
But  half  its  joys  explore." 

Verse  three,  lines  one  and  two : 

"  No  cloud  those  dlissful  regions  know 
Forever  bright  and  fair  !" 

Verse  four,  first  line : 

"  0  may  the  heavenly  prospect  fire." 

Verse  five,  lines  one  and  three : 

"  Prepare  us,  Lord,  by  e^race  divine," 
"  Then  bid  our  spirits  rise  and  join." 


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The  original  contains  eleven  stanzas. 

This  hymn  is  made  up  of  verses  one,  two,  seven, 
ten,  and  eleven. 

From  the  author's  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly 
Devotional.    London,  1760. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  Miss  Steele,  see  No.  63. 


1052  The  land  of  peace.  S.  M. 

C"  OME  to  the  land  of  peace; 
From  shadows  come  away ; 
Where  all  the  sounds  of  weeping  cease, 
And  storms  no  more  have  sway. 

2  Fear  hath  no  dwelling  here ; 
But  pure  repose  and  love 

Breathe  through  the  bright,  celestial  air 
The  spirit  of  the  dove. 

3  Come  to  the  bright  and  blest, 
Gathered  from  every  land ; 

For  here  thy  soul  shall  find  its  rest 
Amid  the  shining  band. 

4  In  this  divine  abode 

Change  leaves  no  saddening  trace ; 
Come,  trusting  spirit,  to  thy  God, 
Thy  holy  resting-place. 

5  "  Come  to  our  peaceful  home," 
The  saints  and  angels  say, 

"Forsake  the  world,  no  longer  roam; 
O  wanderer,  come  away?" 

MRS.    FELICIA  D.  HEMANS,  ALT. 

This  was  made  by  some  hymn-mender  of  un- 
common genius  from  one  of  Mrs.  Felicia  Hemans's 
Miscellaneous  Poems. 

See  No.  618. 

E.  T.  Blackwell,  M.D.,  called  attention  to  the 
authorship  of  this  hymn  in  The  Christian  Advocate 
of  1881. 

The  following  is  the  original : 

THE  ANGEL'S  CALL. 

"  Come  to  the  land  of  peace  ! 
Come  where  the  tempest  hath  no  longer  sway, 
The  shadow  passes  from  the  soul  away, 

The  sounds  of  weeping  cease  ! 

"  Fear  hath  no  dwelling  there  ! 
Come  to  the  mingling  of  repose  and  love, 
Breathed  by  the  silent  spirit  of  the  dove, 

Through  the  celestial  air  ! 

"  Come  to  the  bright  and  blest, 
And  crowned  forever  ! — 'midst  that  shining  band 
Gathered  to  heaven's  own  wreath  from  every  land, 

Thy  spirit  shall  find  rest ! 

"  Thou  hast  been  long  alone  : 
Come  to  thy  mother  ! — on  the  Sabbath  shore, 
The  heart  that  rocked  thy  childhood,  back,  once 
more 

Shall  take  its  wearied  one. 


"  In  silence  wert  thou  left  : 
Come  to  thy  sister  ! — joyously  again 
All  the  home- voices,  blent  in  one  sweet  strain, 

Shall  greet  their  long  bereft ! 

"  Over  thine  orphan  head 
The  storm  hath  swept  as  o'er  a  willow's  bough  : 
Come  to  thy  father  ! — it  is  finished  now : 

Thy  tears  have  all  been  shed. 

"  In  thy  divine  abode 
Change  finds  no  pathway,  memory  no  dark  trace, 
And  0,  bright  victory  !— death  by  love  no  place  : 

Come  spirit  to  thy  God." 

It  will  be  seen,  by  comparison,  that  the  first  three 
stanzas  of  the  hymn  are  made  from  the  first  three 
of  the  poem.  The  fourth  stanza  is  made  of  the  last 
stanza  of  the  poem  ;  and  the  last  stanza  is  partly 
gathered  from  the  omitted  verses,  and  *s  partly 
new. 


1053      Nearer  home.      6.  [Irregular.] 

ONE  sweetly  solemn  thought 
Comes  to  me  o'er  and  o'er, — 

1  am  nearer  home  to-day 
Than  I  ever  have  been  before. 

2  Nearer  my  Father's  house, 
"Where  the  many  mansions  be ; 

Nearer  the  great  white  throne ; 
Nearer  the  crystal  sea ; 

3  Nearer  the  bound  of  life, 
Where  we  lay  our  burdens  down; 

Nearer  leaving  the  cross ; 
Nearer  gaining  the  crown. 

4  But  lying  darkly  between, 
Winding  down  through  the  night, 

Is  the  deep  and  unknown  stream, 
Thtit  leads  at  last  to  the  light. 

5  Father,  perfect  my  trust ! 
Strengthen  the  might  of  my  faith; 

Let  me  feel  as  I  would  when  I  stand 
On  the  rock  of  the  shore  of  death : 

6  Feel  as  I  would  when  my  feet 
Are  slipping  over  the  brink ; 

For  it  may  be,  I'm  nearer  home — 
Nearer  now  than  I  think ! 

PHXEBE  CARY,  ALT. 

This  is  the  first  piece  in  the  author's  Religious 
Poems  and  Hymns.  It  was  written  in  1852,  after 
returning  from  church. 

The  first  three  stanzas  are  unaltered. 

The  author  wrote,  verse  four,  line  three : 

"  Is  the  silent  unknown  stream." 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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The  closing  stanzas  of  the  original  are  as  follows : 

5  "  Closer  and  closer  my  steps 
Come  to  the  dread  abysm, 

Closer  death  to  my  lips 
Presses  the  awful  chrism. 

6  "  Oh,  if  my  mortal  feet 
Have  almost  gained  the  brink, 

If  it  be  I  am  nearer  home, 
Even  to-day  than  I  think  ; 

7  "  Father,  perfect  my  trust; 
Let  my  spirit  feel  in  death, 

That  her  feet  are  firmly  set 
On  the  rock  of  a  living-faith." 

Col.  Eussell  H.  Conwell,  of  Boston,  in  one  of 
his  lectures,  entitled  Lessons  of  Travel,  gives  this 
incident :  An  errand  took  him  to  a  gambling  house 
in  China.  Among  those  present  were  two  Amer- 
icans, one  a  young  man,  and  the  other  older. 

They  were  betting  and  drinking  in  a  terrible 
way,  the  elder  one  giving  utterance  continually  to 
the  foulest  profanity.  Two  games  had  been  fin- 
ished, the  young  man  losing  each  time.  The  third 
game,  with  fresh  bottles  of  brandy,  had  just  begun, 
and  the  young  man  sat  lazily  back  in  his  chair, 
while  the  elder  shuffled  the  cards.  The  man  was  a 
long  time  dealing  the  cards,  and  the  young  man, 
looking  carelessly  about  the  room,  began  to  hum  a 
tune,  and  finally  to  sing — in  a  low  tone  and  quite 
unconsciously — this  hymn  : 


V 


"  One  sweetly  solemn  thought 
Comes  to  me  o'er  and  o'er, 

I  am  nearer  home  to-day 
Than  I  have  been  before." 


But  while  the  young  man  sang,  the  elder  stopped 
dealing  the  cards,  staring  at  the  singer  a  moment, 
and  throwing  the  cards  on  the  floor,  exclaimed : 

"  Harry,  where  did  you  learn  that  tune  ?  " 

"What  tune?" 

"  Why,  the  one  you  have  been  singing." 

The  young  man  said  he' did  not  know  what  he 
had  been  singing,  when  the  elder  repeated  the 
words,  with  tears  in  his  eyes,  and  the  man  said 
he  had  learned  them  in  a  Sunday-school  in  Amer- 
ica. 

"Come,"  said  the  elder,  getting  up;  "come, 
Harry;  here's  what  I've  won  from  you;  go  and 
use  it  for  some  good  purpose.  As  for  me,  as  God 
sees  me,  I  have  played  my  last  game  and  drank 
my  last  bottle.  I  have  misled  you,  Harry,  and  I 
am  sorry.  Give  me  your  hand,  my  boy,  and  say 
that  for  old  America's  sake,  if  for  no  other,  you 
will  quit  this  infernal  business." 

It  is  said  that  both  of  these  men  were  perma- 
nently reformed.  When  Miss  Gary  heard  this 
story  she  wrote:  "It  makes  me  happy  to  think 
that  any  word  I  could  say  has  done  a  little  good  in 
the  world." 

Miss  Phoebe  Cary  was  born  in  Ohio  in  1824.  In 
connection  with  her  sister,  Alice,  she  published  her 
first  small  volume  of  poems  in  1849.  They  subse- 
quently removed  to  New  York  city.  Phcebe  Cary 
died  in  Newport,  R.  L,  in  1871. 


1054    Home!  home!  sweet,  sweet  home.  11. 

'TIT  ID  scenes  of  confusion  and  creature 

JLijL  complaints, 
How  sweet  to  the  soul  is  communion  with 
saints ! 

To  find  at  the  banquet  of  mercy  there's 
room, 

And  feel  in  the  presence  of  Jesus  at  home. 
Home !  home !  sweet,  sweet  home ! 
Prepare  me,  dear  Saviour,  for  glory, 
my  home. 

2  Sweet  bonds  that  unite  all  the  children 

of  peace ! 

And,   thrice  precious  Jesus,  whose  love 

cannot  cease, 
Though  oft  from  thy  presence  in  sadness  I 

roam, 

I  long  to  behold  thee  in  glory,  at  home. 

3  I  sigh  from  this  body  of  sin  to  be  free, 
Which  hinders  my  joy  and  communion  with 

thee; 

Though  now  my  temptation  like  billows 
may  foam, 

All,  all  will  be  peace,  when  I'm  with  thee 
at  home. 

4  While  here  in  the  valley  of  conflict  I 

stay, 

O  give  me  submission,  and  strength  as  my 
day; 

In  all  my  afflictions  to  thee  would  I  come, 
Rejoicing  in  hope  of  my  glorious  home. 

5  Whate'er  thou  deniest,  O  give  me  thy 

grace, 

Tho  Spirit's  sure  witness,  and  smiles  of  thy 
face ; 

Endue  me  with  patience  to  wait  at  thy 
throne, 

And  find,  even  now,  a  sweet  foretaste  of 
home. 

6  I  long,  dearest  Lord,  in  thy  beauties  to 

shine ; 

No  more  as  an  exile  in  sorrow  to  pine ; 
And  in  thy  dear  image  arise  from  the 
tomb, 

With  glorified  millions  to  praise  thee  at 
home. 

David  Deneam. 

Author's  title  :  The  Saint's  Sweet  Home. 
Scripture  motto,  Psa.  lxxiii,  24  : 

"  Afterward  receive  me  to  glory." 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


The  last  line  of  the  refrain  was  originally  : 
"  Eeceive  me,  dear  Saviour,  in  glory,"  etc. 

In  verse  five,  line  three,  the  author  wrote  '•'■In- 
dulge "  instead  of  "  Endue  ; "  and  in  verse  six, 
line  three,  '•'•But  in  Thy  fair  image,"  etc. 

The  date  of  this  hymn  is  not  given,  but  it  was 
in  use  in  1826. 

The  Rev.  David  Denham,  an  English  Baptist 
minister  who  lived  from  1791  till  1848,  was  a  pious 
and  useful  man.  In  1837  he  published  a  valuable 
collection  of  more  than  eleven  hundred  hymns, 
entitled  The  Saint's  Melody.  This  book  contained 
nearly  seventy  of  the  hymns  of  the  author,  of 
which  this  is  probably  the  best  known. 


1055  Beposein  heaven.  S.  M. 

AND  is  there,  Lord,  a  rest, 
For  weary  souls  designed, 
Where  not  a  care  shall  stir  the  breast, 
Or  sorrow  entrance  find? 

2  Is  there  a  blissful  home, 
Where  kindred  minds  shall  meet, 

And  live  and  love,  nor  ever  roam 
From  that  serene  retreat? 

3  Are  there  bright,  happy  fields, 
Where  naught  that  blooms  shall  die; 

WThere  each  new  scene  fresh  pleasure  yields, 
And  healthful  breezes  sigh? 

4  Are  there  celestial  streams, 
Where  living  waters  glide, 

With  murmurs  sweet  as  angel-dreams, 
And  flowery  banks  beside? 

5  Forever  blessed  they, 
Whose  joyful  feet  shall  stand, 

While  endless  ages  waste  away, 
Amid  that  glorious  land ! 

6  My  soul  would  thither  tend, 
While  toilsome  years  are  given; 

Then  let  me,  gracious  God,  ascend 
To  sweet  repose  in  heaven. 

RAT  PALMER. 


Heavenly  Best. 
1843. 


Contributed  to  Parish  Hymns, 


"  For  the  lamb  which  is  in  the  midst  of  the 
throne  shall  feed  them,  and  shall  lead  them  unto 
living  fountains  of  waters  :  and  God  shall  wipe 
away  all  tears  from  their  eyes."  Eev.  vh,  17. 

This  hymn  is  found  in  The  Sabbath  Hymn  Booh, 
185S  ;  and  also  in  the  author's  Poetical  Works. 
Now  York,  1876.    It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 

For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  714. 


1056  s.m. 

Tie  house  not  made  with  hands. 

WE  know,  by  faith  we  know, 
If  this  vile  house  of  clay, 
This  tabernacle,  sink  below, 
In  ruinous  decay, — 

2  We  have  a  house  above, 

Not  made  with  mortal  hands; 
And  firm  as  our  Redeemer's  love 
That  heavenly  fabric  stands. 

3  It  stands  securely  high, 
Indissolubly  sure : 

Our  glorious  mansion  in  the  sky 
Shall  evermore  endure. 

4  Full  of  immortal  hope, 
We  urge  the  restless  strife, 

And  hasten  to  be  swallowed  up 
Of  everlasting  life. 

5  Lord,  let  us  put  on  thee 
In  perfect  holiness, 

And  rise  prepared  thy  face  to  see, 
Thy  bright,  unclouded  face. 

6  Thy  grace  with  glory  crown, 
Who  hast  the  earnest  given, 

And  then  triumphantly  come  down, 
And  take  our  souls  to  heaven! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  part  of  a  hymn  of  six  eight-line  stanzas, 
-and  is  composed  of  the  first,  the  first  half  of  the 
second,  the  last  half  of  the  fourth,  and  the  last 

verses. 

The  fifth  stanza  begins  with  "O"  instead  of 
"  Lord  "  in  the  original. 

The  hymn  is  written  evidently  on  2  Cor.  v,  1-8 : 

"For  we  know  that,  if  our  earthly  house  of  this 
tabernacle  were  dissolved,  we  have  a  building  of 
God,"  etc. 

Good  taste  and  piety  both  protest  against  the 
expression,  "  vile  house  of  clay."  The  Christian 
body  is  the  temple  of  the  Holy  Ghost ;  and  though 
poor  and  weak,  is  not  vile. 

From  Funeral  Hymns,  1744. 


1057        The  mighty  change.        S.  M. 

OWHAT  a  mighty  change 
Shall  Jesus'  sufferers  know, 
While  o'er  the  happy  plains  they  range, 

Incapable  of  woe! 
No  ill-requited  love 

Shall  there  our  spirits  wound; 
No  base  ingratitude  above, 
No  sin  in  heaven  is  found. 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


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2  No  slightest  touch  of  pain, 

Nor  sorrow's  least  alloy, 
Can  violate  our  rest,  or  strain 

Our  purity  of  joy : 
In  that  eternal  day 

No  clouds  of  tempests  rise; 
There  gushing  tears  are  wiped  away 

Forever  from  our  eyes. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

These  are  verses  nine  and  eleven,  unaltered,  of  a 
hymn  of  twelve  stanzas,  entitled  At  the  Meeting  of 
friends.  Tt  is  one  of  the  author's  Hymns  for 
Christian  Friends. 

It  was  first  published  in  Hymns  and  Sacred  Po- 
ems, 1749. 


IUuO  0  sweet  and  blessed  country.     7.  6. 

THE  world  is  very  evil, 
The  times  are  waxing  late: 
Be  sober  and  keep  vigil, 

The  Judge  is  at  the  gate; 
The  Judge  that  comes  in  mercy, 

The  Judge  that  comes  with  might, 
To  terminate  the  evil, 
To  diadem  the  right. 

2  Arise,  arise,  good  Christian, 
Let  right  to  wrong  succeed ; 

Let  penitential  sorrow 

To  heavenly  gladness  lead, 
To  light  that  hath  no  evening. 

That  knows  no  moon  nor  sun, 
The  light  so  new  and  golden, 

The  light  that  is  but  one. 

3  O  home  of  fadeless  splendor, 
Of  flowers  that  fear  no  thorn, 

Where  they  shall  dwell  as  children 

Who  here  as  exiles  mourn! 
'Midst  power  that  knows  no  limit, 

Where  wisdom  has  no  bound, 
The  beatific  vision 

Shall  glad  the  saints  around. 

4  O  happy,  holy  portion, 
Refection  for  the  blest, 

True  vision  of  true  beauty, 
Sweet  cure  of  all  distressed! 

Strive,  man,  to  win  that  glory; 
Toil,  man,  to  gain  that  light ; 

Send  hope  before  to  grasp  it, 
Till  hope  be  lost  in  sight. 

5  O  sweet  and  blessed  country, 
The  home  of  God's  elect! 

O  sweet  and  blessed  country 
That  eager  hearts  expect ! 


Jesus,  in  mercy  bring  us 

To  that  dear  land  of  rest ; 
Who  art,  with  God  the  Father, 

And  Spirit,  ever  blest. 

BERNARD  OF  CLUNY. 
TR.  BY  J.  M.  NEALE. 

This  and  the  three  following  hymns  are  parts  of 
a  translation,  of  four  hundred  and  thirty-six  lines, 
of  Bernard's  De  Contempts  Mundi,  a  poem  con- 
taining about  three  thousand  lines. 

Dr.  Neale,  the  translator,  (See  No.  199,)  says : 

"  I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  I  look  on 
these  verses  of  Bernard  as  the  most  lovely — in  the 
same  way  that  the  Dies  Irce  is  the  most  sublime, 
and  the  Stabat  Mater  the  most  pathetic — of 
mediaeval  poems." 

Each  of  these  four  hymns  closes  with  the  same 
stanza.  It  is  not  Bernard's,  therefore,  nor  Neale's, 
but  was  supplied  by  the  editors  of  Hymns  Ancient 
and  Modern,  1861. 

Bernard  was  a  monk  of  the  twelfth  century.  His 
parents  were  English,  but  he  was  born  at  Morlaix, 
in  Bretagne,  Franco.  Bernard  was  an  inmate  of 
the  Abbey  of  Cluny,  and  dedicated  his  poem  to 
Peter  the  Venerable,  Abbot  of  Cluny  from  1122  to 
1156.  The  original  measure  is  very  difficult.  The 
author,  in  his  preface,  claimed  that  he  was  assisted 
in  the  composition  of  the  poem  by  the  special  in- 
spiration of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

Dr.  Neale  says : 

"  I  have  here  deviated  from  my  ordinary  rule  of 
adopting  the  measure  of  the  original,  because  our 
language,  if  it  could  be  tortured  to  any  distant  re- 
semblance of  its  rhythm,  would  utterly  fail  to  give 
any  idea  of  the  majestic  sweetness  which  invests 
it  in  the  Latin." 

It  is  written  in  dactylic  hexameter  verse,  each 
line  consists  of  three  parts,  two  of  these  parts 
rhyme  with  each  other,  while  the  lines  themselves 
are  in  couplets  of  double  rhyme.  A  single  coup- 
let will  illustrate  the  peculiar  and  difficult  con- 
struction : 

"  Hora  now'i&sima  |  tempora  pesstma  j  sunt,  vigil- 
emus, 

Ecce  mm&citer  |  imminet  arbiter  |  ille  supremus.'" 

The  translation  is  found  in  Mediceval  Hymns  and 
Sequences,  third  edition,  1867. 


1059  Brief  sorrow — eternal  rest.  7,  6. 

BRIEF  life  is  here  our  portion ; 
Brief  sorrow,  short-lived  care ; 
The  life  that  knows  no  ending, 

The  tearless  life,  is  there. 
O  happy  retribution ! 

Short  toil,  eternal  rest ; 
For  mortals  and  for  sinners 
A  mansion  with  the  blest ! 


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IIYMJH  STUDIES. 


2  And  now  we  fight  the  battle, 
But  then  shall  wear  the  crown 

Of  full  and  everlasting 

And  passionless  renown: 
But  He  whom  now  we  trust  in 

Shall  then  be  seen  and  known ; 
And  they  that  know  and  see  him 

Shall  have  him,  for  their  own. 

3  The  morning  shall  awaken, 
The  shadows  shall  decay, 

And  each  true-hearted  servant 

Shall  shine  as  doth  the  day. 
There  God,  our  King  and  Portion, 

In  fullness  of  his  grace, 
Shall  we  behold  forever, 

And  worship  face  to  face. 

4  O  sweet  and  blessed  country, 
The  home  of  God's  elect ! 

O  sweet  and  blessed  country 

That  eager  hearts  expect ! 
Jesus,  in  mercy  bring  us 

To  that  dear  land  of  rest; 
Who  art,  with  God  the  Father, 

And  Spirit,  ever  blest. 

BERNARD  OF  CLUNY. 
TR.  BY  J.  M.  KEALE. 

Part  of  the  same  as  No.  105S. 

A  few  slight  verbal  changes  have  been  made  in 
these  hymns  since  they  were  first  published,  and 
probably  by  the  translator. 

This  hymn  and  the  two  following  were  published 
in  the  fir>t  edition  of  Medieeval  Hymns  and  Se- 
quences, 1851. 

1060       Paradise  of  jay.  7,  6. 

FOR  thee,  O  dear,  dear  countryr 
Mine  eyes  their  vigils  keep ; 
For  very  love,  beholding 

Thy  happy  name,  they  weep. 
The  mention  of  thy  glory 
Is  unction  to  the  breast, 
And  medicine  in  sickness, 
And  love,  and  life,  and  rest. 

2  O  one,  O  only  mansion, 
O  paradise  of  joy ! 

Where  tears  are  ever  banished, 

And  smiles  have  no  alloy; 
The  Lamb  is  all  thy  splendor, 

The  Crucified  thy  praise ; 
His  laud  and  benediction 

Thy  ransomed  people  raise. 

3  With  jasper  glow  thy  bulwarks, 
Thy  streets  with  emerald  blaze ; 

The  sardius  and  the  topaz 
Unite  in  thee  their  rays ; 


Thine  ageless  walls  are  bonded 

With  amethyst  unpriced; 
Thy  saints  build  up  its  fabric, 

And  the  corner-stone  is  Christ. 

4  Thou  hast  no  shore,  fair  ocean ; 
Thou  hast  no  time,  bright  day:  <, 

Dear  fountain  of  refreshment 

To  pilgrims  far  away : 
Upon  the  Rock  of  ages 

They  raise  thy  holy  tower; 
Thine  is  the  victor's  laurel, 

And  thine  the  golden  dower. 

5  O  sweet  and  blessed  country, 
The  home  of  God's  elect ! 

O  sweet  and  blessed  country 

That  eager  hearts  expect ! 
Jesus,  in  mercy  biing  us 

To  that  dear  land  of  rest  ; 
Who  art,  with  God  the  Father, 

And  Spirit,  ever  blest. 

BERNARD  OF  CLHNY. 
TR.  BY  J.  M.  KEALE. 

Part  of  the  same  original  poem  as  No.  1058. 

From  some  of  the  lines  it  is  very  evident  that 
Bernard  derived  inspiration,  thought,  and  language 
from  the  description  of  the  New  Jerusalem,  given 
in  the  last  part  of  the  Book  of  Eevelation. 


1061  The  Txrnie  of  God's  elect.     7,  6. 

JERUSALEM  the  golden. 
With  milk  and  honey  blest, 
Beneath  thy  contemplation 

Sink  heart  and  voice  oppressed : 

1  know  not,  O  I  know  not 
What  social  joys  are  there; 

What  radiancy  of  glory, 

What  light  beyond  compare. 

2  They  stand,  those  halls  of  Zion, 
All  jubilant  with  song, 

And  bright  with  many  an  angel, 
And  all  the  martvr  throng: 

The  Prince  is  ever  in  them, 
The  daylight  is  serene; 

The  pastures  of  the  blessed 
Are  decked  in  glorious  sheen. 

3  There  is  the  throne  of  David; 
And  there,  from  care  released, 

The  song  of  them  that  triumph, 
The  shout  of  them  that  feast; 

And  they  who,  with  their  Leader, 
Have  conquered  in  the  fight, 

Forever  and  forever 

Are  clad  in  robes  of  white. 


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4  O  sweet  and  blessed  country, 

The  home  of  God's  elect ! 
O  sweet  and  blessed  country 

That  eager  hearts  expect ! 
Jesus,  in  mercy  bring  us 

To  that  dear  land  of  rest ; 
Who  art,  with  God  the  Father, 

And  Spirit,  ever  blest.  . 

BERNARD  OF  CLTTNY.  TR.  BY  J.  M.  NEALE. 

Fart  of  the  same  poem  as  No.  1058. 

Dr.  Neale,  in  the  third  edition  of  Medieval 
Hymns,  says  :  "  It  would  be  most  unthankful,  did 
I  not  express  my  gratitude  to  God  for  the  favor  he 
has  given  some  of  the  centos  made-from  the  poem; 
but  especially  Jerusalem  the  Golden. 

It  has  found  a  place  in  some  twenty  hymnals, 
and  for  the  last  two  years  it  has  hardly  been  pos- 
sible to  read  any  newspaper  which  gives  promi- 
nence to  ecclesiastical  news,  without  seeing  its  em- 
ployment chronicled  at  some  dedication,  or  other 
festival.  It  is  also  a  great  favorite  with  Dissenters, 
and  has  obtained  admission  into  Roman  Catholic 
services.  '  And  I  say  this  '—to  quote  Bernard's 
own  preface — '  in  no  wise  arrogantly,  but  with  all 
humility  and  therefore  boldly.'  " 


1062  7,6,8,6. 

The  armies  of  the  living  God. 

TEN  thousand  times  ten  thousand, 
In  sparkling  raiment  bright, 
The  armies  of  the  ransomed  saints 

Throng  up  the  steeps  of  light: 
'Tis  finished,  all  is  finished,. 

Their  fight  with  death  and  sin : 
Fling  open  wide  the  golden  gates, 
And  let  the  victors  in. 

2  What  rush  of  hallelujahs 
Fills  all  the  earth  and  sky ! 

What  ringing  of  a  thousand  harps 

Bespeaks  the  triumph  nigh! 
O  day,  for  which  creation 

And  all  its  tribes  were  made ! 
O  joy,  for  all  its  former  woes 

A  thousand- fold  repaid ! 

3  O  then  what  raptured  greetings 
On  Canaan's  happy  shore, 

What  knitting  severed  friendships  up, 
Where  partings  are  no  more! 

Then  eyes  with  joy  shall  sparkle, 
That  brimmed  with  tears  of  late, 

Orphans  no  longer  fatherless, 
Nor  widows  desolate. 

HENRY  ALFORD. 

Composed  for  The  Tear  of  Praise.  Being  Hymns 
vr  the  Sundays  and  Holidays  of  the  Year.  Lon- 
lon,  1867. 

The  hymn  has  not  been  altered  nor  abridged. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  564. 


1063  The  heavenly  Jerusalem.  8. 

AWAY  with  our  sorrow  and  fear, 
We  soon  shall  recover  our  home ; 
The  city  of  saints  shall  appear, 

The  day  of  eternity  come. 
From  earth  we  shall  quickly  remove, 

And  mount  to  our  native  abode, 
The  house  of  our  Father  above, 
The  palace  of  angels  and  God. 

2  By  faith  we  already  behold 
That  lovely  Jerusalem  here : 

Her  walls  are  of  jasper  and  gold, 
As  crystal  her  buildings  are  clear ; 

Immovably  founded  in  grace, 

She  stands  as  she  ever  hath  stood, 

And  brightly  her  Builder  displays, 
And  flames  with  the  glory  of  God. 

3  No  need  of  the  sun  in  that  day 
Which  never  is  followed  by  night, 

Where  Jesus's  beauties  display 
A  pure  and  a  permanent  light : 

The  Lamb  is  their  light  and  their  sun, 
And  lo !  by  reflection  they  shine ; 

With  Jesus  ineffably  one, 

And  bright  in  effulgence  divine. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

From  the  author's  Funeral  Hymns,  1744. 

It  has  not  been  altered ;  but  the  following  stanzas, 
the  second  and  fifth,  of  the  original  have  been 
omitted. 

2  "  Our  mourning  is  all  at  an  end, 

When  raised  by  the  life-giving  word, 
"We  see  the  new  city  descend, 

Adorned  as  a  bride  for  her  lord ; 
The  city  so  holy  and  clean, 

No  sorrow  can  breathe  in  the  air, 
No  gloom  of  affliction  or  sin, 

No  shadow  of  evil  is  there." 

5  "  The  saints  in  His  presence  receive 

Their  great  and  eternal  reward, 
In  Jesus,  in  heaven  they  live, 

They  reign  in  the  smile  of  their  Lord : 
The  flame  of  angelical  love 

Is  kindled  at  Jesus's  face. 
And  all  the  enjoyment  above 

Consists  in  the  rapturous  gaze." 


1  0  6  4r  Desiring  to  depart.  8. 

I LONG  to  behold  Him  arrayed 
With  glory  and  light  from  above ; 
The  King  in  his  beauty  displayed, 

His  beauty  of  holiest  love : 
I  languish  and  sigh  to  be  there, 

Where  Jesus  hath  fixed  his  abode ; 
O  when  shall  we  meet  in  the  air, 
And  fly  to  the  mountain  of  God  I 


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2  With  him  I  on  Zion  shall  stand, 
For  Jesus  hath  spoken  the  word ; 

The  breadth  of  Immanuel's  land 
Survey  by  the  light  of  my  Lord : 

But  when,  on  thy  bosom  reclined, 
Thy  face  I  am  strengthened  to  see, 

My  fullness  of  rapture  I  find, 
My  heaven  of  heavens  in  thee. 

3  How  happy  the  people  that  dwell 
Secure  in  the  city  above ! 

No  pain  the  inhabitants  feel, 

No  sickness  or  sorrow  shall  prove. 

Physician  of  souls,  unto  me 
Forgiveness  and  holiness  give ; 

And  then  from  the  body  set  free, 
And  then  to  the  city  receive. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  composed  of  two  of  the  author's  Short 
Hymns  on  Select  Passages  of  the  Holy  Scriptures, 
1762. 

The  first  two  stanzas  were  written  upon  Isaiah 
xxxiii,  17 : 

"  Thine  eyes  shall  see  the  King  in  his  beauty: 
they  shall  behold  the  land  that  is  very  far  off." 

The  last  stanza  is  founded  en  the  24th  verse  of 
the  same  chapter : 

"And  the  inhabitant  shall  not  say,  I  am  sick: 
the  people  that  dwell  therein  shall  be  forgiven 
their  iniquity." 

The  author  wrote  the  fifth  line  of  the  first  stanza : 

"  I  languish  and  die  to  be  there." 

This  hyperbole  was  modified  for  the  Collection 
of  1780. 


1065  To  be  with  Christ  is  far  better.  8. 

OWHEN  shall  we  sweetly  remove, 
O  when  shall  we  enter  our  rest, 
Return  to  the  Zion  above, 

The  mother  of  spirits  distressed ! 
That  city  of  God  the  great  King, 

Where  sorrow  and  death  are  no  more, 
But  saints  our  Immanuel  sing, 
And  cherub  and  seraph  adore. 

2  Not  all  the  archangels  can  tell 

The  joys  of  that  holiest  place, 
Where  Jesus  is  pleased  to  reveal 

The  light  of  his  heavenly  face ; 
When,  caught  in  the  rapturous  flame, 

The  sight  beatific  they  prove, 
And  walk  in  the  light  of  the  Lamb. 

Enjoying  the  beams  of  his  love. 


3  Thou  know'st  in  the  spirit  of  prayer 

We  long  thy  appearing  to  see, 
Resigned  to  the  burden  we  bear, 

But  longing  to  triumph  with  thee : 
'Tis  good  at  thy  word  to  be  here ; 

'Tis  better  in  thee  to  be  gone, 
And  see  thee  in  glory  appear, 

And  rise  to  a  share  in  thy  throne. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Part  of  one  of  the  Funeral  Hymns,  1744. 
_  The  original,  six  stanzas,  was  published  without 
title.    These  are  verses  one,  two,  and  four. 

In  the  second  stanza,  the  fifth  line  of  the  original 
begins  with  "  Where"  instead  of  "  When."  The 
last  line  begins  "  And  bask  in  "  instead  of"  Enjoy- 
ing." These  changes  w7ere  made  for  the  Wesleyan 
Collection,  1780. 


1066       In  white  array. 

HO  are  these  arrayed  in  white, 


w 


Brighter  than  the  noonday  sun, 
Foremost  of  the  sons  of  light, 
Nearest  the  eternal  throne? 
These  are  they  that  bore  the  cross, 

Nobly  for  their  Master  stood ; 
Sufferers  in  his  righteous  cause, 
Followers  of  the  dying  God. 

2  Out  of  great  distress  they  came, 
Washed  their  robes  by  faith  below, 

In  the  blood  of  yonder  Lamb, 

Blood  that  washes  white  as  snow ; 

Therefore  are  they  next  the  throne, 
Serve  their  Maker  day  and  night ; 

God  resides  among  his  own, 
God  doth  in  his  saints  delight. 

3  More  than  conquerors  at  last, 
Here  they  find  their  trials  o'er; 

They  have  all  their  sufferings  passed, 
Hunger  now  and  thirst  no  more. 

He  that  on  the  throne  doth  reign, 
Them  the  Lamb  shall  always  feed, 

With  the  tree  of  life  sustain, 
To  the  living  foutains  lead. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Published  without  title  in  Hymns  on  the  lord^s 
Supper,  1745. 

The  original  begins,  "  What  are  these,"  etc. 

This  corresponds  with  the  Scripture  on  which  the 
hymn  is  evidently  founded,  Eev.  vii,  13-17 : 

"What  are  these  which  are  arrayed  in  white  robes? 
and  whence  came  they  ?  And  I  said  unto  him,  Sir, 
thou  knowest.  And  he  said  to  me,  These  are  they 
which  came  out  of  great  tribulation,  and  have  washed 
their  robes,  and  made  them  white  in  the  blood  of  the 
Lamb.  Therefore  are  they  before  the  throne  of  God, 
and  serve  him  day  and  xiight  in  his  temple :  and  he 


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thnt  sittetli  on  the  throne  shall  dwell  among  them. 
They  shall  hunger  no  more,  neither  thirst  any 
more  ;  neither  shall  the  sun  light  on  them,  nor  any 
heat.  For  the  Lamb  which  is  in  the  midst  of  the 
throne  shall  feed  them,  and  shall  lead  them  unto 
living  fountains  of  waters  :  and  God  shall  wipe 
aw;  y  all  tears  from  their  eyes." 

The  last  part  of  the  third  and  fourth  stanzas  has 
been  omitted : 

"  No  excessive  heat  they  feel 

From  the  sun's  directer  ray, 
In  a  milder  clime  they  dwell, 
Eegion  of  eternal  day. 

"  He  shall  all  their  sorrows  chase, 
All  their  wants  at  once  remove, 

Wipe  the  tears  from  every  face, 
Fill  up  every  soul  with  love." 


1067      Night  lost  in  day.  7. 

HIGH  in  yonder  realms  of  light, 
Dwell  the  raptured  saints  above; 
Far  beyond  our  feeble  sight, 

Happy  in  Immanuers  love : 
Pilgrims  in  this  vale  of  tears, 

Once  they  knew,  like  us  below, 
Gloomy  doubts,  distressing  fears, 
Torturing  pain,  and  heavy  woe. 

2  But  these  days  of  weeping  o'er, 
Passed  this  scene  of  toil  and  pain, 

They  shall  feel  distress  no  more, 

Never,  never  weep  again : 
'Mid  the  chorus  of  the  skies, 

'Mid  the  angelic  lyres  above, 
Hark,  their  songs  melodious  rise, 

Songs  of  praise  to  Jesus'  love ! 

3  All  is  tranquil  and  serene, 
Calm  and  undisturbed  repose : 

There  no  cloud  can  intervene, 
There  no  angry  tempest  blows : 

Every  tear  is  wiped  away, 

Sighs  no  more  shall  heave  the  breast, 

Night  is  lost  in  endless  day, 
Sorrow,  in  eternal  rest. 

THOMAS  RAFFLES. 

This  hymn  was  contributed  to  the  Eev.  W.  B. 
Colly er's  Collection,  1812. 

The  first  stanza  of  the  hymn  is  made  up  from 
verses  one  and  two  of  the  original,  the  second  stanza 
of  parts  of  four  and  five,  and  the  third  stanza  is  the 
same  as  the  sixth  of  the  original. 

The  title,  as  given  in  the  above  book,  is  Heaven. 

For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  45. 


1068      The  better  portion.         7,  6.  7, 

RISE,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy  wings, 
Thy  better  portion  trace ; 
Rise  from  transitory  things 

Toward  heaven,  thy  native  place : 


Sun,  and  moon,  and  stars  decay; 

Time  shall  soon  this  earth  remove; 
Rise,  my  soul,  and  haste  away 

To  seats  prepared  above. 

2  Rivers  to  the  ocean  run, 
Nor  stay  in  all  their  course , 

Fire  ascending  seeks  the  sun : 
Both  speed  them  to  their  source: 

So  a  soul  that's  born  of  God, 
Pants  to  view  his  glorious  face; 

Upward  tends  to  his  abode, 
To  rest  in  his  embrace. 

3  Cease,  ye  pilgrims,  cease  to  mourn, 
Press  onward  to  the  prize : 

Soon  our  Saviour  will  return 

Triumphant  in  the  skies : 
There  we'll  join  the  heavenly  train, 

Welcomed  to  partake  the  bliss ; 
Fly  from  sorrow,  care,  and  pain, 

To  realms  of  endless  peace. 

ROBERT  SEAGRAVE,  ALT. 

Title :  The  Pilgrim' 's  Song. 

The  third  stanza  of  the  original  has  been  omitted : 

3  "  Fly  me  Eiches,  fly  me  Cares, 

Whilst  I  that  coast  explore  ; 
Flattering  World,  with  all  thy  snares, 

Solicit  me  no  more  : 
Pilgrims  fix  not  here  their  Home ; 

Strangers  tarry  but  a  Night, 
When  the  last  dear  Morn  is  come, 

They'll  rise  to  joyful  Light." 

The  last  four  lines  have  been  entirely  changed. 
The  author  wrote : 

"  Yet  a  Season  and  you  know 
Happy  Entrance  will  be  given, 

All  our  Sorrows  left  below, 
And  earth  exchanged  for  Heaven." 

This  hymn  first  appeared  in  Hymns  for  Chris- 
tian Worship,  Partly  Composed  and  Partly  Collected 
from  Various  Authors,  by  Eobert  Seagrave.  Lon- 
don, 1742. 

The  Eev.  Eobert  Seagrave  was  an  English  clergy- 
man, who  lived  from  1693  to  1764.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Cambridge,  taking  the  degree  of  M.A.  in 
1718.  He  fraternized  with  and  defended  the  Cal- 
vinistic  Methodists,  and  wrote  and  published 
pamphlets  and  sermons  designed  to  reform  the 
clergy  and  Church  of  England. 

1069  Saints  and  angels  round  the  throne.  7. 

LIFT  your  eyes  of  faith,  and  see 
Saints  and  angels  joined  in  one : 
While  a  countless  company 

Stand  before  yon  dazzling  throne ! 
Each  before  his  Saviour  stands, 
All  in  whitest  robes  arrayed ; 
Palms  they  carry  in  their  hands, 
Crowns  of  glory  on  their  head. 


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2  Saints  begin  the  endless  song, 
Cry  aloud  in  heavenly  lays, 

Glory  doth  to  God  belong- 

God,  the  glorious  Saviour,  praise: 

All  salvation  from  him  came, 

Him,  who  reigns  enthroned  on  high: 

Glory  to  the  bleeding  Lamb, 
Let  the  morning  stars  reply. 

3  Angel  powers  the  throne  surround, 
Next  the  saints  in  glory  they ; 

Lulled  with  the  transporting  sound, 
They  their  silent  homage  pay : 

Prostrate  on  their  face,  before 
God  and  his  Messiah  fall ; 

Then  in  hymns  of  praise  adore, 
Shout  the  Lamb  that  died  for  all. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Published  without  title  in  Hymns  on  the  Lord's 
Supper,  1745. 

The  author  wrote  the  sixth  line  : 

"  All  in  milk-white  robes  arrayed." 
And  the  fifth  line  of  verse  two : 

"  All  from  Him  salvation  came." 

The  transposition  of  this  line  was  made  for  the 
Collection  of  1780. 

The  first  change  was  probably  made  in  1808  for 
the  Supplement  to  the  Methodist  Pocket  Hymn  Book, 
comrjiled  under  the  direction  of  Bishop  Asbury. 

The  last  stanza  has  been  omitted  : 

4  "  Be  it  so !  they  all  reply ; 

Him  let  all  our  orders  praise, 
Him  that  did  for  sinners  die, 

Saviour  of  the  favour' d  race : 
Bender  we  our  God  His  right, 

Glory,  wisdom,  thanks,  and  power, 
Honor,  majesty,  and  might ; 

Praise  Him,  praise  Him,  evermore. 


1070  ii,io. 

The  night  is  far  spent,  the  day  is  at  hand.  Bom. 
xiK,  12. 

HARK,  hark,   my  soul!  angelic  songs 
are  swelling 
O'er  earth's  green  fields  and  ocean's  wave- 
beat  shore: 
How  sweet  the  truth  those  blessed  strains 
are  telling 
Of  that  new  life  when  sin  shall  be  no 
more ! 

Angels  of  Jesus,  angels  of  light, 
Singing  to  welcome  the  pilgrims  of 
the  night ! 


2  Onward  -we  go,  for  still  we  hear  them 

singing, 

"Come,  weary  souls,  for  Jesus  bids  you 
come ; " 

And  through  the  dark,  its  echoes  sweetly 
ringing, 

The  music  of  the  gospel  leads  us  home. 

3  Far,  far  away,  Hke  bells  at  evening  peal- 

in  a* 

The  voice  of  Jesus  sounds  o'er  land  and 

sea, 

And  laden    souls    by  thousands,  meekly 
stealing, 

Kind  Shepherd,  turn  their  weary  steps 
to  thee. 

4  Rest  comes  at  length,  though  life  be  long 

and  dreary; 
The  day  must  dawn,  and  darksome  night 
be  past ; 

All  journeys  end  in  welcome  to  the  weary, 
And  heaven,  the  heart's  true  home,  will 
come  at  last. 

5  Angels,  sing  on!  your  faithful  watches 

keeping ; 

Sing  us  sweet  fragments  of  the  songs 
above ; 

Till  morning's  joy  shall  end  the  night  of 
weeping, 

And  life's  long  shadows  break  in  cloud- 
less love. 

FREDERICK  W.  FABER. 

Author's  title:  The  Pilgrims  of  the  Night. 
Two  stanzas  have  been  omitted  : 

2  "  Darker  than  night  life's  shadows  fall  around 
us, 

And  like  benighted  men  we  miss  our  mark ; 
God  hides  Himself,  and  grace  hath  scarcely  found 
us, 

Ere  death  finds  out  his  victims  in  the  dark." 

6  "  Cheer  up,  my  soul!  faith's  moonbeams  softly 

glisten 

Upon  the  breast  of  life's  most  troubled  sea ; 
And  it  will  cheer  thy  drooping  heart  to  listen 
To  those  brave  songs  which  angels  mean  for 
thee." 

The  last  two  lines  have  been  changed.  They 

were : 

"  While  we  toil  on  and  soothe  ourselves  with  weeping, 
Till  life's  long  night  shall  break  in  endless  love. 

From  Paber\s  Oratory  Hymn  Book,  1854. 
For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  125. 


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1071  Paradise.  8, 6, 6. 

0 PARADISE !  O  paradise ! 
Who  doth  not  crave  for  rest? 
Who  would  not  seek  the  happy  land 
Where  they  that  loved  are  blest ; 
Where  loyal  hearts  and  true 

Stand  ever  in  the  light, 
All  rapture  through  and  through, 
In  God's  most  holy  sight? 

2  O  paradise !  O  paradise ! 
The  world  is  growing  old ; 

Who  would  not  be  at  rest  and  free 
Where  love  is  never  cold? 

3  O  paradise !  O  paradise ! 
'Tis  weary  waiting  here ; 

I  long  to  be  where  Jesus  is, 
To  feel,  to  see  him  near. 

4  O  paradise !  O  paradise ! 
I  want  to  sin  no  more, 

I  want  to  be  as  pure  on  earth 
As  on  thy  spotless  shore. 

5  O  paradise !  O  paradise ! 
I  greatly  long  to  see 

The  special  place  my  dearest  Lord 
In  love  prepares  for  me. 

FREDERICK  W.  FABER. 

Two  stanzas,  the  third  and  seventh,  of  the 
original  have  been  omitted : 

3  "  0  paradise  !  0  paradise  ! 

Wherefore  doth  death  delay, 
Bright  death,  that  is  the  welcome  dawn 

Of  our  eternal  clay ; "  etc. 

7  "  O  paradise  !  0  paradise  ! 

I  feel  'twill  not  be  long  ; 
Patience  !  1  almost  think  I  hear 

Faint  fragments  of  thy  song ; 
Where  loyal  hearts  and  true, 

Stand  ever  in  the  light, 
All  raptured  through  and  through, 

In  God's  most  holy  sight." 

The  last  line  of  the  fifth  stanza  the  author  wrote  : 

"Is  destining  for  me." 

From  FaberJs  Hymns.    The  Oratory  Hymn  Boole 
1854.  ' 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  125. 


L.  M. 


1072       The  heavenly  home. 

MY  heavenly  home  is  bright  and  fair : 
Nor  pain  nor  death  can  enter  there ; 
Its  glittering  towers  the  sun  outshine ; 
That  heavenly  mansion  shall  be  mine. 
I'm  going  home,  I'm  going  home, 
I'm  going  home  to  die  no  more ; 
To  die  no  more,  to  die  no  more, 
I'm  going  home  to  die  no  more. 


2  My  Father's  house  is  built  on  high, 
Far,  far  above  the  starry  sky ; 
When  from  this  earthly  prison  free, 
That  heavenly  mansion  mine  shall  be. 

3  While  here,  a  stranger  far  from  home, 
Affliction's  waves  may  round  me  foam ; 
Although,  like  Lazarus,  sick  and  poor, 
My  heavenly  mansion  is  secure. 

4  Let  others  seek  a  home  below, 
Which  flames  devour,  or  waves  o'erflow, 
Be  mine  the  happier  lot  to  own 

A  heavenly  mansion  near  the  throne. 

5  Then  fail  the  earth,  let  stars  decline, 
And  sun  and  moon  refuse  to  shine, 
All  nature  sink  and  cease  to  be, 

That  heavenly  mansion  stands  for  me. 

WILLIAM  HUNTER. 

Written  for  and  published  in  Select  Melodies. 
Pittsburg,  1838. 

It  was  revised  by  the  author  for  the  Hymnal  a 
short  time  before  his  death. 

On  January  10,  1860,  the  Pemberton  Mill,  a 
large  cotton  factory  at  Lawrence,  Mass.,  sud- 
denly fell  in  ruins,  burying  the  operatives  in  the 
debris.  Some  were  rescued  alive;  others  would 
have  been,  but  a  broken  lantern  set  the  ruins  on 
fire,  and  the  rescuers  were  driven  from  their  work. 
As  they  turned  away,  it  is  said  that  they  distinctly 
heard  some  imprisoned  girls,  who  had  been 
brought  up  in  Sunday-school,  singing  this  hymn  : 

"  I'm  going  home  to  die  no  more." 

It  is  impossible  to  over-estimate  the  value  of  that 
religion,  which  enables  the  Christian  thus  to  tri- 
umph over  death. 

See  No.  986. 


12,  9. 


1073  Rapturous  anticipation. 

COME,  let  us  ascend, 
My  companion  and  friend, 
To  a  taste  of  the  banquet  above : 
If  thy  heart  be  as  mine, 
If  for  Jesus  it  pine, 
Come  up  into  the  chariot  of  love. 

2  Who  in  Jesus  confide, 
We  are  bold  to  outride 

The  storms  of  affliction  beneath; 

With  the  prophet  we  soar 

To  the  heavenly  shore, 
And  outfly  all  the  arrows  of  death. 

3  By  faith  we  are  come 
To  our  permanent  home ; 

By  hope  we  the  rapture  improve : 
By  love  we  still  rise, 
And  look  down  on  the  skies, 

For  the  heaven  of  heavens  is  love. 


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4  Who  on  earth  can  conceive 
How  happy  we  live, 

In  the  palace  of  God  the  great  King? 

What  a  concert  of  praise, 

When  our  Jesus' s  grace 
The  whole  heavenly  comjDany  sing ! 

5  What  a  rapturous  song, 
When  the  glorified  throng 

In  the  spirit  of  harmony  join* 

Join  all  the  glad  choirs, 

Hearts,  voices,  and  lyres, 
And  the  burden  is,  "Mercy  divine!  " 

6  " Hallelujah,"  they  cry, 
To  the  King  of  the  sky, 

To  the  great  everlasting  I  AM : 
To  the  Lamb  that  was  slain, 
And  that  liveth  again, — 

"  Hallelujah  to  God  and  the  Lamb ! " 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  one  of  the  Hymns  for  Christian  Friends. 
It  was  a  great  favorite  with  Mr.  Fletcher.  In  his 
Works,  vol.  ii,  p.  668,  he  says :  "  When  the  tri- 
umphal chariot  of  perfect  love  gloriously  carries 
you  to  the  top  of  perfection's  hill;  when  you  are 
raised  far  above  the  common  heights;  when  you  are 
almost  translated  into  glory,  like  Elijah,  then  you 
may  sing  this  hymn." 

One  word  has  been  changed.  In  the  third  line 
of  the  fourth  stanza  the  author  wrote  "city"  in- 
stead of"  palace."  It  was  changed  for  the  Collec- 
tion in  1780. 

There  are  two  additional  stanzas  : 

7  "  The  Lamb  on  the  throne 
Lo  !  He  dwells  with  His  own, 

And  to  rivers  of  pleasure  He  leads, 
With  His  mercy's  full  blaze, 
With  the  sight  of  His  face, 

Our  beatified  spirits  He  feeds. 

8  "  Our  foreheads  proclaim 
His  inerfable  name, 

Our  bodies  His  glory  display, 

A  day  without  night 

We  feast  in  His  sight, 
And  eternity  seems  as  a  day." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


1074         Eternity  near.  10,  5, 11. 

COME,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue, 
With  vigor  arise, 
And  press  to  our  permanent  place  in  the 
skies. 

Of  heavenly  birth,  though  wandering  on 

earth. 

This  is  not  our  place, 
But  strangers  and  pilgrims  ourselves  we 

confess. 


2  At  Jesus's  call,  we  gave  up  our  all; 

And  still  we  forego, 
For  Jesus's  sake,  our  enjoyments  below. 
No  longing  we  find  for  the  country  behind ; 

Bat  onward  we  move, 
And  still  we  are  seeking  a  country  above  : 

3  A  country  of  joy  without  any  alloy ; 

We  thither  repair; 
Our  hearts  and  our  treasure  already  are  there. 
We  march  hand  in  hand  to  Immanuel's  land ; 

No  matter  what  cheer 
We  meet  with  on  earth,  for  eternity's  near. 

4  The  rougher  our  way,  the  shorter  our  stay ; 

The  tempests  that  rise 
Shall  gloriously  hurry  our  souls  to  the  skies : 
The  fiercer  the  blast,  the  sooner  'tis  past ; 

The  troubles  that  come 
Shall  come  to  our  rescue,  and  hasten  us  home. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Author's  title:  On  a  Journey. 

WTesley  wrote  quite  a  number  of  hymns  in  this  pe- 
culiar measure.  They  were  very  popular  with  the 
early  Methodists,  but  long  since  went  out  of  fashion. 

Some  lines  in  the  last  stanza  have  been  trans- 
j  posed ;  otherwise  it  is  unaltered. 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749. 


FIRST  PART. 
1075  The  God  of  Abraham.      6,  8,  4. 

THE  God  of  Abrah'm  praise, 
Who  reigns  enthroned  above, 
Ancient  of  everlasting  days, 

And  God  of  love : 
Jehovah,  great  I  AM, 

By  earth  and  heaven  confessed, 

1  bow  and  bless  the  sacred  name, 
Forever  blest. 

2  The  God  of  Abrah'm  praise, 
At  whose  supreme  command 

From  earth  I  rise,  and  seek  the  joys 

At  his  right  hand : 
I  all  on  earth  forsake, 

Its  wisdom,  fame,  and  power; 
And  him  my  only  portion  make, 

My  shield  and  tower. 

3  The  God  of  Abrah'm  praise, 
Whose  all-sufficient  grace 

Shall  guide  me  all  my  happy  days 

In  all  his  ways : 
He  calls  a  worm  his  friend, 

He  calls  himself  my  God ! 
And  he  shall  save  me  to  the  end, 

Through  Jesus'  blood. 


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4  He  by  himself  hath  sworn, 

I  on  his  oath  depend ; 
I  shall,  on  eagle  wings  upborne, 

To  heaven  ascend : 
I  shall  behold  his  face, 

I  shall  his  power  adore, 
And  sing  the  wonders  of  his  grace 

For  evermore. 

THOMAS  OLIVERS. 


SECOND  PART. 
1076  Pressing  toward  the  mark.   6,  8,  4. 

THOUGH  nature's  strength  decay, 
And  earth  and  hell  withstand, 
To  Canaan's  bounds  I  urge  my  way, 

At  his  command ; 
The  watery  deep  I  pass, 

With  Jesus  in  my  view ; 
And  through  the  howling  wilderness 
My  way  pursue. 

2  The  goodly  land  I  see, 
With  peace  and  plenty  blest ; 

A  land  of  sacred  liberty, 

And  endless  rest. 
There  milk  and  honey  flow, 

And  oil  and  wine  abound; 
And  trees  of  life  forever  grow, 

With  mercy  crowned. 

3  There  dwells  the  Lord  our  King, 
The  Lord  our  Righteousness, 

Triumphant  o'er  the  world  and  sin, 

The  Prince  of  peace ; 
On  Zion's  sacred  height, 

His  kingdom  still  maintains ; 
And,  glorious,  with  his  saints  in  light 

Forever  reigns. 

4  He  keeps  his  own  secure ; 
He  guards  them  by  his  side ; 

Arrays  in  garments  white  and  pure 

His  spotless  bride ; 
With  streams  of  sacred  bliss, 

With  groves  of  living  joys, 
With  all  the  fruits  of  paradise. 

He  still  supplies. 

5  Before  the  great  Three  One 
They  all  exulting  stand, 

And  tell  the  wonders  he  hath  done 

Through  all  their  land : 
The  listening  spheres  attend, 

And  swell  the  growing  fame ; 
And  sing,  in  songs  which  never  end, 

The  wondrous  name. 

THOMAS  OLIVERS. 


THIRD  PART. 

1  0  *7  7  Joining  the  heavenly  choir.    6,  8,  4. 

THE  God  who  reigns  on  high 
The  great  archangels  sing, 
And,  "Holy,  holy,  holy,"  cry, 

' '  Almighty  King ! 
Who  was  and  is  the  same, 
And  evermore  shall  be ; 
Jehovah,  Father,  great  I  AM, 
We  worship  thee." 

2  Before  the  Saviour's  face 
The  ransomed  nations  bow; 

O'erwhelmed  at  his  almighty  grace, 

Forever  new : 
He  shows  his  prints  of  love, — 

They  kindle  to  a  flame, 
And  sound  through  all  the  worlds  above, 
The  slaughtered  Lamb ! 

3  The  whole  triumphant  host 
Give  thanks  to  God  on  high; 

"Hail,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost," 
They  ever  cry : 

Hail,  Abrah'm's  God,  and  mine ! — 

I  join  the  heavenly  lays, — 
All  might  and  majesty  are  thine, 
And  endless  praise. 

THOMAS  OLIVERS. 

"i  Hymn  to  the  God  of  Abraham,  in  three  parts: 
Adapted  to  a  celebrated  Air,  sung  by  the  Priest, 
Signior  Leoni,  etc.,  at  the  Jew's  Synagogue,  in 
London."  The  hymn  was  published  in  a  tract 
without  date.  The  fourth  edition  appeared  in 
1772. 

This  is  probably  the  finest  ode  in  the  English 
language.  The  theme  is  the  grandest  possible,  and 
the  execution  is  in  keeping  with  it. 

The  author  begins  in  a  daring  strain,  and  he 
never  flags ;  but  from  line  to  line,  and  from  stanza 
to  stanza,  he  sings  and  soars,  and  soars  and  sings, 
of  God  and  Heaven  like  one  inspired. 

The  meter  is  peculiar,  yet  the  rhythm  is  excel- 
lent, and  the  language  remarkable.  Very  few 
short  hymns  survive  for  any  length  of  time  without 
verbal  changes;  but  here  is  a  lyric  of  twelve 
stanzas  which  has  been  in  use  more  than  a  century, 
and  not  a  line,  not  even  a  word,  has  been  altered. 
James  Montgomery  said :  "  The  man  who  wrote 
'  The  God  of  Abraham  praise '  must  have  had  the 
finest  ear  imaginable." 

The  Rev.  Thomas  Olivers  was  born  in  Tregoman, 
Wales,  in  1725.  Early  in  life  he  was  left  an 
orphan.  Distant  relatives  brought  him  up  in  an 
indifferent  manner.  He  was  sent  to  school  for  a 
time,  and  his  religious  education  was  not  altogether 
neglected.  As  lie  grew  older  he  became  very  pro- 
fane, and  at  length  ran  away  from  his  master,  a 
shoemaker,  to  whom  he  was  apprenticed.  The 
drinking  vagabond — for  such  he  was — in  his  wicked 
career,  arrived  at  Bristol,  where  Whitefieldhad  an 
appointment  to  preach.    He  went  to  hear  him,  and 


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was  converted.  "When  the  sermon  began,"  he 
says,  "  I  was  one  of  the  most  abandoned  and  profli- 
gate young  men  living ;  before  it  was  ended  I  was 
a  new  creature." 

From  that  time  onward  he  lived  a  new  life, 
joined  the  Methodists,  and  in  1753  became  one  of 
Wesley's  itinerant  preachers.  Clear,  strong,  and 
sometimes  fiery,  he  was  the  man  for  the  times  ;  and 
for  forty-six  years  made  full  proof  of  his  ministry. 

Most  of  his  prose  writings  relate  to  the  Calvin- 
istic  controversies  of  that  day.  "Wesley  said  he  was 
fully  a  "match"  for  Toplady. 

Olivers  wrote  only  four  or  five  hymns,  but  they 
are  all  of  high  order.    He  died  in  1799. 


1078        The  pilgrim's  lot.        C.  P.  M. 

HOW  happy  is  the  pilgrim's  lot, 
How  free  from  every  anxious  thought, 
From  worldly  hope  and  fear ! 
Confined  to  neither  court  nor  cell, 
His  soul  disdains  on  earth  to  dwell, 
He  only  sojourns  here. 

2  This  happiness  in  part  is  mine, 
Already  saved  from  low  design, 

From  every  creature-love ; 
Blest  with  the  scorn  of  finite  good, 
My  soul  is  lightened  of  its  load, 

And  seeks  the  things  above. 

3  There  is  my  house  and  portion  fair; 
My  treasure  and  my  heart  are  there, 

And  my  abiding  home ; 
For  me  my  elder  brethren  stay, 
And  angels  beckon  me  away, 

And  Jesus  bids  me  come. 

4  "I  come,"  thy  servant,  Lord,  replies, 
"I  come  to  meet  thee  in  the  skies, 

And  claim  my  heavenly  rest ! 
Now  let  the  pilgrim's  journey  end ; 
Now,  O  my  Saviour,  Brother,  Friend, 

Receive  me  to  thy  breast !" 

JOHN  WESLEY. 

Title:  The  Pilgrim. 

This  hymn  is  autobiographic,  without  doubt, 
and  expressed  frankly  and  fully  the  mind  and  feel- 
ings of  the  author  at  the  time"  of  writing.  These 
are  the  first  two  and  last  two  verses.  The  most 
remarkable  part  of  the  hymn,  five  stanzas,  is 
omitted.    He  says : 

3  "  The  things  eternal  I  pursue, 
A  happiness  beyond  the  view, 

Of  those  that  basely  pant 
For  things  by  nature  felt  and  seen  ; 
Their  honors,  wealth,  and  pleasures  mean, 

I  neither  have,  nor  want. 


4  "  I  have  no  sharer  of  my  heart, 
To  rob  my  Saviour  of  a  part, 

And  desecrate  the  whole  : 
Only  betroth' d  to  Christ  am  I, 
And  wait  His  coming  from  the  sky, 

To  wed  my  happy  soul." 

Four  years  after  this  hymn  was  first  published 
Wesley  married,  (1751.)  It  would  have  been  better 
for  his  happiness,  and  more  to  his  credit,  not  to 
have  changed  his  mind. 

5  "  I  have  no  babes  to  hold  me  here, 
But  children  more  securely  dear 

For  mine  I  humbly  claim: 
Better  than  daughters,  or  than  sons, 
Temples  divine  of  living  stones 

Inscribed  with  Jesus'  name. 

6  "  No  foot  of  land  do  I  possess, 
No  cottage  in  this  wilderness ; 

A  poor  wayfaring  man, 
I  lodge  awhile  in  tents  below, 
Or  gladly  wander  to  and  fro, 

Till  I  my  Canaan  gain. 

7  "  Nothing  on  earth  I  call  my  own, 
A  stranger,  to  the  world  unknown, 

I  all  their  goods  despise  ; 
I  trample  on  their  whole  delight, 
And  seek  a  country  out  of  sight, 

A  country  in  the  skies." 

From  Hymns  for  Those  that  Seek  and  Tliose  that 
Have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  Jesus  Christ. 
London,  1747. 


1079        The  debt  unknown         7,6  1. 

WHEN  this  passing  world  is  done, 
When  has  sunk  yon  glaring  sun, 
When  we  stand  with  Christ  in  glory, 
Looking  o'er  life's  finished  story ; 
Then,  Lord,  shall  I  fully  know, 
Not  till  then,  how  much  I  owre. 

2  When  I  stand  before  the  throne, 
Dressed  in  beauty  not  my  own ; 
When  I  see  thee  as  thou  art, 
Love  thee  with  unsinning  heart; 
Then,  Lord,  shall  I  fully  know, 
Not  till  then,  how  much  I  owe. 

3  When  the  praise  of  heaven  I  hear, 
Loud  as  thunders  to  the  ear, 

Loud  as  many  waters'  noise, 
Sweet  as  harp's  melodious  voice; 
Then,  Lord,  shall  I  fully  know, 
Not  till  then,  how  much  I  owe. 

ROBERT  M.  M'CHEYNE. 

Title :  Our  Indebtedness  to  Christ. 
This  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  one,  three,  and 
four,  verbatim,  of  a  poem  of  nine  stanzas. 
The  Bev.  Eobert  Murray  M'Cheyne  was  born  in 


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Edinburgh  in  1813,  and  entered  the  University  of 
his  native  city  in  1827.  In  1831,  when  only 
eighteen  years  of  age,  he  began  his  theological 
studies  at  Divinity  Hall,  undcr'Dr.  Chalmers.  He 
was  ordained  pastor  of  St.  Peter's  Church,  Dundee, 
in  1836,  and  held  that  position  until  his  early  ana 
much  lamented  death  in  1843. 


1080     The  fruit  of  the  seasons.        C.  M. 

LORD,  in  thy  name  thy  servants  plead, 
And  thou  hast  sworn  to  hear ; 
Thine  is  the  harvest,  thine  the  seed, 
The  fresh  and  fading  year. 

2  Our  hope,  when  autumn  winds  blew  wild, 
We  trusted,  Lord,  with  thee; 

And  still,  now  spring  has  on  us  smiled, 
We  wait  on  thy  decree. 

3  The  former  and  the  latter  rain, 
The  summer  sun  and  air, 

The  green  ear,  and  the  golden  grain, 
All  thine,  are  ours  by  prayer. 

4  Thine,  too,  by  right,  and  ours  by  grace, 
The  wondrous  growth  unseen, 

The  hopes  that  soothe,  the  fears  that  brace, 
The  love  that  shines  serene. 

JOHN  KEBLE. 

Title:  Thou  visitest  the  earth,  and  blessest  it  : 
thou  makest  it  very  plenteous.  Psa.  lxv,  9. 
The  original  has  one  additional  stanza,  as  follows : 

"  So  grant  the  precious  things  brought  forth 

By  sun  and  moon  below, 
That  Thee,  in  Thy  new  heaven  and  earth, 

We  never  may  forego  !  " 

The  hymn  then  closes  with  a  doxology  from 
Tate  and  Brady.    The  text  is  not  altered. 

It  was  first  published  in  Lord  Nelson's  Salisbury 
Hymn  Book.  1857. 

See  No.  102. 


1081       Bountiful  goodness.  C.  M. 

FOUNTAIN  of  mercy,  God  of  love, 
How  rich  thy  bounties  are ! 
The  rolling  seasons,  as  they  move, 
Proclaim  thy  constant  care. 

2  When  in  the  bosom  of  the  earth 
The  sower  hid  the  grain, 

Thy  goodness  marked  its  secret  birth, 
And  sent  the  early  rain. 

3  The  spring's  sweet  influence,  Lord,  was 

thine ; 

The  plants  in  beauty  grew ; 
Thou  gav'st  refulgent  suns  to  shine, 
And  the  refreshing  dew. 
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4  These  various  mercies  from  above 
Matured  the  swelling  grain  •, 

A  kindly  harvest  crowns  thy  love, 
And  plenty  fills  the  plain. 

5  We  own  and  bless  thy  gracious  sway ; 
Thy  hand  all  nature  hails : 

Seed-time  nor  harvest,  night  nor  day, 
Summer  nor  winter,  fails. 

MRS.  ALICE  FLOWERDEW. 
Title :  Harvest  Hymn. 

From  Poems  on  Moral  and  Reliqious  Subjects, 
third  edition,  1811. 

Two  lines  are  altered.  The  author  wrote,  verse 
three,  line  four : 

"  And  mild  refreshing  dew." 

Verse  four,  line  three  : 
"  A  yellow  harvest  crowns  Thy  love." 

The  last  stanza  is  not  a  part  of  the  original.  In 
its  place  are  two  others : 

5  ".Seed-time  and  harvest,  Lord,  alone 
Thou  dost  on  man  bestow ; 

Let  him  not  then  forget  to  own 
From  whom  his  blessings  flow. 

6  "Fountain  of  love  !  our  praise  is  Thine  ; 
To  Thee  our  songs  we'll  raise, 

And  all  created  Nature  join 
In  sweet  harmonious  praise." 

Mrs.  Flowerdew,  an  English  teacher  and  author- 
ess, lived  from  1759  until  1830. 


1082  Eternal  Source  of  every  joy.   L.  M. 

ETERNAL  Source  of  every  joy, 
Well  may  thy  praise  our  lips  employ, 
While  in  thy  temple  we  appear, 
Whose  goodness  crowns  the  circling  year. 

2  The  flowery  spring,  at  thy  command, 
Embalms  the  air  and  paints  the  land ; 
The  summer  rays  with  vigor  shine, 
To  raise  the  corn  and  cheer  the  vine. 

B  Thy  hand  in  autumn  richly  pours 
Through  all  our  coasts  redundant  stores ; 
And  winters,  softened  by  thy  care, 
No  more  a  face  of  horror  wear. 

4  Seasons,  and  months,  and  weeks,  and 
days, 

Demand  successive  songs  of  praise; 
Still  be  the  cheerful  homage  paid, 
With  opening  light  and  evening  shade. 


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5  Here  in  thy  house  shall  incense  rise, 
And  circling  Sabbaths  bless  our  eyes, 
Till  to  those  lofty  heights  we  soar, 
Where  days  and  years  revolve  no  more. 

PHILIP  DODDRIDGE. 

Title :  For  New-  Year's  Day.   The  Year  Crowned 
with  the  Divine  Goodness.  Psa.  lxv,  11, 
The  second  stanza  has  been  omitted : 

2  "  Wide  as  the  Wheels  of  Nature  roll 
Thy  Hand  supports  the  steady  Pole : 
The  Sun  is  taught  by  thee  to  rise, 
And  Darkness  when  to  veil  the  Skies." 

The  last  stanza  is  made  up  from  the  last  two  of 
the  author,  slightly  altered  : 

6  "  Here  in  thy  House  shall  Incense  rise, 
As  circling  Sabbaths  bless  our  Eyes  ; 
Still  would  we  make  thy  Mercies  known, 
Around  thy  Board  and  round  our  own. 

7  "  0  may  our  more  harmonious  Tongues 
In  Worlds  unknown  pursue  the  Songs  : 
Arid  in  those  brighter  Courts  adore, 
Where  Days  and  Years  revolve  no  more." 

From  Hymns  Founded  on  Various  Texts  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  1755. 
For  biography  of  author,  see  No.  78. 


1083  Harvest-home. 

C^OME,  ye  thankful  people,  come, 
J  Raise  the  song  of  harvest-home : 
All  is  safely  gathered  in, 
Ere  the  winter  storms  begin : 
God,  our  Maker,  doth  provide 
For  our  wants  to  be  supplied : 
Come  to  God's  own  temple,  come, 
Raise  the  soug  of  harvest-home. 

2  All  the  world  is  God's  own  field, 
Fruit  unto  his  praise  to  yield ; 
Wheat  and  tares  together  sown, 
Unto  joy  or  sorrow  grown ; 

First  the  blade,  and  then  the  ear, 
Then  the  full  corn  shall  appear: 
Lord  of  harvest,  grant  that  we 
Wholesome  grain  and  pure  may  be. 

3  For  the  Lord  our  God  shall  come, 
And  shall  take  his  harvest  home ; 
From  his  field  shall  in  that  day 
All  offenses  purge  away ; 

Give  his  angels  charge  at  last 
In  the  fire  the  tares  to  cast ; 
But  the  fruitful  ears  to  store 
In  his  garner  evermore. 


4  Even  so,  Lord,  quickly  come 
To  thy  final  harvest-home ; 
Gather  thou  thy  people  in, 
Free  from  sorrow,  free  from  sin; 
There,  forever  purified, 
In  thy  presence  to  abide : 
Come,  with  all  thine  angels,  come, 
Raise  the  glorious  harvest-home. 

HENRY  ALFORD. 

This  was  published  in  Psalms  and  Hymns,  Lon- 
don, 1844,  under  the  title  After  Harvest.  It  was 
subsequently  altered  by  the  author. 

This  hymn  is  the  same  as  that  published  in  the 
author's  Year  of  Praise,  1867. 

See  No.  564. 


1084  Thanksgiving  hymn.  7. 

PRAISE  to  God,  immortal  praise, 
For  the  love  that  crowns  our  days ! 
Bounteous  Source  of  every  joy, 
Let  thy  praise  our  tongues  employ. 

2  For  the  blessings  of  the  field, 
For  the  stores  the  gardens  yield ; 
For  the  fruits  in  full  supply, 
Ripened  'neath  the  summer  sky. 

3  All  that  spring  with  bounteous  hand 
Scatters  o'er  the  smiling  land ; 

All  that  liberal  autumn  pours 
From  her  rich,  o'erflowing  stores. 

4  These  to  thee,  my  God,  we  owe, 
Source  whence  all  our  blessings  flow ; 
And  for  these  my  soul  shall  raise 
Grateful  vows  and  solemn  praise. 

5  Should  thine  altered  hand  restrain 
The  early  and  the  latter  rain ; 
Blast  each  opening  bud  of  joy, 
And  the  rising  ear  destroy ; 

6  Yet  to  thee  my  soul  should  raise 
Grateful  vows  and  solemn  praise ; 
And,  when  every  blessing's  flown, 
Love  thee  for  thyself  alone. 

MPS.  ANNA  L.  BARBAULD,  ALT. 

This  hymn  is  marked  alt.,  and  justly  so,  although 
only  two  lines  have  been  changed.  Instead  of  the 
last  half  of  the  second  stanza,  the  author  wrote : 

"  For  the  vine's  exalted  juice, 
For  the  generous  olive's  use." 

There  can  be  but  one  opinion  concerning  this 
hymn.  It  is  very  fine.  The  talented  authoress 
drew  inspiration  from  Hab.  iii,  17,  18  : 

"  Although  the  fig-tree  shall  not  blossom,  neither 


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shall  fruit  be  in  the  vines;  the  lubor  of  the  olive  shall 
fail,  and  the  fields  shall  yield  no  meat ;  the  flock 
shall  be  cut  off  from  the  fold,  and  there  shall  be  no 
herd  in  the  stalls:  yet/l  will  rejoice  in  the  Lord,  1 
will  joy  in  the  God  of  my  salvation." 

Three  stanzas,  the  third,  sixth,  and  seventh,  are 
omitted : 

3  "  Flocks  that  whiten  all  the  plain, 
Yellow  sheaves  of  ripened  grain  ; 
Clouds  that  drop  their  fatt'ning  dews, 
Suns  that  temperate  warmth  diffuse  :  " 

6  "  Yet  should  rising  whirlwinds  tear 
From  its  stem  the  ripening  ear ; 
Should  the  fig-tree's  blasted  shoot 
Drop  her  green  untimely  fruit ; 

7  "Should  the  vine  put  forth  no  more, 
Nor  the  olive  yield  her  store  ; 
Though  the  sick'ning  flocks  should  fall, 
And  the  herds  desert  the  stall." 


And  to  the  Holy  Spirit, 

Who  doth  upon  us  pour 
His  blessed  dews  and  sunshine, 

Be  praise  for  evermore ! 

JOHN  S.  B.  MONSELL. 

He  reserveth  unto  us  the  appointed  weeks  of  the 
harvest.  Jer.  v,  24. 

Unaltered  and  entire,  from  the  author's  Hymns 
of  Love  and  Praise.    First  edition,  London,  1862. 
For  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  232. 


From  Poems  of  Anna  Lo&titia  Aikin. 
1773. 
See  No.  77. 


London, 


1085  Praise  to  the  Lord  of  harvest.    7,  6. 

SING  to  the  Lord  of  harvest ! 
Sing  songs  of  love  and  praise ! 
With  joyful  hearts  and  voices 

Your  hallelujahs  raise : 
By  him  the  rolling  seasons 

In  fruitful  order  move ; 
Sing  to  the  Lord  of  harvest 
A  song  of  happy  love. 

2  By  him  the  clouds  drop  fatness, 
The  deserts  bloom  and  spring, 

The  hills  leap  up  in  gladness, 
The  valleys  laugh  and  sing: 

He  filleth  with  his  fullness 
All  things  with  large  increase, 

He  crowns  the  year  with  goodness, 
With  plenty,  and  with  peace. 

3  Heap  on  his  sacred  altar 
The  gifts  his  goodness  gave, 

The  golden  sheaves  of  harvest, 
The  souls  he  died  to  save : 

Your  hearts  lay  down  before  him 
When  at  his  feet  ye  fall, 

And  with  your  lives  adore  him 
Who  gave  his  life  for  all. 

4  To  God,  the  gracious  Father, 
Who  made  us  "  very  good," 

To  Christ,  who,  when  we  wandered 
Restored  us  with  his  blood, 


1086    God's  gifts  in  nature.         7,  6. 
plow  the  fields  and  scatter 
VV    The  good  seed  on  the  land, 
But  it  is  fed  and  watered 

By  God's  almighty  hand ; 
He  sends  the  snow  in  winter, 

The  warmth  to  swell  the  grain, 
The  breezes  and  the  sunshine, 
And  soft  refreshing  rain. 

2  He  only  is.  the  Maker 

Of  all  things  near  and  far; 
He  paints  the  wayside  flower, 

He  lights  the  evening  star ; 
The  winds  and  waves  obey  him, 

By  him  the  birds  are  fed ; 
Much  more  to  us,  his  children, 

He  gives  our  daily  bread. 

3  We  thank  thee,  then,  O  Father, 
For  all  things  bright  and  good, 

The  seed-time  and  the  harvest, 
Our  life,  our  health,  our  food ; 

Accept  the  gifts  we  offer 
For  all  thy  love  imparts, 

And,  what  thou  most  desirest, 
Our  humble,  thankful  hearts. 

FROM  THE  GERMAN  OP  MATTHIAS  CLAUDIUS. 

This  fine  little  poem  was  written  by  Matthias 
Claudius,  a  German,  bora  at  Eeinfield,  Holstein, 
in  1743.  He  lived  until  1815.  It  was  first  pub- 
lished in  1782. 

The  translation  was  made  by  Miss  Jane  Mont- 
gomery Campbell,  and  was  first  published  in  the 
Garland  of  Songs,  1861.  In  this  hymn  beauty, 
simplicity,  and  faith  are  happily  combined.  Miss 
Campbell  died  in  1878. 


1087  Praise  to  the  God  of  harvest. 

THE  God  of  harvest  praise ; 
In  loud  thanksgiving  raise 
Hand,  heart,  and  voice; 
The  valleys  laugh  and  sing, 
Forests  and  mountains  ring, 
The  plains  their  tribute  bring, 
The  streams  rejoice. 


6,  4. 


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2  Yea,  bless  his  holy  name, 
And  joyful  thanks  proclaim 

Through  all  the  earth; 
To  glory  in  your  lot 
Is  comely, — but  be  not 
God's  benefits  forgot, 

Amid  your  mirth. 

3  The  God  of  harvest  praise ; 
Hands,  hearts,  and  voices  raise 

With  one  accord ; 
From  field  to  garner  throng, 
Bearing  yOur  sheaves  along, 
And  in  your  harvest  song 
Bless  ye  the  Lord. 

JAMES  MONTGOMERY. 

Title :  Thanksgiving  for  Harvest. 

Part  of  a  hymn  of  seven  stanzas ;  these  are 
verses  one,  seven,  and  six. 

Tn  the  second  stanza,  lines  two,  six,  and  seven 
are  as  follows  in  the  original : 

**  And  your  souPs  thanks  proclaim." 
"  His  benefits  forget 

Amidst  your  mirth." 

From  Sacrea  Poems  and  Hymns  for  Public  and 
Private  Devotion,  1853. 
See  No.  5. 


1088    The  preaching  leaves.  7,  6. 

THE  leaves,  around  me  falling, 
Are  preaching  of  decay, 
The  hollow  winds  are  calling, 

4 '  Come,  pilgrim,  come  away !  " 
The  day,  in  night  declining, 
Says  I  must,  too,  decline ; 
The  year,  its  life  resigning, — 
Its  lot  foreshadows  mine. 

2  The  light  my  path  surrounding, 
The  loves,  to  which  I  cling, 

The  hopes  within  me  bounding, 
The  joys  that  round  me  wing, — 

All  melt,  like  stars  of  even. 
Before  the  morning's  ray, 

Pass  upward  into  heaven, 
And  chide  at  my  delay. 

3  The  friends,  gone  there  before  me, 
Are  calling  from  on  high ; 

And  joyous  angels  o'er  me 

Tempt  sweetly  to  the  sky: 
"  Why  wait,"  they  say,  "  and  wither 

'Mid  scenes  of  death  and  sin? 
O  rise  to  glory,  hither, 

And  find  true  life  begin." 


4  I  hear  the  invitation, 

And  fain  would  rise  and  come, — 
A  sinner,  to  salvation; — 

An  exile,  to  his  home: 
But,  while  I  here  must  linger, 

Thus,  thus  let  all  I  see 
Point  on,  with  faithful  finger, 

To  heaven,  O  Lord,  and  thee. 

HENRY  P.  LYTE. 

The  title  that  the  author  gave  to  this  beautiful 
poem  was  Autumnal  Hymn. 

One  line  has  been  slightly  changed. 
Lyte  wrote,  verse  three,  line  two : 

"Are  calling  me  from  high." 
From  Poems  Chiefly  Religious,  1833. 


1089     National  hymn.  6, 4 

MY  country !  'tis  of  thee, 
Sweet  land  of  liberty, 
Of  thee  I  sing : 
Land  where  my  fathers  died! 
Land  of  the  pilgrim's  pride ! 
From  every  mountain  side 
Let  freedom  ring ! 

2  My  native  country,  thee, 
Land  of  the  noble,  free, 

Thy  name  I  love ; 
I  love  thy  rocks  and  rills, 
Thy  woods  and  templed  hills: 
My  heart  with  rapture  thrills 
Like  that  above. 

3  Let  music  swell  the  breeze, 
And  ring  from  all  the  trees 

Sweet  freedom's  song: 
Let  mortal  tongues  awake ; 
Let  all  that  breathe  partake; 
Let  rocks  their  silence  break, 

The  sound  prolong. 

4  Our  father's  God !  to  thee, 
Author  of  liberty, 

To  thee  we  sing : 
Long  may  our  land  be  bright 
With  freedom's  holy  light ; 
Protect  us  by  thy  might, 
Great  God,  our  King ! 

SAMUEL  P.  SMITH. 

The  author,  in  a  letter  to  the  editor  of  this  book, 
says :  "It  was  written  in  February,  1832,  while  I 
was  a  student  in  Andover  Theological  Seminary. 

...  It  was  first  used  publicly  at  a  children's 
celebration  of  July  4,  in  Park  Street  Church,  Bos- 


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ton,  in  1832.  There  was,  on  my  part,  no  thought 
that  it  would  ever  become  a  national  hymn." 

As  long  as  patriotism  lives  this  hymn  will  be 
sung. 

For  biographical,  sketch  of  author,  see  No.  92. 

1090       Our  native  land.  6, 4. 

GOD  bless  our  native  land ! 
Firm  may  she  ever  stand, 
Through  storm  and  night : 
When  the  wild  tempests  rave, 
Ruler  of  wind  and  wave, 
Do  thou  our  country  save 
By  thy  great  might ! 

2  For  her  our  prayer  shall  rise 
To  God,  above  the  skies ; 

On  him  we  wait : 
Thou  who  art  ever  nigh, 
Guarding  with  watchful  eye, 
To  thee  aloud  we  cry, 

God  save  the  State ! 

CHARLES  T.  BROOKS 
AND  JOHN  S.  D WIGHT. 

The  credit  of  writing  this  gem  of  song  does  not 
belong  to  Mr.  Dwight  alone.  It  was  translated 
from  the  German  by  the  Rev.  Charles  T.  Brooks, 
while  a  member  of  the  Divinity  School  at  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.  Soon  after  that  it  was  altered  in 
some  of  its  lines,  especially  those  of  the  last 
stanza,  by  the  Rev.  John  Sullivan  Dwight,  and 
came  into  popular  use. 

For  the  above  information  we  are  largely  mT 
debted  to  Singers  and  Songs  of  the  Liberal  Faith. 
Rev.  Alfred  P.  Putnam.    Boston,  1875. 

The  Rev.  Charles  Timothy  Brooks  was  born  in 
Salem,  Mass.,  in  1813;  was  graduated  at  Harvard 
College  in  1832,  and  at  the  Divinity  School  in 
1835 ;  and  was  pastor  of  the  Unitarian  church  in 
Newport,  R.  I.,  from  1836 till  1871.  He  died  June 
14,  1883. 

The  Rev.  John  Sullivan  Dwight  was  born  in 
Boston  in  the  same  year  as  Mr.  Brooks— 1813 ;  and 
was  graduated  at  Harvard  in  the  same  class,  1832. 
After  completing  his  theological  studies  at  Cam- 
bridge, he  preached  about  five  or  six  years.  Since 
that  time  he  has  made  literature  a  profession.  He 
is  a  son  of  the  Rev.  Timothy  Dwight.   Died  1893. 


1091   Pardon  for  national  sins.         8,  7. 

DKEAD  Jehovah !  God  of  nations ! 
From  thy  temple  in  the  skies, 
Hear  thy  people's  supplications ; 
Now  for  their  deliverance  rise. 

2  Lo !  with  deep  contrition  turning, 

In  thy  holy  place  we  bend; 
Hear  us,  fasting,  praying,  mourning ; 

Hear  us,  spare  us,  and  defend. 


3  Though  our  sins,  our  hearts  confounding, 
Long  and  loud  for  vengeance  call, 

Thou  hast  mercy  more  abounding; 
Jesus'  blood  can  cleanse  them  all. 

4  Let  that  mercy  veil  transgression ; 
Let  that  blood  our  guilt  efface : 

Save  thy  people  from  oppression; 
Save  from  spoil  thy  holy  place. 

UNKNOWN. 

This  hymn  appeared  in  The  Christian  Observer, 
1804,  with  the  signature  C.  F. 

The  original  had  eight  more  lines.  One  line  has 
been  changed. 

Verse  two,  line  three,  was : 

"Fasting,  praying,  weeping,  mourning." 


1092         Prayer  for  peace.  11, 10,  9. 

GOD,  the  All-Terrible !  thou  who  ordainest 
Thunder  thy  clarion,  and  lightning  thy 
sword ; 

Show  forth  thy  pity  on  high  where  thou 
reignest ; 

Give  to  us  peace  in  our  time,  O  Lord. 

2  God,  the  Omnipotent !  mighty  Avenger, 
Watching  invisible,  judging  unheard ; 

Saves  us  in  mercy,  O  save  us  from  danger ; 
Give  to  us  peace  in  our  time,  O  Lord. 

3  God,  the  All-Merciful !  earth  hath  forsaken 
Thy  ways  all  holy,  and  slighted  thy  word ; 

Let  not  thy  wrath  in  its  terror  awaken ; 
Give  to  us  pardon  and  peace,  O  Lord, 

4  So  will  thy  people,  with  thankful  devo- 

tion, 

Praise  him  who  saved  them  from  peril  and 
sword, 

Shouting  in  chorus,  from  ocean  to  ocean, 
Peace  to  the  nations,  and  praise  to  the 
Lord. 

HENRY  F.  CHORLEY. 

Title  :  Prayer  for  Peace. 

I  have  not  seen  the  author's  original  writings. 

The  text  of  this  hymn  is  the  same  as  is  given  in 
A  Library  of  Religious  Poetry,  edited  by  Philip 
Schaff,  D.l).,'and  Arthur  Gilman,  A.M.,  New  York, 
1881 ;  and  is  probably  correct. 

Henry  Fothergill  Chorley  was  born  at  Blackley- 
hurst,  Lancashire,  in  1808  ;  and  was  educated  at  the 
Royal  Institution,  Liverpool.  In  1834  he  went  to 
London  to  take  a  place  on  the  staff  of  the  Athenceum, 
and  for  thirty-five  years  retained  this  connection. 
He  was  the  author  of  some  novels,  and  about  one 
hundred  songs.    He  died  in  1872. 


422  HYMN  STUDIES. 


1093    Thanksgiving  «horal.  7. 

SWELL  the  anthem,  raise  the  song; 
Praises  to  our  God  belong ; 
Saints  and  angels  join  to  sing 
Praises  to  the  heavenly  King. 

2  Blessings  from  his  liberal  hand 
Flow  around  this  happy  land : 
Kept  by  him,  no  foes  annoy ; 
Peace  and  freedom  we  enjoy. 

3  Here,  beneath  a  virtuous  sway 
May  we  cheerfully  obey; 
Never  feel  oppression's  rod, 
Ever  own  and  worship  God. 

4  Hark!  the  voice  of  nature  sings 
Praises  to  the  King  of  kings ; 
Let  us  join  the  choral  song, 

And  the  grateful  notes  prolong. 

NATHAN  STRONG,  ALT. 

Title :  Thanksgiving  Hymn. 

This  is  the  last  hymn  in  the  Hartford  Selection, 
edited  in  1799  by  Dr.  Strong  and  others.  Several 
lines  have  been  changed. 

Original  : 
Verse  one,  line  four : 

"  Praise  to  heaven's  Almighty  King." 

Verse  two,  lines  two,  three,  and  four  : 

"  Pour  around  this  happy  land  ; 
Let  our  hearts  beneath  his  sivay, 
Hail  the  bright,  triumphant  day.'1'' 

Verse  three,  lines  two,  three,  and  four : 

"Subjects  cheerfully  obey, 
Here  we  feel  no  tyrant's  rod, 
Here  we  own  ana  worship  God." 

Verse  four,  line  four : 

"  And  the  heavenly  notes  prolong." 

The  omitted,  stanzas  are  significant : 

3  "  Lo  !  the  trembling  nations  stand, 
Smote  by  thy  avenging  hand, 

O'er  the  wide  extended  plains, 
Awful  desolation  reigns. 

4  "  Yet  to  thee  our  joys  ascend, 
Thou  has  been  our  neav'nly  friend  ! 
Guarded  by  thy  mighty  power, 
Peace  and  freedom  bless  our  shore." 

The  Rev.  Nathan  Strong,  D.D.,  a  Congregational 
minister,  was  born  in  Connecticut  in  1748 ;  was 
graduated  at  Yale  College  in  1769;  and  in  1773 
was  ordained  pastor  of  the  First  Church,  Hartford, 
where  he  remained  until  his  death,  in  1816.  He 
wrote  several  hymns,  and  was  also  a  prose  author. 


1094      Mercy  implored.  CM. 

GREAT  King   of  nations,  hear  our 
prayer, 
While  at  thy  feet  we  fall, 
And  humbly,  with  united  cry, 
To  thee  for  mercy  call. 

2  The  guilt  is  ours,  but  grace  is  thine, 
O  turn  us  not  away ; 

But  hear  us  from  thy  lofty  throne, 
And  help  us  when  we  pray. 

3  Our  fathers'  sins  were  manifold, 
And  ours  no  less  we  own, 

Yet  wondrously  from  age  to  age 
Thy  goodness  hath  been  shown. 

4  When  dangers,  like  a  stormy  sea, 
Beset  our  country  round, 

To  thee  we  looked,  to  thee  we  cried, 
And  help  in  thee  was  found. 

5  With  one  consent  we  meekly  bow 
Beneath  thy  chastening  hand, 

And,  pouring  forth  confession  meet, 
Mourn  with  our  mourning  land. 

6  With  pitying  eye  behold  our  need, 
As  thus  we  lift  our  prayer; 

Correct  us  with  thy  judgments,  Lord, 
Then  let  thy  mercy  spare. 

JOHN  H.  GURNEY. 

Author's  title:  Fast  Day  ;  or,  Time  of  Public 
Calamity. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire,  from  the  author's  Col- 
lection of  Hymns  for  Public  Worship,  1838. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  the  Rev.  John  Hamp- 
den Gurney,  see  No.  590. 


1095  For  protection  in  pestilence.  CM. 

IK  grief  and  fear  to  thee,  O  Lord, 
We  now  for  succor  fly ; 
Thine  awful  judgments  are  abroad, 
O  shield  us,  lest  we  die. 

2  The  fell  disease  on  every  side 
Walks  forth  with  tainted  breath ; 

And  pestilence,  with  rapid  stride, 
Bestrews  the  land  with  death. 

3  O  look  with  pity  on  the  scene 
Of  sadness  and  of  dread  ; 

And  let  thine  angel  stand  between 
The  living  and  the  dead. 


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423 


4  With  contrite  hearts,  to  thee,  our  King, 
We  turn  who  oft  have  strayed ; 

Accept  the  sacrifice  we  bring, 
And  let  the  plague  be  stayed. 

WILLIAM  BULLOCK. 

Title :  The  Church  in  Plague  or  Pestilence. 

"  God  is  our  refuge  and  strength,  a  very  present 
nelp  in  trouble."    rsa.  xlvi,  1. 

The  author  wrote,  verse  one,  line  three : 

"  And  while  Thy  judgments  are  abroad ; " 

and  "thy"  instead  of  "thine,"  in  verse  three,  line 
three. 

One  stanza,  the  third,  is  omitted  : 

3  "  Our  sins  Thy  dreadful  anger  raise, 

Our  deeds  Thy  wrath  deserve ; 
But  we  repent,  and  from  Thy  ways 

We  never  more  will  swerve." 

From  Songs  of  the  Church,  by  the  Rev.  William 
Bullock.    Halifax,  Nova  Scotia,  1854.  - 

Dr.  Bullock,  born  in  1798,  was  for  many  years  a 
missionary,  sent  out  by  the  Church  of  England, 
and  was  appointed  Dean  of  Nova  Scotia,  where  he 
labored.  His  hymns,  he  says,  "were  written 
amid  the  various  scenes  of  missionary  life,  and 
were  intended  for  the  private  and  domestic  use  of 
Christians  in  new  countries."    He  died  in  1874. 


1096  Impending  judgments.        C.  M. 

COME,  let  our  souls  adore  the  Lord, 
Whose  judgments  yet  delay; 
Who  yet  suspends  the  lifted  sword, 
And  gives  us  time  to  pray. 

2  Great  is  our  guilt,  our  fears  are  great, 
But  let  us  not  despair ; 

Still  open  is  the  mercy-seat 
To  penitence  and  prayer. 

3  Kind  Intercessor,  to  thy  love 
This  blessed  hope  we  owe : 

O  let  thy  merits  plead  above, 
While  we  implore  below. 

4  Though  justice  near  thy  awful  throne 
Attends  thy  dread  command, 

Lord,  hear  thy  servants,  hear  thy  Son, 
And  save  a  guilty  land. 

ANNE  STEELE. 

Title  :  Pleading  for  Mercy. 
Written  on  the  Fast,  February  11,  1757.  The 
second  and  fifth  stanzas  have  been  left  out : 

2  "In  armies,  fleets,  or  strong  allies, 

No  more  we  place  our  trust ; 
On  God  alone,  our  hope  relies, 

Kind,  potent,  wise,  and  just, 


5  "  O  gracious  God,  for  Jesus'  sake, 

Attend  thy  Britain's  cry  ; 
Nor  let  the  kindling  vengeance  break 

Destructive  from  thine  eye." 

The  author  wrote  verse  one,  line  four : 

"  And  give  us  leave  to  pray." 

From  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly  Devotional,  by 
Theodosia.    London,  1760. 
See  No.  63. 


1097  cm. 

National  deliverance  ascribed  to  God. 

OLORD,  our  fathers  oft  have  told, 
In  our  attentive  ears, 
Thy  wonders  in  their  days  performed, 
And  in  more  ancient  years. 

2  'Twas  not  their  courage,  nor  their  sword, 

To  them  salvation  gave; 
'Twas  not  their  number,  nor  their  strength, 
That  did  their  country  save. 

3  But  thy  right  hand,  thy  powerful  arm, 
Whose  succor  they  implored ; 

Thy  providence  protected  them, 
Who  thy  great  name  adored. 

4  As  thee  their  God  our  fathers  owned, 
So  thou  art  still  our  King ; 

O,  therefore,  as  thou  didst  to  them, 
To  us  deliverance  bring. 

5  To  thee  the  glory  we  ascribe, 
From  whom  salvation  came ; 

In  God,  our  shield,  we  will  rejoice, 
And  ever  bless  thy  name. 

TATE  AND  BRADY,  ALT. 

A  paraphrase  of  the  first  eight  verses  of  Psa.  xliv : 

"  We  have  heard  with  our  ears,  O  God,  our  fathers 
have  told  us,  what  work  thou  didst  in  their  days, 
in  the  times  of  old.  How  thou  didst  drive  out  the 
heathen  with  thy  hand,  and  plantedst  them ;  how 
thou  didst  afflict  the  people,  and  cast  them  out.  For 
they  got  not  the  land  in  possession  by  their  own 
sword,  neither  did  their  own  arm  save  them :  but 
thy  right  hand,  and  thine  arm,  and  the  light  of  thy 
countenance,  because  thou  hadst  a  favor  unto  them. 
Thou  art  my  King,  O  God  :  command  deliverances 
for  Jacob.  Through  thee  will  we  push  down  our 
enemies :  through  thy  name  will  we  tread  them 
under  that  rise  up  against  us.  For  I  will  not  trust 
in  my  bow,  neither  shall  my  sword  save  me.  But 
thou  hast  saved  us  from  our  enemies,  and  has  put 
them  to  shame  that  hated  us.  In  God  we  boast  all 
the  day  long,  and  praise  thy  name  for  ever." 

Three  stanzas  have  been  omitted,  and  verbal 
changes  made  in  eleven  lines,    Date,  1696. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


1098  Prayer  for  our  native  land.         C.  M. 

LORD,  while  for  all  mankind  we  pray, 
Of  every  clime  and  coast, 
O  hear  us  for  our  native  land, — 
The  land  we  love  the  most. 

2  O  guard  our  shores  from  every  foe ; 
With  peace  our  borders  bless, 

Our  cities  with  prosperity, 
Our  fields  with  plenteousness. 

3  Unite  us  in  the  sacred  love 

Of  knowledge,  truth,  and  thee; 
And  let  our  hills  and  valleys  shout 
The  songs  of  liberty. 

4  Lord  of  the  nations,  thus  to  thee 
Our  country  we  commend ; 

Be  thou  her  refuge  and  her  trust, 
Her  everlasting  friend. 

JOHN  R.  WREFORD. 

Title :  Prayer  for  Our  Country. 

This  was  one  of  fifty-five  hymns  which  the  au- 
thor contributed  to  a  Unitarian  Collection,  edited 
by  Dr.  J.  R.  Beard,  entitled  A  Collection  of  Hymns 
for  Public  and  Private  Worship,  1837. 

Verse  two,  line  three,  the  author  wrote : 

"  With  prosperous  times  our  cities  crown.11 

Two  stanzas,  the  second  and  fifth,  have  been 
omitted : 

2  "  Our  father's  sepulchers  are  here, 

And  here  our  kindred  dwell : 
Our  children  too ; — how  should  we  love 

Another  land  so  well  ? 

5  "  Here  may  religion  pure  and  mild 

Upon  our  S;ibbaths  smile  ; 
And  piety  and  virtue  reign, 

And  bless  our  native  isle." 

It  was  written  in  England,  and  for  England,  about 
the  time  of  the  coronation  of  Queen  Victoria ;  but  it 
is  appropriate  for  the  use  of  Christian  patriots  in 
other  lands.  Wreford  was  a  Unitarian  minister 
(1800-1881).   

1099  Strong  to  heal  and  save.         C.  M. 

rnHINE  arm,  O  Lord,  in  days  of  old 
X  Was  strong  to  heal  and  save ; 
It  triumphed  o'er  disease  and  death, 

O'er  darkness  and  the  grave : 
To  thee  they  went,  the  blind  the  dumb, 

The  palsied  and  the  lame, 
The  leper  with  his  tainted  life, 

The  sick  with  fevered  frame. 

2  And  lo,  thy  touch  brought  life  and  health, 
Gave  speech,  and  strength,  and  sight ; 

And  youth  renewed  and  frenzy  calmed 
Owned  thee,  the  Lord  of  light : 


And  now,  O  Lord,  be  near  to  bless, 

Almighty  as  of  yore, 
In  crowded  street,  by  restless  couch, 

As  by  Gennesareth's  shore. 

3  Be  thou  our  great  Deliverer  still, 

Thou  Lord  of  life  and  death ; 
Kestore  and  quicken,  soothe  and  bless 

With  thine  almighty  breath. 
To  hands  that  work,  and  eyes  that  see, 

Give  wisdom's  heavenly  lore, 
That  whole  and  sick,  and  weak  and  strong, 

May  praise  thee  evermore. 

EDWARD  H.  PLUMPTRE. 

The  Rev.  Edward  Hayes  Plumptre,  Professor  of 
Divinity,  and  Chaplain  in  King's  College,  England, 
was  born  in  1821.  He  has  written  several  works  in 
prose  and  poetry.  This  hymn  is  not  altered,  but 
one  stanza,  the  third,  has  been  omitted : 

"  Though  Love  and  Might  no  longer  heal, 

By  touch  or  word  or  look ; 
Though  they  who  do  Thy  work  must  read 

Thy  laws  in  nature's  book : 
Yet  come  to  heal  the  sick  man's  soul, 

Come,  cleanse  the  leprous  taint, 
Give  joy  and  peace — wPiere  all  is  strife, 

And  strength — where  all  is  faint." 

It  was  written  in  1865.  Prof.  Plumptre  died  in 
Jan.,  1891. 


1100        National  blessings.  L.  M. 

GREAT  God  of  nations,  now  to  thee 
Our  hymn  of  gratitude  we  raise ; 
With  humble  heart,  and  bending  knee, 
We  offer  thee  our  song  of  praise. 

2  Tlry  name  we  bless,  Almighty  God, 
For  all  the  kindness  thou  hast  shown 

To  this  fair  land  the  pilgrims  trod, — 
This  land  we  fondly  call  our  own. 

3  Here  freedom  spreads  her  banner  wide, 
And  casts  her  soft  and  hallowed  ray; 

Here  thou  our  fathers'  steps  didst  guide 
In  safety  through  their  dangerous  way. 

4  We  praise  thee  that  the  gospel's  light 
Through  all  our  land  its  radiance  sheds; 

Dispels  the  shades  of  error's  night, 

And  heavenly  blessings  round  us  spreads. 

5  Great  God,  preserve  us  in  thy  fear ; 
In  danger  still  our  guardian  be; 

O  spread  thy  truth's  bright  precepts  here; 
Let  all  the  people  worship  thee. 

ALFRED  A.  WOODHULL,  ALT. 


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425 


This  hymn  has  long  been  "unknown."  Dr. 
Edwin  F.  Hatfield  says  that  it  was  written  by 
Alfred  Alexander  Woodhull,  M.D.,  and  published 
in  the  Presbyterian  Psalms  and  Hymns,  1828. 

The  author  wrote  the  first  line  : 
"  God  of  the  passing  year  to  Thee." 

Every  verse  has  been  altered,  and  one  stanza,  the 
fifth,  omitted. 

"  When  foes  without,  and  foes  within, 
With  threatening  ills  our  land  have  pressed, 

Thou  hast  our  nation's  bulwark  been, 
And,  smiling,  sent  us  peaceful  rest." 

Dr.  Woodhull  lived  from  1810  to  1836,  and  prac- 
ticed medicine  for  a  time  at  Princeton,  N.  J. 


1101  Thanksgiving  for  national  peace.  L.  M. 

GREAT  Ruler  of  the  earth  and  skies, 
A  word  of  thine  almighty  breath 
Can  sink  the  world,  or  hid  it  rise : 
Thy  smile  is  life,  thy  frown  is  death. 

2  When  angry  nations  rush  to  arms, 
And  rage,  and  noise,  and  tumult  reign, 

And  war  resounds  its  dire  alarms, 

And  slaughter  dyes  the  hostile  plain, — 

3  Thy  sovereign  eye  looks  calmly  down, 
And  marks  their  course,  and  bounds  their 

power ; 

Thy  law  the  angry  nations  own, 

And  noise  and  war  are  heard  no  more. 

4  Then  peace  returns  with  balmy  wing ; 
Sweet  peace,  with  her  what  blessings  fled ! 

Glad  plenty  laughs,  the  valleys  sing, 
Reviving  commerce  lifts  her  head. 

5  To  thee  we  pay  our  grateful  songs ; 
Thy  kind  protection  still  implore : 

O  may  our  hearts,  and  lives,  and  tongues, 
Confess  thy  goodness,  and  adore. 

ANNE  STEELE. 
Title  :  Praise  for  National  Peace. 

"  He  maketh  wars  to  cease  unto  the  end  of  the 
earth  ;  he  breaketh  the  bow,  and  cutteth  the  spear 
in  sunder;  he  burneth  the  chariot  in  the  fire." 
Psa.  xlvi,  9. 

The  author  wrote,  verse  two,  line  four: 

"  And  slaughter  spreads  the  hostile  plain." 

The  fifth  stanza  is  omitted.  It  was  probably  too 
Calvinistic  to  suit  the  taste  of  the  editors,  who 
introduced  it  into  our  hymn  book  in  1849  : 

5  "  Thou  good,  and  wise,  and  righteous  Lord, 

All  move  subservient  to  thy  will ; 
And  peace  and  war  await  thy  word, 

And  thy  sublime  decrees  fulfill." 

From  Poems  on  Subjects  Chiefly  Devotional,  by 
Theodosia.    London,  1760.  See  No.  63. 


1102  Give  peace,  0  God.  L.  M. 

0GOD  of  love,  O  King  of  peace, 
Make  wars  throughout  the  world  to 

cease ; 

The  wrath  of  sinful  man  restrain ; 
Give  peace,  O  God,  give  peace  again. 

2  Remember,  Lord,  thy  works  of  old, 
The  wonders  that  our  fathers  told; 
Remember  not  our  sin's  dark  stain ; 
Give  peace,  O  God,  give  peace  again, 

3  Whom  shall  we  trust  but  thee,  O  Lord? 
Where  rest  but  on  thy  faithful  word? 
None  ever  called  on  thee  in  vain ; 

Give  peace,  O  God,  give  peace  again. 

4  Where  saints  and  angels  dwell  above, 
All  hearts  are  knit  in  holy  love ; 

O  bind  us  in  that  heavenly  chain ; 
Give  peace,  O  God,  give  peace  again. 

SIR  HENRY  W.  BAKER. 

Title :  The  Lord  shall  give  His  people  the  blessing 
of  peace. 

Contributed  to  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modem, 
1861.  The  author  was  one  of  the  editors  of  that 
valuable  hymnal. 

See  No.  91. 


1103    God,  the  nations  guardian.    L.  M. 

GREAT  God!  beneath  whose  piercing  eye 
The  earth's  extended  kingdoms  lie ; 
Whose  favoring  smile  upholds  them  all, 
Whose  anger  smites  them,  and  they  fall ; 

2  We  bow  before  thy  heavenly  throne ; 
Thy  power  we  see,  thy  greatness  own; 
Yet,  cherished  by  thy  milder  voice, 
Our  bosoms  tremble  and  rejoice. 

3  Thy  kindness  to  our  fathers  shown 
Their  children's  children  long  shall  own; 
To  thee,  with  grateful  hearts,  shall  raise 
The  tribute  of  exulting  praise. 

4  Led  on  by  thine  unerring  aid, 
Secure  the  paths  of  life  we  tread ; 
And,  freely  as  the  vital  air, 

Thy  first  and  noblest  bounties  share. 

5  Great  God,  our  Guardian,  Guide,  and 

Friend ! 

O  still  thy  sheltering  arm  extend ; 
Preserved  by  thee  for  ages  past, 
For  ages  let  thy  kindness  last ! 

WILLIAM  ROSCOE,  ALT. 


426  HYMN  STUDIES. 


In  this  form  the  hymn  has  been  in  use  at  least 
since  18.31.  It  was  written  in  long  particular  meter. 
Here  is  the  first  stanza  of  the  original : 

1  "  Great  God,  beneath  whose  piercing  eye 
The  world's  extended  kingdoms  lie, 

We  bow  before  thy  heavenly  throne  ; 
Thy  favoring  smile  upholds  them  all ; 
Thine  anger  smites  them  and  they  fall ; 

Thy  power  we  see,  thy  greatness  own." 

William  Eoscoe,  an  English  author,  was  born  in 
1753.  By  profession  he  was  a  lawyer,  but  his 
favorite  pursuit  was  literature.  He  died  in  1831. 
Written  in  1788  for  the  Centennial  celebration  of 
the  English  Kevolution. 


1  1  04:  In  time  of  war.  L.  M. 

NOW  may  the  God  of  grace  and  power 
Attend  his  people's  humble  cry ; 
Defend  them  in  the  needful  hour, 
And  send  deliverance  from  on  high. 

2  In  his  salvation  is  our  hope ; 
And  in  the  name  of  Israel's  God 

Our  troops  shall  lift  their  banners  up, 
Our  navies  spread  their  flags  abroad. 

3  Some  trust  in  horses  trained  for  war, 
And  some  of  chariots  make  their  boasts ; 

Our  surest  expectations  are 

From  thee,  the  Lord  of  heavenly  hosts. 

4  Then,  save  us,  Lord,  from  slavish  fear, 
And  let  our  trust  be  firm  and  strong, 

Till  thy  salvation  shall  appear, 

And  hymns  of  peace  conclude  our  song. 

ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT. 

Title :  Frayer,  and  Hope  of  Victory. 
It  is  founded  on  Psa.  xx. 

Verses  two,  three,  and  six  are  omitted,  and  the 
first  and  last  stanzas  considerably  altered.  Watts 
wrote : 

1  "  Now  may  the  God  of  poiver  and  grace 
Attend  his  people's  humble  cry  : 

Jehovah  hears  when  Israel  prays, 
And  brings  deliverance  from  on  high." 

4  "  Wow  save  us,  Lord  !  from  slavish  fear, 
Now  let  our  hopes  be  firm  and  strong, 

Til]  thy  salvation  shall  appear, 
And^'o^  and  triumph  raise  the  song." 

Published  in  1719. 


1105    Trust  in  our  fathers'  God.     L.  M. 

TO  thee,  O  God,  whose  guiding  hand 
Our  fathers  led  across  the  sea, 
And  brought  them  to  this  barren  shore, 
Where  they  might  freely  worship  thee, — 


2  To  thee,  O  God,  whose  arm  sustained 
Their  footsteps  in  this  desert  land, 

Where  sickness  lurked  and  death  assailed, 
And  foes  beset  on  every  hand, — 

3  To  thee,  O  God,  we  lift  our  eyes, 
To  thee  our  grateful  voices  raise, 

And,  kneeling  at  thy  gracious  throne, 
Devoutly  join  in  hymns  of  praise. 

4  Our  fathers'  God,  incline  thine  ear, 
And  listen  to  our  heartfelt  prayer ; 

Surround  us  with  thy  heavenly  grace, 
And  guard  us  with  thy  constant  care. 

5  Our  fathers'  God,  in  thee  we'll  trust, 
Sheltered  by  thee  from  every  harm ; 

We'll  follow  where  thy  hand  shall  guide, 
And  lean  on  thy  sustaining  arm. 

WILLIAM  T.  DAVIS. 

Title :  Our  Fathers'  God. 

This  hymn  was  written  for  the  Two  Hundred 
and  Fiftieth  Anniversary  of  the  Landing  of  the 
Pilgrims  at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  Dec.  21, 1870. 

The  Hon.  William  T.  Davis,  a  lawyer  by  profes- 
sion, was  born  at  Plymouth  in  1822,  and  was  grad- 
uated at  Harvard  College  in  1842. 


1106  Household  love.  7,  6. 

0LOVE,  divine  and  tender ! 
That  through  our  homes  doth  move, 
Veiled  in  the  softened  splendor 

Of  holy  household  love : 
A  throne,  without  thy  blessing, 

Were  labor  without  rest, 
And  cottages,  possessing 
Thy  blessedness,  are  blest. 

2  God  bless  these  hands  united, 

God  bless  these  hearts  made  one ; 
Unsevered  and  unblighted 

May  they  through  life  go  on : 
Here,  in  earth's  home,  preparing 

For  the  bright  home  above, 
And  then,  forever  sharing 

Its  joy,  where  "  God  is  love." 

JOHN  S.  B.  MONSELL. 

Author's  title :  Holy  Matrimony. 

"Love  is  strong  as  death.  .  .  .  Many  waters  cannot 
quench  love,  neither  can  the  floods  drown  it :  if  a 
man  would  give  all  the  substance  of  his  house  for 
love,  it  would  utterly  be  contemned."  Cant,  viii, 
6,7. 

The  original  has  five  stanzas.  These  are  verses 
three  and  five,  unaltered. 

From  the  author's  Hymns  of  Love  and  Praise, 
London.    First  edition,  1S62. 

See  IsTo.  232. 


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427 


1107        Marriage  hymn. 
"OW  welcome  was  the  call, 


L.  M. 


And  sweet  the  festal  lay. 
When  Jesus  deigned  in  Cana's  hall 
To  bless  the  marriage  day ! 

2  And  happy  was  the  bride, 

And  glad  the  bridegroom's  heart, 
For  he  who  tarried  at  their  side 
Bade  grief  and  ill  depart. 

3  His  gracious  power  divine 
The  water  vessels  knew ; 

And  plenteous  was  the  mystic  wine 
The  wondering  servants  drew. 

4  O  Lord  of  life  and  love, 
Come  thou  again  to-day; 

And  bring  a  blessing  from  above 
That  ne'er  shall  pass  away. 

5  O  bless,  as  erst  of  old, 

The  bridegroom  and  the  bride ; 
Bless  with  the  holier  stream  that  flowed 
Forth  from  thy  pierced  side. 

6  Before  thine  altar-throne 
This  mercy  we  implore ; 

As  thou  dost  knit  them,  Lord,  in  one, 
So  bless  them  evermore. 

SIB,  HENRY  W.  BAKER. 


"  Both  Jesus  was  called,  and  his  disciples,  to  the 
marriage."    John  ii,  2. 

Contributed  to  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modem  in 
1861. 

For  biographical  sketch  of  the  author,  see  No.  91. 


1108  For  those  in  peril  on  the  sea.  L.  M.  61. 

ETERNAL  Father!  strong  to  save, 
Whose  arm  hath  bound   the  restless 
wave, 

Who  bidd'st  the  mighty  ocean  deep 
Its  own  appointed  limits  keep ; 
O  hear  us  when  we  cry  to  thee 
For  those  in  peril  on  the  sea. 

2  O  Christ !  whose  voice  the  waters  heard, 
And  hushed  their  raging  at  thy  word, 
Who  walkedst  on  the  foaming  deep, 
And  calm  amidst  its  rage  did  sleep ; 
O  hear  us  when  we  cry  to  thee 
For  those  in  peril  on  the  sea. 


3  O  Holy  Spirit !  who  didst  brood 
Upon  the  chaos  dark  and  rude, 
And  bid  its  angry  tumult  cease, 
And  give,  for  wild  confusion,  peace; 
O  hear  us  when  we  cry  to  thee 

For  those  in  peril  on  the  sea. 

4  O  Trinity  of  love  and  power ! 

Our  brethren  shield  in  danger's  hour ; 
From  rock  and  tempest,  fire  and  foe, 
Protect  them  wheresoe'er  they  go ; 
Thus  evermore  shall  rise  to  thee 
Glad  hymns  of  praise  from  land  and  sea. 

WILLIAM  WHITING,  ALT. 


Contributed  to  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern, 
(1861,)  but  altered  considerably  by  the  editors  of 
that  book. 

Obigikal. 

1  11 0  Thou  who  bidd'st  the  ocean  deep 
Its  own  appointed  limits  keep. 
Thou  who  dost  bind  the  restless  wave, 
Eternal  Father  strong  to  save, 
O  hear  us  when  we  cry  to  Thee 
For  all  in  peril  on  the  sea." 

Verse  two,  lines  one,  two,  four,  and  six : 

"  0  Saviour  whose  Almighty  Word 
The  winds  and  weaves  submissive  heard," 
"  And  calm  amid  its  rage  didst  sleep." 
"  For  all  in  peril  on  the  sea." 

Verse  three,  lines  one,  three,  four,  and  six : 

"  0  sacred  Spirit  who  didst  brood." 
"  Who  bad'st  its  angry  tumult  cease, 
And  light  diffused,  and  life  and  peace." 
"  For  all  in  peril  on  the  sea." 

Verse  four,  lines  three,  four,  and  five  : 

"  From  rock  and  tempest  them  defend ; 
To  safety's  harbor  them  attend; 
And  ever  let  there  rise  to  Thee." 

William  Whiting,  Esq.,  was  born  in  1825;  and 
for  many  years  was  Head  Master  of  Winchester 
School,  England.    He  died  1878. 


1109  Safe  with  Jesus  in  the  ship.      7,  6,  -8. 

LORD  of  earth,  and  air,  and  sea, 
Supreme  in  power  and  grace, 
Under  thy  protection  we 

Our  souls  and  bodies  place. 
Bold  and  unknown  land  to  try, 

We  launch  into  the  foaming  deep; 
Rocks,  and  storms,  and  deaths  defy, 
With  Jesus  in  the  ship. 


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2  Who  the  calm  can  understand, 

In  a  believer's  breast? 
In  the  hollow  of  His  hand 

Our  souls  securely  rest : 
Winds  may  rise,  and  seas  may  roar; 

We  on  his  love  our  spirits  stay ; 
Him  with  quiet  joy  adore 

Whom  winds  and  seas  obey." 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title  :  At  Going  on  Shipboard. 

This  is  one  of  the  many  hymns  that  the  author 
left  in  manuscript,  and  was  first  published  in  a  Sup- 
plement to  the  Collection  of  Hymns  for  the  use  of 
the  people  called  Methodists.    London,  1830. 

It  is  unaltered  and  entire. 


1110   He  holdeth  the  waters  in  his  hand.  8. 

OTHOU,  who  hast  spread  out  the  skies, 
And  measured  the  depth  of  the  sea, 
Our  incense  of  praise  shall  arise 

In  joyous  thanksgiving  to  thee. 
Forever  thy  presence  is  near, 

Though  heaves  our  bark  from  the  land ; 
We  ride  on  the  deep  without  fear ; 
The  waters  are  held  in  thy  hand. 

2  Eternity  comes  in  the  sound 

Of  billows  that  never  can  sleep ; 
Jehovah  encircles  us  round ; 

Omnipotence  walks  on  the  deep. 
Our  Father,  we  look  up  to  thee, 

As  on  toward  the  haven  we  roll ; 
And  faith  in  our  Pilot  shall  be 

An  anchor  to  steady  the  soul. 

HANNAH  F.  GOULD,  ALT. 

Author's  title  :  A  Hymn  at  Sea. 

Eleven  lines  out  of  the  sixteen  have  been  changed 
more  or  less,  and  two  four-lined  stanzas  omitted : 
their  place  is  between  those  of  the  hymn  : 

"  Though  not  since  the  morn  when  the  flood 

Poured  in,  this  vast  cavern  to  fill, 
Has  the  sea  ever  motionless  stood, 

Or  the  pulse  of  its  bosom  been  still. 

"  Inscribed  on  its  face  from  that  hour 

Thy  name  has  indelibly  shown, 
While  man,  while  he  worships  thy  power, 

Can  leave  not  a  trace  of  his  own." 

From  the  author's  Poems,  vol.  i.  Boston,  1832. 
For  biographical  sketch,  see  No.  90. 


1111  For  mariners.  L.  M. 

WHILE  o'er  the  deep  thy  servants  sail, 
Send  thou,  O  Lord,  the  prosperous 
gale;^ 

And  on  their  hearts,  wThere'er  they  go, 
O  let  thy  heavenly  breezes  blow. 


2  If  on  the  morning's  wings  they  fly, 
They  will  not  pass  beyond  thine  eye : 

The  wanderer's  prayer  thou  bend'st  to 
hear,- 

And  faith  exults  to  know  thee  near. 

3  When  tempests  rock  the  groaning  bark, 
O  hide  them  safe  in  Jesus'  ark ; 

When  in  the  tempting  port  they  ride, 
O  keep  them  safe  at  Jesus'  side. 

4  If  life's  wide  ocean  smile  or  roar, 
Still  guide  them  to  the  heavenly  shore ; 
And  grant  their  dust  in  Christ  may  sleep, 
Abroad,  at  home,  or  in  the  deep. 

GEORGE  BURGESS,  ALT. 

Author's  title  :  On  Sailing. 

In  1866  Bishop  Burgess  sailed  to  the  West  Indies 
far  his  health,  and  died  on  the  passage  home. 

This  hymn  was  written  for  himself,  and  records 
his  trust  in  God. 

The  first  stanza  the  author  wrote : 

"  Lord  in  thy  name  we  spread  the  sail, 
And  ash  f  rom  Thee  the  prosperous  gale ; 
And  on  our  hearts  where'er  we  go 
Oh,  let  thy  Spirit's  wind  but  blow  ! " 

The  last  couplet  of  the  third  stanza  was : 

When  in  the  tempting  port  ive  ride, 
Oh,  keepws  safe  at  Jesus'  side  ;" 

and  the  last  stanza : 

"  If  life's  wide  ocean  smile  or  roar, 
Still  guide  us  to  the  heavenly  shore  ; 
And  grant  our  dust  in  Christ  to  sleep, 
Far,  or  at  home,  or  in  the  deep  !  " 

From  the  author's  Poems.    Hartford,  1868. 
See  No.  579. 


1112  His  way  is  in  the  sea.         L.  M. 

LORD  of  the  wide,  extensive  main, 
Whose  power  the  wind,  the  sea,  con- 
trols, 

Whose  hand  doth  earth  and  heaven  sus- 
tain, 

Whose  Spirit  leads  believing  souls; 

2  'Tis  here  thine  unknows  paths  we  trace, 
Which  dark  to  human  eyes  appear; 

While  through  the  mighty  waves  we  pass, 
Faith  only  sees  that  God  is  here. 

3  Throughout  the  deep  thy  footsteps  shine ; 
We  own  thy  way  is  in  the  sea, 

O'erawed  by  majesty  divine, 
And  lost  in  thine  immensity. 


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4  Thy  wisdom  here  we  learn  to  adore ; 

Thine  everlasting  truth  we  prove ; 
Amazing  heights  of  boundless  power ; 

Unfathomable  depths  of  love. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Author's  title :  To  be  Sung  at  Sea. 

The  hymn  contains  ten  stanzas  ;  these  are  the 
first,  third,  fourth,  and  fifth. 

The  original  has  "2%  "  for  "  thine  "  in  each  of 
the  last  two  stanzas. 

It  is  probable  that  this  hymn  was  written  about 
the  time  the  Wesleys  sailed  for  America.  The 
second  stanza  reads  as  follows  : 

2  "  For  Thee  we  leave  our  native  shore, 
We  whom  Thy  love  delights  to  keep, 
In  other  worlds  Thy  works  explore, 
And  see  Thy  wonders  in  the  deep." 

From  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1740. 


1113  cm. 

God's  servants  safe  by  sea  or  land. 

HOW  are  thy  servants  blest,  O  Lord ! 
How  sure  is  their  defense ! 
Eternal  wisdom  is  their  guide, 
Their  help,  Omnipotence. 

2  In  foreign  realms,  and  lands  remote, 
Supported  by  thy  care, 

Through  burning  climes  they  pass  unhurt, 
And  breathe  in  tainted  air. 

3  "When  by  the  dreadful  tempest  borne 
High  on  the  broken  wave 

They  know  thou  art  not  slow  to  hear, 
Nor  impotent  to  save. 

4  The  storm  is  laid,  the  winds  retire, 
Obedient  to  thy  will ; 

The  sea,  that  roars  at  thy  command, 
At  thy  command  is  still. 

5  In  midst  of  dangers,  fears,  and  deaths, 
Thy  goodness  we'll  adore ; 

We'll  praise  thee  for  thy  mercies  past 
And  humbly  hope  for  more. 

6  Our  life,  while  thou  preserv'st  that  life, 
Thy  sacrifice  shall  be ; 

And  death,  when  death  shall  be  our  lot, 
Shall  join  our  souls  to  thee. 

JOSEPH  ADDISON,  ALT. 

The  original  has  ten  stanzas.  These  are  the  first 
two  and  the  last  four. 

Each  stanza,  except  the  first,  has  been  more  or 
less  altered. 

In  the  year  1700  the  author  went  abroad,  and  at 
the  conclusion  of  his  travels  wrote  this  ode.    It  was 


suggested  by  a  fearful  storm  on  the  Mediterranean. 
The  captain  of  the  vessel  gave  up  all  for  lost,  but 
Addison  resorted  to  prayer.  Two  of  the  omitted 
stanzas  explain  the  situation  : 

"  Confusion  dwelt  in  every  face, 

And  fear  in  every  heart ; 
When  waves  on  waves,  and  gulfs  on  gulfs, 

O'ercame  the  pilot's  art. 

"  Yet  then  from  all  my  griefs,  O  Lord, 

Thy  mercy  set  me  free, 
Whilst  in  the  confidence  of  prayer 

My  soul  took  hold  on  thee." 

First  published  in  the  Spectator,  No.  489,  1712. 
See  No.  138. 


1114      Save,  Lord,  or  we  perish.  12. 

WHEN  through  the  torn  sail  the  wild 
tempest  is  streaming, 
When  o'er  the  dark  wave  the  red  lightning 

is  gleaming, 
Nor  hope  lends  a  ray,  the  poor  seaman  to 
cherish, 

We  fly  to  our  Maker, — "  Save,  Lord,  or  we 
perish ! " 

2  O  Jesus,  once  tossed  on  the  breast  of  the 

billow, 

Aroused  by  the  shriek  of  despair  from  thy 
pillow, 

Now  seated  in  glory,  the  mariner  cherish 
Who  cries,  in  his  anguish,  'l  Save,  Lord,  or 
we  perish ! " 

3  And  O,  when  the  whirlwind  of  passion 

is  raging, 

When  sin  in  our  hearts  its  wild  warfare  is 
waging, 

Arise  in  thy  strength,  thy  redeemed  to 
cherish ; 

Eebuke  the  destroyer,  "Save,  Lord  or  we 
perish! " 

REGINALD  HEBER,  ALT. 

The  foundation  of  this  hymn  is,  of  course,  the 
narrative  of  Christ  stilling  the  tempest  on  the  Sea 
of  Galilee.  Matt,  viii,  23-26. 

Some  words  have  been  changed.  The  author 
wrote  "Help,  Lord,"  instead  of  "save,"  in  each 
stanza ;  in  verse  two,  last  line,  "  danger  "  instead 
of  "anguish;  "  and  in  the  second  line  of  the  last 
stanza: 

"  When  hell  in  our  heart   his  wild  warfare  is 
waging." 

From  Hymns  Written  and  Adapted  to  the  Week- 
ly Church  Service  of  the  Year,  1827. 
See  No.  62. 


430 


HTMX  STUDIES. 


1115  Embarking.  7. 

LORD,  whom  winds  and  seas  obey, 
Guide  us  through  the  watery  way; 
In  the  hollow  of  thy  hand 
Hide,  and  bring  us  safe  to  land. 

2  Jesus,  let  our  faithful  mind 
Rest,  on  thee  alone  reclined: 
Every  anxious  thought  repress ; 
Keep  our  souls  in  perfect  peace. 

3  Keep  the  souls  whom  now  we  leave ; 
Bid  them  to  each  other  cleave ; 

Bid  them  walk  on  life's  rough  sea ; 
Bid  them  come  by  faith  to  thee. 

4  Save,  till  all  these  tempests  end, 
All  who  on  thy  love  depend ; 
Waft  our  happy  spirits  o'er ; 
Land  us  on  the  heavenly  shore. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

Title:  At  Going  on  Shipboard. 

This  is  one  of  the  hymns  that  the  author  left  in 
manuscript,  and  was  first  published  in  the  Supple- 
ment to  the  Wesleyan  Collection,  in  1S30.  It  is  un- 
altered and  entire. 


1116    The  aged  disciple's  prayer.    L.  M. 

I TOO.  forewarned  by  Jesus'  love, 
Must  shortly  lay  my  body  down ; 
But  ere  my  soul  from  earth  remove, 
O  let  me  put  thine  image  on ! 

2  Saviour !  thy  meek  and  lowly  mind 
Be  to  thine  aged  servant  given; 

And  glad  I'll  drop  this  tent,  to  find 
My  everlasting  house  in  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  is  one  of  the  Short  Hyrn  ns  on  Select  Passages 
of  the  Holy  Scriptures.  It  is  written  on  2  Peter  i,  14: 

i:  Shortly  I  must  put  off  this  my  tabernacle,  even 
as  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  hath  showed  me." 


1117      Aged  and  helpless.      L.  M.  6  L 

IX  age  and  feebleness  extreme, 
"Who  shall  a  helpless  worm  redeem? 
Jesus,  my  only  hope  thou  art, 
Strength  of  mv  failing  flesh  and  heart : 
O  could  I  catch  one  smile  from  thee, 
And  drop  into  eternity ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

"Wesley  composed  these  lines  during  his  last  sick- 
ness, and  only  a  few  days  before  his  death.  They 
were  dictated  to  his  wife.  They  show  his  humil- 
ity, his  faith,  and  his  "desire  to"  depart  and  to  be 
with  Christ." 


DOXOLOGIES. 


1  L.  M. 

PRAISE  God,  from  whom  all  blessings 
flow; 

Praise  him,  all  creatures  here  below ; 
Praise  him  above,  ye  heavenly  host; 


Praise  Father,  Son, 


and  Holy  Ghost!  • 

THOMAS  KEN. 


This  most  sublime,  as  well  as  most  familiar,  of 
all  doxologies  was  appended  by  Bishop  Ken  to  each 
of  his  three  famous  hymns,  Morning,  Evening,  and 
Midnight,  published  in  1697. 


C.  M. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
The  God  whom  we  adore, 
Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 
And  shall  be  evermore ! 

TATE  AND  BRADY. 

This  is  found  appended  to  the  New  Version  of 
the  Psalms,  by  those  authors,  1696. 


M. 


3  c 

THE  God  of  mercy  be  adored, 
Who  calls  our  souls  from  death, 
Who  saves  by  his  redeeming  word, 

And  new-creating  breath; 
To  praise  the  Father,  and  the  Son, 

And  Spirit  all-divine, — 
The  One  in  Three,  and  Three  in  One, — 
Let  saints  and  angels  join. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

From  the  author's  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs, 
bookiii. 


4  S.  M. 

TO  God,  the  Father,  Son, 
And  Spirit,  one  in  three, 
Be  glory,  as  it  was,  is  now, 
And  shall  forever  be. 

JOHN  WESLEY. 

This  is  the  closing  stanza  of  A  Morning  Hymn, 
found  in  A  Collection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns,  pub- 
Jiplied  by  John  Wesley,  in  1741. 

^>teb  No,  111  in  this  Hymnal. 


5  L.  M.  6  1 

IMMORTAL  honor,  endless  fame, 
Attend  the  almighty  Father's  name : 
The  Saviour  Son  be  glorified, 
Who  for  lost  man's  redemption  died ; 
And  equal  adoration  be, 
Eternal  Comforter,  to  thee ! 

JOHN  DRYDEN. 

These  lines  close  Dryden's  paraphrase  of  the 
Veni,  Creator  Spiritus.  The  author  wrote  '"'■Para- 
clete "  instead  of  "  Comforter  "  in  the  last  line. 

John  Dryden  (1631-1700)  was  poet-laureate  of 
England  for  thirty  years. 


6  L.  P.  M. 

NOW  to  the  great  and  sacred  Three, 
The  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit,  be 
Eternal  praise  and  glory  given, 
Through  all  the  worlds  where  God  is 
known 

By  all  the  angels  near  the  throne, 

And  all  the  saints  in  earth  and  heaven. 

ISAAC  WATTS. 

This  is  found  among  the  doxologies  appended  to 
the  author's  Psalms,  1719. 


H.  M. 


TO  God  the  Father's  throne 
Your  highest  honors  raise ; 
Glory  to  God  the  Son, 

To  God  the  Spirit,  praise : 
With  all  our  powers,  eternal  King, 
Thy  everlasting  praise  we  sing. 


ISAAC  WATTS,  ALT. 


The  original  form  is : 


"  To  God  the  Father's  throne 

Perpetual  honors  raise, 
Glory  to  God,  the  Son, 

To  God,  the  Spirit,  praise* 
And  while  our  lips 

Their  tribute  bring, 
Our  faith  adores 

The  name  we  sing." 

From  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  book  ill. 


432  HYMN  STUDIES. 


8  C.  P.  M. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
The  God  whom  heaven's  triumphant  host 
And  saints  on  earth  adore ;  - 
Be  glory  as  in  ages  past, 
As  now  it  is,  and  so  shall  last, 
When  time  shall  be  no  more ! 

TATE  AND  BEADY. 

The  third  and  last  lines  are  slightly  altered  ;  the 
original  is : 

"  And  suffering  saints  on  earth  adore, 
When  time  itself  must  be  no  more." 

It  is  found  at  the  end  of  the  New  Version  of  the 
Psalms,  1696. 


9  r. 

SING  we  to  our  God  above, 
Praise  eternal  as  his  love ; 
Praise  him,  all  ye  heavenly  host, 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

This  first  appeared  in  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems, 
1740. 


10  7,61. 

PRAISE  the  name  of  God  most  high ; 
Praise  him,  all  below  the  sky ; 
Praise  him,  all  ye  heavenly  host, 
Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost ! 
As  through  countless  ages  past, 
Evermore  his  praise  shall  last. 

UNKNOWN. 


11  8,  7,  4. 

GREAT  Jehovah!  we  adore  thee, 
God  the  Father,  God  the  Son, 
God  the  Spirit,  joined  in  glory 
On  the  same  eternal  throne : 

Endless  praises 
To  Jehovah,  Three  in  One ! 

WILLIAM  GrOODE,  ALT. 

The  author  wrote  the  first  line  : 

"  Lo  Jehovah,"  etc. 

and  the  last  line : 

"  To  The  Three  in  Godhead  One." 

From  An  Entire  New  Version  of  the  Booh  of 
Psalms,  by  Eev.  William  Goode,  M.A.  London, 
1811.  This  author,  an  English  clergyman,  lived 
from  1762  until  1816. 


12  8,7. 

PRAISE  the  God  of  our  salvation ; 
Praise  the  Father's  boundless  love ; 
Praise  the  Lamb,  our  expiation; 

Praise  the  Spirit  from  above, 
Author  of  the  new  creation, 

Him  by  whom  our  spirits  live ; 
Undivided  adoration 

To  the  one  Jehovah  give ! 

JOSIAH  CONDER,  ALT. 

"  My  mouth  shall  speak  the  praise  of  the  Lord.71 
Psa.  cxlv,  21. 
Three  lines  have  been  altered. 
Original,  lines  one,  four,  and  Ave: 

"  Praise  the  God  of  all  creation.'''' 

'■'•Priest  and  King  enthroned  above, 
Praise  the  Founta%n  of  Salvation.'''' 

From  TJie  Congregational  Hymn  BooTc.  London. 


13  8. 

ALL  praise  to  the  Father,  the  Son, 
And  Spirit,  thrice  holy  and  blest ! 
The  eternal,  supreme  Three  in  One, 
Was,  is,  and  shall  still  be  confessed. 

UNKNOWN. 


14  7,6,8. 

FATHER,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost, 
Thy  Godhead  we  adore, 
Join  we  with  the  heavenly  host, 

To  praise  thee  evermore ! 
Live,  by  earth  and  heaven  adored, 

The  Three  in  One,  the  One  in  Three; 
Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord, 
All  glory  be  to  thee ! 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 

The  word  "  we  "  has  been  inserted  in  the  third 
line,  and  the  word  "  The"  prefixed  to  the  sixth 
line. 

From  Hymns  to  the  Trinity.    London,  1746. 


6,  4. 


15 

TO  God,  the  Father,  Son, 
And  Spirit,  Three  in  One, 
All  praise  be  given ! 
Crown  him,  in  every  song ; 
To  him  your  hearts  belong : 
Let  all  his  praise  prolong, 
On  earth,  in  heaven ! 

EDWIN  F.  HATFIELD. 

Found  in  The  Church  Hymn  BooTc^  (187$ ) 
Marked  E.  F.  H.,  1843. 


DOXOLOGIES. 


433 


16  7,8,7. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit, 
Ascribe  we  equal  glory ; 
One  Deity,  in  Persons  Three, 

Let  all  thy  works  adore  thee : 
As  was  from  the  beginning, 

Glory  to  God  be  given, 
By  all  who  know  the  name  below, 
And  all  thy  hosts  in  heaven. 

CHARLES  WESLEY. 
From  Hymns  to  the  Trinity,  1746. 


17 


7,  6. 


rilO  thee  be  praise  forever, 
JL  Thou  glorious  King  of  kings ! 
Thy  wondrous  love  and  favor 

Each  ransomed  spirit  sings : 
We'll  celebrate  thy  glory, 

With  all  thy  saints  above, 
And  shout  the  joyful  story 

Of  thy  redeeming  love. 

THOMAS  HAWEIS,  ALT. 

This  doxology  is  made  from  the  first  verse  of  a 
hymn  of  three  stanzas,  entitled  Be  telling  of  his 
salvation  from  day  to  day. 

It  is  found  in  the  author's  "  Carmina  Christo" 
1792. 

Oeiginal. 

"  To  thee  my  God  and  Saviour, 

My  heart  exulting  sings, 
Rejoicing  in  thy  favor, 

Almighty  King  of  kings. 

28 


Pll  celebrate  thy  glory 
With  all  thy  saints  above, 

And  tell  the  joyful  story 
Of  thy  redeeming  love." 


18  io. 

TO  Father,  Son,  and  Spirit,  ever  blest. 
Eternal  praise  and  worship  be  addressed  5 
From  age  to  age,  ye  saints,  his  name  adore, 
And  spread  his  fame,  till  time  shall  be  no 
more. 

SIMON  BROWNE. 


The  Eev.  Simon  Browne  was  an  English  Inde- 

Sendent  minister,  who  lived  from  1680  to  1732. 
[e  was  the  author  of  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs 
in  Three  Boohs.    London,  1720. 

This  doxology  appears  at  the  close  of  the  third 
book.  The  last  couplet  has  been  changed  from 
this  form : 

"  This  still  was  due  in  ages  heretofore, 

Is  now,  and  will  when  time  shall  be  no  more." 


19  11. 

0 FATHER  Almighty,  to  thee  be  ad- 
dressed, 

With  Christ  and  the  Spirit,  one  God,  ever 
blest, 

All  glory  and  worship,  from  earth  and  from 
heaven, 

As  was,  and  is  now,  and  shall  ever  be  given,, 

UNKNOWN. 


INDEX 


OF 

FIRST  LINES  OF  HYMNS. 


HYMN. 

A  charge  to  keep  I  have   574 

A  few  more  years  shall  roll   957 

A  mighty  fortress  is  our  God   166 

A  stranger  in  the  world  below   1031 

A  thousand  oracles  divine   34 

Abba,  Father,  hear  thy  child   440 

Abide  with  me !  Fast  falls  the  even . .  93 

Abraham,  when  severely  tried   471 

According  to  thy  gracious  word   836 

Again  as  evening's  shadow  falls   109 

Again  the  Lord  of  life  and  light   77 

Ah,  how  shall  fallen  man   310 

Ah !  whither  should  I  go   402 

Alas!  and  did  my  Saviour  bleed   214 

All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  name ....  248 

All  people  that  on  earth  do  dwell  ...  11 

All  praise  to  Him  who  dwells  in   97 

All  praise  to  our  redeeming  Lord . . . .  789 

All  praise  to  the  Lamb !  accepted  I  am.  454 

All  things  are  ready,  come   357 

Almighty  God,  thy  word  is  cast   301 

Almighty  Maker  of  my  frame   962 

Almighty  Spirit,  now  behold   916 

Always  with  us,  always  with  us  ....  731 

Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross   593 

Amazing  grace !  how  sweet  the  sound.  427 

And  am  I  born  to  die   996 

And  am  I  only  born  to  die   968 

And  are  we  yet  alive   798 

And  can  I  yet  delay   401 

And  can  it  be  that  I  should  gain   422 

And  is  there,  Lord,  a  rest   1055 

And  let  our  bodies  part   816 

And  let  this  feeble  body  fail   1032 

And  must  I  be  to  judgment  brought..  1021 

And  must  this  body  die   995 

And  will  the  great  eternal  God   867 

And  will  the  mighty  God   499 

And  wilt  Thou  yet  be  found   399 

Angels,  from  the  realms  of  glory   189 

Are  there  not  in  the  laborer's  day. . . .  570 

Arise,  my  soul,  arise   438 

Arise,  my  soul,  on  wings  sublime   530 

Arise,  ye  saints,  arise   577 


HYMBT. 

Arm  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake !  Put.  920 

Arm  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake!. . . .  1043 

As  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  streams.  550 

As  shadows,  cast  by  cloud  and  sun. .  907 

As  with  gladness  men  of  old   182 

Asleep  in  Jesus!  blessed  sleep   979 

Assembled  at  thy  great  command ....  922 

At  the  Lamb's  high  feast  we  sing. . . .  847 

Author  of  faith,  eternal  Word   445 

Author  of  faith,  to  thee  I  cry   377 

Author  of  good,  we  rest  on  thee   617 

Author  of  our  salvation,  thee   851 

Awake,  and  sing  the  song   4 

Awake,  glad  soul !  awake !  awake ....  232 

Awake,  Jerusalem,  awake   775 

Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun. . .  106 

Awrake,  my  soul,  stretch  every  nerve.  594 

Awake,  my  soul,  to  meet  the  day. ...  96 

Awake,  ye  saints,  and  raise  your  eyes.  948 

Awake,  ye  saints,  awake   73 

Awray,  my  needless  fears   173 

Away,  my  unbelieving  fear   626 

Away  with  our  sorrow^  and  fear   1063 

Be  it  my  only  w  isdom  here   571 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne   9 

Before  thy  mercy-seat,  O  Lord   61 

Behold  the  Christian  warrior  stand.. .  599 

Behold,  the  heathen  waits  to  know. .  923 

Behold  the  Saviour  of  mankind   215 

Behold  the  servant  of  the  Lord   475 

Behold  the  sure  Foundation-stone. . . .  766 

Behold  the  throne  of  grace   498 

Behold  the  western  evening  light   974 

Behold  us,  Lord,  a  little  space   597 

Behold  what  condescending  love.  . . .  828 

Being  of  beings,  God  of  love   508 

Beneath  our  feet,  and  o'er  our  head. .  373 

Blest  are  the  pure  in  heart   501 

Blest  are  the  sons  of  peace   799 

Blest  be  the  dear  uniting  love   782 

Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds   797 

Blest  Comforter  divine   287 

Blest  hour,  when  mortal  man  retires. .  45 


436 


HTJfX  STUDIES. 


HTNCS. 

Blest  Spirit,  one  with  God  above. ...  129 

Blow  ye  the  trumpet,  blow   331 

Bondasre  and  death  the  cup  contains.  901 

Brethren  in  Christ,  and  well  beloved.  791 

Brief  life  is  here  our  portion   1059 

Bright  and  joyful  is  the  morn   191 

Bright  was  the  guiding  star  that  led..  300 

Brightest  and  best  of  the  sons  of  the.  1S6 

Brother,  hast  thou  wandered  far   906 

But  can  it  be  that  I  should  prove   541 

By  Christ  redeemed,  in  Christ  restored.  850 

By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill   875 

By  thy  birth,  and  by  thy  tears   41? 

Calm  on  the  bosom  of  thy  God   988 

Calm  on  the  listening  ear  of  night.. . .  195 

Captain  of  our  salvation,  take   825 

Chief  of  sinners  though  I  be   441 

Children,  loud  hosannas  singing   874 

Children  of  the  heavenly  King   720 

Christ,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow.  806 

Christ  is  coming !  let  creation   1016 

Christ  is  made  the  sure  Foundation. . .  856 

Christ,  of  all  my  hopes  the  ground. . .  721 

Christ,  the  Lord,  is  risen  again   259 

Christ,  the  Lord,  is  risen  to-day   260 

Christ,  whose  glory  fills  the  skies   416 

Christian;  dost  thou  see  them   1047 

Christians,  brethren,  ere  we  part. ...  22 

Come,  and  let  us  sweetly  join   805 

Come  at  the  morning  hour   750 

Come,  Christian  children,  come,  and.  876 

Come,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost.  .  831 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  all-quickening  fire.  481 

Come.  Holy  Ghost,  in  love   284 

Come.  Holy  Ghost,  our  hearts  inspire.  279 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  our  souls  inspire. .  273 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  come   2v~> 

Come.  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove. ...  2  7  7 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  raise  our  songs. . .  275 

Come,  humble  sinner,  in  whose   369 

Come  in,  thou  blessed  of  the  Lord. . . .  781 

Come,  let  our  souls  adore  the  Lord. .  .  1096 

Come,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue.  955 

Come,  let  us  anew  our  journey  pursue.  1074 

Come,  let  us  ascend     1073 

Come,  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs. .  2 

Come,  let  us  join  our  friends  above. .  1033 

Come,  let  us  to  the  Lord  our  God.  . . .  551 

Come,  let  us  tune  our  loftiest  song. . .  66 

Come,  let  us  use  the  grace  divine ....  945 

Come,  let  us  who  in  Christ  believe ...  28 

Come,  my  soul,  thy  suit  prepare   718 

Come,  O  my  God.  the  promise  seal. . .  522 

Come,  O  my  soul,  in  sacred  lays   133 

Come,  O  thou  all-victorious  Lord ....  368 


Come.  O  Thou  greater  than  our  heart. 
Come,  O  thou  Traveler  unknown 

Come.  O  ye  sinners,  to  the  Lord  

Come  on,  my  partners  in  distress  

Come,  said  Jesus*  sacred  voice  

Come,  Saviour,  Jesus,  from  above  

Come,  sinners,  to  the  gospel  feast  

Come,  sound  his  praise  abroad  

Come,  thou  almighty  King  

Come,  thou  Desire  of  all  thy  saints. . . 

Come,  thou  everlasting  Spirit   

Come,  thou  Fount  of  every  blessing. . 

Come,  thou  long-expected  Jesus  

Come,  thou  soul-transforming  Spirit. . 
Come  to  Calvary's  holy  mountain 

Come  to  the  land  of  peace  

Come  unto  me.  when  shadows  darkly. 

Come,  weary  sinners,  come  

Come,  ye  disconsolate,  where'er  ye. . . 
Come,  ye  saints,  look  here  and  wonder. 
Come,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy.. . . 

Come,  ye  thankful  people,  come  

Come,  ye  that  love  the  Lord  

Come,  ye  that  love  the  Saviour's  name. 

Comfort,  ye  ministers  of  grace  

Commit  thou  all  thy  griefs  

Crown  him  with  many  crowns  

Daughter  of  Zion.  awake  from  thy. . . 

Daughter  of  Zion,  from  the  dust  

Day  of  God,  thou  blessed  day  

Day  of  judgment,  day  of  wonders. . . . 

Day  of  wrath.  O  dreadful  day   

Dear  ties  of  mutual  succor  bind  

Deathless  spirit,  now  arise  

Deem  not  that  they  are  blest  alone . . . 
Deep  are  the  wounds  which  sin  has. . 
Deepen  the  wounds  Thy  hands  have. 
Delay  not.  delay  not.  O  sinner,  draw. 
Delightful  work!  young  souls  to  win. 

Depth  of  mercy !  can  there  be  

Did  Christ  o'er  sinners  weep  

Draw  near.  O  Son  of  God,  draw  near. . 
Dread  Jehovah !  God  of  nations  


Earth's  transitory  things  decay  

Enter  thy  temple,  glorious  King 

Enthroned  is  Jesus  now  

Enthroned  on  high,  almighty  Lord. . 

Equip  me  for  the  war  

Ere  mountains  reared  their  forms  

Eternal  Beam  of  light  divine  

Eternal  depth  of  love  divine   

Eternal  Father !  strong  to  save  

Eternal  Father,  thou  hast  said  

Eternal  God,  celestial  King  


HYMN. 

524 
737 
351 
657 
344 
457 
364 
3 
6 
64 
854 
726 
334 
55 
341 
1052 
652 
359 
683 
226 
340 
1083 
41 
63 
926 
672 
257 

778 
909 
90 

1029 

1023 
905 

1004 
627 
306 
538 
336 
877 
379 
405 
815 

1091 

978 
862 
253 
270 
586 
132 
623 
128 
1108 
921 
70 


FIRST   LINES    OF  HYMNS. 


437 


Eternal  Power,  whose  high  abode   38 

Eternal  Source  of  every  joy   1082 

Eternal  Spirit,  God  of  truth   281 

Eternal  Sun  of  righteousness   428 

Ever  fainting  with  desire   494 

Except  the  Lord  conduct  the  plan. . . .  809 

Extended  on  a  cursed  tree   212 

Fade,  fade,  each  earthly  joy   741 

Faith  of  our  fathers !  living  still   608 

Far  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world. . .  84 

Far  from  the  world,  O  Lord,  I  flee. . .  713 

Far  from  these  scenes  of  night   1051 

Father,  hear  the  blood  of  Jesus   258 

Father,  how  wide  thy  glory  shines. .  .  146 

Father,  1  dare  believe   503 

Father,  I  know  that  all  my  life   675 

Father,  I  stretch  my  hands  to  thee. . .  406 

Father,  in  whom  we  live   42 

Father  of  all,  whose  powerful  voice. .  139 

Father  of  eternal  grace   464 

Father  of  everlasting  grace   480 

Father  of  heaven ,  whose  love  profound.  35 

Father  of  Jesus  Christ,  my  Lord   432 

Father  of  love,  our  Guide  and  Friend.  614 

Father  of  mercies,  bow  thine  ear   819 

Father  of  mercies,  in  thy  word   299 

Father  of  mercies,  send  thy  grace ....  894 

Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost   470 

Father,  to  thee  my  soul  I  lift   124 

Father,  whate'er  of  earthly  bliss   610 

Fear  not,  O  little  flock,  the  foe   569 

Flung  to  the  heedless  winds   911 

For  thee,  O  dear,  dear  country   1060 

Forever  here  my  rest  shall  be   533 

Forever  with  the  Lord   1050 

Forth  in  thy  name,  O  Lord,  I  go   606 

Forth  to  the  land  of  promise  bound.  .  1036 

Forward !  be  our  watchword   564 

Fountain  of  life,  to  all  below   431 

Fountain  of  mercy,  God  of  love   1081 

Friend  after  friend  departs   1009 

From  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies. .  8 

From  Calvary  a  cry  was  heard   209 

From  every  stormy  wind  that  blows . .  684 

From  Greenland's  icy  mountains   930 

From  lips  divine,  like  healing  balm. .  671 

From  the  cross  uplifted  high   338 

Full  of  trembling  expectation   645 

Gently,  Lord,  O  gently  lead  us   646 

Give  me  the  wings  of  faith,  to  rise. . .  1045 

Give  to  the  winds  thy  fears   673 

Giver  of  peace  and  unity   793 

Glad  was  my  heart  to  hear   89 

Glorious  things  of  thee  are  spoken . . .  776 


Glory  be  to  God  above   802 

Glory  be  to  God  on  high   26 

Glory  to  God  on  high   841 

Glory  to  God,  whose  sovereign  grace.  451 

Glory  to  thee,  my  God,  this  night. . .  105 

Go  forth,  ye  heralds,  in  My  name. ...  810 

Go  forward,  Christian  soldier   568 

Go,  labor  on;  spend  and  be  spent. . . .  603 

Go  not  far  from  me,  O  my  Strength.  .  676 

Go,  preach  my  gospel,  saith  the  Lord .  820 

Go  to  dark  Gethsemane   223 

Go  to  thy  rest,  fair  child   1008 

Go,  ye  messengers  of  God   939 

God  bless  our  native  land   1090 

God  calling  yet !  shall  I  not  hear   352 

God  has  said,  Forever  blessed   873 

God  is  gone  up  on  high   245 

God  is  in  this  and  every  place   303 

God  is  love;  his  mercy  brightens   150 

God  is  my  strong  salvation   639 

God  is  our  refuge  and  defense   168 

God  is  the  name  my  soul  adores   130 

God  is  the  refuge  of  his  saints   773 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way   161 

God  of  all  power,  and  truth,  and  grace.  528 

God  of  almighty  love   484 

God  of  eternal  truth  and  grace   523 

God  of  Israel's  faithful  three   677 

God  of  love,  who  hearest  prayer.  ...  722 

God  of  my  life,  through  all  my  days.  692 

God  of  my  life,  to  thee  I  call   625 

God  of  my  life,  what  just  return   458 

God  of  my  life,  whose  gracious  power.  169 

God  of  my  salvation,  hear  .........  386 

God,  the  All-Terrible,  thou  who   1092 

God's  holy  law  transgressed.   314 

Grace !  'tis  a  charming  sound   321 

Gracious  Redeemer,  shake   555 

Gracious  Saviour,  gentle  Shepherd  . . .  889 

Gracious  soul,  to  whom  are  given ....  487 

Gracious  Spirit,  Love  divine   262 

Grant  me  within  thy  courts  a  place .  .  660 

Granted  is  the  Saviour's  prayer   264 

Great  God,  attend,  while  Zion  sings. .  69 

Great  God!  beneath  whose  piercing. .  1103 

Great  God,  indulge  my  humble  claim  419 

Great  God  of  nations,  now  to  thee. . .  1100 

Great  God,  the  nations  of  the  earth. .  910 

Great  God !  what  do  I  see  and  hear. .  1028 

Great  is  the  Lord  our  God.   871 

Great  King  of  glory,  come   865 

Great  King  of  nations,  hear  our  prayer.  1094 

Great  Ruler  of  the  earth  and  skies. . .  1101 

Great  Source  of  being  and  of  love . . .  774 

Great  Spirit,  by  whose  mighty  power.  271 

Guide  me,  O  thou  great  Jehovah   171 


438 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


HYMN. 


Had  I  the  gift  of  tongues   504 

Hail,  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost..  121 

Hail,  sacred  truth !  whose  piercing  rays.  298 

Hail  the  day  that  sees  Him  rise   261 

Hail,  thou  once  despised  Jesus   246 

Hail  to  the  brightness  of  Zion's  glad.  912 

Hail,  to  the  Lord's  Anointed   181 

Hail  to  the  Sabbath  day   87 

Happy  soul,  thy  days  are  ended.   1003 

Happy  the  home  when  God  is  there. .  101 

Happy  the  man  who  finds  the  grace. .  329 

Happy  the  souls  to  Jesus  joined   765 

Hark!  a  voice  divides  the  sky   1001 

Hark !  from  the  tombs  a  doleful  sound.  972 

Hark,  hark,  my  soul !  angelic  songs  are.  1070 

Hark,  how  the  watchmen  cry .  .   582 

Hark,  my  soul!  it  is  the  Lord   552 

Hark,  the  glad  sound!  the  Saviour..  185 

Hark!  the  herald-angels  sing   190 

Hark!  the  notes  of  angels,  singing..  58 

Hark!  the  song  of  jubilee   938 

Hark,  the  voice  of  Jesus  calling   607 

Hark !  the  voice  of  love  and  mercy . .  224 

Hark !  what  mean  those  holy  voices . .  188 

Haste,  traveler,  haste !  the  night  comes  354 

Hasten,  Lord,  the  glorious  time   937 

Hasten,  sinner,  to  be  wise   345 

He  comes!  He  comes!  the  Judge   1018 

He  dies!  the  Friend  of  sinners  dies. .  234 

He  leadeth  me !  O  blessed  thought .  . .  622 

He  wills  that  I  should  holy  be.   529 

Head  of  the  Church  triumphant   680 

Head  of  the  Church,  whose  Spirit  fills.  924 

Hear,  O  sinner,  mercy  hails  you  .....  343 

Hear  what  God  the  Lord  hath  spoken.  777 

Hearts  of  stone,  relent,  relent   339 

Heavenly  Father,  sovereign  Lord   20 

Help,  Lord,  to  whom  for  help  I  fly. .  543 

Help  us,  O  Lord,  thy  yoke  to  wear. . .  904 

Here  I  can  firmly  rest   436 

Here  on  earth,  where  foes  surround  us.  727 

High  in  yonder  realms  of  light   1067 

High  on  his  everlasting  throne   811 

Ho !  every  one  that  thirsts  draw  nigh .  362 

Holy,  and  true,  and  righteous  Lord.  .  525 

Holy  as  thou,  O  Lord,  is  none   131 

Holy  Father,  send  thy  blessing   887 

Holy  Ghost,  dispel  our  sadness   265 

Holy  Ghost,  with  light  divine    267 

Holy,  holy,  holy,  Lord  God  Almighty.  136 

Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord,  God  of  hosts. .  144 

Holy  Lamb,  who  thee  receive   490 

Holy  Spirit,  Fount  of  blessing   266 

Holy  Spirit,  Truth  divine   263 

Hosanna!  be  the  children's  song   882 

Hosanna  to  the  living  Lord   71 


UTMN. 

How  are  thy  servants  blest,  O  Lord. ..  1113 

How  beauteous  are  their  feet   821 

How  beauteous  were  the  marks  divine .  202 

How  blest  the  children  of  the  Lord .  .  902 

How  blest  the  righteous  when  he  dies .  982 

How  can  a  sinner  know   437 

How  do  Thy  mercies  close  me  round . .  170 

How  firm  a  foundation,  ye  saints  of  the.  679 

How  gentle  God's  commands   176 

How  great  the  wisdom,  power,  and. .  315 

How  happy  every  child  of  grace. . . .  1030 

How  happy,  gracious  Lord,  are  we. . .  744 

How  happy  is  the  pilgrim's  lot   1078 

How  helpless  nature  lies'   309 

How  lovely  are  thy  dwellings,  Lord.  769 

How  many  pass  the  guilty  night   952 

How  oft  this  wretched  heart   554 

How  precious  is  the  book  divine   297 

How  sad  our  state  by  nature  is   302 

How  sweet,  how  heavenly  is  the  sight .  780 

How  sweet  the  hour  of  closing  day . .  980 

How  sweet  the  name  of  Jesus  sounds.  316 

How  sweetly  flowed  the  gospel's  sound.  328 

How  swift  the  torrent  rolls  .   958 

How  tedious  and  tasteless  the  hours .  747 

How  tender  is  thy  hand   177 

How  vain  are  all  things  here  below. .  662 

How  vain  is  all  beneath  the  skies ....  960 

How  welcome  was  the  call   1107 

I  am  baptized  into  thy  name   826 

I  and  my  house  will  serve  the  Lord. .  573 

I  ask  the  gift  of  righteousness   535 

I  heard  the  voice  of  Jesus  say   426 

I  know  no  life  divided   755 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives,  And.  512 

I  know  that  my  Redeemer  lives ;  What.  242 

I  lay  my  sins  on  Jesus   754 

I  long  to  behold  Him  arrayed    1064 

I  love  the  Lord:  he  heard  my  cries. . .  621 

I  love  thy  kingdom,  Lord   770 

I  love  to  hear  the  story   886 

I  love  to  steal  awhile  away   709 

I  love  to  tell  the  story   756 

I  need  thee  every  hour   760 

I  thank  thee,  uncreated  Sun   478 

I  the  good  fight  have  fought    585 

I  think,  when  I  read  that  sweet  story.  880 

I  thirst,  thou  wounded  Lamb  of  God.  461 

I  too,  forwarned  by  Jesus'  love   1116 

I  want  a  heart  to  pray   506 

I  want  a  principle  within   511 

I  was  a  wandering  sheep   434 

I  worship  thee,  O  Holy  Ghost   272 

I  would  be  thine:  O  take  my  heart. .  409 

I  would  not  live  alway ;  I  ask  not ....  998 


FIRST   LINES    OF  HYMNS. 


439 


HYMN. 


If  death  my  friend  and  me  divide   967 

If  human  kindness  meets  return   839 

If,  on  a  quiet  sea   636 

I'll  praise  my  Maker  while  I've  breath .  740 

I'm  not  ashamed  to  own  my  Lord   595 

In  age  and  feebleness  extreme   1117 

In  evil  long  I  took  delight   423 

In  grief  and  fear  to  thee,  O  Lord. . . .  1095 

In  heavenly  love  abiding   642 

In  memory  of  the  Saviour's  love   838 

In  mercy,  Lord,  remember  me   114 

In  that  sad,  memorable  night   833 

In  the  cross  of  Christ  I  glory   204 

In  the  silent  midnight  watches   376 

In  thy  name,  O  Lord,  assembling. ...  54 

Infinite  excellence  is  thine   31 

Infinite  God,  to  thee  we  raise   48 

Into  thy  gracious  hands  I  fall   448 

It  came  upon  the  midnight  clear ....  1 94 

It  is  not  death  to  die    993 

It  may  not  be  our  lot  to  wield   602 

Jehovah,  God,  thy  gracious  power. . .  159 

Jerusalem,  my  happy  home   1044 

Jerusalem  the  golden   1061 

Jesus,  a  word,  a  look  from  thee   307 

Jesus,  all-redeeming  Lord   848 

Jesus,  and  shall  it  ever  be    604 

Jesus,  at  whose  supreme  command. . .  835 

Jesus,  Friend  of  sinners,  hear   559 

Jesus,  from  whom  all  blessings  flow.  795 

Jesus,  full  of  love  divine   488 

Jesus,  great  Shepherd  of  the  sheep . . .  790 

Jesus  hath  died  that  I  might  live   520 

Jesus,  I  live  to  thee   500 

Jesus,  I  my  cross  have  taken   643 

Jesus,  immortal  King,  arise   908 

Jesus,  in  whom  the  Godhead's  rays. .  527 

Jesus  is  our  common  Lord   719 

Jesus,  let  thy  pitying  eye    558 

Jesus,  Lord,  we  look  to  thee   804 

Jesus,  Lover  of  my  soul    656 

Jesus,  my  Advocate  above   239 

Jesus,  my  all,  to  heaven  is  gone   450 

Jesus,  my  Life,  thyself  apply   519 

Jesus,  my  Lord,  how  rich  thy  grace. .  893 

Jesus,  my  Saviour,  Brother,  Friend . .  686 

Jesus,  my  strength,  my  hope   505 

Jesus,  my  Truth,  my  Way   483 

Jesus,  one  word  from  thee    634 

Jesus,  Redeemer  of  mankind   374 

Jesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun ....  919 

Jesus  spreads  his  banner  o'er  us   853 

Jesus,  the  Conqueror,  reigns   251 

Jesus,  the  Life,  the  Truth,  the  Way. .  517 

Jesus,  the  Lord  of  glory,  died   255 


HYMN 


Jesus!  the  name  high  over  all    822 

Jesus,  the  sinner's  Friend,  to  thee. . .  392 

Jesus,  the  sinner's  rest  thou  art   534 

Jesus,  the  very  thought  of  thee   700 

Jesus,  the  word  bestow   289 

Jesus,  the  word  of  mercy  give   824 

Jesus,  these  eyes  have  never  seen. . . .  714 

Jesus,  thine  all-victorious  love   518 

Jesus,  thou  all-redeeming  Lord   32 

Jesus,  thou  everlasting  King   12 

Jesus,  thou  Joy  of  loving  hearts  .  691 

Jesus,  thou  soul  of  all  our  joys   19 

Jesus,  thou  Source  divine   313 

Jesus,  thy  blood  and  righteousness . .  238 

Jesus,  thy  boundless  love  to  me   476 

Jesus,  thy  Church,  with  longing  eyes.  928 

Jesus,  thy  far-extended  fame   398 

Jesus,  to  thee  I  now  can  fly   430 

Jesus,  to  thee  our  hearts  we  lift   650 

Jesus,  united  by  thy  grace   785 

Jesus,  we  look  to  thee   7 

Jesus  wept!  those  tears  are  over   203 

Jesus,  where'er  thy  people  meet   44 

Jesus,  while  our  hearts  are  bleeding. .  1002 

Join  all  the  glorious  names   243 

Join,  all  ye  ransomed  sons  of  grace. .  947 

Joy  to  the  world!  the  Lord  is  come. .  183 

Just  as  I  am,  without  one  plea   393 

King  of  kings,  and  wilt  thou  deign . .  485 

Kingdoms  and  thrones  to  God  belong.  162 

Laborers  of  Christ,  arise   578 

Laboring  and  heavy  laden   732 

Lamb  of  God,  for  sinners  slain   382 

Lamb  of  God,  whose  dying  love ....  383 

Late,  late,  so  late !  and  dark  the  night.  375 

Lead,  kindly  Light,  amid  the  encircling  682 

Leader  of  faithful  souls,  and  Guide. .  648 

Let  all  on  earth  their  voices  raise. ...  17 

Let  all  who  truly  bear   846 

Let  earth  and  heaven  agree   332 

Let  every  mortal  ear  attend   326 

Let  every  tongue  thy  goodness  speak.  154 

Let  Him  to  whom  we  now  belong. . .  469 

Let  not  the  wise  their  wisdom  boast .  452 

Let  the  world  their  virtue  boast   385 

Let  us  keep  steadfast  guard   580 

Let  us,  with  a  gladsome  mind   145 

Let  worldly  minds  the  world  pursue.  516 

Let  Zion's  wTatchmen  all  awake ......  823 

Life  from  the  dead,  Almighty  God. . .  899 

Lift  up  your  heads,  ye  mighty  gates . .  14 

Lift  up  your  hearts  to  things  above . .  786 

Lift  your  eyes  of  faith,  and  see   1069 

Lift  your  glad  voices  in  triumph  on . .  227 


440  ETMN  STUDIES. 


Lift  your  heads,  ye  friends  of  Jesus. .  1014 

Light  of  life,  seraphic  fire   489 

Light  of  the  lonely  pilgrim's  heart.  .  .  914 

Light  of  those  whose  dreary  dwelling.  943 

Like  Noah's  weary  dove   388 

Little  travelers  Zionward   879 

Lo !  God  is  here !  let  us  adore   47 

Lo !  he  comes,  with  clouds  descending.  1013 

Lo !  I  come  with  joy  to  do   609 

Lo !  round  the  throne,  a  glorious  band.  1040 

Lo,  the  day,  the  day  of  life   1026 

Lo,  what  a  glorious  sight  appears   1035 

Look  from  thy  sphere  of  endless  day.  929 

Look,  ye  saints,  the  sight  is  glorious.  249 

Lord,  all  I  am  is  known  to  thee   123 

Lord,  and  is  thine  anger  gone   455 

Lord,  as  to  thy  dear  cross  we  flee ....  590 

Lord,  dismiss  us  with  thy  blessing,  Bid  59 

Lord,  dismiss  us  with  thy  blessing,  Fill  52 

Lord,  fill  me  with  a  humble  fear   49 7 

Lord  God,  the  Holy  Ghost    286 

Lord,  how  secure  and  blest  are  they. .  418 

Lord,  how  shall  sinners  dare   252 

Lord,  I  am  thine,  entirely  thine   460 

Lord,  I  believe  a  rest  remains   513 

Lord,  I  believe  thy  every  word   668 

Lord,  I  delight  in  thee   175 

Lord,  I  despair  myself  to  heal   397 

Lord,  I  hear  of  showers  of  blessing. .  384 

Lord,  if  at  thy  command   817 

Lord,  in  the  morning  thou  shalt  hear.  98 

Lord,  in  the  strength  of  grace   473 

Lord,  in  thy  name  thy  servants  plead.  1080 

Lord,  it  belongs  not  to  my  care   669 

Lord  Jesus  Christ,  my  Life,  my  Light  694 

Lord  Jesus,  when  we  stand  afar.  ...  213 

Lord,  lead  the  way  the  Saviour  went .  897 

Lord,  let  me  know  mine  end   959 

Lord  of  all  being;  throned"  afar   135 

Lord  of  earth,  of  air,  and  sea   1109 

Lord  of  hosts!  to  thee  we  raise   858 

Lord  of  mercy  and  of  might   387 

Lord  of  my  life,  O  may  thy  praise. . .  100 

Lord  of  the  harvest,  hear    818 

Lord  of  the  living  harvest   808 

Lord  of  the  Sabbath,  hear  our  vows .  78 

Lord  of  the  wide,  extensive  main. ...  1112 

Lord  of  the  worlds  above   15 

Lord,  we  are  vile,  conceived  in  sin . .  .  305 

Lord,  we  come  before  thee  now   21 

Lord,  when  we  bend  before  thy  throne.  60 

Lord,  while  for  all  mankind  we  pray.  1098 

Lord,  whom  winds  and  seas  obey. ...  1115 

Love  divine,  all  love  excelling   491 

Lovers  of  pleasure  more  than  God . . .  367 

Lowly  and  solemn  be. . .   1005 


HYMN. 


Majestic  sweetness  sits  enthroned  ....  241 

Make  haste,  O  man,  to  live   576 

Man  dieth  and  wasteth  away   1012 

Many  centuries  have  lied    844 

May  the  grace  of  Christ  our  Saviour. .  53 

'Mid  scenes  of  confusion  and  creature  1054 

Mighty  God !  while  angels  bless  thee .  148 

Mighty  One,  before  whose  face   881 

Millions  within  thy  courts  have  met. .  79 

More  love  to  thee,  O  Christ   725 

Mortals,  awake,  with  angels  join....  193 

Mourn  for  the  thousands  slain   890 

Must  Jesus  bear  the  cross  alone   666 

My  country!  'tis  of  thee   1089 

My  drowsy  powers,  why  sleep  ye  so . .  547 

My  faith  looks  up  to  thee   762 

My  former  hopes  are  fled . .    308 

My  God,  accept  my  heart  this  day   468 

My  God,  how  endless  is  thy  love. . . .  104 

My  God,  how  wonderful  thou  art ....  147 

My  God,  I  am  thine;  what  a  comfort.  757 

My  God,  I  knowT,  I  feel  thee  mine. . .  536 

My  God,  is  any  hour  so  sweet    752 

My  God,  my  God,  to  thee  I  cry   425 

My  God,  my  Life,  my  Love   751 

My  God,  my  Portion,  and  my  Love.  .  698 

My  God,  the  spring  of  all  my  joys. . .  704 

My  gracious  Lord,  I  own  thy  right . . .  605 

My  head  is  low,  my  heart  is  sad   548 

My  heavenly  home  is  bright  and  fair.  1072 

My  hope  is  built  on  nothing  less   421 

My  hope,  my  all,  my  Saviour  thou. . .  624 

My  Jesus,  as  thou  wilt   654 

My  Lord,  how  full  of  sweet  content . .  696 

My  opening  eyes  with  rapture  see ....  83 

My  Saviour,  my  almighty  Friend   699 

My  Saviour,  on  the  word  of  truth. . . .  510 

My  Shepherd's  mighty  aid    761 

My  son,  know  thou  the  Lord   360 

My  soul  and  all  its  powers   472 

My  soul,  be  on  thy  guard   581 

My  soul  before  Thee  prostrate  lies . . .  394 

My  soul,  repeat  His  praise   172 

My  soul,  weigh  not  thy  life   584 

My  soul,  with  humble  fervor  raise. . .  449 

My  span  of  life  will  soon  be  done ....  664 

My  spirit,  on  thy  care   635 

My  times  are  in  thy  hand   637 

Nearer,  my  God,  to  thee   724 

Never  further  than  Thy  cross  .......  205 

New  every  morning  is  the  love   103 

No  gospel  like  this  feast   843 

Not  heaven's  wide  range  of  hallowed.  860 

Not  here,  as  to  the  prophet's  eye   40 

Not  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lord   787 


FIRST   LINES    OF  HYMNS. 


441 


Now  doth  the  sun  ascend  the  sky. . . .  107 

Now  from  the  altar  of  our  hearts ....  99 

Now  I  have  found  the  ground  wherein .  420 

Now  in  parting,  Father,  bless  us   855 

Now  is  the  accepted  time   361 

Now  let  my  soul,  eternal  King   294 

Now  may  He  who  from  the  dead ....  23 

Now  may  the  God  of  grace  and  power.  1104 

O  bless  the  Lord ,  my  soul   749 

O  Bread  to  pilgrims  given   849 

O  Christ,  our  King,  Creator,  Lord. . .  240 

O  Christ,  who  hast  prepared  a  place. ,  49 

O  come,  and  dwell  in  me   502 

O  come,  Creator  Spirit  blest           ...  269 

O  could  I  speak  the  matchless  worth.  743 

O  day  of  rest  and  gladness   72 

O  Friend  of  souls !  how  blest  the  time.  613 

O  for  a  closer  walk  with  God   549 

O  for  a  faith  that  will  not  shrink. . . .  667 

O  for  a  glance  of  heavenly  day   396 

O  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God   521 

O  for  a  thousand  tongues,  to  sing   1 

O  for  an  overcoming  faith   985 

O  for  that  flame  of  living  fire   274 

O  for  that  tenderness  of  heart. ......  410 

O  for  the  death  of  those   990 

O  glorious  hope  of  perfect  love  . .  542 

O  God,  by  whom  the  seed  is  given. . .  62 

O  God,  most  merciful  and  true   531 

O  God,  of  good  the  unfathomed  sea. .  119 

O  God  of  love,  O  King  of  peace   1102 

O  God,  our  help  in  ages  past   964 

O  God,  our  strength,  to  thee  our  song.  33 

O  God,  thou  art  my  God  alone   693 

O  God,  thou  bottomless  abyss   126 

O  God,  though  countless  worlds  of . . . .  870 

O  God,  thy  faithfulness  I  plead   544 

O  God,  thy  power  is  wonderful   125 

O  God,  to  thee  we  raise  our  eyes   632 

O  God,  to  us  show  mercy    50 

O  God,  we  praise  thee,  and  confess. . .  120 

O  God,  what  offering  shall  I  give   474 

O  happy  band  of  pilgrims   640 

O  happy  day  that  fixed  my  choice. . . .  447 

O  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord,  Bright   137 

O  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord !  Thou    10 

O  how  happy  are  they   442 

O  how  the  thought  of  God  attracts. . .  509 

O  it  is  hard  to  work  for  God   596 

O  Jesus,  at  thy  feet  we  wait   514 

O  Jesus,  full  of  grace   557 

O.Jesus,  full  of  truth  and  grace   526 

G  Jesus,  King  most  wonderful   701 

O  Jesus,  thou  the  beauty  art   702 

O  joyful  sound  of  gospel  grace   515 


O  Lamb  of  God,  for  sinners  slain   378 

O  Lord  of  hosts,  whose  glory  fills. . . .  859 

O  Lord,  our  fathers  oft  have  told. .  .  .  1097 

O  Lord,  thy  heavenly  grace  impart.  .  .  685 

O  Lord,  thy  work  revive   771 

O  Lord,  while  we  confess  the  worth. .  829 

O  Love,  divine  and  tender   1106 

O  Love  divine,  how  sweet  thou  art. . .  540 

O  Love  divine!  O  matchless  grace. . .  837 

O  Love  divine,  that  stooped  to  share.  629 

O  Love  divine,  what  hast  thou  done.  220 

O  Love,  thy  sovereign  aid  impart ....  462 

O  Master,  it  is  good  to  be   200 

O  my  God,  how  trry  salvation   729 

O  Paradise!  O  Paradise   1071 

O  praise  our  God  to-day   891 

O  render  thanks  to  God  above   13 

O  sacred  Head,  now  wounded   222 

O  Son  of  God,  in  glory  crowned   1022 

O  Spirit  of  the  living  God    276 

O  still  in  accents  sweet  and  strong.. . .  598 

O  Sun  of  righteousness,  arise   411 

O  tell  me  no  more  of  this  world's  vain.  758 

O  that  I  could  my  Lord  receive   407 

O  that  I  could  repent !  O  that   311 

O  that  I  could  repent,  With   404 

O  that  my  load  of  sin  were  gone   495 

O  that  Thou  wouldst  the  heavens  rend.  413 

O  Thou  eternal  Victim,  slain   250 

O  Thou  from  whom  all  goodness  flows.  619 

O  Thou  God  of  my  salvation   733 

O  Thou,  in  whose  presence  my  soul. .  759 

O  Thou,  our  Saviour,  Brother,  Frit  nd.  40 

O  Thou  pure  Light  of  souls  that  love.  687 

O  Thou  that  nearest  prayer   282 

O  Thou  to  whom,  in  ancient  time ....  36 

O  Thou,  to  wmose  all-searching  sight.  496 

O  Thou  who  all  things  canst  control.  560 

O  Thou  who  earnest  from  above   562 

O  Thou  who  driest  the  mourner's  tear.  611 

O  Thou,  who  hast  at  thy  command. .  459 

O  Thou  who  hast  our  sorrows  borne. .  381 

O  Thou,  who  hast  spread  out  the  skies.  1110 

O  Thou,  who  in  the  olive  shade   618 

O  Thou,  who,  when  we  did  complain.  157 

O  Thou,  wThom  all  thy  saints  adore. . .  37 

O  Thou,  whose  filmed  and  failing  eye.  670 

O  Thou,  whose  mercy  hears   553 

O  Thou,  whose  own  vast  temple  stands.  869 

O  'tis  delight  without  alloy   703 

O  turn  ye,  O  turn  ye,  for  why  will  ye.  335 

O  what  a  mighty  change   1057 

O  what  amazing  words  of  grace   323 

O  what  delight  is  this   842 

O  what,  if  we  are  Christ's   638 

O  what  shall  I  do  my  Saviour  to  praise.  453 


£42 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


HYMN. 


O  when  shall  we  sweetly  remove   1065 

O  where  are  kings  and  empires  now. .  763 

O  where  is  now  that  glowing  love   561 

O  where  shall  rest  be  found   358 

O  who,  in  such  a  world  as  this   663 

O  wondrous  power  of  faithful  prayer.  735 

O  wondrous  type!  O  vision  fair   199 

O  worshirj  the  King  all-glorious  above.  140 

O'er  the  distant  mountains  breaking . .  1015 

O'er  the  gloomy  hills  of  darkness ....  940 

Of  Him  who  did  salvation  bring   327 

Oft  I  in  my  heart  have  said   443 

On  all  the  earth  thy  spirit  shower. .  . .  268 

On  Jordan's  stormy  banks  I  stand ....  1038 

On  the  mountain's  top  appearing   767 

On  this  day,  the  first  of  days   91 

On  this  stone,  now  laid  with  prayer. .  857 

On  thy  Church,  O  Power  divine   779 

Once  more,  my  soul,  the  rising  day . .  95 

Once  more  we  come  before  our  God  .  29 

One  more  day's  work  for  Jesus   572 

One  sole  baptismal  sign.   800 

One  sweetly  solemn  thought   1053 

Only  waiting,  till  the  shadows   644 

Onward,  Christian  soldiers   563 

Our  blest  Redeemer,  ere  he  breathed .  280 

Our  country's  voice  is  pleading   933 

Our  Father,  God,  who  art  in  heaven. .  716 

Our  few  revolving  years   950 

Our  God  is  love ;  and  all  his  saints . . .  783 

Our  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead   237 

Our  sins  on  Christ  were  laid   312 

Out  of  the  depths  of  woe   403 

Out  of  the  depths  to  thee  I  cry   665 

Pass  a  few  swiftly  fleeting  years   963 

Peace,  doubting  heart !  my  God's  I  am.  651 

Peace,  troubled  soul,  thou  need'st  not.  164 

Pilgrim,  burdened  with  thy  sin   346 

Plunged  in  a  gulf  of  dark  despair  . . .  304 

Praise,  my  soul,  the  King  of  heaven.  734 

Praise  the  Lord,  his  glories  show ....  27 

Praise  che  Lord !  ye  heavens  adore  him.  57 

Praise  to  God,  immortal  praise   1084 

Praise  to  the  Holiest  in  the  height . . .  207 

Praise  waits  in  Zion,  Lord,  for  thee. .  67 

Praise  ye  the  Lord,  ye  immortal  choirs.  153 

Pray,  without  ceasing  pray   589 

Prayer  is  appointed  to  convey   689 

Prayer  is  the  breath  of  God  in  man . .  706 

Prayer  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire. . . .  710 

Prince  of  peace,  control  my  will   463 

Prisoners  of  hope,  lift  up  your  heads.  479 

Rejoice,  the  Lord  is  King   244 

Rest  for  the  toiling  hand   994 


HYMN. 

Rest  from  thy  labor,  rest   992 

Return,  my  soul,  enjoy  thy  rest   82 

Return,  O  wanderer,  return   370 

Rich  are  the  joys  which  cannot  die . .  903 

Rise,  glorious  Conqueror,  rise   229 

Rise,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy  wings.  1068 

Rites  cannot  change  the  heart   830 

Rock  of  ages,  cleft  for  me   415 

Roll  on,  thou  mighty  ocean   931 

Round  the  Lord,  in  glory  seated   56 

Safely  through  another  week   88 

Salvation !  O  the  joyful  sound   324 

Saviour,  again  to  thy  dear  name  we. .  94 

Saviour,  breathe  an  evening  blessing.  116 

Saviour,  like  a  shepherd  lead  us   872 

Saviour  of  all,  to  thee  we  bow   794 

Saviour  of  men,  thy  searching  eye . . .  814 

Saviour  of  the  sin-sick  soul   486 

Saviour,  on  me  the  grace  bestow   545 

Saviour,  sprinkle  many  nations   944 

Saviour,  when,  in  dust,  to  thee   723 

Saviour,  who  died  for  me   742 

Saviour,  who  thy  flock  art  feeding. . .  888 

Say,  sinner,  hath  a  voice  within   353 

See  how  great  a  flame  aspires   936 

See  how  the  morning  sun   112 

See,  Israel's  gentle  Shepherd  stands. .  827 

See,  Jesus,  thy  disciples  see    30 

See  the  Lord,  thy  Keeper,  stand   746 

Servant  of  God,  well  done   991 

Servants  of  God,  in  joyful  lays   68 

Shall  I,  for  fear  of  feeble  man   813 

Shall  man,  O  God  of  light  and  life. . .  981 

She  loved  her  Saviour,  and  to  him. . .  896 

Shepherd  Divine,  our  wants  relieve. .  715 

Shepherd  of  souls,  with  pitying  eye. .  927 

Shepherd  of  tender  youth   885 

Show  pity,  Lord,  O  Lord,  forgive   391 

Shrinking  from  the  cold  hand  of  death.  961 

Silently  the  shades  of  evening   115 

Since  all  the  varying  scenes  of  time. .  615 

Sing  to  the  great  Jehovah's  praise. . . .  946 

Sing  to  the  Lord  of  harvest   1085 

Sing  with  all  the  sons  of  glory   225 

Sinners,  obey  the  gospel  word   350 

Sinners,  the  voice  of  God  regard   371 

Sinners,  turn ;  why  will  ye  die   347 

Sinners,  will  you  scorn  the  message . .  342 

Softly  fades  the  twilight  ray   92 

Softly  now  the  light  of  day   117 

Soldiers  of  Christ,  arise  ,   587 

Soldiers  of  Christ,  lay  hold   588 

Soldiers  of  the  cross,  arise   566 

Sometimes  a  light  surprises   641 

Son  of  the  carpenter,  receive   592 


FIRST   LINES    OF  HYMNS. 


443 


HYMN. 

Songs  of  praise  the  angels  sang.   24 

Soon  may  the  last  glad  song  arise. . . .  917 

Souls  in  heathen  darkness  lying   941 

Sovereign  of  all  the  worlds  on  high. .  429 

Sovereign  of  worlds!  display  thy   918 

Sovereign  Ruler,  Lord  of  all   380 

Sow  in  the  morn  thy  seed   575 

Spirit  Divine,  attend  our  prayer   278 

Spirit,  leave  thy  house  of  clay   1000 

Spirit  of  faith,  come  down    435 

Stand  the  omnipotent  decree  ....  1025 

Stand  up,  and  bless  the  Lord   5 

Stand  up,  stand  up  for  Jesus   567 

Stay,  thou  insulted  Spirit,  stay   390 

Still  one  in  life  and  one  in  death   796 

Still  out  of  the  deepest  abyss   681 

Sun  of  my  soul,  thou  Saviour  dear.  . .  102 

Sweet  hour  of  prayer,  sweet  hour  of. .  688 

Sweet  is  the  light  of  Sabbath  eve   80 

Sweet  is  the  prayer  whose  holy  stream.  711 

Sweet  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King.  81 

Sweet  the  moments,  rich  in  blessing.  730 

Sweet  was  the  time,  when  first  I  felt .  546 

Swell  the  anthem,  raise  the  song   1093 

Take  the  name  of  Jesus  with  you. . . .  653 

Take  up  thy  cross,  the  Saviour  said. .  601 

Talk  with  us,  Lord,  thyself  reveal. . .  712 

Ten  thousand  times  ten  thousand. . . .  1062 

Tender  Shepherd,  thou  hast  stilled. .  1007 

Thank  and  praise  Jehovah's  name. ...  25 

That  awful  day  will  surely  come   1020 

That  doleful  night  before  his  death . .  840 

That  solemn  hour  will  come  for  me. . .  975 

The  chosen  three,  on  mountain  height.  198 

The  counsels  of  redeeming  grace   295 

The  day  is  past  and  gone   113 

The  day  of  resurrection   230 

The  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful  day.  1017 

The  glorious  universe  around ...   788 

The  God  of  Abrah'm  praise   1075 

The  God  of  harvest  praise   1087 

The  God  who  reigns  on  high   1077 

The  great  archangel's  trump  shall. . .  1019 

The  harvest  dawn  is  near   579 

The  head  that  once  was  crowned  with.  256 

The  heavens  declare  thy  glory,  Lord .  292 

The  heavenly  treasure  now  we  have. .  1046 

The  King  of  heaven  his  table  spreads .  834 

The  leaves,  around  me  falling   1088 

The  Lord  descended  from  above   152 

The  Lord  is  King!  lift  up  thy  voice. .  134 

The  Lord  is  my  Shepherd,  no  want. . .  179 

The  Lord  is  risen  indeed   235 

The  Lord  Jehovah  reigns   142 

The  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare. . .  180 


HYMN. 


The  Lord  of  earth  and  sky   953 

The  Lord  of  Sabbath  let  us  praise ....  75 

The  Lord  our  God  alone  is  strong ...  866 

The  Lord  our  God  is  clothed  with.  . .  151 

The  Lord  will  come,  and  not  be  slow.  915 

The  Lord's  my  Shepherd,  I'll  not  want.  156 

The  morning  flowers  display  their.  . .  977 

The  morning  kindles  all  the  sky   233 

The  morning  light  is  breaking   932 

The  perfect  world,  by  Adam  trod   863 

The  praying  spirit  breathe   753 

The  precious  seed  of  weeping   1010 

The  prodigal,  with  streaming  eyes.  . .  414 

The  royal  banner  is  unfurled   219 

The  saints  who  die  of  Christ  possessed.  983 

The  Saviour!  O  what  endless  charms.  325 

The  Saviour,  when  to  heaven  he  rose.  812 

The  spacious  firmament  on  high   138 

The  Spirit,  in  our  hearts   355 

The  starry  firmament  on  high   293 

The  Sun  of  righteousness  on  me   739 

The  tempter  to  my  soul  hath  said. . .  .  165 

The  thing  my  God  doth  hate   482 

The  voice  of  free  grace  cries,  Escape.  330 

The  world  is  very  evil   1058 

The  year  is  gone,  beyond  recall.   949 

Thee  we  adore,  eternal  Name   965 

There  is  a  fountain  filled  with  blood.  319 

There  is  a  land  mine  eye  hath  seen. . .  1041 

There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight   1037 

There  is  a  safe  and  secret  place   158 

There  is  an  eye  that  never  sleeps   707 

There  is  an  hour  of  peaceful  rest   1039 

There  is  no  night  in  heaven.   1049 

There  seems  a  voice  in  every  gale   122 

There's  a  wideness  in  God's  mercy. . .  149 

They  come,  God's  messengers  of  love.  167 

They  who  seek  the  throne  of  grace. . .  717 

Thine  arm,  O  Lord,  in  days  of  old. . .  1099 

Thine  forever! — God  of  love   465 

Thine,  Lord,  is  wisdom,  thine  alone.  127 

This  child  we  dedicate  to  thee   832 

This  God  is  the  God  we  adore  ,  143 

This  is  the  day  of  light   86 

This  is  the  day  the  Lord  hath  made. .  76 

This  stone  to  thee  in  faith  we  lay ....  861 

Thou  art  gone  to  the  grave ;  but  we . .  999 

Thou  art  gone  up  on  high   236 

Thou  art  the  Way: — to  thee  alone. . .  318 

Thou  dear  Redeemer,  dying  Lamb . . .  697 

Thou  God  of  glorious  majesty   966 

Thou  God  of  power,  thou  God  of  love.  18 

Thou  God  of  truth  and  love   801 

Thou  great  mysterious  God  unknown.  439  , 

Thou  hidden  love  of  God,  whose.  .  . .  477 

Thou  hidden  Source  of  calm  repose. .  736 


444 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


HYMN. 


Thou  Judge  of  quick  and  dead   1024 

Thou  Lamb  of  God,  thou  Prince  of  .  631 

Thou  Refuge  of  my  soul   674 

Thou  seest  my  feebleness   556 

Thou  Shepherd  of  Israel,  and  mine. .  .  748 

Thou  Son  of  God,  whose  naming  eyes.  372 

Thou  very-present  Aid   178 

Thou  who  like  the  wind  dost  come . .  283 

Thou,  whose  almighty  word   913 

Though  all  the  world  my  choice  deride.  695 

Though  nature's  strength  decay   1076 

Though  now  the  nations  sit  beneath.  925 

Though  troubles  assail,  and  dangers. .  141 

Though  waves  and  storms  go  o'er  my.  649 

Through  sorrow's  night,  and  danger's.  973 

Thus  far  the  Lord  hath  led  me  on. . . .  108 

Thy  ceaseless,  unexhausted  love   317 

Thy  gracious  presence,  O  my  God. . .  .  661 

Thy  life  I  read,  my  gracious  Lord ....  987 

Thy  mercy  heard  my  infant  prayer.  . .  658 

Thy  presence,  gracious  God,  afford .  .  39 

Thy  presence,  Lord,  the  place  shall  fill.  537 

Thy  way  is  in  the  sea   174 

Thy  way,  not  mine,  O  Lord   655 

Thy  will  be  done!  I  will  not  fear. . . .  628 

Thy  word,  almighty  Lord   288 

Till  He  come :  O  let  the  words   845 

'Tis  finished!  so  the  Saviour  cried   218 

'Tis  finished!  the  Messiah  dies   210 

'Tis  midnight;  and  on  Olives'  brow. .  217 

'Tis  thine  alone,  almighty  Name   895 

To  Jesus,  our  exalted  Lord    852 

To  the  haven  of  thy  breast  ,   678 

To  the  hills  I  lift  mine  eyes .........  745 

To  thee,  O  God,  whose  guiding  hand.  1105 

To  us  a  Child  of  hope  is  born  „ .  184 

Trembling  before  thine  awful  throne .  444 

Try  us,  O  God,  and  search  the  ground.  784 

Unchangeable,  almighty  Lord   792 

Unveil,  O  Lord,  and  on  us  shine   708 

Unveil  thy  bosom,  faithful  tomb   984 

Upon  the  Gospel's  sacred  page   290 

Urge  on  your  rapid  course   583 

Vain  are  all  terrestrial  pleasures   647 

Vain,  delusive  world,  adieu   456 

Vain  man,  thy  fond  pursuits  forbear.  365 

Vital  spark  of  heavenly  flame   969 

Walk  in  the  light !  so  shalt  thou  know.  507 

Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night   935 

We  all  believe  in  one  true  God   118 

We  bring  no  glittering  treasures   884 

We  give  thee  but  thine  own   892 

We  have  no  outward  righteousness. . .  446 


HYMN. 


We  journey  through  a  vale  of  tears. .  620 

We  know,  by  faith  we  know   1056 

We  lift  our  hearts  to  thee   Ill 

We  may  not  climb  the  heavenly  steeps  197 

We  plow  the  fields  and  scatter   1086 

We  rear  not  a  temple,  like  Judah's  of.  868 

We  shall  see  Him,  in  our  nature   247 

We  sing  the  praise  of  Him  who  died.  208 

We  sinners,  Lord,  with  earnest   408 

Weary  souls,  that  wander  wide   337 

Weep  not  for  a  brother  deceased   1011 

Welcome,  happy  morning !  age  to  age.  231 

Welcome,  sweet  day  of  rest   85 

Welcome,  thou  Victor  in  the  strife .  . .  228 

Well  for  him  who  all  things  losing. . .  492 

What  a  Friend  we  have  in  Jesus   728 

What  could  your  Redeemer  do   348 

What  glory  gilds  the  sacred  page ....  296 

What  grace,  O  Lord,  and  beauty   196 

What  is  our  calling's  glorious  hope . .  539 

What  majesty  and  grace   322 

What!  never  speak  one  evil  word. . . .  532 

What  shall  I  do  my  God  to  love   433 

What  shall  I  render  to  my  God   467 

What  sinners  value  I  resign   1042 

What  various  hindrances  we  meet. . .  .  690 

When  all  thy  mercies,  O  my  God ....  160 

When,  doomed  to  death,  the  apostle.  900 

When,  gracious  Lord,  when  shall  it  be.  395 

When,  his  salvation  bringing   883 

When  I  can  read  my  title  clear   659 

When  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross.  . .  211 

When  Israel,  of  the  Lord  beloved. . . .  163 

When  languor  and  disease  invade ....  612 

When,  marshaled  on  the  nightly  plain.  187 

When  on  Sinai's  top  I  see    206 

When  on  the  brink  of  death   997 

When  Power  divine,  in  mortal  form. .  630 

When  quiet  in  my  house  I  sit   291 

When  rising  from  the  bed  of  death. .  412 

When  shall  the  voice  of  singing. . . . .  934 

When  shall  Thy  love  constrain   400 

When  shall  we  meet  again   807 

When,  streaming  from  the  eastern. . .  110 

When  the  blind  suppliant  in  the  way.  201 

When  the  last  trumpet's  awful  voice.  989 

When  this  passing  world  is  done   1079 

When  thou,  my  righteous  Judge   1027 


When  through  the  torn  sail  the  wild.  1114 
When  time  seems  short  and  death  is. .  333 
When  to  the  exiled  seer  were  given. .  864 
When  wounded  sore,  the  stricken.. . .  320 
Wherefore  should  I  make  my  moan. .  1006 
Wherewith,  O  Lord,  shall  I  draw  near.  389 
Which  of  the  monarchs  of  the  earth.  155 
While  life  prolongs  its  precious  light.  349 


FIRST  LINES    OF  HYMNS. 


44b 


HYMN. 


While  o'er  the  deep  thy  servants  sail.  1111 

While  shepherds  watched  their  flocks.  192 

While  thee  I  seek,  protecting  Power.  616 

While  through  this  world  we  roam.  .  1048 

While  we  walk  with  God  in  light. .  . .  803 

W^hile,  with  ceaseless  course,  the  sun.  956 

Who  are  these  arrayed  in  white   1066 

Who  but  thou,  almighty  Spirit   942 

Who  in  the  Lord  confide   772 

Who  is  thy  neighbor?  He  whom  thou.  898 

Who  shall  forbid  our  chastened  woe. .  986 

Why  do  we  mourn  for  dying  friends.  970 

Why  should  our  tears  in  sorrow  flow.  971 

Why  should  the  children  of  a  King. .  424 

Why  should  we  boast  of  time  to  come.  366 

Why  should  we  start,  and  fear  to  die.  976 

Wilt  thou  hear  the  voice  of  praise.  . ,  878 

Wisdom  ascribe,  and  might,  and  praise.  951 

With  glorious  clouds  encompassed. . .  216 

With  joy  we  hail  the  sacred  day   74 

With  joy  we  lift  our  eyes   43 


HYMN. 


With  joy  we  meditate  the  grace   254 

With  stately  towers  and  bulwarks  .  .  764 

With  tearful  eyes  I  look  around   363 

Within  thy  house,  O  Lord  our  God . .  65 

Witness,  ye  men  and  angels,  now ....  466 

Work,  for  the  night  is  coming   565 

Workman  of  God!  O  lose  not  heart. .  591 

Would  Jesus  have  the  sinner  die   221 

Ye  faithful  souls  who  Jesus  know. .  .  600 

Ye  golden  lamps  of  heaven,  farewell.  1034 

Ye  ransomed  sinners,  hear   493 

Ye  servants  of  God,  your  Master   51 

Ye  simple  souls  that  stray   356 

Ye  virgin  souls,  arise   954 

Yes,  I  will  bless  thee,  O  my  God ....  705 

Yield  to  me  now,  for  I  am  weak ....  738 

Young  men  and  maidens,  raise   16 

Your  harps,  ye  trembling  saints   633 

Zion  stands  with  hills  surrounded. ...  768 


INDEX  OF  AUTHORS. 


The  figures  opposite  the  names  indicate  the  page  where  the  biographical  sketch  of  the  author  may  he  found. 


PAGE. 


ADAMS,  MRS.  SARAH  F   282 

Hymn  724. 

ADDISON,  JOSEPH   58 

Hymns  138,  160,  180,  412,  1113. 

ALEXANDER,  MRS.  CECIL  F   1 28 

Hymns  320,  941,  1022. 

ALEXANDER,  REV.  JAMES  W.,  D.D   91 

Hymn  222. 

ALFORD,  REV.  HENRY,  D.D   220 

Hymns  564,  1036,  1062,  1083. 

ALLEN,  REV.  JAMES   284 

Hymn  730. 

ALLEN'S  COLLECTION   136 

Hymn  342. 

AMBROSE  OF  MILAN   48 

Hymns  107,  129,  233. 

ANDERSON,  MRS.  MARIA  F   359 

Hymn  933. 

ANDREW  OF  CRETE   402 

Hymn  1047. 

ARNOLD,  REV.  GOTTFRIED   194 

Hymn  492. 

AUBER,  MISS  HARRIET   20 

Hymns  33,  74, 76, 132,  280,  300, 764,  779,  902,  937. 

AQUINAS,  THOMAS,  D.D   329 

Hymn  849. 


BACON,  REV,  LEONARD,  D.D  

Hymn  925. 

BAKER,  REV.  SIR  HENRY  WILLIAMS. . . 
Hymns  91,  638,  891,  1102,  1107. 

BAKEWELL,  REV.  JOHN  

Hymn  246. 

BARBAULD,  MRS.  ANNA  LETITIA  

Hymns  77, 344,  982,  1084. 

BARBER,  MARY  A.  S  

Hymn  463. 

BARING-GOULD,  REV.  SABINE  

Hymn  563. 

BARTON,  BERNARD  

Hymns  507,  620. 

BATHURST,  REV.  WILLIAM  H. 
Hymns  61,  274,  667,  928,  980. 

BAXTER,  MRS.  LYDIA. 
Hymn  653. 

BAXTER,  REV.  RICHARD  

Hymn  669. 

BEDDOME,  REV.  BENJAMIN  . 

Hymns  285,  314,  315,  405,  466,  706,  819,  950. 
BEHEMB,  REV.  MARTIN  

Hymn  694. 

BERNARD  OFCLAIRVAUX  

Hymns  222,  327,  408,  691,  700,  701,  702. 


PAGE. 


BERNARD  OF  CLUNY   407 

Hymns  1058,  1059,  1060,  1061. 

BETHUNE,  REV.  GEORGE  W.,  D.D   133 

Hymns  333,  993. 

BICKERSTETH,  REV.  EDWARD  H   327 

Hymn  845. 

BLACKLOCK,  REV.  THOMAS,  D.D   56 

Hymn  133. 

BOEHM,  ANTHONY  W   130 

Hymn  327. 

BONAR,  REV.  HORATIUS,  D.D   169 

Hymns  426,  434,  576,  603,  655,  754,  796,  855,  957, 
994. 

BONAR,  MRS.  JANE  C   289 

Hymn  741. 

BORTHWICK,  MISS  JANE   141 

Hymns  352,  654. 

BOWLY,  MARY   322 

Hymn  829. 

BOURIGNON,  MADAME  ANTOINETTE    181 

Hymn  457. 

BOWRING,  SIR  JOHN,  LL.D   63 

Hymns  150,  204,  290,  328,  935,  978. 

BRACE,  REV.  S.  C   343 

Hymn  890. 

BRADY,  REV.  NICHOLAS  (TATE  and  Brady)  . .  13 
Hymns  13,  192,  550.  1097. 

BRIDGES,  MATTHEW   94 

Hymns  229,  257,  468. 

BROOKS,  REV.  CHARLES  T   421 

Hymn  1090. 

BROWN,  MRS.  PHCEBE  H   276 

Hymns  709,  771. 

BROWNE,  SIMON   433 

Doxology  18. 

BRYANT,  WILLIAM  C   83 

Hymns  201,  627,  869,  881,  900,  905,  907,  929. 

BULFINCH,  REV.  STEPHEN  G.,  D.D   40 

Hymn  87. 

BULLOCK,  REV.  WILLIAM,  D.D   423 

Hymn  1095. 

BUNTING,  REV.  WILLIAM  M   322 

Hymn  &30. 

BURDSALL.  RICHARD   131 

Hymn  330. 

BURGESS,  BISHOP  GEORGE,  D.D   226 

Hymns  579,  1111. 
BURLEIGH,  WILLIAM  H   261 

Hymn  671, 

BURTON,  JOHN   115 

Hymn  282. 

BUTTRESS,  JOHN   120 

Hymn  298. 


356 
42 
101 
36 
184 
220 
199 
30 
254 
260 
116 
270 
130 


INDEX  OF 


A  UTHOliS. 


PAGE. 

BYROM,  JOHN   181 

Hymn  457. 

CAMERON,  WILLIAM   379 

Hymn  989. 

CAMPBELL,  JANE  M   419 

Hymn  1086. 

CAMPBELL,  ROBERT   70 

Hymns  167,  847. 

CARLYLE,  REV.  JOSEPH  DACRE   30 

Hymn  60. 

CARY,  MISS  PHCEBE   405 

Hymn  1053. 

CASW ALL,  REV.  EDWARD   48 

Hymns  107,  269,  687,  700,  701,  702. 

CAWOOD,  REV.  JOHN   78 

Hymns  188,  301. 

CENNICK,  REV.  JOHN   179 

Hymns  450,  697,  720. 

CHANDLER,  REV.  JOHN   26 

Hymns  49,  129,  219. 
CHARLES,  MRS.  ELIZABETH   85 

Hymns  205,  233,  843,  1026. 

CHORLEY,  HENRY  F   421 

Hymn  1092. 

CLARK,  REV.  JAMES  F.,  D.D   349 

Hymn  906. 

CLAUDIUS,  MATTHIAS   419 

Hymn  1086. 

CLAUSNITZER,  REV.  TOBIAH   51 

Hymn  118. 

CLEMENT  OF  ALEXANDRIA   342 

Hymn  885. 

CODNER,  ELIZABETH   153 

Hymn  384. 

COLLYER,  REV.  WILLIAM  B   142 

Hymns  354,  370,  922,  997,  1028. 
CONDER,  JOSIAH   327 

Hymns  134,  844. 

COOPER,  EDWARD   21 

Hymn  35. 

COSIN,  BISHOP  JOHN   Ill 

Hymn  273. 

COTTERILL,  MRS.  JANE   1 82 

Hymn  459. 

COTTERILL,  REV.  THOMAS   115 

Hymns  281,  749,  783,  838,  904. 

COWPER,  MISS  FRANCES  M   258 

Hymn  664. 

COWPER,  WILLIAM   24 

Hymns  44,  161,  296,  308,  319,  549,  552,  625,  641, 
690,  696,  713,  777. 

COX,  CHRISTOPHER  C,  M.D   50 

Hymn  115. 

COXE,  BISHOP  ARTHUR  C,  D.D   84 

Hymns  202,  376,  763,  944. 

CRABBE,  REV.  GEORGE   138 

Hymn  346. 

CROSSWELL,  REV.  WILLIAM,  D.D   346 

Hymn  897. 

CUNNINGHAM,  REV.  JOHN  W   86 

Hymn  209. 

CUTTER,  WILLIAM   345 

Hymns  896,  898. 

DAVIES,  REV.  SAMUEL   183 

Hymn  460. 

DAVIS,  WILLIAM  T   426 

Hymn  1105. 


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DENHAM,  REV.  DAVID   406 

Hymn  1054. 

DENNY,  SIR  EDWARD   81 

Hymns  196,  914. 

DESSLER,  WOLFGANG  C   178 

Hymns  448,  613. 

DEXTER,  REV.  HENRY  M.,  D.D   342 

Hymn  885. 

DIX,  WILLIAM  C   76 

.  Hymn  182. 

DOANE,  BISHOP  GEORGE  W.,  D.D   51 

Hymns  117,  318. 

DOBELL,  JOHN   144 

Hymn  361. 

DOBER,  MRS.  ANNA  S   193 

Hymn  490. 

DODDRIDGE,  REV.  PHILIP,  D.D   .  37 

Hymns  78,  96,  176, 185,  321, 429, 447, 594, 605, 692, 
774, 812, 823, 827, 834, 867,  893, 894, 903,  948, 958, 
1034,  1082. 

DRYDEN,  JOHN   431 

Doxology  5. 

DUFFIELD,  REV.  GEORGE,  D.D   222 

Hymn  567. 

DWIGHT,  REV.  JOHN  S   421 

Hymn  1090. 

DWIGHT,  REV.  TIMOTHY,  D.D   140 

Hymns  349,  770,  981. 

DUNN,  REV.  ROBINSON  P   162 

Hymn  408. 

EASTBURN,  REV.  JAMES  W   58 

Hymn  137. 

ECKING,  SAMUEL   69 

Hymn  164. 

EDMESTON,  JAMES   38 

Hymns  80,  116,  879,  931,  934. 

ELA,  REV.  DAVID  H.,  D.D   82 

Hymn  198. 

ELLERTON,  REV.  JOHN   40 

Hymns  86,  94,  231,  597. 

ELLIOTT,  MISS  CHARLOTTE   145 

Hymns  363,  393,  752. 

ESLING,  MRS.  C.  H   253 

Hymn  652. 

EVANS,  REV.  JONATHAN   28 

Hymns  55,  224. 

EVEREST,  REV.  CHARLES  W   234 

Hymn  601. 

FABER,  REV.  FREDERICK  W.,  D.D   54 

Hymns  125, 147, 149,  509,  591,  596, 608,  1070, 1071. 

FABRICIUS,  REV.  JACOB   222 

Hymn  569. 

FAWCETT,  REV.  JOHN,  D.D   19 

Hymns  31,  39,  174,  297  ,  312,  371,  797. 
FLOWERDEW,  MRS.  ALICE   417 

Hymn  1081. 

FORD,  REV.  DAVID  E   251 

Hymns  647,  960. 

FORTUNATUS  VENANTIUS   90 

Hymns  219,  231. 

FRANCIS,  REV.  BENJAMIN   334 

Hymns  604,  865. 

GAMBOLD,  BISHOP  JOHN   295 

Hymn  758. 

GANSE,  REV.  HERVEY  D   115 

Hymns  283,  634. 


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GERHARDT,  REV.  PAUL    87 

Hymns  212,  222,  265,  436,  476,  672,  673. 

GIBBONS,  REV.  THOMAS,  D.D   350 

Hymns  530,  910. 
GILMAN,  REV.  SAMUEL   323 

Hymn  832. 

GILMORE,  REV.  J.  H   242 

Hymn  622. 

GOODE,  WILLIAM   432 

Doxology  11. 

GOUGH,  BENJAMIN   192 

Hymn  488. 

GOULD,  MISS  HANNAH  F   41 

Hymns  90,  1110. 

GRANT,  SIR  ROBERT   59 

Hymns  140,  293,  417,  658,  723. 
GREGORY  THE  GREAT   98 

Hymns  240,  269,  273. 

GRIGG,  REV.  JOSEPH   235 

Hymn  604. 

GURNEY,  REV.  JOHN  H   230 

Hymns  590,  1094. 
GUSTAVUS  ADOLPHUS   222 

Hymn  569. 

GUYON,  MADAME  J.  M.  B.  DE  LA  MOTHE   270 

Hymn  696. 

HAMMOND,  REV.  WILLIAM   9 

Hymns  4,  21. 

HANKEY,  MISS  CATHERINE   295 

Hymn  756. 

HARBAUGH,  REV.  HENRY  <197 

Hymn  500. 

HART,  REV.  JOSEPH   19 

Hymns  29,  143,  340,  365,  396,  689,  840,  841. 

HASTINGS,  THOMAS   74 

Hymns  177,  336,  646,  912,  1002. 

HATFIELD,  REV.  EDWIN  F.,  D.D   345 

Hymn  895. 

HAWEIS,  REV.  THOMAS   110 

Hymns  270,  271,  338,  619. 

HAWKER,  REV.  ROBERT   29 

Hymn  59. 

HAWKS,  MRS.  ANNIE  S   296 

Hymn  760. 

HEATH,  REV.  GEORGE   227 

Hymn  581. 

HEBER,  BISHOP  REGINALD,  D.D   30 

Hymns  62,  71,  136,  186,  373,  387,  875,  930,  999, 
1114. 

HEDGE,  REV.  FREDERICK  H.,  D.D   70 

Hymn  166. 

HEGIN  BOTH  AM,  REV.  OTTI  WELL   119 

Hymns  294,  705. 

HEMANS,  MRS.  FELICIA  D  \   240 

Hymns  618,  988,  1005,  1052. 

HERVEY,  REV.  JAMES   239 

Hymn  615. 

HERZOG,  JOHN  F   50 

Hymn  114. 

HILL,  REV.  ROWLAND   399 

Hymn  1040. 

HILLHOUSE,  AUGUSTUS  L   1 76 

Hymn  444. 

HOLDEN,  OLIVER   279 

Hymn  717. 

HOLMES,  OLIVER  WENDELL,  M.D   57 

Hymns  135,  629. 

HOPKINS,  REV.  JOHN   26 

Hymn  50. 


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HOPKINS,  JOSIAH   133 

Hymn  &35. 

HOW,  REV.  WILLIAM  W   88 

Hymns  213, 892. 

HUNTER,  REV.  WILLIAM,  D.D   378 

Hymns  986,  1072. 

HUNTINGDON,  SELINA,  COUNTESS  OF   394 

Hymn  1027. 

HUTTON,  JAMES   39 

Hymn  83. 

HYDE,  MRS.  ABB Y  BRADLEY   141 

Hymn  353. 

IRONS,  REV.  WILLIAM  J.,  D.D   93 

Hymns  225,  614. 

JACOBI,  JOHN  C   50 

Hymns  114,  265. 

JERVIS,  REV.  THOMAS   24 

Hymn  43. 

JOHN  OF  DAMASCUS   94 

Hymn  230. 

JONES,  REV.  EDMUND   147 

Hymn  369. 

JOSEPH  OF  THE  STUDIUM   248 

Hymn  640. 

JUDKIN,  REV.  THOMAS  J   104 

Hymns  253,  266. 

JUDSON,  REV.  ADONIRAM,  D.D   278 

Hymn  716. 

KEBLE,  REV.  JOHN   46 

Hymns  102,  103,  501,  1080. 

KELLY,  REV.  THOMAS   28 

Hymns  54,  58,  208,  226,  235,  249,  256,  561,  577, 
767,  768. 

KEN,  BISHOP  THOMAS   47 

Hymns  105,  106. 

KEITH,  GEORGE   264 

Hymn  697. 

KETHE,  REV.  WILLIAM   12 

Hymn  11. 

KING,  JOHN   341 

Hymn  883. 

KNOLLIS,  REV.  FRANCIS  M.,  D.D   403 

Hymn  1049. 

KNOWLES,  JAMES  D   336 

Hymn  870. 

LANGE,  REV.  ERNEST   54 

Hymns  126,  127. 

LANGE,  REV.  JOACHIM,  D.D   187 

Hymn  474. 

LEESON,  MISS  JANE  E   343 

Hymn  889. 

LELAND,  REV.  JOHN   50 

Hymn  113. 

LIVINGSTONE   178 

Hymn  449. 

LLOYD,  WILLIAM  F   247 

Hymn  637. 

LONGFELLOW,  REV.  SAMUEL   48 

Hymns  109,  263,  598. 
LUKE,  MRS.  JEMIMA   340 

Hymn  880. 

LUTHER,  REV.  MARTIN,  D.D   69 

Hymns  166,  911. 

LYTE,  REV.  HENRY  F   18 

Hymns  27,  93,  158,  635,  643,  734,  1088. 

M'CHEYNE,  REV.  ROBERT  M   416 

Hymn  1079. 


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M'COMB,  WILLIAM   175 

Hymn  441. 

MACDUFF,  REV.  JOHN  R   389 

Hymns  203,  1016. 
MACE,  MRS.  FRANCES  L   250 

Hymn  644. 

MACK  AY,  MRS.  MARGARET   ..  375 

Hymn  979. 

MALAN,  REV.  H.  A.  C,  D.D   380 

Hymn  993. 

MANT,  BISHOP  RICHARD    28 

Hymn  56. 

MARCH,  REV.  DANIEL   236 

Hymn  607. 

MARCY,  MRS.  ELIZABETH  E   259 

Hymn  665. 

MARRIOTT,  REV.  JOHN   351 

Hymn  913. 

MARSDEN,  REV.  JOSHUA   361 

Hymn  939. 

MASON,  MISS  MARY  JANE    289 

Hymn  742. 

MASON,  REV.  JOHN   45 

Hymn  99. 

MASSIE,  RICHARD   294 

Hymn  755. 

MAUDE,  MRS.  MARY  F   184 

Hymn  465. 

MAXWELL,  MRS.  M.  H   337 

Hymn  873. 

MEDLEY,  REV.  SAMUEL   80 

Hymns  193,  242,  323,  743. 

MEINHOLD,  JOHN  W   386 

Hymn  1007. 

MERRICK,  REV.  JAMES   240 

Hymn  617. 

MESSENGER,  JOHN  A   350 

Hymn  911. 

MIDLANE,  ALBERT   143 

Hymn  357. 

MILLER,  MRS.  EMILY  H   333 

*"~    Hymns  862,  886. 

MILTON,  JOHN   61 

Hymns  145,  769,  915. 

MONSELL,  REV.  JOHN  S.  B   95 

Hymns  232,  548,  729,  732,  SOS,  1015.  1085,  1106. 

MONTGOMERY,  JAMES   10 

Hymns  5,  24,  25,  40,  68,  79,  89, 165,  168,  179,  181, 
189,  191,  206,  223,  276,  286,  288,  341,  358,  403, 
464.  575,  599,  639,  660,  663,  693,  710,  750,  781, 
788,  836,  858,  861,  882,  909,  916,  938,  959,  992, 
1000,  1009,  1048,  1050,  1087. 

MOORE,  THOMAS   238 

Hymns  611,  683. 

MORE,  HENRY   110 

Hymn  268. 

MORRIS,  GEORGE  P   388 

Hymn  1012. 

MORRISON,  REV.  JOHN   76 

Hymns  184,  551. 

MOTE,  REV.  EDWARD   167 

Hymn  421. 

.  MUHLENBERG,  REV.  WILLIAM  A.,  D.D   154 

Hymns  388,  485,  888,  998. 

NEALE,  REV.  JOHN  M.,  D.D   82 

Hymns  199,  230,  640,  856,  859,  1047,  1058,  1059, 
1060,  1061. 

NEVIN,  REV.  EDWIN  H.,  D.D   285 

Hymn  731. 

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AUTHORS.  449 


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NEWMAN,  REV.  JOHN  H.,  D.D   85 

Hymns  207,  682,  708. 

NEWTON,  REV.  JOHN   16 

Hymns  23,  53,  88,  141,  316,  423,  427, 498,  516,  546, 
718,  747,  776,  956,  1029. 

NOEL,  REV.  BAPTIST  W   104 

Hymns  255,  633. 

NOEL,  REV.  GERARD  THOMAS   325 

Hymn  839. 

OBERLIN,  REV.  JEAN  F   267 

Hymn  685. 

OLIVERS,  REV.  THOMAS   415 

Hymns  733,  1075,  1076,  1077. 

ONDERDONK,  BISHOP  HENRY  U   142 

Hymn  355. 

OPIE,  MRS.  AMELIA   53 

Hymn  122. 

PALMER,  REV.  RAY,  D.D   278 

Hymns  240,  284,  691,  714,  762,  849,  921,  1055. 

PARK,  REV.  ROSWELL   330 

Hymn  853. 

PEABODY,  REV.  WILLIAM  B.  0   373 

Hymn  974. 

PEACOCK,  JOHN   322 

Hymn  828. 

PERRONET,'  REV.  EDWARD   102 

Hymn  248. 

PHILLIPS,  MISS  HARRIET  C   341 

Hymn  884. 

PIERPONT,  REV.  JOHN   21 

Hymns  36,  857. 

PLUMPTRE,  REV.  EDWARD  H   424 

Hymn  1099. 

POPE,  ALEXANDER   372 

Hymn  969. 

POTT,  REV.  FRANCIS   364 

Hymn  949. 

PRENTISS,  MRS.  ELIZABETH  P   282 

Hymn  725. 

PYPER,  MARY   101 

Hymn  247. 

RAFFLES,  REV.  THOMAS,  D.D   25 

Hymns  45,  380,  1067. 

RAMBACH,  J.  J   321 

Hymn  826. 

RAWSON,  GEORGE   196 

Hymns  499,  850. 

REED,  REV.  ANDREW   109 

Hymns  267,  278,  343. 

REED,  MRS.  ELIZABETH  H   162 

Hymn  409. 

RICE,  MRS.  CAROLINE  L   339 

Hymn  878. 

RICHARDSON,  MRS.  CHARLOTTE   246 

Hymn  632. 

RICHTER,  REV.  CHRISTIAN  F.,  D.D   157 

Hymns  394,  631. 

RINGWALDT,  REV.  BARTHOLOMEW   394 

Hymn  1028. 

ROBERT  II.,  KING  OF  FRANCE   116 

Hymn  284. 

ROBERTS,  THOMAS   297 

Hymn  761. 

ROBINS,  GURDON   400 

Hymn  1041. 

ROBINSON,  GEORGE   334 

Hymns  800,  864. 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


PAGE. 

ROBINSON,  REV.  ROBERT   63 

Hymns  148,  726. 

ROSCOE,  MISS  JANE  E   244 

Hymn  628. 

ROSCOE,  REV.  WILLIAM   426 

Hymn  1103. 

ROTHE,  REV.  JOHANNA   166 

Hymns  420,  649. 

RYLAND,  REV.  JOHN,  D.D   73 

Hymn  175. 

SARGENT,  LUCIUS  M   347 

Hymn  901. 

SCHEFFLER,  JOHANN  A   52 

Hymns  119,  478. 

SCHMOLKE,  REV.  BENJAMIN   94 

Hymns  228,  654. 

SCOTT,  ELIZABETH   35 

Hymns  73, 112. 

SCOTT,  REV.  THOMAS   137 

Hymn  345. 

SCOTT,  SIR  WALTER   68 

Hymns  163, 1017. 

SEAGRAVE,  REV.  ROBERT   411 

Hymn  1068. 

SEARS,  REV.  EDMUND  H„  D.D   80 

Hymns  194,  195. 

SEYMOUR,  AARON  C.  H   349 

Hymn  908. 

SHEPHERD,  THOMAS   259 

Hymn  666. 

SHIRLEY,  REV.  WALTER    27 

Hymns  52,  730. 

SHRUBSOLE,  WILLIAM,  JR   48 

Hymns  110,  920. 

SIGOURNEY,  MRS.  LYDIA  H   117 

Hymns  287,  578,  1008. 

SMITH,  SIR  JAMES  E.,  M.D   32 

Hymns  67,  630. 

SMITH,  REV.  SAMUEL  F.,  D.D   42 

Hymns  92,  807,  932,  1089. 

SPANGENBERG,  BISHOP  AUGUSTUS  G   315 

Hymn  811. 

SPITTA,  REV.  CARL  J.  P   294 

Hymns  755,  1010. 

STANLEY,  REV.  ARTHUR  P.,  D.D   83 

Hymns  200,  1023. 

STEELE,  MISS  ANNE   31 

Hymns  63,  64,  100,  252,  299,  306,  309,  313,  325, 
553,  554,  610,  661,  674,  852,  962,  1051,  1096, 
1101. 

STEELE,  MRS.  HARRIET  BINNEY   338 

Hymn  874. 

STENNETT,  REV.  JOSEPH,  D.D   38 

Hymn  82. 

STENNETT,  REV.  SAMUEL,  D.D   90 

Hymns  218,  241,  295,  322,  504,  987,  1038. 

STERNHOLD,  THOMAS   63 

Hymn  152. 

STOCKER,  JOHN   107 

Hymn  262. 

STOWELL,  REV.  HUGH    266 

Hymn  684. 

STRAPHAN,  JOSEPH   339 

Hymn  877. 

STRONG,  REV.  NATHAN   422 

Hymn  1093. 

SWAIN,  REV.  JOSEPH   296 

Hymns  759,  780. 


SWAIN,  REV.  LEONARD   228 

Hymn  584. 

TAPPAN,  WILLIAM  B   89 

Hymns  217,  1039. 

TATE,  [NAHUM   52 

Hymn  120. 

TATE  AND  BRADY   13 

Hymns  13,  192,  550,  1097. 

TENNYSON,  ALFRED   149 

Hymn  375. 

TERSTEEGEN,  GERHARD   25 

Hymns  47,  352,  477,  496,  695. 

THOMAS  OF  CELANO   392 

Hymn  1023. 

THOMPSON,  REV.  ALEXANDER  R   261 

Hymn  670. 

THOMPSON,  JOHN,  M.D   67 

Hymn  159. 

THRUPP,  MISS  DOROTHY  A   337 

Hymns  872,  876. 

TORE,  MRS.  EMMA   97 

Hymn  236. 

TOPLADY,  REV.  AUGUSTUS  M   165 

Hymns  415,  534,  612,  633,  636,  828,  1004. 

TURNEY,  REV.  EDMUND   325 

Hymn  837. 

TUTTIETT,  REV.  LAURENCE   222 

Hymn  568. 


UNKNOWN  HYMNS,  10,  57,  65,  101,  199,  360,  414, 
560,  580,  624,  087,  711,  727,  778,  847,  800,  899, 
917,  942,  971,  975,  990,  1044,  1091. 


VICTORINUS  SANTOLIUS   26 

Hymn  49. 

VOKE,  MRS   355 

Hymn  923. 

WALFORD,  REV.  W.  W   268 

Hymn  688. 

WALKER,  ANNA  L     221 

Hymn  565. 

WALKER,  REV.  JOHN   15 

Hymn  18. 

WALLACE,  REV.  JAMES  C   275 

Hymn  707. 

WARDLAW,  RE 7.  RALPH,  D.D   280 

Hymn  721. 

WARE,  REV.  HENRY,  JR.,  D.D   93 

Hymns  227,  868. 

WARING,  MISS  ANNA  L   200 

Hymns  510,  642,  675,  676. 

WARNER,  MISS  ANNA     224 

Hymn  572. 

WARREN,  REV.  WILLIAM  F.,  D.D   Ill 

Hymn  272. 

WATERBURY,  JARED  B   221 

Hymn  566. 

WATTS,  ALARIC  A   314 

Hymn  807. 

WATTS,  REV.  TSAAC,  D.D   8 


Hymns  2,  3,  8,  9,  12,  15,  17,  38,  41,  69,  81,  84,  85, 
95,  98,  104,  108, 123,  130,  142,  146,  153,  154,  162, 
172, 183,  211, 214,  2:34,  243, 254,  277,  292,  302,  304, 
305,  310,  324,  320,  391, 418, 419, 424, 547, 593,  595, 
621,  659,  R62,  698,  699,  703, 704,  740, 751,  766,  773, 
787, 799, 820, 821, 871, 919,  964, 965, 970, 972,  976, 
984,  985,  995,  1020,  1035,  1037,  1042,  1045,  1104. 

WEISSE,  REV.  MICHAEL   106 

Hymn  259. 


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WEISSEL,  REV.  GEORG   13 

Hymn  14. 

WESLEY,  REV.  CHARLES   7 

Hymns  1,  6,  7,  16, 19,  26,  28, 30,  32,  34,  37,  42,  46, 
48,  51,  97,  121,  124,  131,  155,  169,  170,  173,  178, 
190,  210, 216,  220, 221,  237,  239,  244,  245,  250,  251, 
258,  260,  261,  264,  275,  279, 289,  291,  303,  307,  311, 
317, 329, 331, 332, 334,  337,  339,  347,  348, 350,  351, 
359, 364,  367,  368,  372,  374, 377, 378, 379,  381,  382, 
383, 385, 386, 389, 390, 392, 395,  397,  398,  399, 400, 
401, 402,  404,  406, 407, 410, 413, 416,  422,  425,  428, 
430,  431, 432,  433, 435, 437, 438,  439, 440, 442,  443, 
445,  446, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455,  456,  458, 462,  467, 
469,  470, 471,  472,  473, 475, 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 
484, 486, 487, 489,  491, 493, 494, 495, 497,  502,  503, 
505,  506,  508, 511,  512, 513, 514, 515,  51?,  518,  519, 
520,  521,  222, 523,  524,  525,  526,  527,  528,  529, 531, 
532,  533, 535,  536,  537,  538,  539,  540,  541, 542,  543, 
544,  545,  555, 556,  557, 558,  559,  562,  570,  571,  573, 
574, 582, 583, 585, 586,  587,  588,  589, 592, 600, 606, 
609,  623,  626,  645,  648,  650,  651,  656,  657,  668,  677, 
678,  680,  681, 686, 712, 715,  719, 722, 735, 736, 737, 
738,  739,  744, 745,  746, 748,  753, 757, 765, 772,  775, 
782, 784, 785, 786, 789, 790,  791,  792, 793, 794,  795, 
798, 801, 802, 803,  804, 805, 806, 809,  815,  816, 817, 
818, 822, 824, 825, 831, 833,  835,  842,  846, 848, 851, 
854, 924,  926,  927,  936, 943,  945,  946,  947,  951,  952, 
953, 954,  955,  961,  963, 966, 967, 968, 983,  991, 996, 
1001, 1003, 1006, 1011, 1013, 1014, 1018, 1019,1021, 
1024, 1025, 1030,  1031, 1032, 1033,  1043, 1046, 1056, 
1057, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1069, 1073,  1074,  1109, 
1112,  1115,  1116,  1117. 

WESLEY,  REV.  JOHN   49 

Hymns  47,  111,  119,  126,  127,  128,  139,  212,  238, 
356, 362,  394, 411,  420,  448, 461, 474,  476,  477,  478, 
490,  496,  560,  631,  649,  672,  673,  811,  813,  814, 
1078. 


WESLEY,  REV.  SAMUEL   89 

Hymns  157,  215. 

WESLEY,  REV.  SAMUEL,  JR   36 

Hymns  75,  977. 

WEST,  ROBERT  A   32 

Hymn  66. 


PAGE. 

WHITE,  HENRY  KIRKE   16 

Hymns  22,  151,  187,  973. 

WHITING,  WILLIAM   427 

Hymn  1108. 

WHITTEMORE,  REV.  J   343 

Hymn  889. 

WH1TTIER,  JOHN  G   82 

Hymns  197,  602. 

WHITTINGHAM,  WILLIAM   66 

Hymn  156. 

WILKS,  M   146 

Hymn  366. 

WILLIAMS,  REV.  BENJAMIN   15 

Hymn  20. 

WILLIAMS,  MISS  HELEN  M   240 

Hymn  616. 

WILLIAMS,  REV.  WILLIAM   72 

Hymns  171,  940. 

WILLIS,  NATHANIEL  P   333 

Hymn  863. 

WILSON,  MRS.  DANIEL   267 

Hymn  685. 

WINCHESTER,  CALEB  T   335 

Hymn  866. 

WINKLER,  REV.  JOHANN  J   316 

Hymns  813,  814. 

WINKWORTH,  MISS  CATHARINE   13 

Hymns  14,  118,  228,  259,  436,  492,  569,  694,  826, 
1007,  1010. 

WOODHULL,  ALFRED  A   425 

Hymn  1100. 

WORDSWTORTH,  BISHOP  CHRISTOPHER   34 

Hymns  72,  144,  887. 

WRANGHAM,  WILLIAM   33 

Hymn  70. 

WREFORD,  REV.  JOHN  R   424 

Hymn  1098. 

ZINZENDORF,  NICHOLAUS  L   55 

Hymns  128,  238,  461. 


INDEX  OF  SCRIPTURE  TEXTS 


Genesis. 


Cta.  Ver. 

Hymn. 

1 

1,  2 

139,"  913 

2 

7 

9 

3 

15 

822 

3 

19 

965, 972 

8 

11 

266,  403 

8 

22 

1081 

18 

27 

38,  490 

19 

17 

330 

22 

10 

471 

28 

10-19  724 

28 

12 

690 

28  17 

37,  45,  47 

31 

42 

1075,  1076, 

1077 

32 

26 

440,  458,  715, 

737,  738,  739 

Exodus. 

3 

6 

1075 

13 

21 

37, 171 

14 

15 

563, 564 

15 

11 

68 

20 

11 

72,  78 

20 

24 

40 

25 

22 

44,  61,  684 

32 

10 

735 

34 

6,7 

317 

Leviticus. 

19 

2 

131 

25 

9 

331 

Numbers. 

10 

29 

781 

23 

10 

982, 990 

Deuteronomy. 

5  32 
18  15 
29  17 
32  3 
32  31 
34  1 

24  15 


685, 686 
243 
930 

26,  871, 951 
421,  679 
515,  542 

Joshua. 
101,  447,  573 


I.  Samuel. 
3  18 
7  12 


1006 
726 


II.  Samuel. 
12  23  1006 

I.  Kings. 
8  27     860,  861,  865 
18  38  562 

18  44  936 

19  12  287,711 
19  18  33 


II.  Kings. 

Ch.  Ver. 

Hymn. 

Ch.  Ver. 

Hymn. 

Ch.  Ver. 

Hymn. 

Ch.  Ver.  Hymn. 

23 

156, 179, 180, 

55 

17 

750,  752 

103  1,2 

749 

7  4 

369 

622,  642,  651, 
748,759,761, 
872,  961,  975 

57 

70 

103  8-12  172 

10  15 

1073 

57 
57 

1 

8 

736 
96,  106 

103  19 
104 

51 
140 

I.  Chronicles. 

24  7 

237,  261 

59 

16,17  100 

104  1,  2 

17, 133, 

16  34 

13,  25 

26 

8 

770 

62 

5 

505 

142, 151 

28  9 

360 

27  1 

639 

63 

1 

419,  461,  693 

105  6 

248 

27 

5 

660 

65 

1 

67 

105  39 

163 

II.  Chronicles. 

27  7 

723 

65 

2 

282 

106  1 

420 

6  41 

824 

27 

8 

660,  712 

733 

65 

5 

1113 

106  2 

13 

Esther. 

369 

27 

9 

65 

8 

95, 127 

107  2,3 

25 

4  16 

27 

14 

505,  506 

65 

11 

1081, 1082 

107  16 

185 

29 

2 

805 

66 

1 

8 

107  32 

25 

Job. 

29 

3 

151 

67 

50 

108  1 

516 

1  21 

1012 

30 

5 

627,  673 

67 

1 

779, 992 

113  3 

68 

3  10 

655 

31 

18 

637 

67 

4 

41 

113  4 

5 

3  19 

972 

32 

1 

418 

68 

162 

113  7 

154 

7  6 

950 

32 

6 

625 

68 

18 

24 

116  1 

621 

7  16 

998 

32 

8 

255 

69 

13 

160 

116  7 

400 

11  7 

126, 127, 130 

33 

12 

1082 

71 

9 

658 

116  12 

458 

14  4 

305 

34 

1 

705 

72 

4 

154, 181, 185 

116  13 

467 

14  10 

1012 

34 

18 

410 

72 

7 

8 

118  22 

766 

16  22 

956 

35 

18 

51,  330 

72 

11 

31,  919,  937 

118  24 

74,75 

19  25 

242,  512 

36 

5 

127 

72 

15 

1,  919 

118  27 

455 

21  13 

966 

36 

9 

428 

73 

24 

?0,  255,  295, 
682,  687 

119       296,  297,  298, 

25  4 

305 

37 

5 

672 

299 

26  14 

146 

37 

31 

562,  745 

73 

26  478,649,997, 

119  54 

788 

29  3 

549 

39 

4 

465,  959,  962, 

1117 

119  94 

460, 757 

38  7 

24, 916 

965 

77 

19 

174 

119  96 

538 

38  41 

164 

39 

5 

664 

78 

5,  6 

1103 

119  105 

295,  297 

40  4 

305 

39  7 

624 

78 

8 

396 

119  111 

299 

42  6 

394 

40 

1,2 

131 

78 

14 

163 

119  130 

296 

40  17 

543 

78 

53 

108 

119  151 

629 

Psalms. 

41 

1-3 

902 

81 

1 

19 

121  1,2 

745 

1  1,2  291 

42 

1,2 

550 

84 

15,769 

121  4 

707 

2  11 

54 

42 

5 

550 

84 

2 

65 

121  5 

746 

2  12 

251 

42 

7 

649,  651 

84 

6 

620 

122  1 

89 

3  5 

112, 165 

43 

3 

298 

84 

7 

589 

122  6 

46 

5  3 

98 

44  1 

1097 

84 

10 

83 

122  7 

74 

5  7 

43 

45 

3 

6,  243 

84 

11 

69,  99 

124 

1099, 1103 

8  1 

146 

46 

773 

85 

6 

508 

125  2 

768, 772 

8  3 

38 

46 

1 

166, 168, 178, 

86 

1 

819 

126  5 

575,  579,  602 

9  18 

625 

197,  544, 639. 

86 

11 

819 

127  1 

809 

10  17 

457 

773 

87 

3 

776 

130 

665 

12  1 

971 

46 

3 

33 

87 

4 

867 

130  3 

412 

16  9 

1000 

46 

4 

168 

87 

7 

704 

130  7 

380 

16  11 

661 

47 

5 

245 

89 

15 

323,324,331, 

131  1 

403 

17  8 

105,  455 
152, 176 

47 

8 

16 

453, 515 

132  18 

12,  248,  920 

18 

48 

1 

871 

90 

1,2 

132,  964 

133  1    780, 782, 783, 

18  2 

556 

48 

2 

764 

91 

158 

797, 799 

18  9 

152 

48 

14 

255 

91 

4 

169, 656 

136 

145 

18  31 

623 

50 

1 

68 

91 

6 

116 

136  1 

25 

19  1 

138 

50 

14 

294 

91 

11 

97, 155, 356 

137  2 

633 

19  5 

824 

51 

2 

391,  503 

95 

6 

3,43 

137  6 

770 

19  6 

919 

51 

5 

305 

97 

1 

142 

139  1-6 

121,123,159 

19  7 

482 

51 

10 

521 

100 

11 

139  23 

496, 784 

21  4 

100 

51 

11 

390,  549 

100 

1-4 

8,  9,  63 

142  4 

927 

22  1 

215 

51 

17 

410 

101 

2 

521 

144  1 

586 

22  3 

131 

55 

14 

802 

102 

13 

918 

144  12 

865 

INDEX    OF   SCRIPTURE  TEXTS. 


453 


Ch.  Ver. 

Hymn. 

145 

756 

145  3 

126 

145  10 

122 

146  7 

1,  692,  740 

146  8 

1, 154 

147  14 

1098, 1101 

148 

57 

148  1-13  16,25,153 

150 

27 

Proverbs. 

1  Oft 

1  22 

oob 

z  10 

571 

6  16 

51,  6Zy 

4  18 

824 

4  23 

39 

4  27 

511, 686,784 

6  6 

547 

7  2 

511 

8  17 

872,873,874, 

876 

8  30 

881 

10  7 

978 

14  34 

1100 

16  1 

39,  457 

18  10 

541 

19  17 

904 

22  11 

501, 786 

23  26 

401 

23  32 

890,895,900, 

901 

27  1 

345,  366 

29  25 

813 

ECCLESIASTES. 

1  2 

647,  662, 911 

1  5-7 

1068 

4  12 

785 

5  1 

39 

5  2 

38 

8  8 

365 

11  1 

575,  £78,  603 

11  6 

575 

12  14 

1021 

Song  of  Solomon. 

1  3 

719,  747 

1  7 

748 

2  1 

875 

2  3 

794 

2  4 

853 

2  17 

738 

3  10 

1073 

3  11 

12 

5  10 

700,  701, 702 

6  10 

824 

8  6,7 

409,540,544 

Isaiah. 
2  3  922 

2  4  1101 

3  10  492,  493 

4  5  776 
6  1-7    5, 10, 18,  38, 

40,  48,  56 
6  3      136,  137, 144 
9  2  451 
9  6     184, 191,  243, 
631,  743, 804 
12  1  455 
12  11  935 


Ch. 

25 
26 

26 
28 
30 
30 
30 
32 
32 
33 

33 
35 

37 
40 
40 
40 
40 
40 
40 
42 
42 
43 
44 
44 
44 
44 
45 
45 
49 
49 
50 
51 
51 
52 
52 
52 
52 
52 
52 
53 
53 
55 
55 
55 
55 
55 
56 
57 
57 
58 
59 
60 
60 
61 
62 
62 
62 
63 
63 
63 
63 
64 
64 
65 
66 
66 


Ver.  Hymn. 

8  611 
3     178,  463,  524, 
753 

12  124, 5! 

16  766 

17  582 

18  317, 374 
21  555,  686 

2  415,  656,  678 
20  575 
17       1030, 1033, 

1038, 1064 
47  1041 

10  4,  648,  720, 

909,  947 
20  120 
1-5  926 

8  977 

9  19 

11  827,  888,  889 

12  1113,1115 
31  54, 668 

3  254 
16  1,169 
1,2  646,650,651 

248 
268 
370 
934 
21 
248 
370, 768 
770 
161 
920, 1043 
923 


1 

3 

22 
23 
19 
23 
15 
16 
10 
9 

14 

1,2  775,778,909 

3  927 
7  767 
7-10  451,582,821 
11  775 
15  944 

4  381 
6  367, 754 

1  326, 362 

3  243,342,347,348 

4  577, 648 

6  360, 399 

17  750, 752 

7  858 

15  44,  68,  410 
20  371 
6  311 

16  321 
1-3  775,  925 

18  777 
1-3  21,  611 
3  248 
6  823 
10  582 
3  631 

5  327 

10  390 

11  274 
413, 1088 

2  518 

17  24 

1  868 

2  60,404,410,412, 

521, 558 


Jeremiah. 

Ch.  Ver.  Hymn. 
2  2  12,  442 

2  13  431 

3  4  142, 360 
3  22    370,  553,  554, 

557 

5  24  1087 

6  16  358 

8  22  372 

9  23  452 
23  6  378 
23  29  311,  368 

31  31  531 

32  27  413 

32  39  782,790,  792 

49  23  636 

50  5  79, 945 

Lamentations. 

1  12  215,  220 
3  19  248 
3  23  103 
3  24           462,  698 

EZEKIEL. 

3  17  823 
11  19  397,404,558 

33  7  821 
33  11  335,  347,  373, 

374 

47  1  227 

Daniel. 

7  9  6 
9  26  210 

HOSEA. 

4  6  927 
6  1-4  551 

11  4  439,447 
14  3  740 

Joel. 

2  17  875,1096 

3  18 


341,  362 


MlCAH. 

4  3 
6  6-8 

6  9 

7  19 

Habakkuk. 

2  1  505, 

3  2 
3  17 


937 
389 
920 
281 


555 
650 
626 


2  7 


Haggai. 
64, 189, 

Zechariah. 


1  5 
4  7 

9  12  479, 

13  1      302,  319, 

14  7 


190 


958 
321 
493 
330 
620 


Malachi. 


3  1 
3  3 


491 
518 


Ch.  Ver.  Hymn. 

3  7  370 

3  17  795 

4  2  411,  704,  739 


Matthew. 
1  21  1 

1  23  128 

2  2     186, 189, 300, 

884,  907 

2  10  182 

3  7  308 

3  9  451 

4  16  451, 931 

4  25  744 

5  4  21, 671 
5  6  461 
5  8      501,  521,  545 

5  14  809 

6  6  688,713 
6  9  716 
6  10    268,  470,  517, 

537,  627,  628, 
654 

6  11  141 
6  13  127 
6  21  902,1C48,1078 
6  22  475,484 

6  26  141 

7  7  21,  718 
7  11  282 

7  24  764 

8  1  744 
8  2  307,425 
8  8  494 
8  11  796,  807 
8  20  170 

8  27        1109, 1115 

9  12  398 
9  36  927 
9  37  818 

10  31  173 

11  5  1,  40,  65 
11  12  583 
11  28  328,340,344, 

346,  358, 359, 
363,  426,  534, 
732 

11  30    495,  623,  785, 

811 

12  20  254 

12  36  1021 

13  3  289,  817 
13  16  821 

13  19  55,  62 

14  14  491 
14  22-33  634,  636 
14  23  709 
14  2.7  630 

14  30  543 

15  25  417 

16  18  763,764,766, 

776,795 

17  2      198,  199,  200 

17  20  446,  667 

18  10  34 

18  20  7,30,40 

19  12-14  434,558 
19  13  828 
19  14  878,879,880 


Ch.  Ver. 

19  26 

20  12 

21  9 
21  15 
21  16 

21  42 

22  4 
24  12 
24  13 

24  30 

25  10 
25  25 
25  34 
25  40 

25  41 

26  11 
26  26 
26  39 
26  40 
26  41 

26  42 

26  75 

27  29 
27  36 
27  45 
27  46 
27  51 

27  66 

28  18 
28  19 

28  20 


Hymn. 

413 

816 
71,77 
185, 882 
877, 919 
76,  766 
357,  364 
12,  277 
657 
1024 
375, 376 
955 
4 

892,  893,  896, 
905 
1020 
897 
833, 835 
617 
952 

555,  689,715, 
753 
623 
558 

211,  246,  256 
730 

214,  260 
215 

215,  224 
260 
245 

276,  826,  829, 
830,  831 
731 


Mark. 

1  40  307 

2  28  75 
4  28  575 

4  39  623 

5  34  557 

7  37  673 

8  38  595,  604 

9  24  302 

10  16  987 

11  23  522 
13  31  528 
16  14  32 
16  15  820 

Luke. 

1  17  877 

1  79  943 

2  8  189 
2  10  183,187,192 
2  13,14  24,26,190, 

193,195,841 

4  18  1 

5  12  307,  425 

6  21  627 
8  15  29 
8  21  39 

8  25  1114 

9  23  590,601,643, 

666 

10  6  799 

10  36  898 

10  39  540 

10  40  709 

10  42  609 


454 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


Ch.  Ver. 

Hymn. 

it.  1 

43, 710 

1 i  no 

11  2o 

on  on 
29,  39 

12  32 

K  P  A 

5b9 

12  35 

12  49 

KDCi    A  o  £ 

5o2, 93o 

1  O  O 

16  o 

AK1  AKO 

951,  9oo 

14  17 

oo4 

14  27 

632 

15  2 

OAO 

398 

1  «     1  O 

lo  18 

9  A  9 

393 

A~\  A     Q  A£ 

414, 8U6 

1  K  OA 

lo  20- 

o  A 
24 

OOQ  OKA 

338, ooU 

17  5 

377 

1  O  1 

lo  1 

oo9,  bow 

1Q           I  y| 

18  14 

484 

TO     vl  O 

18  42 

201 

19  41 

405 

21  28 

913 

OA     1  A 

22  19 

833, 

835, 836, 
837,  840 

CiCt     A  C% 

22  42 

537, 618, 1002 

22  44 

217, 

221,  234, 

340 

,  645,  836 

22  61 

543 

23  o 

246 

23  28 

234 

23  33 

206 

23  34 

221,  258 

23  42 

319, 619 

24  29 

93, 102 

24  32 

712 

24  34 

235,  260 

24  36 

7 

24  39 

32 

John. 


1  4 

489 

1  9 

416 

1  14 

216,  526 

1  18 

238 

1  29 

382,  822 
475 

3  21 

4  20 

36 

4  35 

598,  607 

6  21 

636 

6  37 

382 

6  48 

835 

6  63 

277 

6  68 

400,  402 

7  37 

341 

9  4 

565,  572 

10  4 

46 

10  16 

793 

11  9 

570 

11  35 

203 

12  41 

56 

13  9 

533 

14  2 

1039 

14  6 

313, 

318,  483, 
517,  877 

14  13 

735 

14  16 

264, 
275, 

265,  266, 
280,  287, 

411, 

424,  480, 

683 

14  19 

242 

15  5 

124, 760 

16  13 

266 

16  33 

680 

17  9 

465,  468.  472, 

488 

17  21 

793 

Ch. 

Ver. 

Hymn. 

1  A 

19 

2 

222 

1  A 

19 

OA 

30 

218,  224 

1  A 

19 

34 

415 

OA 

20 

oo 
22 

OA    nr>  a    a  nhr 

30,  263,  267, 

273 

20 

25 

30 

20 

27 

32 

OA 

AO 

OQ 
25 

4oo 

0 1 

10 

dd2 

Ol 

2L 

17 

725 

Ol 

21 

OA 

20 

540 

A  nma 

n 

2 

1  o 

1-3 

Cihr    ana  o*-»a 

37,  268,  270, 

277 

n 

2 

CI  A 

24 

227 

o 
2 

OA 

oy 

832 

n 

2 

42 

789 

3 

21 

261 

A 

4 

1  C\ 

12 

o  1  o     o  o  r\ 

313, 332 

7 

A  O 

4o 

A  A 

4A 

7 

00 

680 

A 

1  1 

11 

Hi  A 

710 

y 

18 

OA  A 

309 

i  a 
12 

7 

a  nn 

422 

1  A 

14 

A 

y 

O  A  O 

398 

1  A 

14 

17 

139 

1  A 

14 

22 

496 

"1  A 

14 

26 

939 

1  f* 

16 

25, 

26      580,  608 

16 

31 

367 

17 

24 

12,  44 

17 

24-28  135 

17 

28 

42,  124,  126, 

127 

20 

35 

904 

26 

18 

784 

Romans. 

1 

1 

4 

6 

1 
1 

20 

38 

o 
O 

17 

337 

A 

4 

5 

367 

4 

6 

418 

A 

4 

18 

626 

A 

4 

20 

667 

5 

5 

378,  508 

5 

6 

304 

5 

8 

332 

5 

15 

321 

5 

17 

535 

5 

20 

1048 

6 

6 

519 

8 

1 

422 

8 

2 

482 

8 

11 

668 

o 
o 

16 

271,  281,  424, 

438,  439 

8 

18 

1032 

8 

26 

239,  706' 

8 

31 

591,  596 

9 

28 

486 

10 

15 

821 

1 1 

X  -L 

4 

33 

11 

12 

924 

11 

27 

531 

12 

15 

891,  902 

13 

11 

1053, 1054 

13 

12 

1070 

14 

8 

110,  500,  864 

Ch.  Ver. 

Hymn. 

14  11 

31 

14 

12 

574 

14  17 

937 

15 

13 

52,  59 

I.  Corinthians. 

o 

o 
a 

990  A^fi 

--v,  3:00,  *0±, 

*700 
1  — _ 

O 

u 

1 A 

9. 
O 

I 

^01 

3 

9 

816 

9 
O 

a 

V 

AftQ  AJ7A 

7 
i 

oo 

39 

1 0 

1  ft 

ooo 

10 

31 

484,  597 

1 1 

±  X 

oo 

ooo, oou 

1  9 

Q 

o 

4toO 

13 

1 

504 

13 

12 

174 

13 

13 

703 

14 

1 

793 

15 

20 

231,  232,  233 

15 

25 

245,  251,  908, 
919 

15 

42 

984,  995 

15 

47 

207,  259 
970,  989 

15 

52 

15 

55 

234,  260,  623, 
985, 989 

16 

9 

936 

16 

13 

566,  567,  568 

IT.  Corinthians. 

1 

22 

262 

3 

6 

277 

3 

15 

303,  377,  381 

3 

18 

491 

4 

7 

1046 

5 

1 

612, 1056 

5 

7 

620 

5 

8 

1055 

5 

11 

814 

5 

14 

811, 814 

5 

17 

502 

6 

2 

349,  361 

7 

5 

798 

9 

6 

904 

11 

2 

511 

13 

11 

265,  782,  793 

13 

14 

53 

Galatians. 

2 

9 

791 

3 

13 

18,  235,  315 

4 

6 

429,  438,  439, 
440,  477 

4 

15 

549,  561 

4 

18 

560 

5 

6 

446,786 

6 

2 

784,  797,  801, 
804, 1068 

6 

14 

204,  205,  211, 
219 

Ephesians. 

1 

6 

454 

1 

13 

424 

1 

14 

262 

1 

18 

539 

1 

22 

680 

Ch.  Ver.  Hymn. 
2  1  308 

2  8     377,  385,  446, 
765 

2  12  303 
2  14  210 

2  20    816,  856, 857, 

859 

3  8  356,  822 
3  15  1033 
3  17  502 
3  18     433,  456,  538 

3  19     442,  456,  476 

4  3  67 
4  5  800 
4  8  24,229,230,231, 

234,236,237 
4  11  812 

4  30  459 

5  14  372,  555 
5  27  795 


6  10-18  584,  586, 
587,  588, 
589,  1047 

6  11  543,  587,  588, 
599 

6  12  1047 
6  16  588,  659 

Philippians. 
1  6  936 
1  21    669,  696, 721, 

993 

1  23  396,1065 

2  5  528,586 
2  7  422 
2  9  822 
2  11  31,  248 

2  13  124 

3  7  211,  220 
3  8     213,  708,  758, 

1042 

3  14   476,  478,  557, 

680,  1068 

4  4  244,493 
4  6  728 
4  11  664 
4  13  814 

COLOSSIANS. 

1  22         .  543 
3  1  600 
3  11    316,  525,  700, 
701,  702, 736, 
741,  751,  938 

3  16        24,  61,  448 

I.  Thessalonians. 

4  3  529 
4  13  967,  971 
4  14  990 

4  16, 17       22,  244, 

1015,  1016, 
1019,  1028, 
1050 

5  9  353 
5  17  506,  589 
5  24  534 

II.  Thessalonians. 
1  7, 8     1018, 1020, 

1025 


I. 

Timothy. 

Ch. 

Ver. 

Hymi.. 

1 

15 

385,  441 

1 

17 

126 

2 

6 

35,  238 

3 

16 

216,  422,  540 

6 

12 

599 

TT 
11. 

1 IMOTHY. 

1 

6 

562 

1 

9 

539 

2 

3 

505,  587,  588, 

593 

o 
2 

1  o 

12 

ak/j    ana  nrhr 

256,  260,  6o7 

o 
2 

1  9 

16 

A  K  9 

4oo 

A 

4 

7 

KOK     Arc  AA1 

585,  9oo, 991 

4 

8 

801 

Titus. 

2 

13 

541 

2 

14 

407 

3 

2 

582 

3 

5 

314, 385 

Hebrews. 

1 

3 

148,  623 

1 

6 

189 

1 

14 

155, 167,  356 

2 

17 

254 

3 

10 

390 

4 

9 

78,  82,  529 

4 

12 

288,  311 

4 

13 

189 

4 

14 

243 

4 

15 

254 

4 

16 

498,  690,  717 

6 

6 

339, 374 

6 

17 

523 

6 

18 

656, 674 

6 

19 

420, 526, 663 

7 

3 

250 

7 

25 

258,  43S 

8 

8 

531 

9 

5 

684 

9 

14 

250 

9 

24 

322 

9 

27 

963, 968 

10 

4 

305 

10 

16 

531 

10 

20 

210 

10 

29 

390 

10 

35 

626 

11 

5 

549 

11 

13 

171,648,1031, 

1074,1078 

11 

14 

1058-1061, 

1071 

11 

16 

1030, 1087, 

1038, 1051 

11 

17 

471 

12 

1 

694 

12 

2,3 

223,256,406, 

445,  615,762 

12 

9 

447 

12 

22 

787 

12 

23 

648 

12 

24 

238,  258,  425 

13 

5 

151,  421,  679 

13 

8 

143,  386 

13 

14 

648 

13 

20 

23 

INDEX    OF  SUBJECTS. 


455 


James. 

Ch.  Ver.  Hymn. 

1  17  124,"l26 

1  25  482 

4  14  965 

I.  Peteb. 

1  4  659 

1  8  714,773,914 

1  19  238 

1  24  977 

2  3  686 
2  6  766,  857 
2  21-23  196,  212 
2  24  212,  220, 

312,  381 
9  3  474 
4  3  952 
4  5  1024 

4  12  677,  715 

5  7     164, 175,  505, 

686 

5  10  401 

II.  Peter. 

1  8  288 


Ch. 

Ver.  Hymn. 

1 

10 

46,  802 

1 

19 

111,  308 

3 

10 

1024 

3 

11, 

12     576,  1022 

3 

13 

24 

1.  John. 

1 

1 

103,  437,  791 

1 

5 

489 

1 

7 

1,507,514,803 

1 

9 

479,  493 

2 

1 

26,239,251,258 

2 

1, 

2          378,  41 2 

3 

2 

1046 

3 

3 

515, 542, 1030 

3 

14 

437 

4 

8 

loO, 20o, loo 

4 

17 

238 

4 

18 

437 

5 

4 

583 

5 

7 

6,16,35,121,411 

5 

10 

337,  435 

5 

11 

520 

5 

19 

916 

JUDE. 

Hymn. 

683, 805 

Ch.  Ver. 

Hymn. 

Ch. 

Ver. 

Hymn. 

1 

Ver. 
12 

4  10, 

11           a  A  hr    a  AO 

11      247,  248, 

O  A  CI 

z4y 

1  A 

14 

1  Q 

lo 

y/b, iuui, 
1009 

1 

20 

784,  789,  802 

5  6 

2o,7o,37o,o42, 

1  K 
1  0 

o 
o 

CCA  C4A 

O  O  A  1  A*7  Q 

yoO,lU7o 

1  K 
10 

4 

1  on 

J.ZU 

Revelation. 

5  8 

z4o 

1  A 

iy 

1 

10 

1 

0 

C    1  O 

5  12 

O    O/i  £ 

z,  Z4b 

1  Q 

iy 

4 

248 

1 

a 
D 

SSfi 

C     1  o 

5  13 

1/3  COT 

lb, bdl 

1  Q 

iy 

6 

134, 938 

1 

I 

6  9 

A1  O 

yiz 

1  Q 

iy 

9 

12,  430 
256, 257 

1 

1  O 

o  14 

1  A1  *7 
1U1  < 

1  Q 

iy 

12 

1 

LA 

815 

6  17 

1  A1  h    1  A1  Q 

1017,  lOlo, 

iy 

13 

835 

1 

J.* 

372 

1023,  1029 

19 

16     243, 256,  387 

2 

4 

442, 549 

7  9 

O  £  O     1  AO  O 

2oo,  lOoz, 

zi 

1 

24 

2 

7 

815 

lAJ/J      1  A/JO 

lU4b, lOby 

zl 

1-4 

1035 

2 

10 

1032 

7  10 

y(  O  OO/i 

4z,  oz4 

Zl 

2  648 

,  1044,1063 

2 

11 

358 

7  11 

ki 
01 

Zl 

5 

491 

2 

28 

704 

7  13 

1  A/)  O    1  Afifi 

lU4y,  lUbb, 

01 

zl 

6 

341,491 

3 

4 

719,764,  816, 
1069 

7  14 

iuby 

430,490,1045 

01 

zl 

10 

1058,  1059, 
1060,  1061 

3 

12 

521 

7  15 

16 

22 

1,2 

774 

3 

14 

453 

7  17 

1057 

22 

4 

34 

3 

17 

395 

9  20 

930 

22 

5 

1038, 1049 

3 

20 

28,794 

11  15 

917,938,1018 

22 

17 

323,  341, 

4 

8 

34,  48,  744 

14  2 

20 

1052 

4 

10 

315,  491 

14  4 

631 

22 

17-20 

355 

INDEX  OF  SUBJECTS. 


THE  FIGURES  REFER  TO  THE  HYMNS. 


Abba,  Father,  429,  436,  438, 

440.  477,  643. 
Abide  with  me,  93. 
Accepted  time,  361  — See 

also:  Probation. 
Activity,  Calls  to,  563-567, 

607. 
Adoption : — 

Assurance  of,  428,  429, 

436,  438-440. 
Joy  of,  426,  429,  826. 
Love  of,  419,  434. 
Prayer  of,  426, 440, 826. 
Adoration  —  See  Christ, 
God,  Holy  Spirit, 
Trinity. 
Advent— See  Christ. 
Advocate— See  Christ. 
Afflictions  :— 

Blessings  of,  177,  671, 

761,  768. 
Comfort  in,  661,  671, 
672,  755,  759,  761, 767, 
777,  798,  1002,  1072. 
Courage  in,  643,  761. 
Prayer  during,  645, 670, 
689. 

Refuge  in,  665, 670, 674, 
689. 

Submission  in,  667. 
Angels : — 

Adoring  Christ,  246. 
At  the  advent  of  Christ, 

24,188,189,190,192.195. 
At  the  coronation  of 

Christ,  58,  226,  237, 

245,  248,  249. 
At  the  resurrection  of 

Christ,227.234,235,237. 
Joy  of,  125,194,304,  315, 

332,  340,  414,  759. 


Angels—  {Continued.') 

Ministry  of,  52,  97, 134, 
144,  155, 158,  167, 217, 
356,  444,  485,  547,  969, 
980,  1001,  1004,  1070, 
1083. 

Song  of,  2, 10, 34, 42,  47, 
48, 56,58, 194, 195, 259, 
340,  444,  563,  710,  733, 
744,759,916,1000,1070. 
Worship  of,  1069. 
Apostles'  creed,  118. 
Archangels  :— 

Trumpet,  1023,  1027. 

Worship  of,  18,  38, 144, 

1077. 
Ark  of  God,  388. 
Ascension  of  Christ  —  See 

Christ. 
Ashamed  of  Jesus,  604. 
Assurance,  427, 435-438,757. 
Atonement :— 26,  325,  327, 

364. 

Completed,  210,215,218, 
219,  223,  224,  260, 338, 
340. 

Fullness  of,  215,  219, 
221,  223,  238,246,331, 
341. 

Necessary,  210. 
Sufficient,  238, 250, 305. 
Universality  of,  26,  32, 
210, 221, 238,  331,  332. 

Backsliding :— 546-563. 
Fear  of,  543,  555. 
Lamented,  546-550, 553, 

554,  557-561. 
Return  from,  380,  546- 

551,  553,  554,  557-561. 


Baptism : — 

Adult,  826, 829-831. 
Infant,  825, 827, 828,832. 
Of  the  Holy  Spirit,  829, 

830,  832. 
Significance  of,  829,831 . 
Barren  fig-tree,  953. 
Battle-hymn  of  the  Refor- 
mation, 569. 
Benediction,  Apostolic,  53. 
Bereavement,  1002,  1006, 
1007. 

Bible — See  Scriptures. 
Blind  Bartimeus,  201. 
Brevity  of  life— See  Life. 
Brotherly  love— SeeSaints, 

Communion  of. 
Burdens,  1053. 

Calvary,  206,  209,  223,  341, 
378,381,383,  836,  860. 
Canaan,    The  Heavenly, 
1036-1038,  1062,  1076. 
Charities  and  reforms,  890- 

907. 
Charity : — 

Acts  of,  891-894,  896- 

898,  902,  905. 
Institutions  of,  1099. 
Rewarded,  902-905. 
Supreme,  504. 
Cherubim  and  Seraphim, 
56,  120,  144,  152,  193, 
229,  234,  727,  1065. 
Chief  of  sinners,  385. 
Children  and  youth :— 872- 
889. 
Advised,  360. 
Baptism  of,  827,  828. 
Consecrated  to  Christ, 
827,  828. 


Children— (Continued.) 
Hosannas  of,  874,  882, 
883 

In  heaven,  987,  1007. 
Piety  of,  879,  880,  886. 
Praise  of,  874,  876, 884- 
886. 

Prayer  of,  872,  873, 875, 
878,  884,  885,  889. 

Prayer  for,  887,  888. 

Training  of,  877. 
Choosing  Christ,  447. 
Christ :— 181-261. 

Abiding  with  believers, 
14,  93,  102,  679,  701, 
702,  738,  742,  760,  820. 

Adoration  of,  31, 35,  b4, 
66,  181,  188,  190,  245, 
246,  255,  315,  332,409, 
680,842,852,908, 1013. 

Advent,  first,  185,  188- 
195. 

Advent,  second,  650, 
954,  955,  1013-1018, 
1023,  1024,  1026. 

Advocate,  110,239,  251, 
253, 258,  37  8,  440,  720. 

Agony  of,  217, 236,  246, 
340,  417,  423,  618,  665, 
723,  836,  850. 

All  in  all,  31,  203,  325, 
337, 397,  431,  441,  468, 
494,  525, 635,  736,  806. 

Ascension  of,  14,  229, 
236,  237,  245,261. 

Atonement  of,  32,  210, 
224,  238,  243,  246,  250, 
306,  331,  332, 372,  378, 
383,  384,  415,  754. 
See  also :  Atone- 
ment. 


456 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


Christ— (Continued.) 

Author  of  faith,  406, 

445,  491. 
Benevolence  of,  261, 

306. 

Blood  of,  238,  305,  306, 

314,  319,  320, 330,  384, 

420,  421, 436, 452,  454, 

461,  735,  833. 
Bread  of  heaven,  683, 

691,732,  833,  835,  836, 

849,  853. 
Bridegroom,  346,  375, 

540,  603,  952,  954. 
Brother,  46,  193,  203, 

086,719,720,743, 1078. 
Calls  of,  607,  827,  828, 

880,  1029. 
Captain  of  salvation, 

568,  569,  582,  589,  825, 

1033. 

Character  of,  202,  743. 

Childhood  of,  723,  875, 
886,  887. 

Comforter,  21,  170, 178, 
398,  679. 

Communion  with, 714 — 
See  also :  Saints,  Un- 
ion of  with  Christ. 

Compassion  of,  21,  157, 
178, 233, 370.  417,  487, 
491,  678,  1022. 

Condescension  of,  44, 
118, 148, 186,  255,  367, 
398,  399,  422. 

Conqueror,  24,  73,  86, 
207,  218,  226,  229,  234, 

237,  240,  243,  251, 256, 
260,  261,  264,  401, 519, 
701,  847,  908. 

Consoler,  21,  203,  255, 

334,  487,  611,  612,  634. 
Corner-stone,  766,  856, 

857,  859,  1060. 
Coronation  of,  248, 249, 

253,  256,  257. 
Counselor,  184,  483. 
Creator,  66, 71,  186,  214, 

231, 240, 257,  325,  387, 

943. 

Crucified,  134,  212, 214, 
215,  219,  220,  234,  337, 
456,461,722,848, 1060. 

Day-star,  111,  416. 

Delight  in,  695-697,700, 
703,  714. 

Deliverer,  1,  187,  234, 
422, 552,  630,  634,  650, 
678,  679,736,775,1032, 
1099. 

Desire  of  nations,  189, 
334. 

Deity  of,  26, 84, 211,237, 

238,  247,  271,  381,  394, 
534,  547,  762,  1013. 

Died  for  me,  214,  232, 
238, 333, 385,  386,  435, 
441,454,  456,  533,  737, 
738,  742,  840. 

Eternity  of,  220,  250, 
587,  623. 

Exaltation  of,  66,  76, 
134,  231,  251,  2.53, 256, 
260, 600,  723, 743,  822, 
852. 

Exemplar,  197, 223, 590, 

592,  878,  894. 
Excellency  of,  31,  713. 
Faith  in,  305,  307,  312, 

313,  415, 430,  442,  512, 

513. 


Christ— (Continued.) 

Following,  261, 450, 496, 
566,  577,  592,  600,  601, 
643,  720,  786,  802,  946, 
973,  1045. 

Foundation,  766,  856. 

Fountain,  319,  320,  330, 
336,  341,  355,  362, 431, 
533,  623,  656,  691,  721, 
849. 

Friend,  193,  222,  255, 

356,  378,  541,  604,  686, 

699,  719,  728,  954. 
Friend  of  sinners,  185, 

203, 222, 234,  239,  386, 

392,  613. 
Fullness  of,  242,  325, 

431,  527,  736,  754. 
Gentleness  of,  487,  527. 
Gift  of  God,  337. 
Glory  of,  183,  191,  240, 

241,  245,  249,  416,  623, 

1018. 

Glorying  in  the  cross 
of,  204,  211,  456,  595. 
Grace  of,  185,  203,  254, 

255,  399,  656,  822. 
Gratitude  to,  453,  456, 

476-478,  571,  700. 
Guest,  28,  794. 
Guide,  255,  344,  465, 

483,  496,  577,  622,  648, 

687,  718,  968,  1033. 
Head,  443, 448, 600,  640, 

657,  680, 782,  784,  787, 

800,  816,  856,  954,  970, 

985,  992. 
Hiding-place,  316,  678, 

736,  1027. 
High  Priest,  2.54,  322, 

331,  390,  885. 
Holiness  of,  182,  201. 
Hope  of  his  people,  313, 

401,  458,477,  505,595, 

837 

Humanity  of,  202,  207, 

231,  417,  720. 
Humiliation   of,  170, 

186, 209,  222,  246,  387, 

422. 

Humility  of,  182,  202, 
527. 

Immanuel,  84, 128,  224, 

319,  721,  754. 
Immortal,  422,  908. 
Incarnate,  6, 42, 71, 182, 

188-193, 195,  206,  216, 

229,  231, 322,  340, 665, 

720. 

Incomparable,  255, 700, 

701,  743. 
Indwelling,  14,  19,  264, 

519,  539,  806. 
Infinite,  387. 
In   Gethsemane,  207, 

217,  223,  645. 
Intercession  of,  73,  98, 

124,  238,  239, 246,  252, 

258,  259,  261,  322, 340, 

379,  425, 438,  512,  706, 

735,  953,  1096. 
Invitations  of,  328,  335, 

344,  348,  355, 357,  359, 

361,  363,  364, 402, 426, 

450,  652,  718. 
Joy  of  believers  in,  251, 

256,  319, 331,  332,  442, 
452,  456,  691, 704, 739, 
834. 

Judge,  244, 387, 576, 694, 
996.  1014,  1020-1024, 
1027-1029,  1058. 


Christ — (Continued.) 

King,  1,  4,  23,  71,  148, 

186, 195,  234,  240, 243, 

247,  251,  257, 334,  453, 

701,  885,  908. 
King  of  glory,  14,  212, 

237, 245,  261,  448,  567, 

886. 

King  of  kings,  387, 485, 
653. 

King  of  saints,  12, 
51,  181,  237,  260,  271, 
330. 

King,  sovereign,  63, 71, 
181,  183,  188, 191,  214, 
233, 249, 256,  312,  322, 
417,  485,  1109. 

Kingdom  of,  919. 

Knocking  at  the  door, 
28,  376. 

Lamb  of  God,  2,  26,  58, 
66,  210,  215,  229,  250, 
257,  262,  319,  324,  378, 
382, 383,  386,  393,  430, 
455,  460,  461, 526,  631, 
754,  836. 

Leader,  255,  313,  566, 
577,  622,  648, 669, 720, 
761. 

Life,  193,  325,  337,  354, 
397, 401,  430,  458,  694, 
732,  961. 

Life  in,  225,  231,  242, 
316,  426,  440,  443, 500, 
721  732. 

Light,  202^  354, 397,  411, 
416,  426, 483,  489,  570, 
604,  682,  687,  691,  694, 
701,  732,  943,  961. 

Lion  of  Judah,  229. 

Lord,  35,  184,  220,  240, 
243,  248,  255, 387, 397, 
981. 

Lord  of  lords,  249,  256, 
387. 

Lord  our  righteous- 

ness,378,452,743,1076. 
Love  for,  20,  66,  169, 

211,222,  242,  337, 476, 

488,  552. 
Love  of  for  man,  32, 66, 

16J,  211,  215,  222,  242, 

250,  255,  312,  327,  381, 

384,  441, 476,  552,  656, 

679,  737,  738. 
Loveliness  of,  241,  695, 

697, 700,  702,  714,  747. 
Majesty  of,  191, 233,241, 

248,  527,  1013,  1029. 
Man  of  sorrows,  196, 

216  249. 
Mediator,' 134,  340,  379, 

735,  1004. 
Meekness  of,  202,  510, 

524,  586,  618,  754. 
Messiah,  189,  210,  1013. 
Mind  of  ,524,528,586,587. 
Ministry  of,  328,  398. 
Miracles  of,  223,  398, 

1099,  1107,  1108. 
Mission  of,  181,185, 190, 

334. 

Names  of,  35,  46,  188, 
191,  243,  257,  316, 334, 
401,  426,  521,  713,  738, 
739. 

Nativity  of— See  Ad- 

Offlces'of,  35,  316. 
Our  only  plea,  310,  389, 

392,  393,  412,  415,  436, 

533. 


Christ— (Continued.) 

Our  passover,  246,  250, 

259,  312,  846,  847. 
Passion  of,  223,  259, 

312,  381,383,  406,529, 

645,  1005,  1014. 
Patience  of,  196,  348, 

1014. 

Physician,  185, 197, 306, 

398,  611,  1064. 
Power  of,  307,  332,  404, 

406,  505, 526,  589,  623, 

997,  1099. 
Praise  to— See  Praise. 
Prayer  of,  217,  221, 254, 

258,  417,  558. 
Prayer  to— See  Prayer. 
Preciousness  of,  262, 

316,  476,  653, 701.  747, 

1054. 

Presence  of,  7,  19,  30, 
40,  44,  197,  200,  255, 
398,  416,  455,  457,  515, 
527,  629,  631,  650,  669, 
691,731,755,760, 1061. 

Priesthood  of,  35,  188, 
243,  250, 254,  316,  331, 
697,800,847,885,1031. 

Prince  of  grace,  31, 304. 

Prince  of  life,  193,  220, 
993. 

Prince  of  peace,  24, 184, 

185,  190,  191, 220, 463, 
631,804,935, 943,1016, 
1076. 

Promises  of,  526,  534. 
Prophet,  35,188,243,316. 
Protector,  170, 255,  453, 

651,  718,  761. 
Purity  of,  527. 
Ransom,  215,  238,  312, 

333,  378,  423,  743,  985. 
Redeemer,  1, 23,  35,  64, 

66,  75,  118,  148,  157, 

186,  193,  216,  222,  223, 

231,  242,  257,  315, 355, 
359,  367,  374,  401,  442, 
512,  697,755,800,1003. 

Refuge,  141,  169,  302, 
310,  320,  333,  363,  392, 
415,  430,  541,  556,  651, 
656,  678,  736,  748. 

Reigning,  76,  181,  183, 
234,  240,  243-245,  253, 
255,  256,  519,  908. 

Resurrection  of,  75,225- 
228,  230-235,  259,  260, 
970. 

Resurrection  of,  pledge 
of  believers'  resur- 
rection, 225-227,  230, 

232,  970. 

Rock  of  ages,  170,  415, 
421,623,750,776, 1019, 
1060. 

Sacrifice,  250,  314,  325, 
417,  420,  438,  800,  836. 
—See  also  :  Atone- 

Saviour,  4, 14,26,  28,46, 
71,  84,  181,  185,  192, 
215,  240,  249,  255,  312., 
314,  320,  322,  325,  332, 
359,  367,  370,  374,  387, 
392,  398,  486,  552. 

Seeking  sinners,  726. 

Sepulcher  of,  723,  970, 
984,  999. 

Shepherd,  23,  44,  46, 
316,  434,  715,  748, 759, 
761,  790,  827, 885, 888, 
889. 


IN BEX  OF 


SUBJECTS. 


Christ— -(Confirmed.) 

Son  of  God,  30,  35,  91, 
118,  202,  212,  218,  220, 
231,  670,  720,  935. 

Son  of  man, 118,181,202, 

216,  357,  670,  702,  883. 
Substitute,  18,  212,  214, 

215,  235,  238,241,258, 

367,  425,  441,  754. 
Sufferings  of,  32,  207, 

209,  211-213,  215,  216, 

219, 222, 315,  339,  387, 

406,  417. 
Sufficient,  255,  305, 325, 

331,  401,  741. 
Sun  of  righteousness, 

90,  96,  102,  110,  190, 

292, 411,  416,  428,  570, 

739,  940. 
Surety,  322,  378,  438. 
Sympathy  of,  197,  203, 

254,  417,  629,  728. 
Teacher,  223,  328,  387, 

755. 

Temptations  of,  209, 

254,  417,  723. 
Transfiguration  of  ,198- 

201. 

Triumph  of,  237,  249, 
417,  921,  981,  1004, 
1013,  1018. 

Trust  in— See  Trust. 

Unchangeable,  203,250, 
398,  399. 

Vanquisher  of  death, 
86,  231. 

Victim,  425,  456,  847. 

Vision  of,  247. 

Warning,  555. 

Way,  Truth,  and  Life, 
318,  354,  450,  465,  483, 
517,  686,  710,  877. 

Weeping  over  sinners, 

217,  405,  417,  723. 
Wisdom,  Our,  169,  329, 

483. 

Wonderful,  184,  701. 
Word  of  God,  71,  445, 

451,  885. 
Works  of  ,66,242,512,822. 
Worshiped,  7,  64, 66, 73, 

84,  188-191,  372. 
Christian   ministry  —  See 

Ministry. 
Christians :— 418-762. 

At  the  cross,  214,  468, 

503,  524,  730,  762. 
Christ  the  life  of,  242, 

422,  426,  441. 
Confidence  of,  93— See 

also :     Faith  and 

Trust. 
Conquerors  through 

Christ,  437,  515,  566- 

569,  577,  582,  583,  585, 

589, 599,  622,  879,  993, 

1045,  1061. 
Debt  of,  to  Christ,  188, 

214,222,  241,  422,  426, 

434,  441. 
Dependence  on  Christ, 

124,  169,  455,  456,  556, 

568,  574,  586,  587,  677, 

686, 739,  760,  809,  875, 

992. 

Duties  of,  573,  574,  576, 

583,  593,  784. 
Encouragements  of, 

581-584,  587,  588,  593, 

594,  596,  603. 
Example  of. 573. 600, 783, 

793,  795,  804,  809,  832. 


Christians— {Continued.) 
Fellowship  of,  507,  590, 
688,  719,  780-782,  784, 
785,  788,  789,791,  793, 
796,  797,  801-803,  806, 
807. 

Fidelityof,541,567,574, 
606,  608,  609,  720,  813, 
955,  966. 

Followers  of  Christ,496, 
60§,  601,  643,  7'20,  786, 
802,  946,973,  1045. 

Growth  of,  59,  516,  784, 
802. 

Humility  of,  486,  492, 
497  510. 

Joy  of,  41,  222,  435, 
437, 442,  453,  454, 493, 
572,  609,  612,640,  641, 
680,  729,  747,  765,  769, 
776. 

Love  of,  for  Christ,  241, 
356,  434, 452,  516,  604, 
605,  703,  725,  803. 

Perfection  of,  746— See 
also :  Sanctijication. 

Priests  and  kings,  356, 
542. 

Race  of,  594,  648. 

Safety  of,  41,  115,  164, 
170,  356,  441, 507,  625. 

Steadfastness  of,  518, 
588,  616,  649,  677. 

Strangers  and  pil- 
grims, 648. 

Submission  of,  506, 610, 
618,  619,  621,  622,  628, 
629, 631,  632,  637,  638, 
643,  645,  655,  665. 

Sufferings  of,  486,  608, 
610-612,  618,  619,  621, 
625,  627-629,  631,  632, 
643-645,  655,  657,  658, 
676. 

Triumph  of,  452,  585, 
588,  594,  626,  627,  631, 
991,  1047,  1061,  1062. 

Unity  of,  67,  727,  780, 
782, 783,  785,  792,  793, 
796, 797,800,801,  804- 
806,  844. 

Warfare  of,  563,  569, 
581-584,  587-589,  591, 
593, 596,  599,  659,  677, 
680,  991,  1046. 

Witnesses  for  Jesus, 
805,  814,  911. 

Work,  456,  565, 572,  575, 
578,  591,  592,  596-598, 
602,  603,  605-607,  609, 
675, 744,  808,  816,  891- 
898,  902-906. 
Christmas  hymns,  181-195. 
Church :— 763-944. 

Afflicted,  777,  778. 

Beloved  by  Christians, 
770. 

Beloved  by  God,  764, 
766-768,  770,  772,  775, 
776,  778. 

Bride  of  Christ,  355, 
794. 

Extension  of,  779. 
Foundation  of,  766, 776. 
Glory  of,  769,  777,  795. 
God  the  strength  of, 

569,  763,  768,  772. 
Immovable,  563,  763, 

764,  772. 
In  the  desert,  1036. 
Joining  the,  466,  781, 

791. 


Church— {Continued.) 
Members  of,  764. 
Militant,  563,  564,  566- 
569. 

Missions  of— See  Mis- 
sions. 

Praises  of  the,  727. 

Prayer  for  the,  46,  921, 
992. 

Security  of  the,  763, 764, 
768,  772,  773,  776,  777. 

The  safety  of  the  na- 
tion, 764,  871. 

Triumph  of  the,  563, 
564,  585,  763, 765,  767, 
778,  971. 

Unity  of,  765,  780,  783, 
785,  787,  790, 800,  806. 

Work,  856-944. 
Churches : — 

Dedication  of,  860,  862- 
865,  867-870. 

Erection  of,  856,  858. 

Laying  corner-stone 
of,  857,  859,  861. 

Safety  of  a  nation,  871. 
Close  of  worship,  22,  23,  52, 
53,  59. 

Comfort  for  mourners,  487, 
627,  632,  671,  684,  967. 
Communion : — 

At  the  Lord's  table- 
See  Lord's  Supper. 
Of  saints— See  Saints. 
With  Christ,  833,  846, 
849~See  also :  Saints. 
With  God,   116,  408, 
409. 

Conference  hymn,  798. 
Confession  of  faith,  118,121, 
212. 

Of  sin,  60,  115, 212,  390. 
Conscience  :— 107,  294,  423, 
424,439,  497,  511,  826. 
Prayer  for  a  tender,  51 1 . 
Consecration :— 456-475. 
Entire,  470,  505. 
Exhortation  to,  220. 
Of  goods,  467,  892,  903, 
904. 

Of  self,  104,112,241,409, 
419,  447,  458,  467, 470, 
472-474. 
Renewal  of ,  95, 106, 945. 
To  Christ,  157, 175, 182, 
212,  214,  228,  394, 401, 
456,  457,  461,  466-469, 
476,  484,  490,  500,  609, 
718,  722,  742,  782. 
To  God,  60,  83,  95,  103, 
106,  112,  128,  394,  419, 
458-460,  470,  472-475, 
478,  685,  726,946,  951. 
To  the  Church,  770. 
To  the  ministry,  808, 
811,  814. 
Consolation : — 

In  Christ's  sympathy, 

611,  624. 
In  grief,  611,  024,  688. 
In  sickness,  612. 
Sought,  674. 
See  also :  Afflictions. 
Contentment,  675,  696,  747. 
Contrition,  60, 550,  558, 794. 
Conversion,  Joys  of,  12, 442, 

444,  447,  450. 
Conviction— See  Sinners. 
Courage,  583,  634,  664,  699. 
Covenant : — 

New,  531,  833,  837. 
Renewed,  771,  945. 


Cross  *  

And  crown,  236,  256, 
487,  493,  601,  (538,640, 
657,  666,  680,  786,  798, 
914,  1032,  1053. 

Bearing  the,  505,  531, 
590,  593,  601,  632,  643, 
664,  666,  695,  715,  742, 
1040. 

Glorying  in  the,  204, 

211,  219,  727,  814. 
Lessons  of  the,  204,  205, 

207-209,  211-214,219- 

221  727. 
Power  of  'the,  208,  209, 

213,  221, 240,  492,  582, 

846. 

Salvation  through  the, 
204,  212-214,  219-221, 
223,  338. 

Soldiers  of  the,  582, 
593. 

Victory  of  the,  251,276. 
Crosses  and  blessings,  615. 
Crowned  with  thorns,  222. 
Crowns  of  glory,  205,  971, 
1001,  1014. 


Day:— 

Of  grace  — See  Pro- 
bation. 

Of  life,  1026. 

Of  rest  and  gladness, 
72. 

Of  wrath,  1023. 
Day-spring.  The,  195. 
Day-star,  111. 
De'profundis,  403,  665,  681. 
Death :— 967-1012. 

Confidence  in,  141, 156, 

171,  180,  228,  333,427, 

613,  619,  634,  721,  967, 

973-976,  979,  982,  985. 
Conquered,  228,  232, 

969-971,  973,  979,  981, 

985,  988,  989,  993. 
Fear  of,  overcome,  156, 

704,967,  970,  971,  975, 

976,  980,  998. 
Nearness  of,  113,  365, 

366,  373. 
Of  children,  986,  987, 

1006-1008.  • 
Of  friends,  967, 974,977, 

1002,  1009. 
Of  infants,  986,  987. 
Of  pastor,  991,  992. 
Of  saints,  969-971,  974, 

975,  979,  980,  982-985, 

990,  997,  999-1004, 
1010-1012. 

Prayer  in  prospect  of, 

110, 115,  959-962,  964- 

966,  968. 
Preparation  for,  647, 

968,  972,  996. 
Safety  in,  222. 
Second,  358,  365,  372, 

373,  968,  996. 
Spiritual,  347. 
Universality  of,  365, 

366,  373,  376,  972, 996, 

1009. 

Victory  over,  234,  498, 
704,  967,  969-971,  985, 
989,  997,  999. 

Welcomed,    613,  975, 

991,  998. 
Dedication : — 

Of  Churches  —  See 
Churches. 


458 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


Dedication— {Continued.) 

Of  hall  of  science,  866. 
Delay,Dangerof — See  Pro- 
crastination. 
Dependence  on  Christ,  430, 

476,  809. 
Depravity  :— 

Natural,  303,  305-307, 
310. 

Total,  239,  305. 

Universal,  303,  305. 
Devils,  enemies  of  God  and 
his  saints,  69, 166, 209, 
394,  417,420,  581,  589, 
790,  822,  826,  927, 
1047. 

Devotion,  84,  133,  711, 1092. 
Dies  irae,  1017,  1023. 
Discipline,  103. 
Dismission,  52,  59. 
Dove  :— 

Heavenly,  424,  547,  549, 
793,  913. 

Noah's,  388. 

Easter  hymns,  75,  77,  225- 

228,  230-235,  259,  260. 
Ebenezer,  726. 
Entire  sanctiflcation  and 

Christian  growth, 

476-546. 
Eternity,  958,  968,  996, 1000, 

1110. 
Evening : — 

Hymn,  102,  105. 
Meditation,   103,  108, 

113. 

Of  life,  1116,  1117. 

Of  Lord's  Day  —  See 

Lord's  Day. 
Prayer,  102, 105, 109, 1*5, 

117,  709. 
Expostulation,  335, 340, 342, 

347,  348. 

Faith  :— 

Aspirations  of,  433, 529. 

Assurance  of,  93,  141, 
178,  403, 432,  445,  500, 
506,  517,  529, 535, 536, 
541,611,667,  668,  738, 
739,  757. 

Confession  of,  118,  441. 

Fight  of,  566,  588,  596. 

Fruition  of,  715. 

Gift  of  God,  377,  523. 

In  Christ,  141,  250,  252, 
254,  367, 389,  393, 398, 
420,  436, 445,  446,  512, 
526, 635,  658,  677,  682, 
762. 

Joy  of,  456, 510, 691,738, 

739,  758. 
Justification  by,  367, 

383,  389,  412, 418, 420, 

425,  445,  1001. 
Of  our  fathers,  608. 
Power  of,  432,  445,  523, 

530,  539,  651,  656, 711, 

738,  980. 
Prayer  for,  377,  471, 

523,  538,  667,  809. 
Prayer  of,  397, 498, 523, 

735,  737,  738,  952. 
Eest  of,  513,  539,  714. 
Righteousness  of,  443, 

504. 

.  Salvation  by,  393,  420, 

440,  448. 
Shield  of,  588. 
Trial  of,  471,  538,  667, 

737. 


Faith— (Continued.) 

Triumph  of,  432,  471 

738,  739,  985,  989. 
Vision  of,  445,  593,  680, 
709,  981,  1009,  1019, 
1030,  1045,  1076,  1112 
Walking  by,  448,  498, 

524,  633,  636,  667. 
Work  of,  581,  600,  609. 
Fall  of  man— See  Deprav 

ity. 
Family : — 

Happiness,  101,  1106. 
Worship,  95-117. 
Fear,  Religious,  1021. 
Friends  in  glory,  988— See 

also:  Heaven. 
Funeral    hymns  —  See 

Deatli. 
Future  punishment  —  See 

Judgment. 
Gethsemane,  207,  217,  223, 
836. 

Gloria  in  excelsis,  207. 
Glory  to  the  Lamb,  58. 
Glorying  in  the  cross,  204, 

211,  456,  595. 
God :— 118-280. 

Abode  of,  17,  139, 1063 
Adored,  20, 27, 28,35-38, 

47,  48,  52,  57,  68,  122, 

130, 131,  136, 177,  478. 
Allinall,66,124,126,431, 

477,  655,  698, 751,  938. 
All-seeing,  97, 121, 123, 

606,  685,  707,  745. 
All  things  present  to, 

116,  121, 132. 
Attributes  of,  16,  125, 

126, 131, 139,  142,  449, 

1106. 
Avenger,  1092. 
Being  of,  126,  130,  131, 

1075,  1077. 
Calling  yet,  348,  352. 
Comforter,  179. 
Communion  with,  116, 

711-713,  729,  730,744, 

748,  751. 
Compassion  of,  125, 172, 

364,  379. 
Condescension  of,  68, 

119,  142, 147,  216,  377, 

745. 

Covenant-keeping,  141, 
341. 

Creator,  3,  9,  24,  25,  34, 
42,  57,  97,  118,  130, 
138,  145,  740,  745. 

Decrees  of,  126,820,921. 

Eternal,  38,  48,  70,  87, 
125,  132, 147, 148,  953, 
964. 

Faithful,  57,  143,  317, 

341,  348, 403,  427,  479, 

493  541  544. 
Father,  26, 28, 34, 35, 41, 

48,60,87,112, 120,124, 

125, 138, 173,  356,  370, 

419, 429,  434,  436,  614, 

734,  1110. 
Forbearance  of,  147,317, 

379. 
Fortress,  166. 
Friend,  140,  142,  175, 

436,  614,  625,  767,  958, 

1098,  1103. 
Gentleness  of,  176, 177, 

646. 

Glory  of,  18,  26,  38,  40, 
56,  119,  120,  127,  133, 
135, 138, 140, 146,  419. 


God— ( Continued.) 

Goodness  of,  11,  20, 121, 
154,  156,  160, 176, 317, 
364,377,629,740, 1081, 
1085. 

Grace  of,  27,  33,  40,  42, 
50,  119,  128,  146,  172, 
321,  350, 377,  384,  749. 

Greatness  of,  37, 38,  68, 
126,  264,  1103. 

Guardian,  23,  69,  93,  96, 

97,  99,  104,  140,  179, 
360,651,746,999,1103. 

Guide,  20,  99,  156,  163, 
171, 180,  577,  614,  622, 
646,  648,  655,  761,  999, 
1103. 

Helper,  14,  93,  166,  544, 

745,  773,  964. 
Holiness  of,  14,  18,  38, 

98,  131,  147,  389. 
Immutable,   126,  130, 

143,  150,  528,  641,  642, 
768,  792. 
In  nature,  41,  136,  138, 
140, 141,  151, 153,  162, 
294. 

Incarnate,  34,  42,  190, 

206,  220. 
Incomprehensible,  125, 

126,  130. 
Indwelling  of,  52,  264, 

439,  440,  499,  501,  507. 
Infinite,  38,48, 121,130. 
Invitations  of,  349,  362. 
Jehovah,  3,  34, 131,  142, 

733,  768, 860,  861, 938, 

946,  1025,  1073,  1091. 
Judge,  50, 134, 787- -See 

Christ. 
Justice  of,  14,  50,  310. 
King,  3,  6,  16,  26,  34, 

43,  69,  70,  97, 134, 140, 

142, 152,162,734, 1094. 
King  of  kings,  48,  97, 

105,  155,  1093. 
Kingdom  of,  17,  139. 
Light  of  the  saints,  69, 

109, 135,  553,  704,  768, 

777. 

Love  of,  9,  18,  26,  35, 
119,  121, 127, 149,  172, 
282,  317,  362,  394,  413, 
477,  544,  698,  749, 
1102. 

Majesty  of,  10,  26,  37, 
40,  68,  119,  142,  147, 
151-153,  413,  509,  966, 
1112. 

Mercies  of  described, 
24,  99,  145,  149,  154, 
179,  317,  1093,  1103. 

Mercy  of,  11,  13,  50,  68, 

127,  146,  149, 150, 154, 
157,  159,  160,  350, 371, 
616,  749,  1092. 

Mysterious,   161,  439, 

591,  596,  632. 
Nature  of,  208. 
Omnipotent,  51,  127, 

133, 134, 173,  413,  707, 

746,  764,  1100. 
Omnipresent,  121,  135, 

159,  303,  685,  717. 
Omniscient,  79, 97, 121, 

123  159 
Perfections  of,  136, 147, 

162,  173. 
Pity  of,  145,  172,  347, 

350,  379,  391,  927. 
Portion  of  his  people, 

427,  462,  698,  1059.  , 


God— (Continued.) 

Prayer-hearing,  68,  79, 

282,  717,  722. 
Presence  of,  18,  37,  39, 

40,  47,  51, 52, 163, 180, 

651,  661,  679,  693,  751, 

860-862. 
Preserver,  23,  96,  115, 

138, 168,  508,  745,  746. 
Promises  of,  141,  288, 

317,  391,427,479,523, 

529,  709,  876. 
Protector,  360, 427, 616, 

764,  772. 
Providence  of,  33,  41, 

69,  119,  127,  141,  148, 

151, 154, 164,  169,  175, 

551,641,  661,  672,675, 

745,  1083. 
Reconciled,  428,  438, 

439. 

Refuge,  158,  168,  371, 

660,  674,  773,  .1098. 
Ruler,  48,  51,  57,  119, 

130, 134,  380,  630, 673, 

769,  1101. 
Safety  in,  156,  427,  642. 
Saviour,  57,  171,  544, 

550,  577,  775. 
Shepherd,  11,  156,  179, 

180,  642,  748, 761,  927. 
Source  of  blessing,  67, 

124, 127, 145,  154,  159, 

698,704,726,774, 1082, 

1084. 

Sovereign,  69,  128,  139, 
152,  371, 380,  429,  610, 
673,  1101. 

Strength,  676. 

Supreme,  134,  148, 173, 
673. 

Triune— See  Trinity. 
Trust  in,  70,  616,  617, 

639,  642,  672,  722. 
Truth  of,  9,  11,  40,  127, 

142,  317,  672. 
Unsearchable,  126, 130, 

161,  216. 
Watchful  care  of,  148, 

159,  707,  745. 
Will  of,  525,  529. 
Wisdom  of,  121,  125- 

127,  130,  133, 147, 150, 

161,  207,  1112. 
Works  of,  13,  17,  133, 

138, 139,  142,  146,  740, 

745,  863,  866, 870,  910, 

913,  1110. 
Worship,  sole  object  of, 

33 

Worshiped,  9, 37, 48, 67, 
79,  95,  144,  145,  147, 
1077. 

Godhead,  10,  190,  231,  527. 
Good  tidings— See  Gospel 
Gospel : — 

Armor,  567,  587,  599. 
Banner,  219,  939. 
Blessings  of,  65,  290, 
351,364,578,821,1100. 
Excellence  of,  290,  292, 

321,  323,  328. 
Feast,  326, 357, 364,  843, 
849. 

Freeness  of,  323,  326, 
342. 

Fullness  of,  323,  326, 

357,  364,  774. 
Invitations,   322,  323, 

326,  349,  350,  357,  364. 
Message,  21,  29,  342, 

349,  350,  821. 


INDEX    OF  SUBJECTS. 


459 


Gospel— ( Continued.') 
Power  of,  65,  88,  292, 

368, 771,819,  940,1100. 
Praise  for  the,  52,  1100. 
Prayer  for  blessing  on, 

21,  39,  54,  55,  62,  65, 

88,  815,  817-819,  910, 

956. 

Reception  of,  28, 39, 54, 
55,  60-62,  64,  595. 

Rejection  of,  820. 

Spread  of,  79,  117,  289, 
290,  292,  331,  774,  821, 
825,  910,  918,  936. 

Success  of,  6,  32,  88, 
575,  861,  912,  940. 

Triumph  of— See  Mis- 
sions. 

Trumpet,72,326,331,810. 
Grace :— 379. 

Assisting,  460,  466. 

Covenant  of,  833. 

Desires  for,  53, 446, 460, 
525,  698. 

Free,  321,  330,  331,  333, 
335,  336,  341,  342, 362, 
385,  386,  422,  446. 

Justifying,  386, 433, 716, 
1001. 

Miracle  of  ,451,730, 1075. 
Preserving,  586,  624, 

633,  679. ' 
Quickening,  451,  453, 

461,  575,  972. 
Redeeming,  467,  612, 

913. 

Regenerating,  427, 830. 
Restoring,  384, 453, 489, 

749,  762,  899. 
Sanctifying,  385,  446, 

512,  515,  531,  590. 
Saving,  321,  332,  385, 

427,  446,  516,  992. 
Sovereign,  400, 433,451, 

923,  983. 
Throne  of,  498,  717. 
Gratitude :— 22,23,33,42, 52, 
60,  100,  112,  160,  232, 
449,  459,  467, 569, 692, 
1087, 1100. 
To  Christ,  241,461,839 
Grave,  981,  989,  999,  1000. 
Guest  divine,  28,  794. 
Guiding-star,  907. 
Guilt— See  Sinners. 


Hallelujahs,  144,  188,  259, 
330, 340,  733, 734,  858, 
934,  938,  1000,  1062, 
1073,  1085. 
Happiness,  25, 101, 418, 447, 
757. 

Hcirv6st  *  

Spiritual,  579,  602,  941, 

1080,  1082-1085. 
Temporal,  1080-1082, 
1085-1087— See  also: 
Thanksgiving. 
Harvest-home,  575,  1083. 
Heart : — 

Change  of —See  Regen- 
eration. 
Clean,  496,  503,  521. 
Contrite,  521. 
Hard,  396,  559. 
Loving,  712. 
Perfect,  528. 
Purity  of,  492, 501,  503, 
521,  529,532,533,539, 
545. 

Searching  of,  496. 


Heaven :— 1030-1079. 

Anticipated,  4,  15,  20, 
22,  24.  37,  41,  54,  319, 
427,  480,  491,  530,  564, 
566,  567,  643,  659,  703, 
743,  807,  1030-1032, 
1038,  1068,  1069,  1073, 
1079,  1088. 
Bliss  of,  41,81,147,225, 
529,  652,  661,751,807, 
816,  1032-1046,  1050, 
1055-1062,  1064-1067, 

1073,  1074. 

Christ  there,247,634,681, 
720,743,787,1001,1015, 
1031,  1035,  1050, 1058, 

1060,  1061, 1063,  1064, 
1066,  1071,  1076, 1078. 

Eternal,  174. 

Friends  there,  796,  967, 
983,  986,  991,  1011, 
1033,  1040,  1044,  1062, 
1063,  1067. 

Glory    of,    199,  564, 

1045,  1051, 1060,  1061, 
1063. 

Holy,  864,  1035,  1041, 
1042,  1049, 1051, 1052, 
1057, 1064,  1065,  1072, 
1076. 

Home,  64, 168,  564,  659, 
720,  993,  1039,  1048, 
1052, 1053,  1055,  1056, 
1058,  1059,  1070,  1072, 
1074. 

Longings  for,  13,15,  52, 
63,  64,  78,  87, 225,  408, 
418,  661,  669,  681,  703, 
807,  1038,  1044,  1051, 
1053,  1054,  1058,  1060, 

1061,  1064,  1065,  1068, 
1071,  1074, 1075,  1078, 
1088. 

Nearness  to,  572,  633, 
648,724,983,1050,1053. 

Praise  of,  408,  705,  983, 
991,  1027,  1034,  1036, 
1070,  1077,  1079. 

Prospect  of,  80,  657, 
757,  797,  1058,  1068, 
1076,  1078. 

Rest  of,  72,  78,  82,  247, 
328,  577,  638, 652,  659, 
787,  998,  1034,  1039, 
1047,  1049,  1052, 1055, 
1070,  1076. 

Security  of,  78, 796,  807, 
1041,  1043,  1052, 1056, 
1066,  1067,  1076. 

Society  of,  41,  787,  796, 
807,880, 991,998,1001, 
1004, 1027,  1032,  1033, 

1046,  1052,  1054,  1061, 

1062,  1069. 

Songs  of,  4,  10,  12,  19, 
20,  37,  49,  78,  80,  146, 
330,  467,  567,  652,  692, 
697  727  744. 

Treasure'in,  903,  1048, 

1074,  1078. 
Worship  of,  54,87, 1069, 

1070,  1079. 
Heavenly  guest,  The,  28, 

794. 
Hell  :— 

Hosts  of,  589,  1047. 
Place  of  punishment, 
349, 365,  371,  373, 391, 
1020. 

Salvation  from,  239,420. 
Subdued,  847. 
Hermon,  200. 


Holiness  :— 

Highway  of,  450. 
See  also :  Clirist,  God, 
Sanctification. 
Holy  Spirit :— 262-287. 
Absence  of,  262. 
Baptism  of,  268,  276, 

278. 
Creator,  269. 
Comfort  of,  6,  48,  118, 
236,  264,  266, 267,  275, 

280,  287,  424,  683,  826, 
855. 

Descent  of,  278, 282, 283, 

286,  378. 
Deity  of,  118,  129,  281, 

286,  347. 
Earnest  of,  262,  424. 
Fruit  of,  262,  263,  268, 
269,  273, 276,  280,  284, 
481,  499,  502. 
Gifts  of,  166,  264,  273, 

276,  280,  284,  440. 
Grace  of,  265,  275,  276, 

278,  336. 
Grieved,  336,  353,  390. 
Guide,   143,  266,  269, 
273,280,  283,  499,  887. 
Illuminator,  263,  267, 
271,  273,  274,  278, 279, 

284,  285, 287, 435,  518, 
854. 

Indwelling,  264,  265, 

267,  269,  278, 280,  283, 
284, 378,  424, 436,  440, 
499  502. 

Influences  of,  270,  275, 

277-  279,  284,  286,  355, 
835. 

Inspirer,  274,  279,  281, 

286,  287. 
Invitations  of,  335, 353, 

355,  589,  683. 
Invoked,  40,  55,  74,  84, 
129,  262,  263,  265,  269, 

271,  275, 277-279, 283- 

285,  287,  435, 440,  481, 
499,  502,  508,  518,  549, 
808,  854,  887,  916,  942. 

Leadings  of,  142,  262, 

266,  686,  1112. 
Mission  of,  270,275,280, 

281,  470. 
Power  of,  6,  266,  271, 

277,  278, 281,  285,  309, 
384,  900,  942. 

Refining,  269,  278,  518. 
Regenerator,  270,  274, 
309. 

Revealer,  435,  480. 
Sanctifier,  267,309,  470, 

480,  518. 
Sealing,  350,  424,  480, 

525,  801. 
Striving,  336,  347,  353. 
Supplicated,  263,  265, 
281. 

Teachings  of,  273,  274, 

278-  280,  283,  435,  480, 
499  854. 

Witness  of,  271,281,350, 
424,  425, 429,  435, 438- 
440,  477,  502,  1054. 
Work  of,  129,  262,  264, 

268,  269,  274, 280, 281, 
285,  287,  309,  435, 
481. 

Worship  of,  10,  35,  129, 

272,  273. 
Home  happiness,  101,  1106. 
fiorne  missions — See  Mis- 
sions. 


Hope  :— 

Aspiring,  522,  526,  657. 
Fruition  of,  533,  966. 
,  In  affliction,  612,  644, 

657,  663,  967. 
In  Christ,  1016. 
In  darkness,  479,  626, 

633. 
In  death,  612. 
In  God,  394,  506. 
Of   heaven,   62,  244, 

515,  577,  657,  663,  669, 

797,  960,  1023,  1030, 

1031. 

Of  perfect  love,  539, 541, 
542. 

Prisoners  of,  479,  493. 
Rejoicing  in,  493,  542, 
711,  995. 

Hosannas,  71,  73,  76,  277, 
776, 840, 882,  883,  908. 

Immanuel,  84, 128,224,319, 
721.  754. 

Immortality,  90,  122,  225, 
227,  740,  995,  1000, 
1049,  1050. 

Incarnation— See  Christ. 

Infant  baptism— See  Bap- 
tism. 

Infant    salvation  —  See 

Atonement,  Death 

of  children. 
Inspiration  —  See  Holy 

Spirit,  Scriptures. 
Intemperance,  Evils  of  ,890, 

895,  898,  900. 
Intemperate  :— 
Exhorted,  906. 
Prayer  for  the,  895-899, 

900,  901. 
Invitation  hymn,  340. 
Isaiah's  vision,  56. 
It  is  finished,  218,  223,  224, 

340. 


Jerusalem,  775,  821,  864, 
926,  1031,  1044,  1061. 
Jesus  is  mine,  741  — See 

also :  Christ. 
Jews  and  Gentiles,  924. 
Joy  :— 

In  Christ,  16,  183,  230, 

232,  244,  422. 
In  the  Lord,  68,  244. 
In  the  Sabbath,  74,  76, 
77. 

In  worship,  83,  85,  89. 
Of  the  believer,  234, 

235,  422,  1038  — See 

also:  Christians. 
Over  sinners  saved, 

350. 
Jubilee : — 

Children's,  882. 

Song  of,  938. 

Year  of,  331,  810,  946, 

1016. 
Judgment  :— 

And  retribution,  1013- 

1029. 

Boldness  in,  238,  694. 
Deprecated,  735. 
General,  336,  966,  1013, 

1014,  1017,  1018, 1021. 
Preparation  for,  236, 

412,  941,  1022-1024, 

1027-1029. 
Security  in,  238,  1019, 

1025.  1029. 
Terrors  of,  996,  1017- 

1020, 1023,  1028,  1029. 


4G0 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


Justification  :— 

Blessedness  of,  418,436, 

437,  454. 
By  faith,  420,  421,  423, 

425,  427,  430, 436,  448, 

454. 

Evidence  of,  437,  439. 
Prayer  for,  439. 

Kingdom  of  Christ  —  See 
Christ,  Church. 


Law  of  God  and  the  Gospel, 

482,  904. 
Leprosy,  Spiritual,  425, 527. 
Let  there  be  light,  913. 
Life :— 957-968. 
Eternal,  225. 
Frailty  of,  875, 907,  959, 
960,  962,  964,  965,  977, 
978 

Object  of,  132,  500,  574, 
605,  668,  966,  968. 

Shortness  of,  93,  132, 
172,  576,  664,  950,  956- 
960, 962,  963,967,1059. 

Solemnity  of,  358,  574, 

957,  959,  961,963,  966, 
968,  996. 

Uncertain,  373, 576, 957, 

958,  965. 
Vanity  of,  962,  964. 

Life  and  character  of 
Christ,  196-203— See 
also :  Christ. 
Litany,  417,  723. 
Little  travelers  Zionward, 

879. 
Longings  :— 

For  Christ,  500,  520, 
631,  944,  1015,  1033, 
1054,  1064,  1065,  1073. 
For  God,  508,  515, 1068. 
For  heaven,  63-65,  78, 
681,744,809, 991,1030,- 
1044,  1064,  1071. 
For  holiness,  514,  542, 

573,  681,  1054. 
For  the  Holy  Spirit,  518. 
Lord  our  Righteousness, 

378,  452,  743. 
Lord's  Day :— 25,  30,  86,  90, 
91. 

Blessings  of,  72,  77,  82, 

85,  90. 
Delight  in,  74, 76-78, 81, 

85,  89. 
Emblem  of  eternalrest, 

73,  88,  90,  92. 
Evening,  79,  80,  92,  94. 
Morning,  77,  82,  83. 
Supplications,  86, 88, 91 . 
Welcomed,  72,  73,  76, 

82,  83,  85,  87,  90. 
Worship,  45,  69,  72-74, 

78,  79,  81,  83,  88. 
Lord's  Prayer,  716. 
Lord's  Supper : — 833-855. 
Institution  of,  833,  840, 

847. 

Invitation  to,  834,  841, 

844-846. 
Reception  of,  835-845, 

847-855. 
Significance   of,  833- 

837,  838-842,  843-851, 

853,  854. 
Love  :— 

For  Christ,  119, 291,327, 

488,  500,  552,  650,  703, 

714,  725. 


Love — {Continued.) 

For  God.  142,  149,  478, 
509,  621,  698,  699,  751, 
1084. 

For  the  Church,770,780, 

783,  1027. 
Of  God,  147,  149,  150, 

327. 

Of  the  Holy  Spirit,  683. 
Perfect,  488,  514,  711. 
Power  of,  509,  536,  540, 
785 

Prayer  for,483,  586,  623, 
802-804,  809. 
Love-feast  hymns,  683, 802- 
807. 

Loving-kindness,  633,  747, 

750,  856. 
Lukewarmness,  555,  560, 

576. 

Macedonian  calls,  941. 
Mariners,  1108-1115. 
Marriage  hymns,  1106, 1107. 
Martyrs,  120,  805,  911, 1040, 
1044. 

Meditation,  Evening,  108, 

113,  641,  709,  713. 
Memories  of  the  dead,  114, 

978,  992. 
Mercy  :— 

Call  of,  343. 
Free,  252,  335,  362,  371, 
422. 

Sought,  379,  383,  384, 

416,  428,  557. 
Triumphs  of,  920. 
Mercy-seat,  44,  61,  89,  238, 

684. 

Messiah,  189,  210,  907,  930, 
937,  1069— See  also: 

Millennium,'  930,  932,  934, 

937,  938,  1025. 
Ministry :— 808-824. 

Call  to,  598,  808,  814. 

Commission   of,  810, 

812,  815,  817,  823,  830, 
926,  929. 

Consecration   to  the, 

808,  811,  814,  818. 
Fidelity  of  the,  811, 813- 

815,  819,  823. 
Labors  of  the,  342,  811, 

816-824,  929,  939. 
Meetings  of,  798. 
Praver  for  the,  32,  55, 

815,  817-819,  823,  824. 
Prayer  of  the,  808,  809, 

813,  816,  818. 
Reward  of  the,  811,816, 

817,  819,  926. 
Missionaries  departing, 

prayer  for,  931. 
Missionary : — 
Hymn,  930. 
Meeting,  922. 
Missions :— 908-944. 

Extension  of,  908-913, 
914,  918-928,  930,  932, 
935,  936,  939,  940,  941, 
944. 

Home,  929,  933. 

Prayer  for,  908,  910, 
913,  914,  916-918,  920- 
922,  924,  927.  928,  932, 
937,  940-944! 

Success  of,  912, 915-917, 
919,  921,  923-926,  928, 
930,  932.  934-936,  938, 
942,  944.  « 

Work  of,  908-911,  923, 
926,  930,  937,  939-941. 


Morning : — 
Hymn,  106. 
Mercies,  103,  104. 
Prayer,  96,  98,  103, 107, 

110. 
Star,  443,  604. 
Morning  and  evening,  97- 
117. 

National  hymns,  1089-1105. 
Nature  :— 

Beauties  of,  747,  974, 
977. 

God  seen  in,  121,  130. 
Nearness  to  God,  724. 
Nearness  to  heaven  —  See 

Heaven. 
New  Jerusalem,  1035. 
New  Year,  946,  949,  950, 

951,  955,  956. 
New  Year's  Eve,  948. 

Old  age,  658,  1116,  1117. 
Only  plea,  392,  393. 
Only  waiting,  644. 
Ordinances— See  Baptism, 

Lord's  Supper. 
Out  of  the  depths,  403,  665. 

Panoply,  587,  599. 
Paradise,  515,  520,  834,  847, 
983,  1041,  1060,  1071. 
Pardon : — 

Found,  332,  377,  388, 
423,  426,  433, 438,  442, 
444,  455,  467, 472,  531. 
Joy  of,  442, 444, 449,450. 
Offered,  370,  386. 
Sought,  96,302,303, 305, 
307, 377, 386,  389,  398, 
407, 426,  503,  532,  557, 
645,  1023. 
Passover,  Christ  our— See 

Christ. 
Patience,  644,  715. 
Peace  :— 

Christian,  651,  752,  773. 
For  the  troubled,  109, 
344. 

National,   1092,  1097, 

1098, 1102. 
OfGod,89,92,94,100,943. 
Penitence :— 60,  370,  377- 
379,  404,  405. 
Timely,  412. 
See  also :  Repentance. 
Pentecost,  91,  272,  275,  286, 
499. 

Perfect  love,  513,  523,  526, 
538, 586,  715,  837. 

Perfection,  Christian— See 
Sanctification. 

Pestilence,  1095,  1099. 

Piety,  contented,  675,  696. 

Praise : — 

At  parting,  94. 
Calls  to,  27,  28,  41,  63, 
68,  133,  154,  225,  227, 
257,  284,  304, 467, 493, 
699,  749,  778,  805, 
1016. 

For  creation,  42,  122. 
For  deliverance,  33,160, 

187,434,449,  478,  734, 

798. 

For  divine  grace,  31, 

433,  794,  953. 
For  pardon,  12,  433, 

450. 

For  redemption,  5,  8, 
208,  246,  304,  330-332, 
733,  765. 


Praise— {Cot  itinued.) 

To  Christ,  1,  2,  4,  12, 
18,  19,  23,  26,  28,  31, 
49,  58,  66,  71, 148, 157, 
208,231,246,  248,  319, 
453,  454,  700,  805. 

To  God,  1,  3,  5,  11,  13, 
16-18,  20,  22-26,  33, 
36,  43,  47,  51,  56,  57, 
67,  70,  79,  95,  99,  100, 
106,  119, 122,  148, 154, 
160,  177, 195, 207,  433, 
449,  692,  693,  705,  726. 

To  Jehovah,  17,  25,  68, 
142. 

To  Jesus,  12,  19,  51,  58, 
239,  246,  304, 315,  332, 
442, 743,  756,  794,  805, 
995. 

To  the  Creator,  8,  9, 11, 

17,  133,  740. 
To  the  Father,  6, 10, 39, 

42,  72,  729. 
To  the  Holy  Spirit,  6, 

10,  72,  137,  729. 
To  the  Son,  6, 10, 42,72, 

259  729. 
To  the  Trinity,  6, 10, 16, 

72,  118,  129,  136,  137, 

139, 144,  273,  470,  614, 

729,  1076,  1077,  1085. 
Pilgrim : — 
Aged,  658. 

Exhorted,  346,564,1088. 
Guide  of,  171,  344,  648, 
718. 

Home  of,  1036,  1048. 
Journey  of,  308,  564, 

620,  640,  648,  718,  720, 

769,  980,  1010. 
Prayer  of,  171, 590, 648. 
Song  of,  720,  1074. 
Spirit  of,  620,  640,  648, 

658,  693,  1078. 
Welcomed,  346,  1068, 

1070. 
Pity:- 

Sought,  897,  899-901. 
For  tbe  poor,  894,  897, 

904-906. 
Poor  cared  for,  891-893, 896, 

898,  902. 
Prayer :— 

Blessings  of,  690,  711, 

728 

Delight  in,  688, 709, 750, 
752. 

Design  of,  689. 
Encouragements  to, 

688,  718,  728,  752. 
Evening,  99,  102,  105, 

109, 115, 117,  709,  750. 
For  acceptance,468,762. 
For  children  in  baptism 

— See  Baptism. 
For  comfort,  455,  510, 

632,  670,  762. 
For  deliverance,  111, 

165,283,  393,  411,413, 

448,  490,  503,  543, 544, 

645,  656,  678,  694,1104, 

1114. 

For  entire  sanctifica- 
tion,  21,  60,  271,  289, 
388,  398,  440,  459, 463, 
464,  474,  475,  477-486, 
488^92,  494-506,  508, 
510-515,  517-545,  586, 
784,  803. 

For    extension  of 
Christ's  kingdom, 
17,74,779,924,928,940. 


INDEX    OF   SUBJECTS.  461 


Prayer—  {Continued.) 
For  faith,  213,  377,  381, 
803. 

For  guidance,96,98,li7l, 
448,  466,  475,  511,  616, 
617,  655,  682,  762,  996. 

For  help,  417,  496,  543, 
632,  1005. 

For  mercy,  21,  50,  377, 

390,  406,  407,  543. 
For  national  pardon, 

1094,  1096. 
For    national  peace, 

1092, 1097,  1098,  1102. 
For  pardon,  35,  96, 105, 

303,  305,311,  382,  383, 

391,  407,  558. 

For  perfect  peace  and 
love,  7,  46,  378,  428, 
476,  494,  495,  514,  524, 
528,  529,  532,  533,  538, 
753,  784,  848,  1022, 
1115. 

For  protection,  23,  113, 
117,  123, 169,  455,  474, 
543,  562,  624,  660,  722, 
762,  790,  1089,  1101. 

For  repentance,  311, 
368, 379, 381,  396,  404, 
410,  412,  511,  558. 

For  sinners,  32,  372, 
374,  890. 

For  those  at  sea,  1108, 
1109. 

For  union,  792, 793, 795, 

800,  806. 
Hour  of,  45,  597,  616, 

688,  709,  752. 
Importunity  in,  406, 

690,  715,  737,  738. 
In  time  of  war,  1104. 
Lord's,  716. 

Morning,  96, 98,103, 107, 

110,  750. 
Nature  of,  597,  706, 710, 

750. 

Power  of,  198,  599,  689, 
690,  706, 707,  712,  735, 
737-739. 

To  Christ,  12, 14, 26,  31, 
35, 49,  71,  84,  86,  93, 
94,  102,  182,  312,  313, 
334, 359, 372,  374,  378, 
381-384,  387,  392,  394, 

395,  398-401,  406,  417, 
486,  670,  760,  1108. 

To  God,  13,  21,  26,  35, 
39,  40,  43,  52,  60,  61, 
65,  67,  78,  79,  83,  132, 
282,  358,  368, 377,  380, 
384, 386, 389,  391,  394, 

396,  403,  406,  1108. 
To  the  Holy  Spirit,  35, 

40,74,84,253,262-267, 
269-271,  273,  275-281, 
283-287,  384,  390,  424, 
440,  1108. 
TotheTrinity,35,91,826, 
831,855,  913,945,1108. 
Unceasing,   506,  541, 
589, 715,745, 750,1047. 
See  also :  Family  wor- 
ship. 
Pride,  527,  559,  601. 
Probation,  343,  361,  366, 

412,  983,  1028. 
Procrastination,  336,  343, 

345,  352-354,  375. 
Prodigal's  welcome,  414. 
Prophecy :— 194,  218,  915, 
921,  942,  1023. 
Fulfilled,  218,  912. 


Providence :— 33,  141,  154- 
180,  616,  630,  676,  801, 
1090,  1097,  1113. 
Merciful,  154,  170,  178- 
180,  946,  1036,  1081, 
1085,  1086. 
Mysterious,  160,161,174, 
596,  632,  673. 

Punishment  —  See  Judg- 
ment and  Retribu- 
tion. 

Redemption  :— 

Completed,  215,  331, 
719. 

Free,  148,  330,  331, 
940. 

Full,  46,  271,  281,  331, 

522,  539. 
Greatness  of,  75,  315. 
Sought,  526. 
Universal,  331,  433. 
Wonders  of,  315,  433. 
Regeneration  :— 

Prayed  for,  307,425,431, 

482,  503. 
Witness  of,  424,  438. 
Wrought  by  the  Holy 
Spirit,  438,  481,  1074. 
Remember  me,  619. 
Remembrance'  of  Christ, 

833,  836,  839-841. 
Renewed  consecration,  95, 

106,  112,  832,  945. 
Renouncing  all  for  Christ, 
457,  471,  549, 643, 685, 
708,  786. 
Repentance:— 368, 369, 391, 
404. 
True,  414,  423. 
See  also :  Penitence. 
Resignation,  392,  397,  464, 
471,506,  537,  610,  616, 
623,  628,  632,  636,  637, 
644,  654,  655,  658,  725, 
1002. 

Rest  for  the  weary,  652,  659, 

718,  994. 
Resurrection : — 

Of  believers,  108,  225, 
970,  973,  974,  977, 979, 
981,  984, 989,  990,  994, 
995,  999,  1000, 1042. 
Of  Christ,  75,  223,  225- 

228,  230-235,  970. 
Of  the  dead,  973,  996. 
Retirement,  709,  713. 
River  of  life,  774,  776,  932. 
Rock  of  ages,  170,  415,  421, 
623,750,776,1019,1060. 

Sabbath— See  Lord's  Day. 

Sciiuts  * 

Confidence  of,  156,  165, 
166,  170,  177,  330, 512, 
515,  517,  535-537,  593, 
633,  642,  649,  679,  721, 
772. 

Communion  of,  53, 684, 
770,  780, 788,  789,  791, 
793,  797,  799,  801,  802, 
806,  1054. 
Death  of— See  Death, 
Encouraged,  125,  161, 
162, 164,  176,  487,  620, 
633. 

Happiness  of,  24, 25,  41, 
63,  158,  329,  385,  418, 
419,  437,  442, 461, 493, 
494,  719,  740,  744,  757, 
1001,  1026,  1029, 1073, 
1113. 


Saints— ( Co  ntinued . ) 

Humility  of,  119,  130, 

722,  836,  1027. 
In  heaven,  24,  253, 1004, 

1040,  1045,  1066,  1067, 

1069. 

Longing  for  entire 
sanctification,  487, 
494,  521,  522,  534-536, 
539,  540,  545. 

Reioicinff,  256, 493, 537, 
542,  711,  786,  788. 

Security  of,  97, 155, 157, 
163, 170,  388,  437,  465, 
507,  635,  772,  1110. 

Suffering  with  Christ, 
256,  481,  665,  686, 
694. 

Trust  of,  614-616,  633, 
642,  1109. 

Union  of,  with  Christ, 
175, 178,  196,  421,  437, 
463,  465, 480,  492,  500, 
512,  520, 721,  755,  758, 
782,  788. 

Union  of,  with  each 
other,  437,  727,  780, 
782,  785,  788, 789,  790, 
792,  793,  797, 800,  801, 
803,  804,  1054. 

Victorious,  57,  569, 583, 
1066. 

Watchfulness  of,  555. 
Salvation:— 

By  grace,  446. 

Free,  21,  210,  323,  324, 

362,  364. 
Full,  21,  210,  323,  324, 

388,  522. 
Sought,  46, 239, 262,381, 

385,  387,  394,  398, 399- 

401,402,404,  406,  472, 

535. 

Through  Christ,  210, 
222,  246, 324, 386,  420- 
422. 

Sanctification,  Entire,  378, 

476-546. 
Sanctuary  :— 

Corner-stone  of,  laid, 

857,  859,  861. 
Dedication  of,  856,  858, 

860,  862-865,  867. 
Jov  in,  15,  45,  63,  69, 74, 

85,  89. 
Love  for,  15,  69,  98. 
Prayer  in  the,  65, 67, 71, 

78, 86, 88,  89,  286,1091. 
Worship,  37,  44,  45,  47, 

54,  78,  83,  87,  1082. 
Satan :— 141, 165. 

Adversary,  166,301,563, 

569,  583,  584,  713,  790, 

826. 

Defied,  677,  680,  826. 
Subdued,  588,  911. 
Tempter,  165,  417,  505, 

526,  667,  722— See  al- 
so :  Devils. 
Scriptures,  Holy :— 288-301. 
Inspired,  291,  293,  296, 

297,  299. 
Joy  in  the,  291,294,  296, 

298  299. 
Power  of  the,  288,  289, 

292,  294,  297-301. 
Revelations  of  the,  291, 

294-300. 
Searching  the,  61,  295, 

299. 

Spread  of  the,  289,  290, 
292,  293,  298,  301. 


Seasons,  1080-1082. 
Seed-time  and  harvest, 
1081. 

Self-dedication,  54,128, 472, 

473,  685. 
Self-denial,  471,  576. 
Self-renunciation,  430. 
Seraphs,  14(5,  148,  192,  193, 
224, 351,  422,  480,  692, 
860,  999. 
Sickness,  977— See  Afflic- 
tions. 
Sinai,  206,  787. 
Sin  :— 

Deceitfulness  of,  559. 

Load  of,  495. 

Original,  486,  495. 

Rest  from,  534. 

Salvation  from,  522, 
528,  532,  540. 

Work  of,  339,  365. 

See  also :  Depravity. 
Sinners :— 302-417. 

Convicted,  305, 308, 309, 
314,  344,  379,  380,  389, 
391-397,  412,  414,  423. 

Contrite,  339,  380,  403- 
405,  410,  412,  414,  458, 
551,  553,  554,  558. 

Confessing,  305,369,379, 
380,  389,391,393,396- 
398,  403,  404,  412,  414, 
425,  444,  559,  656,  737. 

Depravity  of,  302,  305, 
306, 309,  310,  356,  411. 

Doomed,  189,  308,  314, 
356,  369,  375,  376. 

Exhorted,  308,  327,  335- 
339,  342,  343,  345-348, 
353,  354,  356,  360-362, 
364,  365,  367,  369-371, 
373,374,376,487, 1029. 

Invited,  189,  302,  323, 
326,340,341,344,349- 
351,  355,  357,  362-364, 
369-371. 

Lost  condition  of,  303, 
304, 306,  308,  309,  320, 
347, 356,  358,  360,  365, 
371,  377,  380-382,  385, 
386,  392,  393,  395,  399, 
405,  425. 

Refuge  in  Christ,  302, 
307,  310,  312-314,  316, 
318-320,  327,  334,  337, 
359,  363,  368,  385,  386, 
391,  393,  395,  401,  408, 
411,  415-417,  420-422, 
450. 

Seeking  pardon,302,303, 
309,  311,  359,368,  377, 
380,  382,  390,  391,  393, 
394,  397-399,  403,  406, 
407, 414,  425,  428,  444. 

Slavery  of,  302, 311,331, 
363,  382,  399, 402,  413, 
422,  450,  727, 895,  899- 
901. 

Surrender  of,  28,  307, 
339,  352,  369,  372,  393, 
397,  401,  409, 447,  462. 
Warned,  335,  336,  343, 
345,  349,  353, 354, 357, 
358,  360, 361,  365,  366, 
371,  373,  375,  376. 

Sleep,  102-105, 108, 112, 113. 

Soldiers,  Christian,  563,566- 
569,  587,  588,  825. 

Solitude,  709,  713. 

Son  of  the  carpenter,  592. 

Song  of  Moses  and  the 
Lamb,  4,  680. 


462 


HTJTX  STUDIES. 


Sowing  and  reaping,  55, 
301,  575,  579,  598, 731, 
903,  1081. 
Spirit— See  Holy  Spirit. 
Stat- 
in the  East,  182,186. 300, 

935,  939. 
Of  Bethlehem,  187,  907. 
Starry  heavens.  138.  293, 

628.  788,  978,  1034. 
Storms.  613.  656,  678,  731, 
931.  957,  973,  982,  998, 
1073.  1111. 
Sufferings  and  death  of 

Christ.  204-224. 
Sunday-schools : — 

Anniversary  of,  878. 
See  also:  Children. 
Supper  of  the  Lamb,  12. 

Tabor,  or  Hermon.  200,  206. 
Teachers.  Prayer  for.  881. 
Te  Deum  Laudainus,  120, 
144. 

Temptation  :— 

Of  Christ.  209,  254.  417. 
723. 

Of  Christians.  342.  543. 
570,  624,  639,  646,  680, 
716. 

Praver  under.  651.  716. 
Ter  Sanctus.  41),  48.  56.  72. 

136.  144. 
Thanksgiving :— 51,  52,  99. 
121,  232.  478.  946. 
Hvnins,  1083-1087,1093, 
1101. 

Thv  will  be  done.  464,  517, 
537.  590.  618.  628.  654, 
716.  800.  971,  1002. 

Time  and  eternity,  945-997. 

Too  late.  375.  376. 

Transfiguration  of  Christ. 
198-200. 

Trials,  203, 655, 654,  715,717, 
728. 


Trinity  :— 

Adoration  of.  16.35.121, 

130, 136.  137, 144.  411. 
Invocation  of,  35,  91, 

129. 

Praise  to  the,  6,  16,  34, 
35,  72,  118,  121,  139, 
144,  470. 

Prayer  to  the  —  See 
Prayer. 

"Worship  of  the,  10.  16, 
34,  48,  56,  411. 
Trust  :— 

In  Christ,  115,  178,  254. 
325,  359, 415,  453.  466, 
477,  483,  556, 570,  595, 
625.  626;  635,  637.  653, 
654,656,669,721,1046, 
1115. 

In  God,  69,  128,  141, 
161,  165,  173. 175. 180, 
302,  493. 541.  569.  614. 
620,  622,  626, 629, 630, 
637.  639,  761. 
In  providence,  141. 164, 
496,  510,  544, 569, 596, 
613. 614,  617,  622.  623, 
626, 627,  629, 641,  649, 
664,  672, 673,  682, 801. 

Trumpet  :— 

Gospel.  72.  326,  331. 
Judgment,  994,  996, 
1000T  1017-1019,  1023, 
1028,  1029. 

Types,  199.  305. 

Unbelief ,  161,  302,  303, 377, 
513. 

Unfaithfulness  lamented— 

See  Backsliding. 
Unseen  but  loved,  714,  733. 

Vanity  of  earth.  358.  647, 
662.  708,  741,  758. 

Vows  to  God,  43,  106,  447, 
460, 466,  467. 


Waiting  on  God,  497,  529, 

633,  786. 
Walking  with  God,  507. 
Wanderer : — 
Exhorted,  906. 
Invited,  370,  371,  603. 
Rest  of  the.  623. 
Restored.  370. 
Warfare,  Christian  —  See 

Christians. 
Warnings,  335 — See  Sin- 
ners. 

Watchfulness,  555.  571. 574. 
580.  581,  5S7,  753,  968, 
1015. 

Watching  and  praying,  505. 
543.  555.  574, 576.  580, 
581. 750,  753,  954,1024, 
1047. 

Watchmen.  821.823.921.935. 
Watch-night,  945-948,  952- 
956. 

Weeping,'  1010,  1067. 
Witness  of  our  own  spirits, 

356,  437. 
Witness  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

404.  429,  438. 
Witnesses,  Cloud  of,  594, 

1046. 

Working  and  giving,  904. 
World:— 

Delusive,  456.  662,  708, 

722,  960,  978. 
Enmity  of,  667,  753. 
Renounced.  456.613.647. 

685, 696.7.58,826.1075. 
Unsatisfying,  358,  647, 

1031. 
Worship :— 1-117. 

Blessings  of.  67.  75, 88. 
Calls  to.  2-5. 8, 9, 11.13, 

16, 17,24.28. 47,50.57, 

58,  63,  66,  68.  88.  145. 

152.  153.  189. 191. 
Close  of,  53,  55,  59,  62, 

94. 


Worship—  (Continued.) 
Family  — See  Family 

Worship. 
Jov  in.  1.  15,  41,  45,  63, 

66,  69,  74-76,  83. 
Of  Christ— See  Christ. 
Of  God— See  God. 
Of  the  Holy  Spirit— See 

Holy  Spirit. 
Morning  and  evening 

97-117. 
Public— See  Lord's  da  y 
Universal.  2,  8,  9, 11,16, 

17,  24,  27,  34,  36,  42, 

47,  50.  56.  57,  248. 
Week-dav.  597. 
Wrestliug  Jacob,  737-739. 

Year  :— 

New.  946.  949-951.  955. 
Close  of.  948,  956. 
Jubilee — See  Jubilee. 

Zeal  :— 

Enjoined.  485.  603. 

Implored,  560,  562,  586. 

Lost,  561. 
Zion: — 

Beloved.  770. 

City  of  God,  564,  720, 

Daughter  of.  778,  909. 
Enlarged,  909,  912. 
Favored.  767.  768.  770, 

772.  7(3.  775.  i?7,  821, 
912,  918. 

Heavenly.  769. 
Praver  for.  46,  67,  89, 

770.  771.  925. 
Rejoicing.  69,  912. 
Restored.  767,  778. 
Security  oL  76,  768. 772, 

773,  776.  777,  856. 
Songs  of.  330, 648, 1061. 
Way  to,  15. 

See  also:  Church. 


HYMNS  FOR  SOCIAL  WORSHIP. 


Introductory :— 1,  2, 4, 5,  7, 
12,  28",  30,  37,  41.  63, 
84,  93. 

God :— 123, 125, 129, 133, 134, 
140.  142.  143, 147, 149, 
160.  161,  164.  169, 
171,  172, 173,  175-177. 
179. 

Christ:— 181,  183,  186-188, 
204.  205,208,  211.  213. 
214.  222,  223,  225-237, 
239-241,  243,  246-248, 
254-256,  258,  261. 

Holv  Spirit :— 262.  263,  268, 
270,  272,  277,  281,  2S2, 
284-287,  390. 

Sinners :— 124.  302,  304,  309, 
313,  317,  319-321,  323, 
324.  423,  425. 
Promises  of  the  Gos- 
pel, 312,  315-317.  319- 
321,  323,  324,  326, 327, 
330. 333,  334,  423. 
■Warning  and  inviting, 
326-328,  331,  335.  336. 
338,  340,  342,  343, 
345,  347,  349,  351- 


356,  358.  359.  361- 
366,  369-371, 373,  375, 
376. 

Repentance.  377  -  379. 
381-384,  387, 388,  390, 
391,393.396,398,400- 
402,  405, 406.  408-410, 
412.  414-416.  429,  431. 
The  Christian :— 418,  419. 
421.422.  426. 

Regeneration  and 
adoption,  418,  419, 
421-424,  426.  427.  429. 
430-438,  441.442.445- 
447,  449,  450,  454.  455. 

Consecration  and  sanc- 
tincation.456-458.460. 
461,  464,  465.  468,  470, 
472.  473.  475.  477.  482, 
483.  485, 487,  488.  491. 
492.  495.  499-501.  .503. 
505,  506.508,  509.  511- 
515,  518-521.  530.  532. 
533.  537,  540-643. 

Un  faith  ful  ness  la  ment- 
ed,  546-549.  551-553, 
555,  558,  560-562. 


Christian  activity,  563- 
568,  571,  572.  574—576, 
579-581, 584,  587,  589- 
591.593-595,  597,  601- 
605.  607.  609.  809. 

Trials,  suffering,  and 
submission.  610,  613, 
614.  616,  619.  621,  622, 
624,  626. 628,  633,  634, 
637-643.  646.  648.  649. 
652.  653.  655-657,  659. 
662,  666,  667,  669, 
672.  673.  675.  676,  679- 
6S3. 

Prayer,  Praise,  and 
Communion  with 
God.  684.  686.  688- 
692,  694.  695.  697, 700, 
701, 703.  704,  706. 709- 
712.  714.  715.  720.  724- 
726,  728-730,  7:33.  7:35, 
741-743,  747.  748.  752- 
754,  756.  758-760.  762. 
The  Church :— 764-766,  768, 
770.  771,  773.  775— ,  .  . . 

Christian  fellowship, 
769,  770,  780-782, 784, 


785,789.790,  792,  795, 

796,  797,  803. 
Missions,  912-914.  916, 

918-921,  925,  926,  930, 
932-934,  936,  938,  939, 
943. 

Sunday  schools,  872- 
889. 

Love  feasts,  769,  770, 
780,  782-786.  789,  795, 

797,  802,  804-806. 
Watch  night.  945,  946, 

948.952,  953,  955,  956. 

Time  and  eternity : — 

Brevity  and  uncertain- 
ty of  life,  964-966, 
968.  975,  983, 995,  998. 
Judgment  and  retribu- 
tion. 1021.  1023, 1024, 
1026,  1027. 
Heaven.  1030.1032,1033, 
1036,  1037. 1038,  1044, 
1045,  1049-1051,  1053, 
1054,  1058-1065,  1067, 
1068,  1070-1073,  1078. 

Closing  hymns :— 22, 23, 52, 
53,  59. 


FIRST  LINES  OF  STANZAS. 


Hymn 

A  beam  from  h  980 
A  cloud  of  wit  594 
A  country  of  j  1074 


A  dark  and  clo 
A  faith  that  do 
A  faith  that  ke 
A  faith  that  sh 
A  Father's  ban 
A  few  more  sto 
A  few  more  str 
A  glance  of  th 
A  guilty,  weak, 
A  hand  almigh 
A  heart  in  eve 
A  heart  resign 
A  heart  with  g 
A  holy  quiet  re 
A  horror  of  gr 
A  land  of  corn, 


950 
446 
667 
667 
17? 
957 
957 
130 
302 
158 
521 
521 
404 
982 
200 
542 


A  land  upon  w  1041 


A  messenger  f 
A  pardon  writt 
A  poor  blind  c 
A  rest  where  al 
A  sacred  sprin 
A  second  look 
A  table  thou  h 
A  thousand  ag 
A  thousand  ag 
A  trusting  hea 
Abide  with  me 
Abide  with  us, 
Abide  with  us, 
Absent  from  t 
Affliction's  dee 
Again  my  par 
Agonizing  in  t 
An,  how  shall 


900 
351 
395 
513 
774 
423 
150 
132 
964 
509 
102 
702 
862 
553 
761 
557 
340 
310 


Ah,  Lord  Jesus  1007 
Ah,  then  I  hav  694 
Ah!  what  avail  400 
Ah!  whither  c  684 
Alas !  I  knew  n  423 
All  earthly  pie  975 
All  glory  be  to  192 
All  hail,  trium  73 
All  his  creatur  145 
All  is  tranquil  1067 
All  my  disease,  398 
All  nature  sing  294 
All  needful  gra  69 
All  our  earthly  879 
All  our  hopes,  942 
All  our  redemp  843 
All  power  to  ou  245 
All  praise  to  th  106 
All  that  my  wil  903 
All  that  spring  1084 
All  the  day  Ion  374 
All  the  power  o  848 
All  the  tokens  1013 
All  the  world  i  1083 
All  things  are  r  357 
All  things  are  r  834 
All  who  bear  th  844 
Almighty  God,  877 
Almighty  God.  920 
Almighty  Lord  293 
Almighty  Son,  35 
Already  spring  394 
Although  the  v  626 
Amen,  Lord  Je  569 
Amid  the  snar  905 
Among  thy  sai  1027 
An  angel  guar  167 
And  art  thou  n  398 
And  as  the  yea  907 
And  at  my  life'  110 
And  by  the  lov  1022 
And  death,  tha  202 
And  duly  shall  575 
And  every  pan  663 
And  every  virt  280 
And  faithful  h  199 
And  from  his  1  255 
And  girt  with  g  236 
And  happy  wa  1107 
And  hence,  in  s  860 
And  his  that  ge  280 
And  if  our  fell.  789 


Hymn 

And  if  some  th'  675 
And  if  the  sons  916 
And  in  the  gar  207 
And  in  the  gre  867 
And  let  those  1  866 
And  let  thy  life  232 
And  lo,  thy  tou  1099 
And  lo  !  with  t  198 
And  may  they  899 
And  never  let  826 
And  not  a  pray  79 
And  now  abov  974 
And  now  Chris  335 
And  now  I'm  i  758 
And  now,  in  ag  658 
And  now  we  fi  1059 
And  O,  when  g  163 
And  O,  when  1 1114 
And  ours  the  g  602 
And  see,  O  Lor  895 
And  see  !  the  s  219 
And  shall  we  lo  63 
And  since,  by  p  617 
And  since,  in  G  1022 
And  since  the  883 
And  soon,  too  s  875 
And  thou,  O  ev  33 
And  thou,  refu  1034 
And  thou,  that  618 
And  though  th  166 
And  thus  that  850 
And  thus,  whe  708 
And,  till  in  he  614 
And  we  believe  118 
And  we  believe  892 
And  we  confes  118 
And  we,  O  Lor  829 
And  were  this  1  602 
And  when  bef  o  619 
And  when,  by  t  781 
And  when  life'  613 
And  when  my  45 
And  when  my  622 
And  when  our  113 
And  when  our  155 
And  when  the  1  630 
And  when  the  1  694 
And  when  thes  836 
And  when  th  ou  634 
And  when  thy  131 
And  when  to  n  110 
And  when  we  e  113 
And  when,  wit  60 
And  while  we  t  459 
And  will  this  s  142 
And  ye,  beneat  194 
Angel  powers  1 1069 
Angelic  spirits,  125 
Angels,  assist  o  304 
Angels,  joyful  1004 
Angels  now  are  733 
Angels  our  ser  356 
Angels,  sing  on  1070 
Angels,  where'  155 
Answer  not  wi  283 
Apostles  join  t  10 
Apostles,  mart  1044 
Approach  his  r  841 
Are  there  brig  1055 
Are  there  celes  1055 
Are  there  no  fo  593 
Are  we  not  ten  970 
Are  we  weak  a  728 
Arise,  arise,  go  1058 
Arm  me  with  j  574 
Arm  me  with  t  448 
Around  thy  Fa  408 
Around  us  roll  597 
Arrayed  in  glo  995 
As  by  the  light  516 
As  dew  upon  t  551 
As  giants  may  824 
As,  in  the  heav  978 
As  laborers  in  808 
As,  'mid  the  ev  978 
As  round  Jerus  772 
As  the  apple  of  455 
As  the  bright  S  824 
As  the  winged  956 
As  thee  their  G 1097 


Hymn 

As  they  offered  182 
As  through  a  g 
As  true  as  God 
As  we  thy  mer 
As  with  joyful 
Ashamed  of  Je 
Ask  but  his  gra 
Asleep  in  Jesus 
Assembled  her 
Assure  my  con 
Astonished  at 
At  cost  of  all  I 
At  evening,  in 
At  his  call  the  1029 
At  Jesus'  call  1074 
At  last  1  own  i  392 
Atmidnight'ss  580 
At  noon,  bene 
At  once  he  saw 
At  the  name  of 
At  the  sign  of  t 
At  thy  rebuke 
At  thy  word  m 
Attending  ang  1035 
Author  and  Gu  713 
Author  of  fait 
Author  of  the 
Awake !  awake 
Awake,  awake 
Awake,  my  ton 
Awed  by  a  mor 


174 

569 
65 
182 
604 
327 
979 
275 
424 
119 

m 

750 


750 
201 
653 
563 
959 
485 


406 
265 
699 
909 
70 
813 


Bane  and  bless  204 
Baptize  the  na  276 
Baptized  into  t  829 
Barren  and  wi  953 
Be  all  my  adde  458 
Be  daily  deare  695 
Be  darkness,  a  276 
Be  faith,  whic  578 
Be  grace  from  830 
Be  it  accordin  307 
Be  it  accordin  377 
Be  it  accordin  539 
Be  it  my  great  499 
Be  near  me  wh  222 
Be  our  strengt  873 
Be  ours  the  bli  877 
Be  this  my  one  966 
Be  this,  O  Lord  860 
Be  thou  my  st  624 
Be  thou,  O  Ro  623 
Be  thou  our  g  1099 
Be  thou  our  g  687 
Be  wise  as  serp  810 
Be  with  us  in  1 1022 
Bear  the  lambs  887 
Bear  the  tidin  939 
Because  thy  s  1008 
Before  His  fee  315 
Before  me  pla  966 
Before  our  Fa  797 
Before  the  cro  468 
Before  the  gre  1076 
Before  the  hil  964 
Before  the  Sav  1077 
Before  thine  al  1107 
Before  thy  hea  1008 
Before  thy  she  46 
Before  thy  thr  43 
Behold,  again  561 
Behold,  for  me  425 
Behold  him,  al  220 
Behold  the  ark  388 
Behold  the  ble  787 
Behold  the  inn  787 
Behold  the  sor  412 
Behold,  we  fal  305 
Behold,  what  h  989 
Behold  yourL  63 
Being  of  being  47 
Believe  in  him  367 
Believing  on  m  430 
Beneath  his  w  176 
Beneath  thy  s  794 
Better  than  lif  693 
Beyond  my  hi  770 
Beyond  the  bo  657 
Beyond  the  fh"  1009 
Beyond  the  he  866 


Hymn 

Beyond  this  va  358 
Bid  the  whole  914 
Bless  us  here,  855 
Bless  we,  then  937 
Blessed  and  ho  913 
Blessed  then,  e  1026 
Blessing  and  h  139 
Blessing,  and  t  947 
Blessings  from  1093 
Blest  be  that  n  68 
Blest  hour,  for  45 
Blest  hour,  wh  45 
Blest  is  that  tr  752 
Blest  is  the  ma  633 
Blest  is  the  pio  799 
Blest  Jesus,  th  167 
Blest  object  of  952 
Blest  river  of  s  932 
Blest  Saviour,  i  594 
Blest  Saviour,  84 
Blest  too  is  he  591 
Blind  unbelief  161 
Bliss  to  carnal  719 
Bold  shall  1  sta  238 
Born  by  a  new  530 
Born  into  the  1001 
Born  thy  peop  334 
Borne  aloft  on  387 
Borne  upon  th  24 
Bow  thine  ear,  26 
Bow  to  the  see  371 
Break  from  hi  984 
Break  off  the  y  495 
Break  off  your  234 
Breathe,  O  bre  491 
Breathe  on  us,  30 
Bright  heralds  444 
Bright  is  their  638 
Bright  Sun  of  r  96 
Bright  terrors  252 
Build  we  each  t  802 
Built  by  the  w  168 
Burn  every  br  66 
But  all,  before  963 
But  all  the  not  852 
But  art  thou  n  425 
But  can  no  sov  306 
But  chiefest  in  71 
But  chiefly  at  i  167 
But  drops  of  g  214 
But  fixed  for  e  293 
But  give  to  Chr  896 
But  God  made  34 
But  he  that  tur  371 
But  I  amid  you  444 
But  if  thou  lea  360 
But  is  it  possib  523 
But  life,  thoug  602 
Butlolabrigh  300 
But  lo  !  a  place  170 
But,  Lord,  the  742 
But,  Lord,  thy  910 
But  lying  dark  1053 
But  not  with  st  670 
But  now,  when  546 
But  O,  I  will  n  975 
But  O  when  do  674 
But  O,  when  th  692 
But  our  brief  1  132 
But  power  divi  396 
But  right  is  rig  596 
But  should  the  636 
But  sinners,  fil  1028 
But  soon  he'll  215 
But  soon  the  m  974 
But  sweeter  fa  711 
But  the  righte  443 
But  there  'sap  707 
But  there 's  a  302 
But  these  days  1067 
But  this  I  do  fi  758 
But  thou  art  n  87 
But  thou  hast  893 
But  thou,  O  Lo  544 
But  thou  shalt  986 
But  thou,  soul  79 
But  thou  wilt  h  611 
But  though  ea  960 
But  though  m  389 
But  thy  compa  172 


Hymn 

But  thy  right  h  1097 

But  to  those  w  1029 

But  warm,  swe  197 

But  we  are  co  787 

But  we  are  ling  236 

But  we,  frail  s  864 

But  we,  who  n  1019 

But  what  to  th  700 

But  when  thy  708 

But  when  we  v  146 

But  will  indee  861 

But  with  the  w  194 

But  with  thee  i  380 

By  cool  Siloam  875 

By  day,  along  t  163 

By  death  and  h  1043 

By  faith  I  plun  420 

By  faith  the  u  34 

By  faith  we  air  1063 

By  faith  we  are  1073 

By  faith  we  kn  445 

By  faith  we  no  1019 

By  faith  we  se  680 

By  faith  we  tak  838 

By  him  the  clo  1085 

By  him  who  bo  1005 

By  the  sacred  723 

By  the  tendern  417 

By  thine  agoni  383 

By  thine  hour  723 

By  thine  inspir  287 

By  thine  own  e  334 

By  thy  deep,  e  723 

By  thv  faintin  645 

By  thy  hands  t  1002 

By  thy  helples  723 

By  thy  lonely  417 

By  thy  meek  S  618 

By  thy  most  se  645 

By  thy  reconc  804 

By  thy  trium  p  417 

By  wise  master  857 

Call,  while  he  360 

Called  togethe  802 

Calvary's  mou  223 

Can  a  mother'  552 

Can  aught  but  309 

Can  these  aver  389 

Careful,  witho  609 

Careless  throu  592 

Cease,  cease, ye  981 

Cease,  ye  pilgr  1068 

Chains  yet  mor  900 

Chance  and  ch  150 
Cheered  by  tha  429 

Cherubim  and  144 

Chief  of  sinner  441 

Children  our  k  877 

Choose  thou  f  o  655 

Chosen  of  God,  766 

Christ,  by  high  190 

Christ  by  no  fl  614 

Christ  is  born,  188 

Christ  is  that  S  76 

Christ  leads  m  669 

Christ,  our  Bro  719 

Christ  our  Lor  26 

Christ  shall  bl  746 

Christ,  who  no  264 

Christian,  dost  1047 

Christians,  hea  941 

Circled  round  261 

Close  by  its  ba  774 

Close  by  thy  si  631 

Closer  and  clos  782 

Cold  on  his  era  186 

Come,  all  by  g  359 

Come,  all  the  f  284 

Come,  all  ye  so  364 

Come,  almight  491 

Come,  and  pos  401 

Come  and  wor  191 

Come  as  the  fir  278 

Come  as  the  li  278 

Come  as  the  wi  278 

Come  back  !  th  555 

Come,  blessed  914 

Come,  divine  a  264 

Come  down,  th  808 


Hymn 

Come,  for  all  e  363 

Come,  holy  Co  6 

Come,  Holy  Gh  279 

Come,  Holy  Gh  508 

Come,  Holy  Gh  429 

Come,  Holy  Sp  277 

Come,  Holy  Sp  269 

Come  in,  come  794 

Come,  in  sorro  341 

Lome,  in  this  a  489 

Come,  let  us,  w  923 

Come,  Light  se  284 

Come,  Lord,  th  924 

Come,  Lord,th  64 

Come,  Lord,  w  669 

Come,  make  y  134 

Come  near  and  102 

Come,  O  my  G  515 

Come  quickly  i  28 

Come,  saints,  a  234 

Come,  Spirit.m  921 

Come,  Spirit  of  499 

Come,  tendere  284 

Come,  the  bles  844 

Come  the  great  17 

Come,  then,  fo  503 

Come  then,  my  458 

Come,  then,  wi  323 

Come,  thou  inc  6 

Come,  thou  W  854 
Come  to  our  p  1052 
Come  to  the  b  1052 

Come  to  the  li  362 

Come,  wander  328 

Come  with  us ;  781 

Come,  worship  3 

Come,  ye  dyin  341 

Come,  ye  wear  340 

Comfort  those  21 

Confound,  o'er  525 

Conqueror  of  h  519 

Content  with  b  747 

Contented  now  739 

Control  my  ev  586 

Convert  and  se  818 

Convince  him  372 

Convince  us  fir  368 

Could  my  tear  415 
Could  we  but  c  1037 

Counting  gain  464 

Courage,  my  s  664 

Creatures    no  516" 

Crown  him  the  267 

Crown  him,  ye  248 

Crown  the  ago  264 

Crown  the  Sav  £49 

Crowns  and  th  563 

Curb  thou  for  107 

Dangers  stand  965 

Dark  and  chee  416 

Daughter  of  Zi  778 

Day  of  glory,  d  90 
Day  of  terror,  1023 

Dead,  already  347 

Dear  Lord,  thy  634 

Dear  Lord,  tot  408 

Dear  name  !  th  316 

Dear  Shepherd  759 

Death  comes  d  376 

Death    enters,  365 

Death,  hell,  an  210 

peath  may  the  987 

Death  rides  on  373 

Death  to  the  w  829 

Decay,  then,  te  328 

Deep  horror  th  187 

Deep  in  unfath  161 

Deep  on  my  he  449 

Deep  unto  dee  67fi 

Delay  not,  dela  336 

Depend  on  him  689 

Dependent  on  875 
Descending  on  1018 

Did  ever  mour  625 

Did  the  solid  e  145 

Didweinouro  166 

Didst  thou  not  216 

Didst  thou  not  801 

Direct,  control  106 


464  HYMN  STUDIES. 


Hymn 

Distracting  tli  39 

Divine  Instruc  299 

Do  thou  assist  460 

Dost  thou  not  d  424 

Down  from  his  322 

Down  from  the  304 

Down  through  193 

Dust  and  ashes  490 

Dust,  to  its  nar  988 


Each  care,  eac  663 

Each  evening  s  127 

Each  moment  477 

Each  thought  97 

Early  hasten  t  223 

Early  let  us  se  872 

Earth  can  now  1016 

Earth,  from  af  38 

Earth  has  a  j  oy  444 

Earth  to  heave  27 

Earth  with  joy  231 

Earthly  joys  n  647 

Easy  to  be  ent  573 

E'en  down  too  679 

E'en  life  itself  419 

E'en  now,  abov  628 
E'en  now  we  f  1036 

E'en  now  we  t  789 

E'en  now,  whe  928 

E'en  the  hour  t  150 

E'er  since,  by  f  319 

Empty  of  him  303 

Enable  with  pe  273 

Endless  life  in  58 

Endue  the  crea  859 

Enough,  if  tho  638 

Enter,  incarna  229 

Enter  thyself,  527 

Enthroned  am  133 

Eternal  are  th  8 

Eternal  Source  67 

Eternal  Spirit,  35 

Eternal  Spirit.f  831 

Eternal,  undiv  411 

Eternal  Wisdo  326 
Eternity  come  1110 
Even  so,  Lord,  1083 

Ever  be  thou  o  885 
Every  eye  shal  1013 

Every  human  t  768 

Every  thought  488 

Expand  thy  w  279 

Extend  to  me  t  13 

Extol  his  king  251 

Extol  the  Lam  331 

Extol  the  Lam  66 

Exults  our  risi  437 


Fain  would  I  1  495 
Fair  land  !  cou  1051 
Faith  cries  out  1006 
Faith  grasps  t  711 
Faith  in  thy  ch  398 
Faith  lends  its  445 
Faith,mighty  f  432 
Faith  of  our  fa  608 
Faith  sees  the  b  981 
Faithful,  O  Lor  317 
Faithful  soul,  p  745 
Far  and  wide,  944 
Far,  far  above  673 
Far,  far  away,  1070 
Far  from  us  d  269 
Far  o'er  yon  h  564 
Far  off  the  Fat  414 
Farewell,  conn  982 
Farewell,  mort  741 
Farewell,  ye  dr  741 
Father,  and  sh  277 
Father,  forgiv  628 
Father,  in  me  r  439 
Father,  in  thes  831 
Father,  in  us  t  39 
Father-like  he  734 
Father  of  endl  48 
Father  of  Jesu  147 
father,  perfec  1053 
Father,  regard  735 
Father,  thine  e  420 
Father,  thy  lo  411 
Father,  thy  m  946 
Father,  thyqu  29 
Father,  we  ask  735 
Fear  hath  no  d  1052 
Fear  not,  be  st  569 
Feai  not,  breth  720 
Fear  not,  I  am  679 
Fear  not,  said  192 
Fear  not;  thou  764 


Hymn 

Fearless  of  hel  704 
Fearless  we  la  228 
Feel  as  I  would  1053 
Fight  on,  my  s  581 

Filled  with  del  1038 

Filled  with  hoi  58 
Find  in  Christ  t  337 

Finish  then  th  491 

Firm  as  his  th  595 

Firmly  trustin  721 

Five  bleeding  438 

Fix,  O  fix  my  w  490 
Fixed  on  this  g  649 

Fling  wide  the  14 

Flow  to  restor  290 
Flow,  wondrou  774 

Fly  abroad,  th  940 

Follow  to  the  j  223 

Followed  by  th  1001 

Foolish,  and  i  169 

For  each  assau  555 

For,  ever  on  th  196 

For  friends  an  89 

For  God  has  m  627 
For  her  my  tea  770 

For  her  our  pr  1090 

For  his  truth  a  25 

For  Jesus,  my  453 

For  lo  !  the  da  194 

For  love  like  t  294 

For  me  the  bu  212 

For  more  we  as  508 

For  my  selfish  559 

For  never  shal  412 

For  not  like  k  763 

For  should  we  883 
For  that  love  w  729 

For  the  blessin  1084 

For  the  grande  148 

For  the  Lord  o  1083 

For  the  love  of  149 

For  thee  delig  606 

For  thee,  my  G  550 

For  them  that  902 

For  these  inest  295 

For  this  let  me  814 

For  this  the  sa  451 

For  thou  art  th  453 

For  thou  hast  897 

For  thou  shalt  50 

For  thou,  with  44 

For  though  my  6?2 

For  thy  rich,  t  148 

For  what  to  th  471 

For  while  thou  677 

For  who  by  f  ai  600 

For  why?  the  11 

For  zeal  I  sigh,  560 

Forbid  it,  Lord  211 

Forbid  them  n  828 

Forerunner  of  308 

Forever  blesse  1055 
Forever  with  1 1050 

Forgive,  and  m  532 

Forgive  me,  L  105 

Forgive  this  n  949 

Forth  with  thy  922 

Forward !  floe  564 

Fountain  of  o'  721 

Frail  children  140 

Free  from  ang  804 

Freely  from  m  810 

Friend  of  the  f  625 

From  age  to  ag  199 

From  Christ  th  812 

From  death  to  271 

From  every  pi  36 

From  evil  dee  949 
From  heaven  a  1018 

From    heaven  328 

From  his  high  255 

From  morn  til  159 

From  north  to  919 

From  sea  to  se  908 

From  sorrow,  797 

From  strength  589 

From  that  dar  843 

From  the  celes  285 

From  the  heig  265 

From  the  high  148 

From  the  low  198 

From  the  third  1035 

From  Thee  tha  511 

From  thee,  thr  124 
Full  ofimmortl056 

Gather  the  out  32 

Gave  my  repe  449 

Gazing  thus  ou  205 

Gently  will  he  487 

Gethsemane  c  836 


Hymn 

Give  glory  to  h  152 
Give  me  a  calm  610 
Give  me  a  new,  528 
Give  me  on  the  555 
Give  me  thy  st  814 
Give  me  thysel  520 
Give  me  to  bea  606 
Give  me  to  tru  556 
Give  them  an  e  815 
Give  thou  the  916 
Give  to  mine  e  478 
Give  tongues  o  276 
Give  up  oursel  945 
Give  us  an  eve  213 
Give  us  oursel  368 
Give  us  this  da  716 
Give  us  with  a  547 
Glories  upon  g  564 
Glory  to  God  a  403 
Glory  to  God  b  16 
Glory  to  God,  i  227 
Glory  to  God!  195 
Glory  to  thee,  10 
Go,  clothe  the  896 
Go  f orward,Ch  568 
Go  into  every  926 
Go,  labor  on;  603 
Go,  labor  on,  y  603 
Go,  meet  him  i  954 
Go,  then,  earth  643 
Go  to  many  a  t  939 
Go,  to  shine  be  1004 
Go  to  the  ants  !  547 
GoupwithChr  582 
Go  where  the  s  578 
Go  where  the  w  933 
God  bless  these  1106 
God  calling  ye  352 
God  calms  the  630 
God  forbids  hi  1006 
God  is  in  heav  38 
God  is  our  stre  5 
God  is  our  sun,  69 
God  my  Eedee  995 
God  of  our  fat  958 
God  of  the  wid  891 
God  only  is  the  509 
God  only  know  540 
God  ruleth  on  51 
God,  the  All-M  1092 
God,  the  blesse  91 
God,  the  everl  204 
God,  the  Omni  1092 
God,  through  h  279 
God,  thy  God,  767 
God's  guardia  96 
God's  Spirit  wi  353 
Good,  when  he  615 
Goodness  and  156 
Grace  all  the  321 
Grace  first  con  321 
Grace  taught  321 
Grant  me  now  494 
Grant  one  poo  460 
Grant  that  all  21 
Grant  that  all  859 
Grant  that,  wi  832 
Grant,  then,  th  504 
Grant  this,  O  h  268 
Grant  us  the  p  972 
Grant  us  thy  p  94 
Grant  us  thy  t  135 
Grant  us  to  wa  862 
Grave,  the  gua  1000 
Great  God!  is t  972 
Great  God,  let  95 
Great  God,  our  1103 
Great  God,  pre  1100 
Great  God,  we  74 
Great  God!  wh  1028 
Great  is  our  g  1096 
Great  Prophet  243 
Great  Shepher  44 
Great  Sovereig  322 
Great  spoils  I  s  758 
Great  Sun  of  ri  292 
Greatness  uns  126 
Green  pastures  642 
Guilty  I  stand  389 

Had  I  such  fai  504 

Hail,  great  Im  84 

Hail,  holy  cros  219 

Hail,  peaceful  45 

Hail,  Prince  of  193 

Hail,  Source  of  271 

Hail  the  heave  190 

Hail  to  the  bri  912 

Hallelujah  !  ea  858 

Hallelujah  !—h  938 

Hallelujah!  L  144 


Hymn 

Hallelujah,  thl073 
Happy,  if  with  822 
Happy  only  in  464 
Happy  the  horn  101 
Happy  the  ma  329 
Happy  the  ma  740 
Happy  they  w  385 
Hark  !  hark  !  t  187 
Hark  !  how  he  215 
Hark !  in  the  926 
Hark,  it  is  the  346 
Hark  !  the  cher  193 
Hark  !  the  voic  1093 
Hark  !  they  wh  969 
Hark,  those  bu  249 
Has  thy  night  767 
Hast  thou  was  906 
Haste,  O  haste,  941 
Haste,  O  sinne  343 
Hasten  thee  on  643 
Hasten,  mercy  345 
Hasten,  morta  188 
Hasten,  sinner  345 
Hasten  the  joy  502 
Have  pity  on  959 
Have  we  not  h  375 
Have  we  trials  728 
He  all  his  foes  244 
He  bids  us  bui  789 
He  breaks  the  1 
He  by  himself  1075 
He  came  in  to  280 
He  came,  swee  280 
He  can  heal  th  906 
He  clothes  the  749 
He  comes,  fro  185 
He  comes,  he  954 
He  comes,  of  h  790 
He  comes,  the  185 
He  comes  with  181 
He  ever  lives  a  438 
He  feeds  in  pa  158 
He  formed  the  3 
He  framed  the  17 
He  has  what  w  1010 
He  hears  the  u  68 
He  hides  hims  596 
He  hung  its  st  863 
He,  in  the  days  254 
He  justly  clai  469 
He  keeps  his  o  1076 
He  left  his  Fat  422 
He  lives,  all  gl  242 
He  lives,  and  g  242 
He  lives,  to  ble  242 
He  looks  !  and  759 
He  now  stands  28 
He  only  is  the  1086 
He  prospers  d  437 
He  reigns !  ye  134 
He  rests  well  p  811 
He  rises,  who  75 
He  rules  the  w  183 
He  sat  serene  u  152 
He  saw  me  plu  241 
He  shakes  the  162 
He  shall  desce  181 
He  shall  reign  938 
He  sits  at  God'  244 
•  He  speaks,  and  1 
He  still  the  an  828 
He  tells  us  we'  141 
He  that  hath  p  904 
He  took  into  h  833 
He  wept  that  w  405 
He  who  bore  a  259 
He  who  gave  f  259 
He  wills  that  I  512 
He  with  earth  150 
Head  of  thy  C  800 
Heap  on  his  sa  1085 
Hear  him,  ye  d  1 
Hear,  O  hear,  o  265 
Hear  the  heral  342 
Heaven  is  still  56 
Heavenly  Fath  440 
Heavenly  Guid  266 
Heavenward  o  508 
Heirs  of  the  sa  783 
He'll  never  qu  254 
Help  us,  throu  590 
Help  us  to  bui  784 
Help  us  to  help  784 
Help  us  to  ma  46 
Help  us  to  see  61 
Hence  may  all  803 
Hence  our  hea  461 
Hence,  Prince  826 
Hence  snransx  812 
Henceforth  m  457 
Henceforth  ou  1048 


Hymn 

Her  hands  are  329 

Her  portion  in  661 

Here,  at  tfhat  c  460 

Here,  at  the  p  67 
Here,  beneath  1093 
Here  freedom  1100 

Here  I  would  f  206 

Here  I'll  raise  726 

Here  in  tender  730 
Here  in  the  bo  1050 

Here,  in  their  788 
Here  in  thy  ho  1082 

Here  it  is  I  fin  730 

Here  let  our  f e  313 

Here  let  the  bl  65 

Here  let  the  gr  867 

Here  let  the  vo  65 

Here  light  desc  295 

Here  may  our  865 

Here  may  the  1  865 

Here  may  the  299 

Here  may  thin  865 

Here  may  thy  870 

Here  may  we  p  44 

Here  pardon,  1  325 

Here,  Saviour,  870 

Here  see  the  b  683 

Here  sleep  tho  986 

Here  the  dark  174 

Here  the  fair  t  299 

Here  the  Rede  299 

Here  the  whol  146 

Here  then  I  do  173 

Here,  then,  m  712 

Here,  then,  to  475 

Here  to  thee  a  858 

Here  vouchsaf  856 

Here  we  come  88 

Here  we  learn  205 

Here  we  would  843 

Here,  when  th  861 

Here  will  I  set  456 

Here's  love  an  234 

High  as  the  he  172 

High  Heaven,  t  447 

High  is  thy  po  126 

High  lifted  on  314 

High  on  a  thro  893 

High  on  his  ho  245 

High  throned  119 
Him  eye  to  eye  1046 

Him  though  hi  261 

Him  to  know  i  456 

His  arm  the  st  891 

His  blood  dem  124 

His  body  brok  850 

His  fearful  dro  850 
His  freed  affec  1048 

His  goodness  e  761 

His  goodness  s  176 

His  grace  will  633 
His  gracious  p  1107 

His  kingdom  c  244 

His  love,  surpa  437 

His  love  withi  270 

His  mountains  866 

His  name  is  Je  333 

His  name  shall  184 

His  name  the  s  332 

His  name  yield  747 

His  oath,  his  c  421 

His  only  righte  822 
His  own  soft  h  1035 

His  pierced  ha  233 

His  power,  inc  184 

His  power  sub  172 

His  precious  b  841 

His  providenc  946 

His  purposes  w  161 

His  son  the  fat  471 

His  sovereign  9 

His  sovereign  66 

His  Spirit  in  m  436 

His  voice  com  551 

His  voice  subli  151 

His  work  my  h  605 

Hither  come,  f  344 

Ho  !  all  ye  hun  326 

Ho !  ye  that  p  326 

Hold  on  thy  w  620 

Hold  thou  thy  93 

Holy  Ghost,  no  440 

Holy  Ghost,  wi  267 

Holy,  holy,  hoi  136 

Holy  Jesus,  ev  182 

Holy  pilgrim,  346 

Holy  Spirit,  al  267 

Holy  Spirit,  Lo  263 

Holy  Spirit,  P  263 

Holy  Spirit,  Ri  263 

Hosanna,  Lord  71 


Hymn 

Hosanna !  on  t  882 
Hosanna !  sou  882 
Hosanna !  then  882 
Hosannas,  Lor  901 
How  beauteou  111 
How  beautiful,  147 
How  beautiful  974 
How  blessed  a  821 
How  blest  are  461 
How  can  it  be,  461 
How  careful,  1 1021 
How  charming  821 
How  dread  are  147 
How  gentle  wa  177 
How  good  tho  157 
How  happy  ar  821 
How  happy  ar  666 
How  happy  th  453 
How  happy  th  1064 
How  long,  dea  1035 
How  mildly  on  974 
How  oft  they  1  418 
How  often  wh  951 
How  rich,  how  671 
How  rich  the  d  325 
How  shall  poll  130 
How  should  ou  64 
How  such  holy  115 
How  then  oug  968 
How  vain  a  to  698 
How  would  my  406 
Humble,  and  t  481 
Humbly  on  the  403 
Hushed  is  each  752 

I  ask  in  confid  517 
I  ask  no  highe  502 
I  ask  the  blood  535 
I  ask  thee  for  a  675 
I  ask  them  wh  1046 
I  can  but  peris  369 
I  cannot  wash  503 
I  cast  my  care  175 
I  come,  thy  ser  1078 
I  delivered  the  552 
I  fear  no  foe,  w  93 
I  fear  no  tribu  755 
I  feel  a  strong  967 
I  find  him  lifti  512 
I  have  long  wit  379 
I  have  no  skill  169 
I  have  the  thin  537 
I  hear  the  invi  1088 
I  heard  the  voi  426 
I  hold  thee  wit  536 
I,  I  alone  have  212 
I  know  the  wo  377 
I  know  thee,  S  738 
I  laid  me  down  165 
I  lay  my  body  108 
I  lay  my  wants  754 
I  lift  mine  eye  483 
I  long,  dearest  1054 
I  long  to  be  li  754 
I  long  to  see  th  399 
I  look  to  my  in  534 
I  love  by  faith  709 
I  love  in  solitu  709 
I  love  the  Lord  621 
IlovethyChur  770 
I  love  to  meet  1 1027 
I  love  to  tell  th  756 
I  love  to  think  709 
I  must  the  fair  573 
I  need  not  tell  737 
I  need  thee  ev  760 
]  .need  thy  pres  93 
I  .rest  beneath  170 
I  rest  in  thine  541 
I  rest  my  soul  754 
I  rest  upon  the  436 
I  rest  upon  thy  506 
I  saw  one  hang  423 
I  see  the  excee  538 
I  see  thee  in  th  125 
I  see  thee  not,  714 
I  see  thee  walk  125 
I  see  thee  whe  125 
I  sigh  from  thi  1054 
I  sigh  to  think  550 
I  starve,  he  cri  414 
I  take  these  lit  987 
I  thank  thee  fo  537 
I  trust  in  thy  e  699 
I  wait  thy  will  472 
I  wait  till  he  sh  539 
I  want  a  godly  505 
I  want  a  sober  505 
I  want  a  true  r  506 
I  want  the  wit  502 
I  want  thy  life  522 


FIRST   LINE 8 


OF  STANZAS. 


465 


Hymn 

I  was  not  ever  682 
I  will  not  fear,  165 
I  will  not  let  t  715 
I  wish  that  his  880 
I  worship  thee  272 
I  would  be  thi  409 
I  would,  hut  th  495 
I  would  not  ha  675 
I  would  not  liv  998 
I  would  not  si  605 
I  would  thy  bo  316 
I  yield  my  hea  83 
I  yield  my  pow  104 
I 'd  sing  the  ch  743 
I 'd  sing  the  p  743 
If  called,  like  A  614 
If  earthly  pare  282 
If  every  one  th  275 
If ,  for  thy  sake  619 
If  from  thy  pa  862 
If  grace  were  b  333 
If  he  our  ways  310 
If  I  have  only  k  439 
If  I  have  taste  686 
If  in  this  darks  496 
If  in  this  feeble  668 
If  joy  shall  at  590 
IE  life  be  long,  669 
If  life's  wide  o  1111 
If  near  the  pit  513 
If  now  the  wit  439 
If  now  thou  st  1021 
If  on  our  daily  103 
If  on  the  morn  1111 
If  on  the  wing  159 
If  our  love  we  149 
If  pain  afflict,  689 
If  rough  and  t  496 
If  sang  the  mo  916 
If  sin  be  pardo  985 
If  so  poor  a  wo  470 
If  some  poor  w  102 
If  such  a  worm  668 
If  such  the  swe  612 
If  thou  the  sec  239 
If  thou  wilt  se  360 
If  to  the  right  511 
If  to  the  right  784 
If  to  the  right  686 
If  what  I  wish  173 
If,  while  on  ea  755 
If  yet,  while  p  412 
I  '11  go  to  Jesus  369 
I  '11  lift  my  ha  419 
I  '11  make  your  820 
I  '11  praise  him  740 
I'm  glad  my bl  886 
Implant  it  dee  482 
In  all  my  ways  169 
In  all  our  Make  133 
In  answer  to  a  407 
In  Christ  we  li  232 
In  condescend  991 
In  darkest  sha  704 
In  each  event  616 
In  error's  maz  761 
In  every  joyth  616 
In  every  land  b  8 
In  every  new  d  871 
In  fellowship,  589 
In  fierce  tempt  624 
In  foreign  real  1113 
In  God  we  put  493 
In  heaven  the  193 
In  heaven  tho  139 
In  his  great  na  16 
In  his  salvatio  1104 
In  holy  content  641 
In  holy  duties,  82 
In  hope,  again  432 
In  hope  of  tha  1032 
In  manifested  216 
In  me  thine  ut  543 
In  midst  of  dan  1113 
In  one  fratern  788 
In  our  sicknes  717 
In  panoply  of  t  599 
In  part  we  kn  174 
In  peopled  val  929 
In  prayer  my  s  546 
In  riches,  in  pi  335 
In  shining  whi  253 
In  such  society  787 
In  suffering  b  476 
In  that  beautif  880 
In  that  lone  la  349 
In  the  cross  of  204 
In  the  furnace  768 
f.n  the  hour  of  646 
In  the  land  of  c  732 
In  the  midst  of  179 

30 


Hymn 

In  the  rite  tho  848 
In  the  time  of  678 
In  thee  I  place  635 
In  thee,  O  Lord  541 
In  them  let  all  795 
In  them  thou  893 
In  thine  all-gr  617 
In  thine  own  a  21 
In  this  divine  a  1052 
In  this  world  o  1007 
In  those  dark,  981 
In  those  high  a  727 
In  thy  dear  cr  240 
In  thy  holy  inc  853 
In  thy  pavilion  660 
In  trouble's  da  33 
In  vain  thou  st  737 
In  vain  we  tun  277 
In  want,  my  pi  736 
In  wisdom  infl  121 
In  Zion  God  is  871 
Incarnate  Deit  42 
Infinite  joy,  or  965 
Insatiate  to  thi  327 
Inscribed  upon  208 
Into  temptatio  716 
Into  that  happ  431 
Inured  to  pove  170 
Is  a  mighty  fa  906 
Is  crucified  for  220 
Is  here  a  soul  t  372 
Is  not  e'en  dea  971 
Is  not  thy  grac  274 
Is  there  a  bliss  1055 
Is  there  a  thin  477 
Is  there  a  thin  471 
Is  this  the  cons  665 
Israel's  Streng  334 
It  beamed  on  860 
It  can  bring  wi  641 
It  gives  the  bu  706 
It  hallows  ever  178 
It  is  finished!  224 
It  is  not  as  tho  510 
It  is  not  death  993 
It  is  not  so,  but  596 
It  makes  the  c  208 
It  makes  the  w  316 
It  stands  secur  1056 
It  sweetly  chee  297 
It  tells  me  of  a  363 
It  was  my  guid  187 
It  was  thy  lov  548 
Its  energy  exer  289 
Its  noblest  toil  708 
Its  pleasures  c  516 
Its  sacred  shri  860 
Its  skies  are  n  1041 
Its  streams  the  317 

Jehovah !  Fath  35 

Jehovah,  we  t  219 

Jerusalem,  my  1044 

Jesus,  acceot  o  471 

Jesus  all  the  d  442 

Jesus,  attend ;  791 

Jesus  can  mak  976 

Jesus,  confirm  562 

Jesus  conquer  566 

Jesus,  descend  221 

Jesus,  for  this  524 

Jesus,  hail !  en  246 

Jesus !  harmon  332 

Jesus  hath  die  588 

Jesus  I  die  to  500 

Jesus,  I  hang  u  512 

Jesus  is  worth  2 

Jesus,  let  all  th  824 

Jesus,  let  our  f  1115 

Jesus,  may  all  701 

Jesus,  my  all  in  736 

Jesus,  my  God  595 

Jesus,  my  hear  239 

Jesus,  my  Shep  316 

Jesus  my  Shep  434 

Jesus,  my  sing  484 

Jesus,  my  stre  430 

Jesus,  now  tea  812 

Jesus,  on  me  b  404 

Jesus,  our  grea  243 

Jesus,  our  grea  331 

Jesus,  our  love  702 

Jesus,  our  onl  700 

Jesus  protects ;  170 

Jesus,  Saviour,  488 

Jesus,  see  my  p  490 

Jesus,  the  crow  545 

Jesus!  the  na  1 

Jesus !  the  na  822 

Jesus  the  priso  822 

Jesus,  the  Sav  244 


Hymn 

Jesus,  the  wea  623 
Jesus  their  toil  811 
Jesus,  thine  ai  399 
Jesus,  thine  o  469 
Jesus,  this  feas  849 
Jesus,  thou  fo  385 
Jesus,  thou  Pr  993 
Jesus,  thou  So  1020 
Jesus,  thy  bloo  305 
Jesus,  thy  fair  914 
Jesus,  thy  spea  953 
Jesus,  thy  wor  298 
Jesus,  to  whom  178 
Jesus !  transpo  332 
Jesus  triumphs  226 
Jesus,  vouchsa  968 
Jesus,  vouchsa  394 
Jesus,  we  bow  837 
Jesus,  we  look  312 
Jesus  wept !  an  203 
Jesus  wept !  th  203 
Jesus,  with  us  831 
Joined  in  one  s  782 
Joy  of  the  deso  683 
Joy  to  the  wor  183 
Joyful,  all  ye  n  190 
Joyful,  with  al  985 
Judge  not  the  161 
Just  as  I  am,  a  393 
Just  as  I  am— p  393 
Just  as  I  am— t  393 
Justly  might  t  380 

Keen  was  the  t  638 
Keep  the  souls  1115 
Kept  peaceful  590 
Kind  Intercess  1096 
Kindled  his  re  379 
Kingdoms  wid  940 
Know,  my  soul  643 
Knowing  as  I  a  1050 

Lame  as  I  am,  739 

Large  are  the  652 

Lay  thy  suppo  997 

Lay  to  thy  mig  555 

Leaning  on  Jes  997 

Leave  no  ungu  587 

Leave  to  his  so  673 

Ledbytheligh  33 
Led  on  by  thin  1103 

Let  all  the  ang  42 

Let  all  who  for  786 

Let  cares  like  659 

Let  earth  and  842 

Let  earth  no  m  481 

Let  every  act  o  12 

Let  every  kind  248 

Let  every  mo  12 

Let  every  thou  468 

Let  Faith  exalt  989 

Let  faith  trans  665 

Let  good  or  ill  635 

Let  goodness  a  179 

Let  grace  our  590 

Let  him  that  h  355 

Let  humble,  pe  852 

Let  love,  in  on  780 

Let  me  alone,  t  735 

Let  me  never  f  262 

Let  me  thy  wit  483 

Let  mountains  773 
Let  music  swel  1089 

Let  none  bear  607 

Let  not  consci  340 

Let  not  the  foe  301 

Let  not  this  lif  301 
Let  others  see  1072 

Let  others  stre  698 

Let  peace  with  74 

Let  sickness  bl  977 
Let  that  mercy  1091 

Let  the  dumb  209 

Let  the  elders  25 

Let  the  living  858 

Let  the  ransom  25 

Let  the  sweet  h  610 

Let  the  world  643 

Let  thine  own  670 

Let  this  my  ev  712 

Let  those  refu  41 

Let  thrones,  an  917 

Let  thronging  819 

Let  thy  blood  383 

Let  thy  eterna  61 

Let  thy  holy  C  857 

Let  us  for  each  804 

Let  us  still  to  t  722 

Let  us  then  wi  804 

Let  us  walk  wi  719 

Life  and  peace  262 


Hymn 

Life  eternal !  h  225 
Lif  e  eternal !  O  225 
Life  from  the  899 
Life's  labor  do  982 
Life's  tumult  109 
Lift  to  him  th  487 
Liftupthyblee  320 
Lift  up  thy  cou  428 
Lift  up  your  e  720 
Light  m  thy  lig  428 
Light  of  the  w  570 
Light  on  thy  h  195 
Like  a  mighty  563 
Like  him,  thro  897 
Like  mighty  ru  286 
Like  mighty  w  268 
Like  some  brig  714 
Like  the  roug  371 
Lion  of  Judah,  229 
Listen  to  the  w  188 
Live,  till  the  L  786 
Lives  again  ou  260 
Living  in  the  s  115 
Living  or  dyin  500 
Lo,  every  kind  916 
Lo  !  glad  I  com  450 
Lo  !  God  is  her  47 
Lo  !  he  beckon  1004 
Lo,  his  triump  237 
Lo,  in  the  dese  912 
Lo  !  Jesus,  wh  355 
Lo !  on  a  narr  966 
Lo  !  such  the  c  875 
Lo  !  the  hiUs  f  941 
Lo  !  the  incarn  340 
Lo  !  'tis  he  !  ou  1014 
Lo !  with  deep  1091 
Lone  are  the  p  988 
Long  as  I  live  472 
Long  as  our  fie  715 
Long  my  inipri  422 
Long  thy  exile  1016 
Long,  too  long  1015 
Look,  as  when  558 
Look  down  in  201 
Look  how  we  g  277 
Loose  all  your  237 
Loose  the  soul  231 
Lord,  at  thy  fe  400 
Lord,  ere  the  1 1022 
Lord,  everlasti  296 
Lord,  from  thi  869 
Lord ,  from  thy  61 
Lord,  give  us  s  667 
Lord  God  of  h  769 
Lord,  guide  ou  466 
Lord,  I  believe  319 
Lord,  I  believe  238 
Lord,  I  come  t  718 
Lord,  I  my  vo  106 
Lord,  I  will  no  440 
Lord,  I  would  622 
Lord,  if  thou  d  573 
Lord,  if  thou  d  809 
Lord,  if  thou  w  307 
Lord,  in  this  sa  87 
Lord,  it  is  my  552 
Lord,  keep  us  s  113 
Lord,  lead  us  t  198 
Lord,  let  my  so  105 
Lord,  let  us  in  101 
Lord,  let  us  pu  1056 
Lord,  may  it  b  891 
Lord,  may  our  788 
Lord,  may  tha  638 
Lord,  may  tha  87 
Lord,  obedient  720 
Lord  of  all  lif  e  135 
Lord  of  the  na  1098 
Lord,  on  thee  21 
Lord,  on  thy  cr  209 
Lord,  shall  the  661 
Lord,  shall  we  547 
Lord,  teach  ou  43 
Lord,  through  950 
Lord,  thy  glor  56 
Lord,  till  I  rea  752 
Lord,  'tis  not  o  863 
Lord,  we  belie  275 
Lord,  we  thy  p  501 
Lord,  what  sh  38 
Lord,  when  sh  910 
Loud  halleluja  10 
Loud  is  the  son  444 
Loud  may  the  773 
Loud  we  '11  swe  874 
Love  and  grief  730 
Love  is  the  gol  780 
Love  of  God,  s  384 
Love  only  can  536 
Lover  of  souls!  32 


Hymn 

Lover  of  souls!  381 
Love's  redeem  260 

Make  good  the  815 
Make  haste,  O  576 
Make  it  my  hi  499 
Make  us  into  o  785 
Make  us  of  one  804 
Maker  and  Re  231 
Manmaytroub  643 
Mark  but  that  980 
May  erring  mi  869 
May  faith  gro  869 
May  he  teach  u  23 
May  it  be  joy  t  742 
May  our  light  647 
May  strugglin  109 
May  they  that  823 
May  thy  gospe  88 
May  thy  rich  g  762 
May  thy  Spirit  857 
May  thy  will,  n  463 
May  we  receiv  29 
May  we  this  lif  111 
May  we  thy  bo  892 
May  we  with  c  97 
Me  with  that  r  545 
Mean  are  all  off  897 
Meet  for  thy  re  580 
Merciful  God,  951 
Mercy  and  gra  124 
Mercy  and  Tru  915 
Mercy  I  ask  to  407 
Methinks  I  see  987 
Might  I  enjoy  t  69 
Might  view  the  216 
Mightiest  king  937 
Mighty  Victim  847 
Millions  of  ha  31 
Millions  of  sin  323 
Millions  of  sou  834 
Mine  is  an  unc  552 
Minutes  and  m  99 
More  and  mor  802 
More  glorious  290 
More  of  thy  lif  519 
More  simple  a  868 
More  than  con  1066 
Mourn  for  the  890 
Move,  and  act  806 
Much  of  my  ti  108 
Must  I  be  carri  593 
My  conscience  423 
My  crimes  are  391 
My  days  are  sh  962 
My  dying  Savi  533 
My  every  weak  475 
My  Father,  Go  429 
My  Father's  h  1072 
My  feet  shall  t  699 
My  flesh  shall  1042 
My  flesh,  whic  526 
My  God  is  reco  438 
My  gracious  M  1 
My  heart  is  fix  70 
My  heart,  whic  307 
My  Jesus,  as  th  654 
My  Jesus  shall  697 
My  knowledge  669 
My  life  I  would  112 
My  life  is  but  a  959 
My  life,  my  bio  814 
My  life,  my  po  401 
My  lifted  eye,  616 
My  lips  shall  d  154 
My  lips  with  sh  391 
My  Lord,  ifind  747 
My  loving  Fath  826 
My  message  as  364 
My  mind,  by  th  411 
My  native  cou  1089 
My  one  desire  401 
My  passions  ho  703 
My  prayer  hat  738 
My  restless  sou  535 
My  Saviour  bid  402 
My  Saviour,  ho  212 
My  Saviour,  le  662 
My  soul,  ask  w  498 
My  soul  break  520 
My  soul  he  dot  156 
My  soul  obeys  302 
My  soul  rejoic  296 
My  soul  shall  t  482 
My  soul  to  the  556 
My  soul,  with  c  252 
My  soul  with  t  543 
My  soul  would  704 
My  soul  would  1055 
My  steadfast  s  518 
My  suffering  ti  624 


Hymn 

My  thoughts  li  123 

My  times  are  i  637 

My  trespass  wa  433 

My  vows  I  will  467 

My  will  be  swa  481 

My  willing  sou  85 

My  Wisdom  an  483 

Myriads  of  bri  155 

Myself  I  canno  556 

Naught  have  I  436 
Nay,  but  I  yiel  401 
Nay,  rather  wi  613 
Nearer  is  my  s  1015 
Nearer  my  Fat  1053 
Nearer  the  bou  1053 
Ne'er  think  th  581 
Neither  sin,  no  745 
Never,  from  th  888 
Never  let  the  w  722 
Never  will  he  t  264 
Never  will  I  re  483 
New  graces  ev  72 
New  mercies,  e  103 
New  time,  new  99 
Night  her  sole  92 
Night  unto  nig  95 
Nipped  by  the  977 
No  accents  flo  711 
No  anxious' dou  961 
No  chilling  win  1038 
No  cloud  those  1051 
No  condemnat  422 
No  earthly  fat  147 
No  good  word,  386 
No  fight  had  w  375 
No  light !  so  la  375 
No  longer  then  536 
No  man  can  tr  435 
No  matter  whi  968 
No  more  a  wan  434 
No  more  fatig  78 
No  more  I  stag  529 
No  more  let  cr  920 
No  more  let  si  183 
No  more  the  d  1034 
No  mortal  can  241 
No  mortal  doth  758 
No  need  of  the  1063 
No  profit  canst  672 
No  room  for  m  968 
No  rude  alarm  78 
No  slightest  to  1057 
No  strength  of  141 
No  suffering,  w  676 
No  terror  has  d  1012 
No  voice  can  si  700 
No  words  can  t  752 
None  else  will  313 
Nor,  as  he  in  th  40 
Nor  bleeding  b  305 
Nor  let  the  go  627 
Nor  pain,  nor  g  984 
Nor  shall  my  t  705 
Nor  shall  thy  s  292 
Nor  will  I  ceas  705 
Nor  will  our  d  80 
Not  a  cloud  do  454 
Not  all  our  gro  314 
Not  all  the  arc  1065 
Not  all  the  har  751 
Not  in  the  nam  7 
Not  many  year  948 
Not  now  on  Zio  36 
Not  to  the  last  620 
Not  what  we  w  617 
Nothing  hath  1 1025 
Nothing  I  ask  407 
Nothing  is  wo  968 
Nothing  less  wi  486 
Nothing  on  ea  457 
Nothing  ye  in  362 
Now  glory  to  G  330 
Now  God  invit  349 
Now  he  bids  us  259 
Now,  if  thy  gra  407 
Now  in  the  Fa  240 
Now  incline  m  379 
Now  is  the  acce  361 
Now,  Jesus,  no  809 
Now  lend  thy  g  771 
Now  let  me  ga  525 
Now  let  the  he  230 
Now  no  more  847 
Now,  OGod,  th  470 
Now  rest,  my  1  447 
Now  safely  mo  187 
Now.  Saviour,  1  64 
Now  the  fight  566 
Now  the  full  gl  146 
Now  then,  my  47i 


4G6  HYMN  STUDIES. 


Hymn 

Now,  then,  the  817 

Now  to  the  Go  985 

Now  to  thee,  th  22 

Now  to  thy  ho  98 

Now,  toil  and  c  992 

Now  will  we  bl  177 

Now,  ye  needy  340 

Numbered  am  961 

O  arm  me  with  586 
O  be  a  nobler  p  962 
O  believe  the  r  337 
O  bid  this  trifli  83 
O  bless,  as  erst  1107 
O  blessed  hop  850 
O  blessed  work  572 
O  blest  the  lan  14 
O  by  the  angui  618 
O  by  thy  savin  236 
O  cease,  my  w  388 
O  change  these  309 
O  Christ,  thou  233 
O  Christ !  who  1108 
O  clothe  their  819 
O  come,  and  re  928 
O  come  in  the  868 
O  covenant  of  837 
O  death  !  wher  623 
O  do  not  suffer  790 
O  do  thou  alwa  555 
O  enter  then  h  11 
O  far  from  ho  354 
O  Father,  com  868 
O  Father,  in  th  1005 
O  Father,  let  t  949 
O  Father,  may  907 
O  Father,  with  199 
O  nil  thou  ever  287 
O  fill  thy  Chur  921 
O  for  a  faith  li  471 
O  for  a  lowly,  521 
O  for  a  trumpe  332 
O  for  that  pow  366 
O  for  the  deat  990 
O  for  the  livin  5 
O  for  this  love  304 
O  for  thy  trut  924 
O  generous  lov  207 
O  give  us  eyes  381 
O  give  us  hear  196 
O  gladly  tread  300 
O  glorious  hou  1042 
O  God,  let  peo  50 
O  God,  mine  in  966 
O  God  of  love  a  900 
O  God,  our  hel  964 
O  God,  our  Ki  69 
O  God,  our  lig  109 
OGod  Triune,  137 
O  grant  that  n  476 
O  guard  our  s  1098 
O  happiest  wor  891 
O  happy  bond,  447 
O  happy,  happ  816 
O  happy,  happ  991 
O  happy,  holy  1058 
O  happy  scene  661 
O  happy  souls  15 
O  hearken  to  403 
O,  hearts  are  b  892 
O  hide  this  sel  477 
O  holy  Father,  129 
O  Holy,  Holy  G  499 
O  holy,  holy,  h  120 
O  holy  Lord  !u  213 
O  Holy  Spirit  f  137 
O  Holy  Spirit !  1108 
O  home  of  fad  1058 
O  hope  of  eve  700 
O  how  can  wor  160 
O  how  I  fear  t  147 
O  how  past  all  1026 
O  Jesus,  could  406 
O  Jesus,  ever  691 
O  Jesus,  Lamb  137 
O  Jesus,  Light  701 
O  Jesus,  once  1 1114 
O  Jesus,  ride  o  330 
O  Jesus,  Savio  702 
O  Jesus,  there  255 
O  just  Judge,  1 1023 
O  leave  us  not  275 
O  let  me  ever  h  697 
O  let  my  soul  105 
O  let  our  love  809 
O  let  that  glori  917 
O  let  the  same  100 
O  let  them  all  t  795 
O  let  them  spr  818 
O  let  thy  chos  771 
O  let  thy  conq  228 


Hymn 

Olet  thy  love  221 
O  let  thy  risin  111 
O  let  thy  sacre  457 
O  let  thy  Spiri  378 
O  let  thy  suffe  694 
O  let  us  all  ioi  792 
O  let  us  by  thy  524 
O  let  us  still  pr  816 
O  let  us  stir  ea  786 
O  let  us  take  a  793 
O  light  of  Zion,  925 
O  little  heart  o  125 
O  long-expecte  78 
O  look  with  pi  1095 
O  Lord  and  Ma  197 
O  Lord  God  Al  1012 
O  Lord  of  life  1107 
O  Lord,  preven  1027 
O  Love,  thou  b  420 
O  Love,  thy  so  477 
O  loving  wisdo  207 
O  make  me  all  483 
O  Master,  it  is  200 
O  may  all  en  jo  55 
O  may  I  bear  s  146 
O  may  I  learn  586 
O  may  I  love  li  586 
O  may  I  still  f  r  571 
O  may  I  trium  585 
O  may  I  worth  13 
O  may  my  bro  412 
O  may  no  gloo  111 
O  may  one  bea  560 
O  may  our  hea  107 
O  may  our  lips  129 
O  may  our  sym  894 
O  may  that  ho  800 
O  may  the  gra  291 
O  may  the  gre  908 
O  may  the  pro  1051 
O  may  these  he  299 
O  may  thy  pur  837 
O  may  thy  qui  7 
OmaythySpir  832 
O  may  thy  Spir  98 
O  may  thy  Spir  801 
O  may  we  all  b  1024 
O  may  we  all  t  952 
O  may  we  eve  782 
O  may  we  trea  1040 
O  melt  this  fro  285 
O  my  offended  399 
O,  on  that  day,  1017 
O  one,  O  only  1060 
O  paradise  !  O  1071 
O  receive  us  to  258 
O  Saviour,  in  t  548 
O  Saviour,  wit  71 
O  send  thy  lig  298 
O  shall  not  wa  839 
O  Son  of  Mary  670 
O  sovereign  L  239 
O  spare  me  ye  959 
O  sweet  and  bl  1058 
O  sweet  and  bl  1059 
O  sweet  and  bl  1060 
O  sweet  and  bl  1061 
O  tell  of  his  m  140 
O  that  all  the  a  609 
O  that  each  in  955 
O  that  fervent  91 
Othat  I  could  456 
O  that  I  could  f  540 
O  that  I  could  407 
O  that  I  could,  540 
O  that  I  might  542 
O  that  I  might  486 
O  that  I  now  f  528 
O  that  I  now  t  513 
O  that  in  me  t  518 
O  that  it  now  518 
Othat  my  hea  664 
Othat  my  tend  497 
O  that  our  fait  250 
O  that  our  hea  816 
O  that  our  tho  82 
Othat  the  perf  514 
O  that  the  wor  435 
O  that  the  wor  822 
O  that  to  thee  497 
Othat  we  all  m  368 
O  that  we  our  492 
O  that,  with  all  538 
O  that  with  yo  248 
O  that  without  961 
O  the  height  o  441 
O  the  lost,  the  115 
O  the  precious  653 
O  the  rapturou  442 
O  the  transpor  1038 
O  then,  aloud,  i  68 


Hymn 

O  then  what  ra  1062 
O  think  what  v  366 
O  thou  almigh  243 
O  Thou,  by  wh  710 
O  thou  eternal  931 
O  thou  long-ex  1015 
O  Thou  to  who  36 
O  Thou,  who  o  864 
O  Thou  who  se  303 
O  thou  who  wo  996 
O  Thou,  whose  875 
O  to  grace  how  726 
O  Trinity  of  lo  1108 
O  tune  our  ton  840 
O  unexampled  332 
O  utter  but  the  509 
O  warm  my  he  84 
O  wash  my  sou  391 
O  watch,  and  fl  581 
O  Water,  life  b  849 
O  what  a  blesse  1030 
O  what  a  joyfu  1046 
O  what  a  night  77 
O  what  are  all  1032 
O  what  glory,  225 
O  what  hath  Je  1032 
O  when  his  wis  134 
O  when,  thou  c  1044 
O  when  wilt  th  534 
O  when  wilt  th  592 
O  who  could  b  611 
O  who  like  the  202 
O  why  should  I  759 
O  wisest  love  !  207 
O  wondrous  de  837 
O  wondrous  kn  123 
O  wondrous  L  202 
O  would  he  m  1030 
O  would  my  L  976 
O  wretched  sta  1020 
O  ye  angels,  ho  342 
O  ye  banished  720 
O  ye  of  fearfu  479 
Obedient  faith  432 
O'er  all  those  1038 
O'er  the  pagan  939 
O'erwh el m e d  531 
Of  all  the  piou  958 
Of  all  thy  hear  991 
Oft  as  I  lay  me  291 
Oft  I  in  my  he  443 
On  all  the  win  948 
On  cherubim  a  152 
On  his  should  191 
On  me  the  fait  523 
On  mightier  w  290 
On  mountain  t  921 
On  thee  alone  325 
On  thee,  at  the  72 
On  thee, OGod  529 
On  thee  our  h  992 
On  thee  we  flin  629 
On  thee  we  hu  818 
On  this  auspic  73 
On  this  benign  553 
On  this  day  th  91 
On  this  glad  d  75 
On  wings  of  lo  894 
Once  earthly  j  725 
Once  on  the  ra  187 
Once  they  wer  1045 
One  day  in  sue  85 
One  family  we  1033 
One  more  day  572 
One  only  care  394 
One  only  gift  c  452 
One  only  way  544 
One  will  be  wit  975 
One  with  thyse  196 
Only  believe,  i  620 
Only,  O  Lord,  i  103 
Only  waiting,  t  644 
Onward,  then,  563 
Onward,  then,  566 
Onward  we  go  1070 
Open  my  faith  525 
Opennowthec  171 
Open  their  eye  374 
Open  wide,  OG  857 
Or  he  deserts  u  596 
Or  if,  on  joyful  724 
Or,  if  some  dar  614 
Or  if  this  nigh  114 
Or  worn  by  slo  977 
Other  knowled  456 
Other  refuge  h  656 
Our  Advocate  251 
Our  brother  th  1011 
Our  contrite  sp  60 
Our  days  are  a  172 
Our  dearest  jo  662 


Hymn 

Our  enemy  is  p  228 
Our  eyes  have  373 
Our  eyes  no  lo  157 
Our  fathers,  c  608 
Our  fathers'  G  1105 
Our  fathers'  G  1089 
Our  fathers'  si  1094 
Our  fathers,  w  958 
Our  glad  hosa  185 
Our  glorious  L  1045 
Our  liearts  be  230 
Our  hearts  exu  923 
Our  hearts,  if  551 
Our  heavenly  282 
Our  hope,  whe  1080 
Our  labors  don  973 
Our  life  is  a  dr  955 
Our  life,  while  1113 
Our  lips  and  li  946 
Our  lives  those  155 
Our  midnight  i  135 
Our  numerous  295 
Our  old  compa  1033 
Our  prayers  as  922 
Our  prison  is  t  580 
Our  residue  of  946 
Our  restless  sp  691 
Our  Sacrifice  i  800 
Our  souls  and  469 
Our  souls  are  i  1046 
Our  spirits  dri  851 
Our  spirits,  to  1033 
Our  wasting  li  965 
Our  wishes,  ou  459 
Out  of  great  di  1066 

Pale  death,  wit  157 

Pardon  and  pe  312 

Pardon  and  pe  831 

Pardon,  O  God  96 

Pardoned for a  531 

Part  of  thy  na  146 

Partakers  of  t  782 

Paschal  Lamb,  246 

Pass  a  few  flee  967 

Pass  me  not,  O  384 

Patient  the  ap  648 

Peace  and  joy  767 

Peace  is  on  the  92 

Peace  on  earth  188 

People  and  rea  919 

People  of  man  79 

Perhaps  he  wil  369 

Permit  them  t  827 

Pity  and  heal  392 

Place  on  the  L  639 

Plenteous  grac  656 

Poor  I  may  be  625 

Poor  is  our  sac  708 

Poor,  sinful,  th  323 

Pour  out  the  p  924 

Praise  him  for  734 

Praise  him,  ye  467 

Praise  him,  ye  25 

Praise  the  God  57 

Praise  the  Lor  57 

Praise  the  Lor  27 

Praise  we  Chri  847 

Praise  we  him  847 

Praise  with  m  693 

Pray  for  Jerus  89 

Prayer  is  the  b  710 

Prayer  is  the  C  710 

Prayer  is  the  c  710 

Prayer  is  the  s  710 

Prayer  makes  690 
Prepared  by  g  1051 

Present  alike  i  121 

Present  we  kn  7 

Preserve  it  fro  62 

Pressing  onwa  205 

Princes,  this  cl  972 
Prisoner,  long  1000 

Proclaim  him  162 

Prostrate  I'll  1  369 

Quick  as  their  418 

Raised  by  the  648 

Raised  on  dev  133 

Ready  for  all  t  562 

Ready  for  you  350 

Ready  the  Fat  350 

Ready  the  Spir  350 

Ready  thou  ar  32 

Rebel,  ye  wave  151 

Rebuild  thy  wa  909 

Redeemed  fro  991 

Redeemer,  co  14 

Redeemer,  full  359 

Redeemer,  gra  884 


Hymn 

Refining  fire,  g  518 
Reflect,  thou  h  365 
Regard  me  wit  303 
Regard  our  pr  46 
Regard  thine  o  793 
Reign  in  me,  L  519 
Rejoice  in  glor  244 
Rejoicing  now  542 
Relief  alone  is  314 
Remember,  Lo  531 
Remember,  Lo  274 
Remember,  Lo  1102 
Remember  the  836 
Remember  the  839 
Remember  the  670 
Remove  this  h  513 
Renew  this  wa  694 
Renouncing  e  685 
Rest  comes  at  1 1070 
Rest  for  my  so  495 
Rest  for  the  f e  994 
Restraining  pr  690 
Rests  secure  th  1025 
Return,  O  holy  549 
Return,  O  wan  370 
Riches  unsearc  356 
Ride  forth,  vie  908 
Rise,  Lord,  and  546 
Rising  to  sing  291 
Rivers  of  love  326 
Rivers  to  the  o  1068 
Round  each  ha  776 

Sad  to  his  toil  579 
Safe  in  thy  san  676 
Safe  is  the  exp  1004 
Safe  through  t  313 
Sages,  leave  y  189 
Saint;:  and  ang  340 
Saints,  before  t  189 
Saints,  begin  1 1069 
Saints  below, w  24 
Saints  in  glory  1004 
Salvation  !  let  t  324 
Salvation  !  O  t  324 
Salvation  to  G  51 
Satan,  with  all  526 
Save  me  from  527 
Save,  till  all  th  1115 
Save  us  by  gra  446 
Save  us  from  t  722 
Save  us,  in  the  722 
Save  us  in  thy  943 
Saviour,  accep  995 
Saviour,  and  P  311 
Saviour,  at  thy  463 
Saviour  from  s  514 
Saviour,  I  long  532 
Saviour,  I  tha  520 
Saviour,  into  t  992 
Saviour,  lo  !  th  944 
Saviour,  may  o  92 
Saviour,  parte  261 
Saviour,  Princ  558 
Saviour !  thy  1116 
Saviour,  to  me  410 
Saviour,  to  the  522 
Saviour,  wher  496 
Saviour,  with  742 
Saw  ye  not  the  936 
Say,  Live  f orev  234 
Say,  shall  we  yi  186 
Say  to  the  heat  920 
Scatter  the  last  519 
Searcher  of  he  402 
Season  of  rest !  80 
Seasons,  and  m  1082 
See,  at  thy  thr  553 
See,  from  all  I  912 
See,  from  his  h  211 
See,  frointheR  362 
See,  he  lifts  his  261 
See  heathen  n  932 
See  him  set  for  364 
See,  in  the  Sav  306 
See,  Lord,  the  t  529 
See  me,  Saviou  558 
See  my  utter  h  455 
See  on  the  mo  582 
See  !  the  angel  58 
See,  the  feast  o  845 
See  the  haven  1004 
See  the  Judge  1029 
See  the  King,  d  1026 
See  the  stars  f  r  1014 
See,  the  stream  776 
See  !  through  h  219 
See  where  o'er  927 
See  where  the  s  811 
Seek  ye  my  fac  660 
Send  down,  in  i  900 


Hymn 

Send  forth  the  40 
Send  forth  thy  929 
Send  forth  thy  908 
Send  some  mes  21 
Send  them  thy  929 
Send  us  the  Sp  480 
Sent  by  my  Lo  364 
Serene  I  laid  m  112 
Servant,  at  one  592 
Set  up  thy  thro  918 
Shake  off  the  b  775 
Shake  off  the  d  775 
Shall  aught  be  530 
Shall  guilty  fe  553 
Shall  I  be  mute  122 
Shall  I,  to  soot  813 
Shall  we,  whos  930 
Shed  on  those  881 
Shepherds,  in  189 
Shine  to  his  pr  153 
Short  of  thy  lo  439 
Should  earth  a  659 
Should  sudden  391 
Should  swift  d  116 
Should  thine  a  1084 
Shout,  all  the  p  1018 
Shout  in  the  mi  952 
Shout  to  the  Lo  153 
Show  me  what  718 
Shudder  not  to  1004 
Shut  up  in  unb  377 
Sin  has  ruled  283 
Since  by  thee  144 
Since  from  his  241 
Since  thou  a  pi  157 
Since  thou  has  694 
Since  thou  wou  514 
Sing  of  his  dyi  4 
Sing  of  the  wo  876 
Sing  on  your  h  4 
Sing  we,  then,  805 
Sink  down,  ye  703 
Sinner,  it  was  a  353 
Sinner,  perhap  353 
Sinners,  from  e  31 
Sinners,  his  lif  367 
Sinners  in  deri  249 
Sinners  of  old  398 
Sinners,  turn,  348 
Sinners,  turn ;  347 
Sinners,  whose  248 
Sinners,  wrun  189 
Sin's  deceitful  559 
Smell  the  swee  794 
Smile,  Lord,  on  910 
So  blooms  the  977 
So  come,  my  So  14 
So  fades  a  sum  982 
So  I  ask  thee  f  675 
So,  in  the  last  a  71 
So  Jesus  looke  894 
So  Jesus  slept ;  984 
So  let  the  Savi  896 
So  let  thy  grac  123 
So  long  thy  po  682 
So  may  the  un  783 
So  now.  and  til  885 
So  shall  his  pr  551 
So  shall  my  wa  549 
So  shall  our  su  67 
So  shall  the  bri  812 
So  shall  the  wo  793 
So  shall  thy  ch  33 
So  shall  we  pr  480 
So  shall  you  s  578 
So,  through  th  978 
So  when  in  sile  630 
So  when  my  lat  1050 
So,  when  on  Zi  631 
So  when  the  ev  107 
So ,  whene'er  th  52 
So  will  thy  peo  1092 
So  wretched  an  356 
Soar  we  now  w  260 
Sole,  self-existi  131 
Some  trust  in  1104 
Sometimes  'mi  622 
Songs  of  prais  24 
Sons  of  God,  y  936 
Soon  as  from  e  996 
Soon  as  the  eve  138 
Soon  as  the  mo  546 
Soon  as  thy  pit  634 
Soon  as  we  dr  305 
Soon,  borne  on  349 
Soon  from  us  t  117 
Soon  shall  I  le  692 
Soon  shall  our  633 
Soon  shall  our  636 
Soon  shall  the  994 
Soon  shall  we  4 


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Hymn 

Soon  shall  we  807 
Soon  to  come  t  387 

Soon,  when  the  1036 

Soon  will  the  t  664 

Sorrow  and  fe  178 

Soul  of  my  sou  482 

Source  of  all  g  49 

Source  of  trut  881 

Sovereign  Fat  26 

Spare,  Lord,  th  901 

Speak,  and  the  918 

Speak  hut  the  r  792 

Speak,  graciou  397 

Speak  tlie  seco  486 

Speak  thy  pard  262 

Speak  to  my  w  623 

Speak  with  th  372 

Spirit  Divine,  a  278 

Spirit  of  grac  74 

Spirit  of  life,  a  270 

Spirit  of  light !  286 

Spirit  of  purit  280 

Spirit  of  truth  913 

Spread  for  the  338 

Sprinkle  me,  S  527 

Sprinkled  now  338 

Spurn  not  the  353 

Stand,  then,  in  587 

Stand  up,  and  5 

Stand  up,  stan  567 

Standing  now  386 

Still  heavy  is  t  673 

Still  hold  the  st  815 

Still  let  him  wi  686 

Still  let  it  on  th  37 

Still  let  me  live  668 

Still  let  them  c  173 

Still  let  thy  tea  212 

Still  let  thy  wis  448 

Still  let  us  own  785 

Still  may  thy  c  67 

Still  nigh  me,  651 

Still,  O  Lord,  o  803 

Still  our  Advoc  258 

Still  restless  na  130 

Still  the  Spirit  1  92 

Still  through  t  194 

Still  thy  const  878 

Still  to  the  low  501 

Still  we  wait  f o  943 

Strangers  and  648 

Stretch  forth  t  895 

Strings  and  vo  27 

Stripped  of  ea  178 

Strive  we,  in  a  805 

Strong  Creator  387 

Strong  were  th  778 

Stronger  his  lo  540 

Stronger  than  437 

Struggle  throu  1003 

Subdue  the  po  281 

Such  is  the  Chr  980 

Suffering   Son  645 

Sun  and  moon  1014 

Sun,  moon,  an  292 

Sun  of  our  life  135 

Sure  as  thy  tru  770 

Sure  I  must  fig  593 

Sure  never  till  423 

Surely  I  shall,  517 

Surely  thou  ca  406 

Surely  thou  di  801 
Sweet  bonds  1 1054 

Sweet  fields  be  1037 

Sweet  hour  of  688 

Sweet  is  the  d  81 

Sweet  is  the  vis  695 

Sweet  to  look  612 

Sweet  to  look  i  612 

Sweet  to  reflec  612 

Sweet  to  rejoic  612 

Sweetly  may  w  806 

Swift  I  ascend  703 

Swift  through  193 

Swift  to  its  clo  93 

Swift  to  my  re  753 

Take,  eat,  this  i  833 
Take  my  poor  461 
Take  my  soul  a  470 
lake  the  dear  46 
Take  the  dear  378 
Take  the  name  653 
Take  up  thy  cr  601 
Take  us  into  t  524 
Taught  to  lisp  889 
Teach  all  then  820 
Teach  me  to  li  105 
Tr.ach  my  wea  252 
Tnnch  them  to  819 
T<\och  us,  in  e  636 


Hymn 

Teach  us,  in  w  928 
Teach  us  to  kn  273 
Teach  us  to  liv  498 
Teach  us  to  lov  783 
Teach  us,  with  904 
Tell  me  much  283 
Tempt  not  my  741 
Tempted  souls,  342 
Ten  thousand  s  570 
Ten  thousand  t  77 
Ten  thousand  1 1033 
Tender  Shephe  889 
Thankful  1 tak  623 
Thanks  for  me  956 
Thanks  we  giv  52 
Thatall-compri  428 
That  bears,  un  667 
That  blessed  la  482 
That  eye  is  fixe  707 
That  great  my  657 
That  hope  the  663 
Thatlthymer  528 
That  light  shal  925 
That  long  as  lif  466 
That  mighty  fa  523 
That  path  with  457 
That  power  is  707 
That  precious  902 
That  prize,  wit  594 
That  sacred  str  773 
That  so  throug  50 
That  Spirit,  wh  274 
That  sweet  co  442 
That  will  not  667 
That  word  abo  166 
The  almighty  325 
The  angels  wat  158 
The  answering  195 
The  apostles'  g  120 
The  apostles  o  585 
The  atonemen  533 
The  balm  of  lif  208 
The  battle  soo  584 
The  birds,  with  141 
The  blessing  o  458 
The  brightest  t  662 
The  busy  tribe  964 
The  calm  retre  713 
The  captive  to  892 
The  cause  of  te  895 
The  cheerful  t  692 
The  Church  of  816 
The  Church  tr  765 
The  consecrate  666 
The  consolatio  534 
The  counsel  of  514 
The  covenant  945 
The  cross  !  it  t  208 
The  cross  that  640 
The  crown  of  1 1010 
The  cup  of  ble  835 
The  day  glides  418 
The  dead  in  C  1028 
The  deadly  slu  560 
The  dearest  gif  884 
The  dearest  id  549 
The  de bt  that  s  322 
The  depth  of  a  433 
The  dictates  of  128 
The  dying  thie  319 
The  earth  and  1019 
The  evening  cl  960 
The  everlastin  954 
The  faithful  of  764 
The  Father  giv  841 
The  Father  ha  911 
The  Father  he  438 
The  Father  of  1034 
The  Father,  So  350 
The  fell  diseas  1095 
The  few  that  t  795 
The  flowery  sp  1082 
The  fondness  o  662 
The  foolish  bui  766 
The  former  an  1080 
The  friends,  g  1088 
The  friends  w  611 
The  gift  which  789 
The  gladness  o  12 
The  glorious  c  515 
The  glory  of  th  926 
The  God  of  Ab  1075 
The  God  of  all  467 
The  God  of  glo  1035 
The  God  of  har  1087 
The  God  that  r  41 
The  godly  fear  351 
The  goodly  lan  1078 
The  gospel  tru  331 
The  grace  to  si  42 
The  graves  of  a  970 


Hymn 

The  greedy  sea  1019 
The  guilt  is  ou  1094 
The  guiltless  s  351 
The  hand  of  fe  781 
The  happy  gat  326 
The  hardness  32 
The  heads  tha  859 
The  healing  of  197 
The  heavenly  192 
The  highest  pi  256 
The  holy  Chur  120 
The  holy,  mee  238 
The  holy  to  th  765 
The  hopes  that  293 
The  humble  su  706 
The  joy  of  all  256 
The  joyful  new  810 
The  King  hims  85 
The  kingdom  t  655 
The  Lamb  tors  842 
The  least  and  f  158 
The  light  my  p  1088 
The  light  of  s  627 
The  living  bre  835 
The  Lord  behe  621 
The  Lord  forgi  749 
The  Lord  is  jus  14 
The  Lord  is  Ki  134 
The  Lord  is  ris  235 
The  Lord  mak  821 
The  Lord  my  R  452 
The  Lord  our  50 
The  Lord  pour  740 
The  Lord  shall  926 
The  Lord,  who  164 
The  Lord,  ye  k  11 
The  Lord  your  926 
The  love  of  Ch  811 
The  love  of  Ch  814 
The  love  of  Ch  933 
The  men  of  gr  41 
The  more  I  str  450 
The  morning  s  1059 
The  mountains  310 
The  mountains  863 
The  nations  all  915 
The  new  Jerus  864 
The  night  of  so  613 
The  o'erwhelm  351 
The  opening  h  704 
The  pain  of  life  1043 
The  pains,  the  976 
The  passions  t  309 
The  people  tha  451 
The  pit  its  mo  927 
The  pity  of  the  172 
The  pomp  of  M  868 
The  power  tha  296 
The  present  we  366 
The  profit  will  285 
The  promised  515 
The  rising  God  234 
The  rising  tern  354 
The  rocks  can  396 
The  rolling  sun  292 
The  rougher  o  1074 
The  rush  of  nu  452 
The  sacred,  tru  851 
The  saints  on  e  787 
The  Saviour  s  444 
The  scourge,  t  209 
The  seed  of  sin  502 
The  seeds  whic  903 
The  shade  and  232 
The  sharpness  538 
The  Shepherd  434 
The  sighing  on  664 
The  smilings  o  751 
The  Son  of  God  405 
The  soul  by  fai  178 
The  soul  that  o  679 
The  souls  that  758 
The  spring's  s  1081 
The  stars  of  he  628 
The  Stone  the  76 
The  storm  is  la  1113 
The  thanks  I  o  713 
The  things  un  445 
The  thunder  of  1020 
The  thunders  o  142 
The  time  how  80 
The  tokens  of  835 
The  trivial  rou  103 
The  types  and  210 
The  universal  16 
The  veil  is  ren  210 
The  veil  of  unb  381 
The  veil  that  h  18 
The  vineyard  o  816 
The  watchmen  821 
The  way  the  h  450 


Hymn 

The  well  of  life  431 
The  whole  crea  2 
The  whole  triu  1077 
The  winds  brea  974 
The  winter's  ni  744 
The  word  of  G  493 
The  world  can  358 
The  world  can  583 
The  world  may  613 
The  world  rec  969 
The  year  rolls  965 
The  young,  th  286 
Thee  all  the  c  48 
Thee  apostles,  144 
Thee  as  our  Go  18 
Thee,  Father,  S  945 
Thee,  in  the  w  693 
Thee  in  thy  gl  765 
Thee,  Jesus,  m  701 
Thee  let  us  pra  19 
Thee,  only  the  395 
Thee  we  expect  30 
Thee  while  the  38 
Thee  will  I  love  478 
Thee  will  I  pr  915 
Thee  will  I  set  606 
Their  bodies  in  990 
Their  ransome  990 
Their  toils  are  971 
Their  works  of  902 
Then  all  these  929 
Then  bless  his  749 
Then  dig  abou  953 
Then  every  m  531 
Then  fail  the  e  1072 
Then  from  the  934 
Then  I  shall  en  669 
Then  in  a  noble  319 
Then,  in  clear  201 
Then  is  my  str  752 
Then  learn  to  s  591 
Then  leave  me  660 
Then  let  me  on  715 
Then  let  our  h  288 
Then  let  our  h  251 
Then  let  our  s  41 
Then  let  our  s  971 
Then  let  the  h  960 
Then  let  the  la  970 
Then  let  us  ad  51 
Then  let  us  ev  801 
Then  let  us  gl  493 
Then  let  us  ha  782 
Then  let  us  law  1046 
Then  let  us  ma  798 
Then  let  us  pro  597 
Then  let  us  sit  220 
Then  let  us  wa  954 
Then,  like  hea  4-85 
Then  linger  no  354 
Then,  my  soul,  717 
Then,  O  my  Lo  957 
Then,  O  my  so  665 
Then,  on  thy  g  60 
Then  peace  ret  1101 
Then,  save  us,  1104 
Then,  Saviour.  966 
Then  shall  God  779 
Then  shall  I  se  81 
Then  shall  my  661 
Then  shall  my  725 
Then  shall  my  705 
Then  shall  our  64 
Then  shall  war  937 
Then  sorrow,  t  611 
Then  take  you  235 
Then  the  Sun  o  90 
Then  the  writi  1023 
Then  'tis  thine  376 
Then,  to  thy  co  83 
Then  wake,  gl  232 
Then,  when  th  575 
Then,  when  th  784 
Then  will  he  o  595 
Then  will  I  tell  450 
Then,  with  an  20 
Then,  with  my  724 
Then  with  our  281 
Thence  he  aro  970 
There  all  the  m  1034 
There  all  the  s  1011 
There  dwells  t  1076 
There  everlast  1037 
There  faith  lif  1039 
There  for  me  t  379 
There  fragrant  1039 
There,  hand  in  706 
There  happier  1044 
There  he  helps  264 
There  I  shall  b  659 
There,  if  thy  S  713 


Hymn 

There,  in  wors  54 
There  is  a  day  627 
There  is  a  deat  358 
There  is  a  grea  306 
There  is  a  horn  1039 
There  is  a  plac  684 
There  is  a  rive  168 
There  is  a  seen  684 
There  is  a  stre  773 
There  is  a  wor  1009 
There  is  an  ar  707 
There  is  my  ho  1078 
There  is  no  dea  1049 
There  is  no  gri  1049 
There  is  no  sin  1049 
There  is  the  th  1061 
There  is  welco  149 
There  Jesus  bi  294 
There  let  it  for  562 
There  let  the  w  724 
There  let  us  al  37 
There,  like  an  652 
There,  like  str  777 
There  love  shal  1036 
There  our  Hig  322 
There,  safe,  th  388 
There  shall  eac  4 
There  shall  no  628 
There  sweeps  1041 
There  the  host  247 
There  the  pom  261 
There,  there  o  684 
There  to  cast  o  247 
There  we  our  1 1048 
There  we  shall  41 
There,  what  de  294 
There,  when  th  973 
There  your  exa  600 
These  ashes,  to  973 
These  clouds  o  411 
These  lively  h  995 
These  temples  871 
These  to  thee,  1084 
These  various  1081 
These  walls  we  867 
They  come,  the  909 
They  come  tow  167 
They  go  from  s  15 
They  journey  769 
They  marked  1045 
They  pass  refr  769 
They  scorn  to  s  418 
They  see  the  Sa  1040 
They  sing  the  253 
They  stand,  th  1061 
They  suffer  wi  256 
They  tell  the  t  315 
They  watch  fo  823 
Thine  armor  is  584 
Thine  earthly  78 
Thine  example  878 
Thine  forever !  465 
Thine  image,  L  498 
Thine  inward  271 
Thine  is  the  lo  597 
Thine  the  radi  90 
Thine,  too,  by  r  1080 
Thine  utmost  557 
Thine  was  the  843 
Thine  was  the  914 
Thine,  wholly  t  508 
Thine  would  I  460 
Thirsting  for  t  732 
This  awful  Go  41 
This  blessed  w  585 
This  can  my  e  661 
This  day  be  gr  77 
This  day  God  99 
This  day  shall  195 
This  eucharist  846 
This  glorious  h  797 
This  happiness  1078 
This  heavenly  82 
This  hope  supp  577 
Thisismybloo  833 
This  is  the  day  86 
This  is  the  clay  76 
This  is  the  fait  446 
This  is  the  first  86 
This  is  the  gra  703 
This  is  the  way  450 
This  lamp,  thr  297 
This  life's  a  dr  1042 
This  lovely  chi  986 
This  the  univer  337 
Thither  his  sou  1048 
Thither  our  fai  947 
Thither  the  tri  89 
Those  bodies  t  989 
Those  mighty  146 
Thou,  abyss  of  492 


Hymn 

Thou  art  a  Go  98 

Thou  art  gone  999 

Thou  art  gone  236 

Thou  art  our  h  885 

Thou  art  the  a  526 

Thou  art  the  e  424 

Thou  art  the  g  885 

Thou  art  the  L  318 

Thou  art  the  s  751 

Thou  art  the  T  318 

Thou  art   the  318 

Thou  art  their  31 

Thou  art  thy  C  992 
Thou  awful  Ju  1021 

Thou  bidd'st  u  377 

Thou  callest  m  712 

Thou  canst  not  575 

Thou  canst  o'e  413 

Thou  canst,  th  535 

Thou  didst  ere  240 

Thou  dost  con  680 

Thou  dying  La  319 

Thouevery-wh  672 

Thou  God  of  t  358 

Thou  great  an  419 

Thou  hast  bou  463 

Thou  hast  my  474 
Thou  hast  no  s  1060 

Thou  hast  pro  942 

Thou  hast  pro  872 

Thou  hear'st  m  535 
Thou  know'st  1065 

Thou  know'st  575 

Thou  know'st  510 

Thou  know'st  t  154 

Thou,  Lord,  th  631 

Thou  loving,  al  221 

Thou  lov'st  wh  121 

Thou  Man  of  g  665 

Thou  my  impe  413 

Thou,  my  lite,  494 

Thou,  O  Christ  656 

Thou,  of  life  th  231 

Thon  on  the  L  672 

Thou  only  cans  792 

Thou  onljr,  Lor  451 

Thou  our  faith  848 

Thou  restless  g  153 

Thou  seest  my  399 

Thou  shalt  see  552 

Thou  shin'st  w  119 

Thou  Source  o  997 

Thou  sovereig  866 

Thou  spread'st  104 

Thou  the  grac  732 

Thou  waitest  t  317 
Thou,  who  bad '1023 

Thou,  who  did  913 

Thou  who  hast  650 

Thou  who,  hou  344 

Thou,  whose  al  117 

Thou  wilt  not  901 

Though  buried  62 

Though  but  in  791 
Though  cast  d  1002 

Though  destru  116 

Though  earth  620 

Though  high  a  5 

Though  I  have  390 

Though  in  a  ba  180 

Though  in  a  f  o  633 

Though  in  the  180 
Though  justice  1096 

Though  late,  I  401 

Though  like  th  724 

Though  long  t  629 

Though  no  mo  874 

Though  on  our  270 
Though  our  sin  1091 

Though  storm  403 

Though  the  ni  116 

Though  thou  s  504 
Though  to-day  1002 

Though  unsee  733 

Though  unwor  20 

Though  vine  n  641 

Though  we  he  22 

Thousands,  te  144 

Thrice  blessed,  657 

Thrice  blest  is  591 

Thrice  blest  wi  459 

Thrice  comfor  173 
Thrice  Holy !  t  127 

Through  all  et  160 

Through  all  hi  142 

Through  all  th  414 

Through  ever  160 

Through  grace  28 

Through  hidde  160 

Through  him  t  197 

Through  Jesus  iS& 


468 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


Hymn 

Through  man  427 
Through  much  583 
Through  the  C  844 
Through  the  v  179 
Through  thee,  648 
Through  tribu  1040 
Through  wave  673 
Throughout  th  1112 
Throughout  th  317 
Throughout  th  433 
Thunder  and  h  153 
Thus  fair  was  764 
Thus,  Lord,  wh  75 
Thus  might  I  214 
Thus,  O  thus,  a  721 
Thus  on  the  he  799 
Thus  present  st  163 
Thus  shall  the  164 
Thus  spake  the  192 
Thus  star  by  s  1009 
Thus,  strong  i  599 
Thus,  though  t  909 
Thus  thy  Chur  727 
Thus  to  the  Lo  165 
Thus  when  eve  873 
Thus,  when  lif  709 
Thus,  when  th  108 
Thus,  while  his  423 
Thus  while  the  153 
Thus  while  thy  61 
Thus  would  m  112 
Thy  all-surrou  123 
Thy  angels  sha  97 
Thy  body,  bro  836 
Thy  bountiful  140 
Thy  bright  exa  592 
Thy  chosen  te  74 
Thy  condescen  400 
Thy  everlastin  672 
Thy  face  with  893 
Thy  faithful,  w  544 
Thy  flesh,  per  365 
Thy  foes  migh  196 
Thy  gifts,  alas!  520 
Thy  glorious  e  685 
Thy  glory  neve  861 
Thy  goodness  317 
Thy  grace,  OH  253 
Thy  grace  with  1056 
Thy  hand  in  a  1082 
Thy  hosts  are  921 
Thy  judgment  396 
Thy  kindness  1 1103 
Thy  lawful  ser  467 
Thy  love  so  fr  554 
Thy  love  the  p  616 
Thy  mercy  nev  154 
Thy  mighty  na  736 
Thy  name  salv  7 
Thy  name  web  1100 
Thy  nature  be  482 
Thy  nature,  g  521 
Thy  nature  I  1  681 
Thy  needful  h  632 
Thy  neighbor?  898 
Thy  never-fail  49 
Thy  noblest  w  292 
Thy  offering  s  250 
Thy  only  will  b  537 
Thy  people,  Lo  927 
Thy  power  is  i  159 
Thy  power  unp  131 
Thy  ransomed  473 
Thy  saints  in  a  593 
Thy  shining  gr  751 
Thy  single  arm  451 
Thy  sinless  mi  532 
Thy  sovereign  1101 
Thy  sovereign  433 
Thy  sovereign  408 
t'hy  Spirit  the  771 
Thy  sufferings  695 
Thy  sufferings  840 
Thy  temple  is  t  87 
Thy  thankful  p  949 
Thy  truth  unc  691 
Thy  voice  prod  130 
Thy  will  by  me  517 
Thy  wisdom  he  1112 
Thy  word  is  po  288 
Till  added  to  t  480 
Till  all  the  eart  245 
Till  amid  the  h  205 
Till  from  self's  843 
TillJesus,  in  th  946 
Till  of  the  priz  577 
Till,  taught  by  905 
Till  then— nor  i  604 
Till  thou  anew  497 
Till  thou  art  se  708 


Hymn 

Till  thou  into '523 
Till  thou  thy  p  715 
Time,  like  an  e  964 
'Tis  done,  the  g  447 
'Tis  done!  the  215 
'Tis  done  !  tho  522 
'Tis  finished!  a  218 
'Tis  finished!  a  210 
'Tis  finished  !  1  218 
'Tis  finished  !  S  218 
'Tis  God's  all-a  594 
'Tis  he  support  95 
'Tis  here  thine  1112 
'Tis  Jesus'  bloo  320 
'Tis  Jesus,  the  143 
'Tis  Love  !  'tis  738 
'Tis  midnight ;  217 
'Tis  mystery  al  422 
'Tis  not  a  cause  823 
'Tis  not  enoug  509 
'Tis  prayer  sup  689 
'Tis  strung  and  319 
'Tis  thee  I  love  327 
'Tis  there,  with  748 
'Tis  thine  a  hea  397 
'Tis  thine  to  so  281 
'Tis  to  my  Savi  605 
To  all  my  weak  161 
To  comfort  an  892 
To-day  attend  3 
To-day  on  wea  72 
To  dwell  with  i>30 
To  each  the  co  945 
To  earth  the  g  367 
To  God,  the  gr  1085 
To  hear  the  so  396 
To  heaven,  the  241 
To  him  contin  600 
To  him  I  owe  241 
To  him  mine  e  651 
To  him  shall  e  919 
To  him  shall  p  181 
To  him  that  in  445 
To  Jesus'  name  786 
To  keep  the  fea  840 
To  meet  our  de  830 
To  others,  deat  613 
To  our  benight  270 
To  pray,  and  w  1024 
To  real  holines  531 
To  save  a  worl  312 
To  seek  thee,  a  29 
To  shame  our  327 
To  sing  his  lov  886 
To  take  a  poor  681 
To  that  great  23 
To  that  Jerusa  1031 
To  the  blest  fo  302 
To  thee  all  an  120 
To  thee,  benig  458 
To  thee,  great  6 
To  thee  1  owe  698 
To  thee  I  tell  m  674 
To  thee  let  all  924 
To  thee,  O  God  1105 
To  thee,  O  Lor  157 
To  thee  our  all  904 
To  thee  our  hu  445 
To  thee  the  glo  432 
To  thee  the  glo  1097 
To  thee  they  al  859 
To  thee  we  com  949 
To  thee  we  pay  1101 
To  them  the  c  256 
To  this  temple  856 
To  thy  benign,  127 
To  thy  graciou  464 
To  thy  pardoni  258 
To  thy  sure  lov  128 
To  us  a  Child  o  184 
To  us,  O  Lord,  t  132 
To  us  the  sacr  39 
To  you,  in  Dav  192 
Together  let  u  790 
Toil  on,  and  in  603 
Toil  on,  faint  n  603 
Touch  me,  and  425 
Touched  by  th  785 
Touched  with  a  254 
Train  up  thy  h  825 
Tremble  our  h  37 
Tremblers  bes  1005 
Triumphant  h  34 
True  pleasures  757 
Truly  blessed  i  730 
Truly  our  fello  791 
Truth  from  the  915 
Tune  your  har  224 
Tuned  by  thee  485 
Turn  again  to  487 


Hymn 

Turn,  and  you  374 
Turn  back  our  431 
Turn,  he  cries.  348 
Turn,  mortal,  t  373 
Turn  us  with  g  287 
'Twas  a  heave  442 
"Twas  not  thei  1097 
'Twas  sown  in  994 

Unchangeable,  126 

Undaunted  to  599 

Under  his  ban  838 

Under  the  sha  964 

Unite  us  in  the  1098 

Unshaken  as  et  763 

Unspotted  fro  825 

Until  the  trum  850 

Unto  the  hope  671 

Unwearied  ma  476 

Up  into  thee,  o  784 

Up,  then,  with  576 

Up  to  that  wor  807 

Up  to  the  hills  98 

Uphold  me  in  t  478 

Us  into  thy  pro  790 

Vain  his  ambi  962 

Vain  the  stone  260 

Vainly  we  offe  186 

Vainly  with  ro  233 

Vessels  of  mer  775 

Victor  o'er  dea  229 

Vilest  of  the  so  380 

Visit  then  this  416 

Waft,  waft,  ye  930 
Wake,  and  lift  106 
Waken,  O  Lor  965 
Walk  in  the  lig  507 
Walk  with  me  961 
Was  it  for  cri  214 
Wasn  me,  and  533 
Wash  out  its  st  496 
Watch  by  the  s  102 
Watchman,  tel  935 
We  all  partake  789 
We  all  shall  th  793 
We  are  thine,  872 
We  are  travel  720 
We  bow  befor  372 
We  bow  befor  1103 
We  bring  the  827 
We  bury  all  ou  228 
We  can,  O  Jes  952 
We  cannot  spe  124 
We  come,  grea  37 
We  die  with  th  228 
We  follow  thee  577 
We  for  his  sak  786 
We,  for  whom  547 
We,  for  whosv;  547 
We  have  a  hou  1056 
We  hear  the  c  598 
We  know  not  614 
We  laugh  to  s  790 
We  lay  our  ga  113 
We  lean  on  oth  905 
We  mark  her  763 
We  meet  the  g  7 
We  meet  thro  922 
We  meet  with  286 
We  never  will  945 
We  now  thy  pr  831 
We  own  and  bl  1081 
We  plant  thee  986 
We  praise  thee  1100 
We  see  the  bio  851 
We  share  our  797 
We  soon  shall  431 
We  soon  shall  577 
We  taste  thee,  691 
We  thank  thee  1086 
We,  too,  befor  832 
We  too  with  hi  846 
We  trust  not  i  466 
We  wait  thy  tri  921 
We,  while  the  1019 
We  who  in  Chr  437 
We  will  not  clo  952 
>V e  would  on  t  359 
Weak  though  255 
Welcome  as  th  678 
Welcome  from  791 
We'll  crowd  th  9 
Well  for  him  w  492 
Well  I  knowth  1047 
Well  might  th  214 
Well,  the  delig  743 
Were  half  the  690 
Were  I  possess  698 


Hymn 

Were  the  whol  211 
We  've  no  abid  648 
What  a  raptur  1073 
What  are  our  461 
What  are  they  640 
What  did  thin  406 
What  empty  t  698 
What  is  it  kee  402 
What  is  my  bei  605 
What,  languag  222 
What  mighty  t  650 
What  peaceful  549 
What  ruin  hat  895 
What  rush  of  h  1062 
What  shall  I  s  392 
What,  then,  is  813 
What  thou,  m  222 
What  though  I  413 
What,  though  138 
What   though  737 
What  though  t  766 
What  though  t  930 
What  though  t  673 
What !  to  be  b  1020 
What  troubles  798 
What  we  have  437 
What  will  be  1 1026 
Whate'er  even  635 
Whate'er  I  fon  462 
Whate'er  I  say  484 
Whate'er  in  m  430 
Whate'er  purs  685 
Whate'er  thou  1054 
When  against  363 
When  angry  n  1101 
When  anxious  692 
When  by  the  d  1113 
When  dangers  1094 
When  darknes  421 
When  death  o'  692 
When  death  th  714 
When  droopin  629 
When  each  can  780 
When  each  da  110 
When  ends  lif  762 
When  every  sc  997 
When,  free  fro  780 
When  from  th  395 
When  gladnes  616 
When  God  inc  706 
When  God  is  512 
When  grace  ha  81 
When  he  first  f,  936 
When  he  the  t  842 
When  I  appear  097 
When  I  review  308 
When  I  stand  1079 
When  I  touch  721 
When  I  tread  t  171 
When,  in  ecsta  206 
When,  in  his  e  63 
When  in  the  b  1081 
When  in  the  si  160 
When,  in  the  so  619 
When  in  the  su  180 
When  Jesus  m  539 
When  justice  b  953 
When  life  sink  141 
Whenmidnigh  750 
When  nature  s  363 
When  nature's  175 
When  on  Calv  206 
When  on  Zion  330 
When  once  tho  701 
When  our  eart  717 
When  pain  o'e  631 
When,  passing  651 
When  peniteh  320 
When  poor  an  894 
When  rising  fl  496 
When  Satan  ap  141 
When  shall  I  r  1038 
When  shall  lov  807 
When  shall  the  1044 
When,  shriveli  1017 
When  sorrow  s  320 
When  sorrows  154 
When  tempest  620 
When  tempest  1111 
When  temptat  646 
When  that  illu  593 
When  the  ama  233 
When  the  pang  203 
When  the  prai  1079 
When  the  soft  102 
When  the  sun  204 
When  the  wea  845 
When  the  woe  204 
When  this  mor  646 
When  thou  did  240 


Hymn 

When  thou,  O  412 
When  through  679 
When  to  the  cr  836 
When  we  asun  797 
When  we  beho  213 
When  we  disci  60 
When  we  in  da  633 
When  we  pass  247 
When  worn  wi  619 
Whene'er  my  543 
Where  all  our  t  816 
Where  are  the .  561 
Where  dost  th  759 
Where  is  that  274 
Where  is  the  b  549 
Where  is  the  z  561 
Where  life  is  w  232 
Where  none  sh  796 
Where  prophe  598 
Where  pure,  es  1043 
Where  saints  a  1102 
Where  the  gol  939 
Where  the  loft  939 
Where  the  pas  847 
Where  the  sain  998 
Wherever  he  642 
Wherefore,  in  541 
Wherefore  let  121 
Where'er  his  h  923 
Where'er  the  301 
Wherever  in  t  675 
Whether  to  liv  500 
While  at  thy  cr  503 
While  God  inv  349 
While  guilt  dis  305 
While  here, as  1072 
While  here  in  1054 
While  I  am  a  p  718 
While  I  draw  t  415 
While  in  the  h  19 
While  in  this  r  457 
While  in  thy  h  43 
While  life's  da  762 
While  many  sp  100 
While  on  earth  20 
While  our  days  54 
While  place  we  696 
While  the  ange  733 
While  thou  art  170 
While  we  pray  88 
While  yet  in  an  839 
Whither,  O  wh  169 
Who  are  they  879 
Who  can  beho  130 
Who  can  his  m  13 
Who  can  now  1001 
Who  can  resol  990 
Who  in  Jesus  c  1073 
Who  is  like  Go  68 
Who  Jesus'  su  493 
Who  made  my  175 
Who  on  earth  1073 
Who  points  the  672 
Who  suffer  wit  657 
Who  the  calm  1109 
Who  thee  bene  374 
Who  thus  our  846 
Who  trusting  i  983 
Who,  who,  my  212 
Who,  who  wou  998 
Who  would  hi  389 
Who  would  no  980 
Whoever  will  323 
Whom  shall  w  1102 
Whom  thou  do  97 
Why  hast  thou  801 
Why  restless,  550 
Why  should  th  927 
Why  should  th  176 
Why  should  w  615 
Why  should  w  970 
Why  will  you  b  335 
Why  will  you  i  371 
Wide  as  the  wo  9 
Will  gifts  delig  389 
Will  he  forsak  216 
Wilt  thou  cast  382 
Wilt  thou  let  h  339 
Wilt  thou  not  557 
Wilt  thou  not  737 
Wisdom  divin  329 
With  all  who  c  744 
With  calm  and  5S6 
With  calmly  re  19 
With  cheerful  114 
With  contrite  1095 
With  deep  rep  414 
With  flowing  t  828 
With  grateful  870 
With  heart  an  419 


Hymn 

With  him  I  on  1064 
With  his  serap  56 
With  jasper  gl  1060 
With  joy  shall  174 
With  joy  the  c  193 
Withme.Ikno  515 
With  meek  su  632 
With  my  lamp  1015 
With  one  cons  1094 
With  open  fac  49 
With  outstretc  560 
With  patience  269 
With  pitying  e  1094 
With  pitying  e  304 
With  prayer  a  584 
With  saints  en  991 
With  shining  f  199 
With  simple  fa  397 
With  softening  404 
With  that  bles  1016 
With  thee  con  712 
With  thee  with  634 
With  them  let  315 
With  those  wh  70 
With  tremblin  308 
With  us  no  me  744 
With  us  thou  a  30 
With  us  when  t  731 
With  what  diff  1014 
With  whom  do  128 
Within  that  bo  548 
Within  these  w  89 
Without  reser  164 
Wonderful  in  191 
Work,  for  the  565 
Work  shall  be  597 
Worldly  good  I  382 
Worship,  hono  246 
Worthy  the  La  2 
Would  aught  o  462 


i  e  all  shall  fin  479 

Ye  chosen  seed  248 
Ye  daughters  o  759 

Ye  dwellers  in  994 
Ye  fearful  sain  161 

Ye  for  whom  h  58 

Ye,  no  more  y  777 

Ye  slaves  of  si  331 

Ye  sons  of  eart  151 

Ye  sons  of  me  251 

Ye  stars  are  bu  1034 

Ye  wheels  of  n  948 

Ye  who  have  s  331 

Ye  who,  tossed  344 

Ye  winds  of  ni  151 

Yea,  Amen  !  let  1013 

Yea,  and  befor  41 

Yea,  bless  his  1087 

Yea,  let  him,  L  268 

Yea,  let  men  r  813 

Yea,  though  I  156 
Yea,  though  th  168 

Yea,  whosoeve  355 

Yes ;  broken,  t  658 

Yes,  every  seer  1021 

Yes,  heavenly  671 

Yes,  Lord,  I  sh  453 

-Y es,  thy  sins  h  339 

Yes,  when  this  427 

Yet  doth  the  st  907 

Yet,  glorified  b  983 

Yet  God  is  pres  40 

Yet  here,  whe  40 

Yet  I  may  lov  147 

Yet,  Lord,  wh  674 

Yet,  Lord,  whe  870 

Yet  mercy  call  554 

Yet  must  we  p  796 

Yet  not  thus  bu  973 

Yet,  O,  the  chi  390 

Yet  one  prayer  79 

Yet  onward  I  h  757 

Yet  save  a  tre  391 

Yet  shall  we  m  796 

Yet- still  to  his  880 

Yet  these  are  n  597 

Yet  these,  new  977 
Yet  to  thee  my  1084 

Yet  though  I  h  714 

Yet  where  our  602 

Yet  while  arou  852 

Your  faith  by  600 

Your  lofty  the  8 

Your  real  life,  600 

Your  way  is  da  371 


Zeal  shall  hast  485 
Zion  enjoys  he  773 


THE  RITUAL. 


Order  for  the  Administration  op  Bap- 
tism to  Infants. 

The  Minister,  coming  to  the  Font,  which  is  to  be 
filled  with  pure  Water,  shall  use  the  following  : — 

Dearly  Beloved  :  Forasmuch  as  all  men 
are  conceived  and  born  in  sin,  and  that 
our  Saviour  Christ  saith,  Except  a  man  be 
born  of  water  and  of  the  Spirit  he  cannot 
enter  into  the  kingdom  of  God ;  I  beseech 
you  to  call  upon  God  the  Father,  through 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  having,  of  his 
bounteous  mercy,  redeemed  this  child  by 
the  blood  of  his  Son,  he  will  grant  that  he, 
being  baptized  with  water,  may  also  be 
baptized  with  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  received 
into  Christ's  holy  Church,  and  become  a 
lively  member  of  the  same. 

Then  shall  the  Minister  say, 

Let  us  pray. 

Almighty  and  everlasting  God,  who  of 
thy  great  mercy  hast  condescended  to  enter 
into  covenant  relations  with  man,  wherein 
thou  hast  included  children  as  partakers  of 
its  gracious  benefits,  declaring  that  of  such 
is  thy  kingdom  :  and  in  thy  ancient  Church 
didst  appoint  divers  baptisms,  figuring 
thereby  the  renewing  of  the  Holy  Ghost; 
and  by  thy  well-beloved  Son  Jesus  Christ 
gavest  commandment  to  thy  holy  Apos- 
tles to  go  into  all  the  world  and  disciple 
all  nations,  baptizing  them  in  the  name  of 
the  Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost :  We  beseech  thee,  that  of  thine  in- 
finite mercy  thou  wilt  look  upon  this  child  : 
wash  him  and  sanctify  him  ;  that  he,  being 
saved  by  thy  grace,  may  be  received  into 
Christ's  holy  Church,  and  being  steadfast 
in  faith,  joyful  through  hope,  and  rooted 
in  love,  may  so  overcome  the  evils  of  this 
present  world,  that  finally  he  may  attain  to 
everlasting  life,  and  reign  with  thee,  world 
without  end,  through  Jesus  Christ  our 
Lord.  Amen. 

O  merciful  God,  grant  that  all  carnal 
affections  may  die  in  him,  and  that  all 
things  belonging  to  the  Spirit  may  live  and 
grow  in  him.  Amen. 

Grant  that  he  may  have  power  and 


strength  to  have  victory,  and  to  triumph 
against  the  devil,  the  world,  and  the  flesh. 

Amen. 

Grant  that  whosoever  is  dedicated  to 
thee  by  our  office  and  ministry  may  also  be 
endued  with  heavenly  virtues,  and  ever- 
lastingly rewarded  through  thy  mercy,  O 
blessed  Lord  God,  who  dost  live,  and  gov- 
ern all  things,  world  without  end.  Amen. 

Almighty,  ever-living  God,  whose  most 
dearly  beloved  Son  Jesus  Christ,  for  the 
forgiveness  of  our  sins,  did  shed  out  of  his 
most  precious  side  both  water  and  blood, 
regard,  we  beseech  thee,  our  supplications. 
Sanctify  this  water  for  this  holy  sacrament ; 
and  grant  that  this  child,  now  to  be  bap- 
tized, may  receive  the  fullness  of  thy  grace, 
and  ever  remain  in  the  number  of  thy 
faithful  and  elect  children,  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord.  Amen. 

Then  shall  the  Minister  address  the  Parents  [or 
Guardians]  as  follows: — 

Dearly  Beloved :  Forasmuch  as  this  child 
is  now  presented  by  you  for  Christian  bap- 
tism, you  must  remember  that  it  is  your 
part  and  duty  to  see  that  he  be  taught,  as 
soon  as  he  shall  be  able  to  learn,  the  na- 
ture and  end  of  this  holy  sacrament.  And 
that  he  may  know  these  things  the  better, 
you  shall  call  upon  him  to  give  reverent 
attendance  upon  the  appointed  means  of 
grace,  such  as  the  ministry  of  the  word 
and  the  public  and  private  worship  of  God ; 
and  further,  ye  shall  provide  that  he  shall 
read  the  Holy  Scriptures,  and  learn  the 
Lord's  Prayer,  the  Ten  Commandments, 
the  Apostles'  Creed,  the  Catechism,  and 
all  other  things  which  a  Christian  ought 
to  know  and  believe  to  his  soul's  health, 
in  order  that  he  may  be  brought  up  to  lead 
a  virtuous  and  holy  life,  remembering  al- 
ways that  baptism  doth  represent  unto  us 
that  inward  purity  which  disposeth  us  to 
follow  the  example  of  our  Saviour  Christ; 
that  as  he  died  and  rose  again  for  us,  so 
should  we,  who  are  baptized,  die  unto  sin 
and  rise  again  unto  righteousness,  con- 
tinually mortifying  all  corrupt  affections 
and  daily  proceeding  in  all  virtue  and  god- 
liness. 

Do  you  therefore  solemnly  engage  to  f ul- 


470 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


fill  these  duties,  so  far  as  in  you  lies,  the 
Lord  being  your  helper  ? 
Answ.  We  do. 

Then  shaft  the  people  stand  up,  and  the  Minister 
shall  say : — 

Hear  the  words  of  the  Gospel,  written  by 
St.  Mark.  [Chap,  x,  13-16.] 

They  brought  young  children  to  Christ, 
that  he  should  touch  them.  And  his  dis- 
ciples rebuked  those  that  brought  them. 
But  when  Jesus  saw  it,  lie  was  much  dis- 
pleased, and  said  unto  them,  Suffer  the 
little  children  to  come  unto  me,  and  for- 
bid them  not,  for  of  such  is  the  kingdom 
of  God.  Verily  I  say  unto  you,  Whoso- 
ever shall  not  receive  the  kingdom  of  God 
as  a  little  child,  he  shall  not  enter  therein. 
And  lie  took  them  up  in  his  arms,  put  his 
hands  upon  them,  and  blessed  them. 

Then  the  Minister  shall  take  the  Child  into  his 
hands,  and  say  to  the  friends  of  the  Child, 

Name  this  child. 

And  then,  naming  it  after  them,  he  shall  sprinMe 
or  pour  Water  upon  it,  or,  if  desired,  immerse  it 
in  Water,  saying, — 

N.,  I  baptize  thee  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.  Amen. 

Then  shall  the  Minister  offer  the  following  prayer, 
the  people  kneeling  : — 

O  God  of  infinite  mercy,  the  Father  of 
all  the  faithful  seed,  be  pleased  to  grant 
unto  this  child  an  understanding  mind  and 
a  sanctified  heart.  May  thy  providence 
lead  him  through  the  dangers,  tempta- 
tions, and  ignorance  of  his  youth,  that  he 
may  never  run  into  folly  nor  into  the  evils 
of  an  unbridled  appetite.  We  pray  thee 
so  to  order  the  course  of  his  life,  that  by 
good  education,  by  holy  examples,  and  by 
thy  restraining  and  renewing  grace,  he  may 
be  led  to  serve  thee  faithfully  all  his  days, 
so  that,  when  he  has  glorified  thee  in  his 
generation,  and  has  served  the  Church  on 
earth,  he  may  be  received  into  thine  eternal 
kingdom,  through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord. 
Amen. 

Almighty  and  most  merciful  Father,  let 
thy  loving  mercy  and  compassion  descend 
upon  these,  thy  servant  and  handmaid,  the 
parents  [or  guardians]  of  this  child.  Grant 
unto  them,  we  beseech  thee,  thy  Holy 
Spirit,  that  they  may,  like  Abraham,  com- 
mand their  household  to  keep  the  way  of 
the  Lord.  Direct  their  actions,  and  sanc- 
tify their  hearts^  words,  and  purposes,  that 


their  whole./  family  may  be  united  to  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  in  the  bands  of  faith, 
obedience,  and  charity ;  and  that  they  all, 
being  in  this  life  thy  holy  children  by 
adoption  and  grace,  may  be  admitted  in- 
to the  Church  of  the  first-born  in  heaven, 
through  the  merits  of  thy  dear  Son,  our 
Saviour  and  Redeemer.  Amen. 

Then  may  the  Minister  offer  extemporary  prayet*. 
Then  shall  be  said,  all  kneeling  : — 
Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
be  thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy 
will  be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven. 
Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread ;  and  for- 
give us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  them 
that  trespass  against  us;  and  lead  us  not 
into  temptation,  but  deliver  us  from  evil; 
for  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power, 
and  the  glory,  forever.  Amen. 

Order  for  the  Administration  of  Bap- 
tism TO  SUCH  AS  ARE  OF  RlPER  YEARS. 

Dearly  Beloved  :  Forasmuch  as  all  men 
are  conceived  and  born  in  sin ;  and  that 
which  is  born  of  the  flesh  is  flesh,  and  they 
that  are  in  the  flesh  cannot  please  God, 
but  live  in  sin,  committing  many  actual 
transgressions;  and  our  Saviour  Christ 
saith,  Except  a  man  be  born  of  water  and 
of  the  Spirit  he  cannot  enter  into  the  king- 
dom of  God : — I  beseech  you  to  call  upon 
God  the  Father,  through  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  that  of  his  bounteous  goodness  he 
will  grant  to  these  persons  that  which  by 
nature  they  cannot  have ;  that  they,  being 
baptized  with  water,  may  also  be  baptized 
with  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  being  received 
into  Christ's  holy  Church,  may  continue 
lively  members  of  the  same. 

Then  shall  the  Minister  say,-- 
Let  us  pray. 

Almighty  and  immortal  God,  the  aid  of 
all  that  need,  the  helper  of  all  that  flee 
to  thee  for  succor,  the  life  of  them  that 
believe,  and  the  resurrection  of  the  dead: 
we  call  upon  thee  for  these  persons;  that  they, 
coming  to  thy  holy  baptism,  may  also  be 
filled  with  thy  Holy  Spirit.  Receive  them, 
O  Lord,  as  thou  hast  promised  by  thy  well- 
beloved  Son,  saying,  Ask,  and  ye  shall  re- 
ceive ;  seek,  and  ye  shall  find ;  knock,  and 
it  shall  be  opened  unto  you:  so  give  now 
unto  us  that  ask :  let  us  that  seek,  find : 
open  the  gate  unto  us  that  knock ;  that 
these  persons  may  enjoy  the  everlasting 
benediction  of  thy  heavenly  washing,  and 


THE  RITUAL. 


471 


may  come  to  the  eternal  kingdom  which 
thou  hast  promised  by  Christ  our  Lord. 
Amen. 

Then  shall  the  people  stand  up,  and  the  Minister 
shall  say : — 

Hear  the  words  of  the  Gospel,  written  by 
St.  John.  [Chap,  iii,  1-8.] 

There  was  a  man  of  the  Pharisees,  named 
Nicodemus,  a  ruler  of  the  Jews :  the  same 
came  to  Jesus  by  night,  and  said  unto  him, 
Rabbi,  we  know  that  thou  art  a  teacher 
come  from  God ;  for  no  man  can  do  these 
miracles  that  thou  doest  except  God  be 
with  him.  Jesus  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  thee,  Except 
a  man  be  born  again,  he  cannot  see  the 
kingdom  of  God.  Nicodemus  saith  unto 
him,  How  can  a  man  be  born  when  he  is 
old  ?  Can  he  enter  the  second  time  into 
his  mother's  womb,  and  be  born?  Jesus 
answered,  Verily,  verily,  I  say  unto  thee, 
Except  a  man  be  born  of  water  and  of  the 
Spirit  he  cannot  enter  into  the  kingdom 
of  God.  That  which  is  born  of  the  flesh 
is  flesh,  and  that  which  is  born  of  the 
Spirit  is  spirit.  Marvel  not  that  I  said  un- 
to thee,  Ye  must  be  born  again.  The  wind 
bloweth  where  it  listeth,  and  thou  hearest 
the  sound  thereof,  but  canst  not  tell  whence 
it  cometh,  and  whither  it  goeth :  so  is 
every  one  that  is  born  of  the  Spirit. 

Then  the  Minister  shall  speak  to  the  persons  to  be 
baptized  on  this  wise  : — 

Well  Beloved,  who  have  come  hither 
desiring  to  receive  holy  baptism,  you  have 
heard  how  the  congregation  hath  prayed 
that  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  would  vouch- 
safe to  receive  you,  to  bless  you,  and  to 
give  you  the  kingdom  of  heaven,  and  ever- 
lasting life.  And  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ 
hath  promised  in  his  holy  word  to  grant 
all  those  things  that  we  have  prayed  for : 
which  promise  he  for  his  part  will  most 
surely  keep  and  perform. 

Wherefore,  after  this  promise  made  by 
Christ,  you  must  also  faithfully,  for  your 
part,  promise  in  the  presence  of  this  whole 
congregation,  that  you  will  renounce  the 
devil  and  all  his  works,  and  constantly 
believe  God's  holy  word,  and  obediently 
keep  his  commandments. 

Then  shall  the  Minister  demand  of  each  of  the 
persons  to  be  baptized  : — 

Quest.  Dost  thou  renounce  the  devil  and 
all  his  works,  the  vain  pomp  and  glory  of 
the  world,  with  all  covetous  desires  of  the 
same,  and  the  carnal  desires  of  the  flesh,  so 
that  thou  wilt  not  follow  nor  be  led  by  them  ? 


Answ.  I  renounce  them  all. 

Quest.  Dost  thou  believe  in  God  the 
Father  Almighty,  Maker  oi  heaven  and 
earth ; 

And  in  Jesus  Christ  his  only-begotten  Son 
our  Lord ;  and  that  he  was  conceived  by  the 
Holy  Ghost,  born  of  the  Virgin  Mary ;  that 
he  suffered  under  Pontius  Pilate,  was  cru- 
cified, dead  and  buried  ;  that  he  rose  again 
the  third  day  ;  that  he  ascended  into 
heaven,  and  sitteth  at  the  right  hand  of 
God  the  Father  Almighty,  and  from  thence 
shall  come  again  at  the  end  of  the  world, 
to  judge  the  quick  and  the  dead  ? 

And  dost  thou  believe  in  the  Holy  Ghost  ; 
the  holy  catholic*  Church,  the  communion 
of  saints;    the  forgiveness  of  sins  ;  the 
resurrection  of  the  body;  and  everlasting 
life  after  death  ? 

Answ.  All  this  I  steadfastly  believe. 

Quest.  Wilt  thou  be  baptized  in  this 
faith  ? 

Answ.  Such  is  my  desire. 

Quest.  Wilt  thou  then  obediently  keep 
God's  holy  will  and  commandments,  and 
walk  in  the  same  all  the  days  of  thy  life  ? 

Answ.  I  will  endeavor  so  to  do,  God 
being  my  helper. 

Then  shall  the  Minister  say : — 
O  merciful  God,  grant  that  all  carnal 
affections  may  die  in  these  persons,  and  that 
all  things  belonging  to  the  Spirit  may  live 
and  grow  in  them.  Amen. 

Grant  that  they  may  have  power  and 
strength  to  have  victory,  and  triumph 
against  the  devil,  the  world,  and  the  flesh. 
Amen. 

Grant  that  they,  being  here  dedicated  to 
thee  by  our  office  and  ministry,  may  also 
be  endued  with  heavenly  virtues,  and  ever- 
lastingly rewarded,  through  thy  mercy,  O 
blessed  Lord  God,  who  dost  live,  and 
govern  all  things,  world  without  end. 
Amen. 

Almighty,  ever-living  God,  whose  most 
dearly  beloved  Son  Jesus  Christ,  for  the 
forgiveness  of  our  sins,  did  shed  out  cf 
his  most  precious  side  both  water  and 
blood ;  and  gave  commandment  to  his  dis- 
ciples, that  they  should  go  teach  all  na- 
tions, and  baptize  them  in  the  name  of  the 
Father,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost;  regard,  we  beseech  thee,  our  sup- 
plications ;  and  grant  that  the  persons  now 
to  be  baptized  may  receive  the  fullness  of 
thy  grace,  and  ever  remain  in  the  numbei 
of  thy  faithful  and  elect  children,  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  Amen. 

*  The  one  universal  Church  of  Christ. 


472 


STMN  STUDIES. 


Then  shall  the  Minister  ask  the  name  of  each 
Person  to  be  baptized,  and  shall  sprinkle  or 
pour  Water  upon  h  im  (or,  if  he  shall  desire 
it,  sliall  immerse  him  in  Water),  saying: 

N,  I  baptize  thee  in  the  name  of  the 
Fnther,  and  of  the  Son,  and  of  the  Holy 
Ghost.  Amen. 

Then  shall  be  said  the  Lord^s  Prayer,  all 
kneeling. 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowed 
be  thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy 
will  be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven. 
Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread:  and  for- 
give us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  them 
that  trespass  against  us:  and  lead  us  not 
into  temptation,  but  deliver  us  from  evil: 
for  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power, 
and  the  glory,  forever.  Amen. 

Then  may  the  Minister  conclude  with  extem- 
porary Prayer. 


Form  for  Receiving  Persons  into  the 
Church  as  Probationers. 

Those  icho  are  to  be  received  into  the  Church 
as  Probationers  shall  be  called  forward  by 
name,  and  the  Minister,  addressing  the 
Congregation,  shall  say : 

Dearly  Beloved  Brethren,  that  none 
may  be  admitted  hastily  into  the  Church, 
we  receive  all  persons  seeking  fellowship 
with  us  on  profession  of  faith  into  a  pre- 
paratory membership  on  trial;  in  which 
proof  may  be  made,  both  to  themselves  and 
to  the  Church,  of  the  sincerity  and  depth 
of  their  convictions  and  of  the  strength  of 
their  purpose  to  lead  a  new  life. 

The  persons  here  present  desire  to  be 
so  admitted.  You  will  hear  their  answers 
to  the  questions  put  to  them,  and  if  you 
make  no  objection  they  will  be  received. 

It  is  needful,  however,  that  you  be  re- 
minded of  your  responsibility,  as  having 
previously  entered  this  holy  fellowship, 
and  as  now  representing  the  Church  into 
which  they  seek  admission.  Remembering 
their  inexperience,  and  how  much  they 
must  learn  in  order  to  become  good  soldiers 
of  Jesus  Christ,  see  to  it  that  they  find  in 
you  holy  examples  of  life,  and  loving  help 
in  the  true  serving  of  their  Lord  and  ours. 
I  beseech  you  so  to  order  your  own  lives 
that  these  new  disciples  may  take  no  detri- 
ment from  you,  but  that  it  may  ever  be 


cause  for  thanksgiving  to  God  that  they 

were  led  into  this  fellowship. 

Then,  addressing  the  Persons  seeking  Admis- 
sion on  Probation,  the  Minister  shall  say  : 
Dearly  Beloved,  you  have,  by  the  grace 
of  God,  made  your  decision  to  follow  Christ 
and  to  serve  him.  Your  confidence  in  so 
doing  is  not  to  be  based  on  any  notion  of 
fitness  or  worthiness  in  yourselves,  but 
solely  on  the  merits  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  and  on  his  death  and  intercession 
for  us. 

That  the  Church  may  know  your  pur- 
pose, you  will  answer  the  questions  I  am 
now  to  ask  you. 

Have  you  an  earnest  desire  to  be  saved 
from  your  sins  ? 

Ans.  I  have. 

Will  you  guard  yourselves  against  all 
things  contrary  to  the  teaching  of  God's 
word,  and  endeavor  to  lead  a  holy  life, 
following  the  commandments  of  God? 

Ans.  I  will  endeavor  so  to  do. 

Are  you  purposed  to  give  reverent  at- 
tendance upon  the  appointed  means  of 
grace  in  the  ministry  of  the  word,  and  in 
the  private  and  public  worship  of  God? 

Ans.  I  am  so  determined,  with  the  help 
of  God. 

No  objection  being  offered,  the  Minister  shall 
then  announce  that  the  Candidates  are  ad- 
mitted as  Probationers  and  shall  assign 
them  to  classes. 

Then  shall  the  Minister  offer  extemporary 
Prayer. 


Form  for  Receiving  Persons  into  the 
Church  after  Probation. 

On  the  day  appointed,  all  that  are  to  be  re- 
ceived into  the  Church  shall  be  called  for- 
ward, and  the  Minister,  addressing  the 
Congregation,  shall  say : 

Dearly  Beloved  Brethren,  the  Scrip- 
tures teach  us  that  the  Church  is  the  house- 
hold of  God,  the  body  of  which  Christ  is 
the  head ;  and  that  it  is  the  design  of  the 
Gospel  to  bring  together  in  one  all  who  are 
in  Christ.  The  fellowship  of  the  Church 
is  the  communion  that  its  Members  enjoy 
one  with  another.  The  ends  of  this  fellow- 
ship are,  the  maintenance  of  sound  doctrine 
and  of  the  ordinances  of  Christian  worship, 
and  the  exercise  of  that  powder  of  godly 
admonition  and  discipline  which  Christ  has 
committed  to  his  Church  for  the  promotion 


THE  RITUAL. 


473 


of  holiness.  It  is  the  duty  of  all  men  to 
unite  in  this  fellowship ;  for  it  is  only  those 
that  "  be  planted  in  the  house  of  the  Lord" 
that  "shall  flourish  in  the  courts  of  our 
God."  Its  more  particular  duties  are,  to 
promote  peace  and  unity;  to  bear  one 
another's  burdens  ;  to  prevent  each  other's 
stumbling;  to  seek  the  intimacy  of  friendly 
society  among  themselves;  to  continue 
steadfast  in  the  faith  and  worship  of  the 
Gospel;  and  to  pray  and  sympathize  with 
each  other.  Among  its  privileges  are, 
peculiar  incitements  to  holiness  from  the 
hearing  of  God's  word  and  sharing  in 
Christ's  ordinances ;  the  being  placed  under 
the  watchful  care  of  Pastors;  and  the  en- 
joyment of  the  blessings  which  are  prom- 
ised only  to  those  who  are  of  the  House- 
hold of  Faith.  Into  this  holy  fellowship 
t lie  persons  before  you,  who  have  already 
received  the  Sacrament  of  Baptism,  and 
have  been  under  the  care  of  proper  leaders 
for  six  months  on  Trial,  come  seeking  ad 
mission.  We  now  propose,  in  the  fear  of 
God,  to  question  them  as  to  their  faith  and 
purposes,  that  you  may  know  that  they 
are  proper  persons  to  be  admitted  into  the 
Church. 

Then,  addressing  the  Applicants  for  Admis- 
sion, the  Minister  shall  say: 

Dearly  Beloved,  you  are  come  hither 
seeking  the  great  privilege  of  union  with 
the  Church  our  Saviour  has  purchased  with 
his  own  blood.  We  rejoice  in  the  grace  of 
God  vouchsafed  unto  you  in  that  he  has 
called  you  to  be  his  followers,  and  that 
thus  far  you  have  run  well.  You  have 
heard  how  blessed  are  the  privileges,  and 
how  solemn  are  the  duties,  of  membership 
in  Christ's  Church;  and  before  you  are 
fully  admitted  thereto,  it  is  proper  that  you 
do  here  publicly  renew  your  vows,  confess 
your  faith,  and  declare  your  purpose,  by 
answering  the  following  questions: 

Do  you  here,  in  the  presence  of  God  and 
of  this  Congregation,  renew  the  solemn 
promise  contained  in  the  Baptismal  Cov- 
enant, ratifying  and  confirming  the  same, 
and  acknowledging  yourselves  bound  faith- 
fully to  observe  and  keep  that  Covenant? 

Ans.  I  do. 

Have  you  saving  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  ? 

Ans.  I  trust  I  have. 

Do  you  believe  in  the  Doctrines  of  the 
Holy  Scriptures  as  set  forth  in  the  Articles 
of  Religion  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church? 


Ans.  I  do. 

Will  you  cheerfully  be  governed  by  the 
Rules  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 
hold  sacred  the  Ordinances  of  God,  and  en- 
deavor, as  much  as  in  you  lies,  to  promote 
the  welfare  of  your  brethren  and  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  Redeemer's  kingdom? 

Ans.  I  will. 

Will  you  contribute  of  your  earthly  sub- 
stance, according  to  your  ability,  to  the 
support  of  the  Gospel  and  the  various  be- 
nevolent enterprises  of  the  Church  ? 

Ans.  I  will. 

Then  the  Minister,  addressing  the  Church, 
shall  say : 

Brethren,  these  persons  having  given  sat- 
isfactory responses  to  our  inquiries,  have 
any  of  you  reason  to  allege  why  they 
should  not  be  received  into  Full  member- 
ship in  the  Church? 

No  objection  heing  alleged,  the  Minister  shall 
say  to  the  Candidates : 

We  welcome  you  to  the  communion  of 
the  Church  of  God ;  and,  in  testimony  of 
our  Christian  affection  and  the  cordiality 
with  which  we  receive  you,  I  hereby  extend 
to  you  the  right  hand  of  fellowship:  and 
may  God  grant  that  you  may  be  a  faithful 
and  useful  member  of  the  Church  milkant 
till  you  are  called  to  the  fellowship  of  the 
Church  triumphant,  which  is  "  without 
fault  before  the  throne  of  God." 

Then  shall  the  Minister  offer  extemporary 
Prayer. 


Cfjt  iforir's  Supper. 

[Whenever  practicable,  let  none  but  the  pure,unfer- 
mented  juice  of  the  grape  be  used  in  administering  the 
Lord's  Supper.] 

[Let  persons  who  have  scruples  concerning  the 
receiving  of  the  Sacrament  of  the  Lord's  Supper 
kneeling  be  permitted  to  receive  it  either  standing 
or  sitting.] 

[No  person  shall  be  admitted  to  the  Lord's  Supper 
among  us  who  is  guilty  of  any  practice  for  which  we 
would  exclude  a  Member  of  our  Church.] 

Order  for  the  Administration  of  the 
Lord's  Supper. 

The  Elder  shall  say  one  or  more  of  these 
Sentences,  during  the  reading  of  which  the 
Persons  appointed  for  that  purpose  shall 
receive  the  Alms  for  the  Poor: 

Let  your  light  so  shine  before  men,  that 
they  may  see  your  good  works,  and  glorify 
your  Father  which  is  in  heaven.  [Matt, 
v,  16.] 


474  HYMN  STUDIES. 


Lay  not  up  for  yourselves  treasures  upon 
earth,  where  moth  and  rust  doth  corrupt, 
and  where  thieves  break  through  and 
steal:  but  lay  up  for  yourselves  treasures 
in  heaven,  where  neither  moth  nor  rust  doth 
corrupt,  and  where  thieves  do  not  break 
through  nor  steal.    [Matt,  vi,  19,  20.] 

Whatsoever  ye  would  that  men  should 
do  to  you,  do  ye  even  so  to  them:  for  this 
is  the  law  and  the  prophets.  [Matt,  vii,  12.] 

Not  every  one  that  saith  unto  me,  Lord, 
Lord,  shall  enter  into  the  kingdom  of 
heaven ;  but  he  that  doeth  the  will  of  my 
Father  which  is  in  heaven.  [Matt,  vii,  21.] 

Zaccheus  stood,  and  said  unto  the  Lord; 
Behold,  Lord,  the  half  of  my  goods  I  give 
to  the  poor;  and  if  I  have  taken  anything 
from  any  man  by  false  accusation,  I  restore 
him  fourfold.    [Luke  xix,  8.] 

He  which  soweth  sparingly  shall  reap 
also  sparingly ;  and  he  which  soweth  boun- 
tifully shall  reap  also  bountifully.  Every 
man  according  as  he  purposeth  in  his  heart, 
so  let  him  give;  not  grudgingly,  or  of 
necessity,  for  God  loveth  a  cheerful  giver. 
[2  Cor.  ix,  6,  7.] 

As  we  have  therefore  opportunity,  let 
us  do  good  unto  all  men,  especially  unto 
them  who  are  of  the  household  of  faith. 
[Gal.  vi,  10.] 

Godliness  with  contentment  is  great  gain ; 
for  we  brought  nothing  into  this  world, 
and  it  is  certain  we  can  carry  nothing  out. 
[1  Tim.  vi,  6,  7.] 

Charge  them  that  are  rich  in  this  world, 
that  they  be  not  high-minded,  nor  trust 
in  uncertain  riches,  but  in  the  living  God, 
who  giveth  us  richly  all  things  to  enjoy; 
that  they  do  good,  that  they  be  rich  in 
good  works,  ready  to  distribute,  willing  to 
communicate ;  laying  up  in  store  for  them- 
selves a  good  foundation  against  the  time 
to  come,  that  they  may  lay  hold  on  eternal 
life.    [1  Tim.  vi,  17-19.] 

God  is  not  uurighteous  to  forget  your 
work  and  labor  of  love,  which  ye  have 
showed  toward  his  name,  in  that  ye  have 
ministered  to  the  saints,  and  do  minister. 
[Heb.  vi,  10.] 

To  do  good  and  to  communicate  forget 
not;  for  with  such  sacrifices  God  is  well 
pleased.    [Heb.  xiii,  16.] 

Whoso  hath  this  world's  good,  and  seeth 
his  brother  have  need,  and  shutteth  up  his 
bowels  of  compassion  from  him,  how 
dwelleth  the  love  of  God  in  him?  [1  John 
iii,  17.] 

He  that  hath  pity  upon  the  poor  lendeth 


unto  the  Lord;  and  that  which  he  hath 
given  will  he  pay  him  again.  [Prov.  xix,  17.] 

Blessed  is  he  that  considereth  the  poor : 
the  Lord  will  deliver  him  in  time  of  trouble. 
[Psa.  xli,  1.] 

Thou  shalt  open  thine  hand  wide  unto  thy 
brother,  to  thy  poor.    [Deut.  xv,  11.] 

After  which  the  Elder  shall  give  the  follow- 
ing Invitation,  the  People  standing: 

If  any  man  sin,  we  have  an  advocate  with 
the  Father,  Jesus  Christ  the  righteous :  and 
he  is  the  propitiation  for  our  sins:  and  not 
for  ours  only,  but  also  for  the  sins  of  the 
whole  world. 

Wherefore  ye  that  do  truly  and  earnestly 
repent  of  your  sins,  and  are  in  love  and 
charity  with  your  neighbors,  and  intend  to 
lead  a  new  life,  following  the  command- 
ments of  God,  and  walking  from  hence- 
forth in  his  holy  ways,  draw  near  with  faith, 
and  take  this  Holy  Sacrament  to  your  com- 
fort; and,  devoutly  kneeling,  make  your 
humble  confession  to  Almighty  God. 

Then  shall  this  general  Confession  he  made  oy 
the  Minister  in  the  name  of  all  those  who 
are  minded  to  receive  the  Holy  Communion, 
ooth  he  and  all  the  People  devoutly  kneeling, 
and  saying : 

Almighty  God,  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  Maker  of  all  things,  Judge  of  all 
men,  we  acknowledge  and  bewail  our 
manifold  sins  and  wickedness,  which  we 
from  time  to  time  most  grievously  have 
committed,  by  thought,  word,  and  deed, 
against  thy  Divine  Majesty,  provoking 
most  justly  thy  wrath  and  indignation 
against  us.  We  do  earnestly  repent,  and 
are  heartily  sorry  for  these  our  misdoings; 
the  remembrance  of  them  is  grievous  unto 
us.  Have  mercy  upon  us,  have  mercy  upon 
us,  most  merciful  Father;  for  thy  Son,  our 
Lord  Jesus  Christ's  sake,  forgive  us  all  that 
is  past ;  and  grant  that  we  may  ever  here- 
after serve  and  please  thee  in  newness  of 
life,  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  thy  name, 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  Amen. 

Then  shall  the  Elder  say, 

Almighty  God,  our  heavenly  Father,  who 
of  thy  great  mercy  hast  promised  forgive- 
ness of  sins  to  all  them  that  with  hearty  re- 
pentance and  true  faith  turn  unto  thee,  have 
mercy  upon  us ;  pardon  and  deliver  us  from 
all  our  sins;  confirm  and  strengthen  us  in  all 
goodness;  and  bring  us  to  everlasting  life, 
through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  Amen. 


THE  RITUAL. 


475 


The  Collect. 

Almighty  God,  uuto  whom  all  hearts  are 
open,  all  desires  known,  and  from  whom 
no  secrets  are  hid,  cleanse  the  thoughts  of 
our  hearts  by  the  inspiration  of  thy  Holy 
Spirit,  that  wre  may  perfectly  love  thee,  and 
worthily  magnify  thy  holy  name  through 
Jesus  Christ  our  Lord.  Amen. 

Then  shall  the  Elder  say, 

We  do  not  presume  to  come  to  this  thy 
table,  O  merciful  Lord,  trusting  in  our  own 
righteousness,  but  in  thy  manifold  and  great 
mercies.  We  are  not  worthy  so  much  as  to 
gather  up  the  crumbs  under  thy  table.  But 
thou  art  the  same  Lord,  whose  property  is 
always  to  have  mercy.  Grant  us,  therefore, 
gracious  Lord,  so  to  eat  the  flesh  of  thy  dear 
Son  Jesus  Christ,  and  to  drink  his  blood, 
that  we  may  live  and  grow  thereby ;  and 
that,  being  washed  through  his  most  pre- 
cious blood,  we  may  evermore  dwell  in  him, 
and  he  in  us.  Amen. 

Then  the  Elder  shall  offer  the  Prayer  of 
Consecration,  as  followeth : 

Almighty  God,  our  heavenly  Father, 
who  of  thy  tender  mercy  didst  give  thine 
only  Son  Jesus  Christ  to  suffer  death  upon 
the  cross  for  our  redemption;  who  made 
there,  by  his  oblation  of  himself  once 
offered,  a  full,  perfect,  and  sufficient  sacri- 
fice, oblation,  and  satisfaction  for  the  sins 
of  the  wThole  world ;  and  did  institute,  and 
in  his  holy  Gospel  command  us  to  con- 
tinue, a  perpetual  memory  of  his  precious 
death  until  his  coming  again :  hear  us,  O 
merciful  Father,  we  most  humbly  beseech 
thee,  and  grant  that  we,  receiving  these  thy 
creatures  of  bread  and  wine,  according  to 
thy  Son  our  Saviour  Jesus  Christ's  holy 
institution,  in  remembrance  of  his  death 
and  passion,  may  be  partakers  of  his  most 
blessed  body  and  blood ;  who,  in  the  same 
.,  night  that  he  was  betrayed, 

er  may  take  the  to°k  bread ;  Q)  and  when  he 
plate  of  bread  in  had  given  thanks,  he  broke 
his  hand,  ^  it,  and  gave  it  to  his  disci- 

ples, saying,  Take,  eat;  this  is  my  body 
which  is  given  for  you ;  do  this  in  remem- 
brance of  me. 

(2)  Here  he  may  Likewise  after  supper  he 
take  the  cup  in  took  (2)  the  cup ;  and  when 
his  hand.  he   had   given'thanks?  he 

gave  it  to  them,  saying,  Drink  ye  all  of 
this ;  for  this  is  my  blood  of  the  New  Tes- 
tament, which  is  shed  for  you,  and  for 
many,  for  the  remission  of  sins;  do  this,  as 


oft  as  ye  shall  drink  it,  in  remembrance  of 

me.  Amen. 

Then  shall  the  Minister  receive  the  Commun- 
ion in  both  kinds,  and  proceed  to  deliver 
the  same  to  the  other  Ministers,  if  any  be 
present ;  after  which  he  shall  say : 
It  is  very  meet,  right,  and  our  bounden 
duty  that  we  should  at  all  times  and  in  all 
places  give  thanks  unto  thee,  O  Lord,  holy 
Father,  Almighty,  Everlasting  God. 

Therefore  witli  angels  and  archangels, 
and  with  all  the  company  of  heaven,  we 
laud  and  magnify  thy  glorious  name,  ever- 
more praising  thee,  and  saying,  Holy, 
Holy,  Holy,  Lord  God  of  Hosts,  heaven 
and  earth  are  full  of  thy  glory.  Glory  be 
to  thee,  O  Lord  most  high !  Amen. 

The  Minister  shall  then  proceed  to  administer 
the  Communion  to  the  People  in  order, 
kneeling,  into  their  uncovered  hands ;  and 
when  he  delivereth  the  Bread,  he  shall  say: 

The  body  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  which 
was  given  for  thee,  preserve  thy  soul  and 
body  unto  everlasting  life.  Take  and  eat 
this  in  remembrance  that  Christ  died  for 
thee  ;  and  feed  on  him  in  thy  heart  by  faith, 
with  thanksgiving. 

And  the  Minister  that  delivereth  the  Cup 
shall  say : 

The  blood  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
which  was  shed  for  thee,  preserve  thy  soul 
and  body  unto  everlasting  life.  Drink  this 
in  remembrance  that  Christ's  blood  was 
shed  for  thee,  and  be  thankful. 

[If  the  Consecrated  bread  or  wine  will  be  all  spent 
before  all  have  communed,  the  Elder  may  Consecrate 
more  by  repeating  the  Prayer  of  Consecration.] 

[When  all  have  communed,  the  Minister  shall  return 
to  the  Lord's  table  and  place  upon  it  what  remaineth 
of  the  Consecrated  elements,  covering  the  same  with  a 
fair  linen  cloth.] 

Then  shcdl  the  Elder  say  the  Lord's  Prayer  ; 
the  People  kneeling,  and  repeating  after 
him  every  petition. 

Our  Father  who  art  in  heaven,  hallowTed 
be  thy  name.  Thy  kingdom  come.  Thy 
will  be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is  in  heaven. 
Give  us  this  day  our  daily  bread :  and  for- 
give us  our  trespasses,  as  we  forgive  them 
that  trespass  against  us:  and  lead  us  not 
into  temptation,  but  deliver  us  from  evil : 
for  thine  is  the  kingdom,  and  the  power, 
and  the  glory,  forever.  Amen. 

After  which  shall  be  said  as  followeth  : 

O  Lord  our  heavenly  Father,  we  thy 
humble  servants  desire  thy  Fatherly  good- 


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HYMN  STUDIES. 


ness  mercifully  to  accept  this  our  sacrifice 
of  praise  and  thanksgiving;  most  humbly 
beseeching  thee  to  grant,  that,  by  the  merits 
and  death  of  thy  Son  Jesus  Christ,  and 
through  faith  in  his  blood,  we  and  thy 
whole  Church  may  obtain  forgiveness  of 
our  sins,  and  all  other  benefits  of  his  pas- 
sion. And  here  we  offer  and  present  unto 
thee,  O  Lord,  ourselves,  our  souls  and 
bodies,  to  be  a  reasonable,  holy,  and  lively 
sacrifice  unto  thee ;  humbly  beseeching  thee 
that  all  we  who  are  partakers  of  this  Holy 
Communion  may  be  filled  with  thy  grace 
and  heavenly  benediction.  And  although 
we  be  unworthy,  through  our  manifold 
sins,  to  offer  unto  thee  any  sacrifice,  yet 
we  beseech  thee  to  accept  this  our  bounden 
duty  and  service;  not  weighing  our  merits, 
but  pardoning  our  offenses,  through  Jesus 
Christ  our  Lord;  by  whom,  and  with 
whom,  in  the  unity  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  all 
honor  and  glory  be  unto  thee,  O  Father 
Almighty,  world  without  end.  Amen. 

Then  shall  he  said  or  sung : 

Glory  be  to  God  on  high,  and  on  earth 
peace,  good  will  toward  men !  We  praise 
thee,  we  bless  thee,  we  worship  thee,  we 
glorify  thee,  we  give  thanks  to  thee  for  thy 
great  glory,  O  Lord  God,  heavenly  King, 
God  the  Father  Almighty! 

O  Lord,  the  only  begotten  Son  Jesus 
Christ:  O  Lord  God,  Lamb  of  God,  Son 


of  the  Father,  that  takest  away  the  sins 
of  the  world,  have  mercy  upon  us.  Thou 
that  takest  away  the  sins  of  the  world, 
have  mercy  upon  us.  Thou  that  takest 
away  the  sins  of  the  world,  receive  our 
prayer.  Thou  that  sittest  at  the  right 
hand  of  God  the  Father,  have  mercy  upon 
us.  For  thou  only  art  holy;  thou  only 
art  the  Lord;  thou  only,  O  Christ,  with 
the  Holy  Ghost,  art  most  high  in  the 
glory  of  God  the  Father.  Amen. 

Then  the  Elder,  if  he  see  it  expedient,  may 
put  up  an  extemporary  Prayer ;  and 
afterward  shall  let  the  People  depart  with 
this  Blessing : 

The  peace  of  God,  which  passeth  all 
understanding,  keep  your  hearts  and  minds 
in  the  knowledge  and  love  of  God,  and  of 
his  Son  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord:  and  the 
blessing  of  God  Almighty,  the  Father,  the 
Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  be  among  you, 
and  remain  with  you  always.  Amen. 

N.  B. — If  the  Elder  be  straitened  for  time  in 
the  usual  administration  of  the  Holy  Communion, 
he  may  omit  any  part  of  the  service  except  the 
Invitation,  the  Confession,  and  the  Prayer  of 
Consecration;  and  in  its  administration  to  the 
Sick  he  may  omit  any  part  of  the  service  except 
the  Confession,  the  Prayer  of  Consecration,  and 
the  usual  sentences  in  delivering  the  Bread  and 
Wine,  closing  with  the  Lord's  Prayer,  extempore 
supplication,  and  the  Benediction. 


HISTORY 

OF  THE 

OFFICIAL  HYMN  BOOKS 

OF  THE 

Methodist  Episcopal  Church, 



Until  recently  great  obscurity  has  rested  upon  the  origin  of  the  official 
hymn  books.  The  late  David  Creamer,  author  of  Methodist  Hymnology,  to 
whom  the  Church  is  greatly  indebted,  supposed  that  the  first  book  was  com- 
piled by  Bishops  Coke  and  Asbury.  Many  errors  are  found  in  the  literature 
of  the  denomination  on  the  subject.  A  few  years  ngo  the  author  of  Hymn 
Studies  undertook  to  investigate  the  matter,  and  at  length  succeeded  in  dis- 
covering the  true  history  of  the  book.  The  facts  were  first  reported  in  ZiorCs 
Herald,  April  25,  1883.  They  were  also  published  in  the  Christian  Advocate 
of  April  30,  1885  : 

"  The  first  official  hymn  book  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  was  sub- 
stantially a  reprint  of  an  English  book  published  by  Robert  Spence,  of  York. 
The  American  edition  was  slightly  edited  by  some  one,  probably  by  Bishop 
Coke.  Some  obscurity  still  rests  upon  the  first  editions,  but  the  tenth  edition, 
with  an  address  '  To  the  members  and  Friends  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
Church'  by  Bishops  Thomas  Coke  and  Francis  Asbury,  appeared  in  1790. 
This  book  retained  its  English  title  :  A  Pocket  Hymn  Book  Designed  as  a 
Constant  Companion  for  the  Pious.     Collected  from  Various  Authors. 

"The  second  book  was  entitled  The  Methodist  Pocket  Hymn  Book,  Revised 
and  Improved,  Designed  as  a  Constant  Companion  for  the  Pious  of  all 
Denominations.     Collected  from  Various  Authors. 

"  It  was  copyrighted  by  Ezekiel  Cooper,  March  22,  in  the  26th  year  of  the 
Independence  of  the  United  States — that  is,  1802.  This  book  was  published 
in  the  interim  of  the  General  Conference,  '  agreeably  to  the  concurrent  reso- 
lution of  the  Baltimore,  Philadelphia,  and  New  York  Conferences.'  It  was 
probably  edited  by  the  Rev.  Ezekiel  Cooper,  the  then  'Book  Steward'  of  the 


478 


HYMN  STUDIES. 


Church.  The  Episcopal  Address  was  signed  by  Bishops  Coke,  Asbury,  and 
Whatcoat. 

"A  third  book  was  published  in  New  York  in  1808.  It  bore  the  following 
title  :  A  Selection  of  Hymns,  front  Various  Authors,  Designed  as  a  'Supple- 
ment to  the  Methodist  Pocket  Hymn  Booh,  Compiled  under  the  Direction  of 
Bishop  Asbury  and  Published  by  Order  of  the  General  Conference. 

"This  book  was  edited  by  Bishop  Asbury  and  Daniel  Hitt.  Though 
designed  as  a  supplement  to  the  last-mentioned  book  it  deserves  a  distinct 
enumeration,  for  two  reasons  :  First,  it  was  larger  than  the  book  it  was 
intended  to  supplement ;  second,  it  was  published  and  circulated  as  a  distinct 
volume.  Many  editions  of  the  last  two  books  were  bound  up  together  and 
formed  the  famous  'Double  Hymn  Book'  that  a  few  of  the  fathers  still 
living  well  remember. 

"The  next  book,  the,  fourth  of  the  series,  was  published  in  1821.  It  was 
edited  by  the  Rev.  Nathan  Bangs,  D.D.  A  radical  change  was  made  in  the 
title,  which  was  as  follows  :  A  Collection  of  Hymns  for  the  Use  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  principally  from  the  collection  of  the  Bev.  John 
Wesley,  M.  A.,  late  fellow  of  Lincoln  College,  Oxford. 

"In  1836  the  buildings  of  the  Book  Concern  were  consumed  by  fire,  and 
the  plates  of  the  last-mentioned  book  were  destroyed.  It  was  reprinted, 
however,  the  same  year,  with  a  supplement  prepared  by  Dr.  Bangs.  This 
may  be  called  the  fifth  official  hymn  book  of  the  Church. 

"The  General  Conference  of  1848  appointed  a  committee,  composed  of  five 
ministers  and  two  laymen,  '  to  prepare  a  Standard  Edition  of  the  Methodist 
Hymn  Book.'  The  committee  were :  Rev.  D.  Bailey,  Rev.  J.  B.  Alverson, 
Rev.  James  Floy,  Rev.  David  Patten,  Rev.  F.  Merrick,  Mr.  Robert. A.  West, 
and  Mr.  David  Creamer.  The  book  was  published  in  1849,  with  the  title  : 
Hymns  for  the  Use  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church. 

"  Our  present  excellent  Hymnal  is,  therefore,  the  seventh  official  book.  It 
Was  prepared  by  an  able  committee  appointed  by  the  General  Conference  of 
1876,  and  published  in  1878. 

"The  York  book  was  very  popular  in  England  and  in  America,  and 
deservedly  so  ;  notwithstanding  all  the  editing  the  book  has  received  the 
York  book  is  found  in  every  edition  ;  two  thirds  of  its  hymns  are  still  found 
in  our  Hymnal,  and  it  has  stamped  its  character  upon  the  series." 

A  biographical  sketch  of  Robert  Spence,  editor  and  publisher  of  the  York 
Pocket  Hymn  Book,  appeared  in  The  Christian  Advocate  of  July  30,  1885. 


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